Q. Git is a ___________.

• Distributed Version Control System
• Centralized Version Control System
• None of the options
• Centrally Distributed System

Q. What is the Git command to skip staging and commit the changes directly?

• git commit
• git commit -a -m "message"
• git add changes
• git skip stage

Q. How to display only the names of the changed files?

• git log
• git diff --name-only
• git status
• None of the options

 

Q. What is the Git command to view all the commits since 1st January 2017 ?

• git log
• show git log since Jan 1 2017
• git log --since="2017-01-01"
• None of the options

Q. When you run git fetch from your local repo, it will update your local changes in working area?

• True - It fetches the latest changes and merges with the local changes
• False - It updates local repo only and does not affect the working area

Q. Which type of remote URL does not require your user-name and password while for cloning or pushing?

• Https Url
• GSH url
• HTTP url
• SSH Url

Q. Which command can you use to update remote refs with local refs?

• git update
• git fetch
• git pull
• git push

 

Q. What is the Git command to create a branch?

• git add branch branchname
• git create branch branchname
• git branch branchname
• git invoke branch branchname

 

Q. When you run git fetch from my local repo, will it update your local code and target branch?

• No, the command will only download the new commits and keep them in a separate branch in local repo
• Yes, the command will download new commits from remote and merge to the target branch
• No, it will throw error
• None of the above

Q. Which of the following creates new commit when you pull new changes from master to the feature branch?

• git merge master
• git pull origin master
• git rebase master
• None of the above

Q. Developers A and B are building the same feature on feature/X branch. Developer B made some changes and pushed to the remote. How can developer A get the changes in the local repo code and build on top of developer B's work?

• git log
• git push
• git checkout
• git pull

Q. How can you fix a broken commit?

• git rebase
• git fix
• git reset
• git commit --amend

 

Q. What does the command Git reset -- soft HEAD^ perform?

• Moves commit to one after current head
• Moves commit to one before current head
• None of the options
• Moves commit to the first head

Q. What is the Git command to blow away all the changes in a file in the working area, since the previous commit?

• git status filename
• git rm filename
• git log filename
• git checkout filename

Q. How to delete unpublished Git commits and get rid of them permanently?

• git reset --soft
• git reset --hard
• git revert
• git delete

Q. What is the Git command to view the last 3 commits in one line ?

• git log --oneline -3
• git show log -3
• git log
• git last 3 commits

Q. What does the command git add. do?

• Adds all the files to repo
• None of the options
• Adds all the files to the local directory
• Adds all the files to the staging area

Q. Which command shows the changes between commits?

• git diff
• git status

Q. What is the Git command to view all the remote branches?

• None of the options
• git branch -r
• git -v branch
• git view remote branch

Q. Which command shows the difference between the working directory and the index or staging area?

• git range
• git diff
• git status
• git stat

Q. How would you display the list of files changed in a particular commit SHA ?

• git diff
• git log SHA1
• git status SHA1
• git show --name-only SHA1

Q. Which command would you use to view the history of commits?

• git log
• git show history
• git show commits
• git view history

 

Q. What is the command to reset your index as well as the working directory to the state of your last commit?

• git checkout
• git reset
• git clean
• git revert

 

Q. What is the command to delete a branch in your remote repository?

• git branch -d branchname
• git push origin -d branchname
• None of the options
• git delete branchname

Q. Which of the following best describes Git?

• Access Control System
• Version Control System
• Role Control System
• None of the options

Q. How can you temporarily switch to a different commit?

• git checkout commitSHA.
• all the above options
• git commit commitSHA
• git reset commitSHA

Q. What is the command to view all the commits made by a specific person (Jim)?

• git log --author="Jim"
• git log - who="Jim"
• git log - "Jim"
• git log

Q. What is a good practice to follow when you want to backup a local branch?

• Create another copy
• None of the options
• Move to another PC
• Push to remote repo