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1
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Version Control is also known as…

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Source control and revision control.

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What is a VCS?

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Version control system.

It lock files so they can only be edited by one person at a time
track changes to files.
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What is Git?

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It’s a popular free VCS.

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What is a Network Backbone?

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A part of a computer network that interconnects various pieces of a network, providing a path for the exchange of information between different subnetworks. It is a “senior” network containing a high capacity connection that forms the main link to various “junior” networks.

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What is a Shell?

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A type of program that provides a user interface between the user and the operating system.

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6
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How Distributed VCS works?

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The programmers can have a local repository and pull and push from and to the remote repository.

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How Centralized VCS works?

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The prorammers don’t have a local repository and can only Checkout and Commit changes on a file.

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What is the term for: ““The current state of locally stored project files not yet added to the main (master) repository”?

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Working set.

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What is a Console?

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An input/output device for a computer.

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What is Pseudo Console?

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Also called ConPTY, is a text-based console that allows one to work with command line applications.

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What is Vi?

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Short for visual.
A text editor for the Unix operating system.

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What is Vim?

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Shor for Vi improved.

Vim allows to move the cursor around a document without the use of a mouse.

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What are the three modes for editing texts files in Vim?

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  1. Command Mode
  2. Insert mode.
  3. Last-Line Mode.
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What Command Mode does?

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Allows you to use the keys on the keyboard as commands.

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What Insert Mode does?

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Allows you to input text.

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What Last-Line Mode does?

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It is a combination of a column and a command that tell the computers that it is the end of the file and what you wat to do.
For example, :w ends and saves the file.

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17
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What are control characters?

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Not printable characters that tell the computer to do something.

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18
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What is LF?

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Stands for “line feed”

A control character that break a line in a text file without moving the cursor to the beginning of the line.

19
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What is CRLF?

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Stands for “carriage return line feed”.

Control character that moves the cursos to the beginning of the line.

20
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What is MSYS2?

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Minimal System 2.

Is a collection of open source software tools for windows that would normally depend on Unix to operate.

21
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What is MinTTY?

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Stands for Windows pseudo terminal.

It is a Windows Software package that provides a way for Windows console programs to communicate with Unix interfaces, such as bash.

22
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What is INI File Format?

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Initialization File Format.

Used by the Windows operating system, typically to lay out operating instructions for the OS and some programs.

23
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What is Touch?

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A command-line interface program for Unix that is used to update date information – such as: changing the date that a file or directory was modified or accessed. Touch can also be used to create or open a file.

Ex: You could type “touch dogstory.docx” in the Git command line to create a blank Microsoft Word document entitled “dogstory”.

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What is Command-Line Option?

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Something that modifies the operation of a command.
At the example, LS is called the switch.

Ex:
The command “ls” tells the computer to list the files in the current directory. Adding the switch “-lS” will modify the command so that the list of files is sorted from largest file size to smallest. The full command (command plus the command-line option) would look like this:

ls -lS

25
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Which of the following words is not another word for command-line option?
1. Option
2. Shell
3. Switch
4. Flag

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  1. Shell
26
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… files are used by the Windows operating system, typically to lay out operating instructions for the OS and some programs.

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.ini

27
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True or False?: In a VCS, “commit” means the same thing as “save”.

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True.

28
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… is a shell and a command language.

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Bash…

29
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What are other names for Working Directory?

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Current Working Directory (CWD) and Working tree.

30
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What is Hash?

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An operation that converts one value to another. It is usually used to mask data with different data.

Ex: The original file name could be orangepants.docx and the hash could be absdfmoijgfsdnsadf. Both would point to the file.

31
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Which one of the following terms means something different than the rest?
1. Working Directory
2. Staging area.
3. CWD
4. Current Directory

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Staging Area

32
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In which directory you have to be to commit?

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Main directory of repository.

33
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What “git init MyRepository” does?

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Initialize an empty Git repository in the current directory.

34
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What git branch -d testBranch does?

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Delete the branch called testBranch (cannot be inside of it)

35
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What detached HEAD means?

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That we are no longer in a up to date on the branch timeline.

36
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What git switch - does?

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Get back to the up to date timeline in the branch.

37
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What is a Fork?

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A copy of a repository.

38
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What is the format of GitHub README?

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.md, which stands for markdown.

39
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What are good elements for a README?

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Titles - Names of important sections within the README
Introduction - The project’s aim
Technologies - List of languages used
Launch - Version of languages used for reproducibility

40
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How should you Title the README?

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It should clearly explain what the repository is about and be the name of the project and typically uses a heading tag. In markdown a hashtag is used to make a heading. It may also include titles of certain project sections as well.

41
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How should you do the Introduction/Summary in a README?

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It should not be too long, about two or three sentences will do for a small project.

42
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How should you do the Technologies in a README?

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This section explains which languages were used in the project, as well as the version of the language that was used.

43
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What does the git add command do?

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Add file contents to the staging area

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