Git commands

Question 1

Stage file README.txt for commit

Answer 1

git add README.txt

Question 2

Commit all staged files

Answer 2

git commit

Question 3

Commit all staged files with the message “Message”

Answer 3

git commit -m “Message”

Question 4

Commit all files

Answer 4

git commit -a

Question 5

Commit all files with the message “Message”

Answer 5

git commit -a -m “Message”

Question 6

Set your name to “Name”

Answer 6

git config –global user.name “Name”

Question 7

Set your email to Name@mail.com

Answer 7

git config –global user.email Name@mail.com

Question 8

Initialize a new repository in the current directory

Answer 8

git init

Question 9

Show the commit history of the current repository

Answer 9

git log

Question 10

Show all unstaged changes to the repository

Answer 10

git diff

Question 11

Show all staged changes to the repository

Answer 11

git diff –staged

Question 12

Show all unstaged changes to the file README.txt

Answer 12

git diff README.txt

Question 13

Show all staged changes to the file README.txt

Answer 13

git diff –staged README.txt

Question 14

Stage all files for commit

Answer 14

git add –all

Question 15

Get the status of all files in the current directory (which are tracked, changed, staged etc.)

Answer 15

git status

Question 16

Commit the files README.txt and LICENSE.txt

Answer 16

git commit README.txt LICENSE.txt

Question 17

Commit all .txt files in the project

Answer 17

git commit “*.txt”

Question 18

Stage all .txt files in the current directory for commit

Answer 18

git add *.txt

Question 19

Stage the directory src/ for commit

Answer 19

git add src/

Question 20

Unstage README.txt

Answer 20

git reset HEAD README.txt

Question 21

Undo the last commit and move all changed files back to staging

Answer 21

git reset –soft HEAD^

Question 22

Completely undo the last 2 commits

Answer 22

git reset –hard HEAD^^

Question 23

Add all staged changes to the last commit with the message “Message”

Answer 23

git commit –amend -m “Message”

Question 24

Link the current repository to the remote repository https://github.com/Name/test.git and refer to it as origin

Answer 24

git remote add origin https://github.com/Name/test.git

Question 25

Show all remote repositories

Answer 25

git remote -v

Question 26

Push the main branch to the remote repository known as origin

Answer 26

git push origin main

Question 27

Pull from the remote repository known as origin

Answer 27

git pull origin

Question 28

Remove the remote known as origin

Answer 28

git remote rm origin

Question 29

Clone the remote repository https://github.com/Name/test.git into the current directory

Answer 29

git clone https://github.com/Name/test.git

Question 30

Clone the remote repository https://github.com/Name/test.git into the current directory under the name Name

Answer 30

git clone https://github.com/Name/test.git Name

Question 31

Create a new branch called name

Answer 31

git branch name

Question 32

Change to the branch called name

Answer 32

git checkout name

Question 33

Merge the branch called name into the current branch

Answer 33

git merge name

Question 34

Remove the branch called name

Answer 34

git branch -d name

Question 35

Create a new branch called name and change to it

Answer 35

git checkout -b name

Question 36

Show all the existing branches and highlight the current one

Answer 36

git branch

Question 37

Show all remote branches

Answer 37

git branch -r

Question 38

Show all remote branches of remote repository origin in relation to the local branches

Answer 38

git remote show origin

Question 39

Delete the branch name of the remote repository origin

Answer 39

git push origin :name

Question 40

Delete the branch name even if it isn't fully merged

Answer 40

git branch -D name

Question 41

Remove all stale branches of the remote repository origin

Answer 41

git remote prune origin

Question 42

Push the local branch name to the branch main of the remote repository called origin

Answer 42

git push origin name:main

Question 43

Show all tags

Answer 43

git tag

Question 44

Change to tag v1.0

Answer 44

git checkout v.1.0

Question 45

Add a new tag called v1.1 with the description "Message"

Answer 45

git tag -a v1.1 -m "Message"

Question 46

Push all local tags to the remote repository called origin

Answer 46

git push --tags origin

Question 47

Get all changes from the remote repository without merging

Answer 47

git fetch

Question 48

Synchronize all fetched commits with local commits

Answer 48

git rebase

Question 49

Apply all commits from branch main to the current branch

Answer 49

git rebase main

Question 50

Continue synchronizing two branches, after having fixed a conflict

Answer 50

git rebase --continue

Question 51

While synchronizing two branches, skip a commit causing a conflict

Answer 51

git rebase --skip

Question 52

Cancel an active synchronization of two branches, after running into a conflict

Answer 52

git rebase --abort

Question 53

Enable colorization of git output

Answer 53

git config --global color.ui true

Question 54

Show commit history, with every commit only taking up a single line

Answer 54

git log --pretty=oneline

Question 55

The placeholder for the author date

Answer 55

%ad

Question 56

The placeholder for the author name

Answer 56

%an

Question 57

The placeholder for the SHA hash

Answer 57

%h

Question 58

The placeholder for the subject

Answer 58

%s

Question 59

The placeholder for the ref names

Answer 59

%d

Question 60

Show the commit history every commit being formatted with "%h %ad- %s [%an]"

Answer 60

git log --pretty=format:"%h %ad- %s [%an]"

Question 61

Show the commit history with all the changes made

Answer 61

git log -p

Question 62

Show the commit history with all the changes made and all the commit descriptions only taking up a singe line

Answer 62

git log --oneline -p

Question 63

Show the commit history showing additional stats

Answer 63

git log --stat

Question 64

Show the commit history showing the branch/merge graph

Answer 64

git log --graph

Question 65

Show the commit history starting a week ago

Answer 65

git log --since=1.week.ago

Question 66

Show the commit history until 2 hours ago

Answer 66

git log --until=2.hour.ago

Question 67

Show the commit history between 1 year ago and 4 months ago

Answer 67

git log --since=1.year.ago --until=4.month.ago

Question 68

Show the commit history between January 2015 March 2016

Answer 68

git log --since=2015-01-01 --until=2016-03-01

Question 69

Show the difference between 5 commits ago and 2 commits ago

Answer 69

git diff Head~5..Head^^

Question 70

Compare the branch main with the branch name

Answer 70

git diff main name

Question 71

Compare the repository during July 2021 with the repository 1 year ago

Answer 71

git diff --since=2021-07-01 --until=1.year.ago

Question 72

Show all the changes made to README.html together with some of their commit information

Answer 72

git blame README.txt

Question 73

Stop tracking the file README.txt

Answer 73

git rm --cached README.txt

Question 74

Use vim as your editor for messages

Answer 74

git config --global core.editor vim

Question 75

Show all configurations

Answer 75

git config --list

Question 76

Show which email is set for this repository

Answer 76

git config user.email

Question 77

Save the command "log --pretty=format: '%h %s [%an]' --graph" as mylog

Answer 77

git config --global alias.mylog "log --pretty=format: '%h %s [%an]' --graph"