Commands

Question 1

git config

Answer 1

allows you to set configuration variables

Question 2

git config –system

Answer 2

sets configuration variables for every user on the system

Question 3

git config –global

Answer 3

set configuration variables specific to your user

Question 4

git config –local

Answer 4

set configuration variables specific to the repository

Question 5

git –help

Answer 5

git command and a list of the most commonly used Git commands are printed on the standard output.

Question 6

git clone [localpath]

Answer 6

Clone a working copy of local repository into a new directory

Question 7

git clone [url] directoryname

Answer 7

Clone a repository into a new directory using a remote server

Question 8

git commit -m ‘initial project version’

Answer 8

Initial commit to start version-controlling existing files

Question 9

git add
OR
git add *

Answer 9

racking tool add new file contents to the index, stage files, and to do other things like marking merge-conflicted files as resolved

Question 10

git status

Answer 10

tool to determine which files are in which state, to determine which files have changed that are staged for the next commit

Question 11

.gitignore

Answer 11

A gitignore file specifies intentionally untracked files that Git should ignore. Files already tracked by Git are not affected

Question 12

git diff

Answer 12

Shows you the exact lines added and removed

Question 13

git diff –staged
OR
git diff –cached

Answer 13

This command compares your staged changes to your last commit

Question 14

git rm

Answer 14

Remove files from the working tree and from the index. The files being removed have to be identical to the tip of the branch.

Question 15

git rm –cached

Answer 15

keep the file on your hard drive but not have Git track it anymore

Question 16

git rm *~

Answer 16

Removes all files that end with ~

Question 17

git mv file_from file_to

Answer 17

Rename a file in Git, no metadata is stored in Git that tells it you renamed the file.

Question 18

git log

Answer 18

Lists the commits made in that repository in reverse chronological order.

Question 19

git log –pretty=format: “%h | “%an %ar : %s” –since=2.weeks

Answer 19

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Question 20

git commit -m ‘initial commit’
git add forgotten_file
git commit –amend

Answer 20

Add/Change files in last commit

Question 21

$ git reset HEAD

Answer 21

Unstaging a Staged File

Question 22

git checkout –

Answer 22

Unmodifying a Modified File: revert back to last commit

Question 23

git remote

Answer 23

Lists the shortnames of each remote handle you’ve specified.

Question 24

git tag

Answer 24

See that you’ve tagged the commit.

Question 25

git tag v1.0-lw

Answer 25

Lightweight Tag

Question 26

git tag -a v1.4 -m ‘my version 1.4’

Answer 26

Annotated Tag

Question 27

git tag -a v1.2 9fceb02

Answer 27

Tag a previous comment

Question 28

git config –global alias.st status

Answer 28

Create short cuts st for status command.