Git MCQ: Git Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

What does commit object contain?

Which of the following is true you when you use the following command?

git add -A

After checking your git status you get the following output, which shows the file beta-notes.js in the commit but also unstaged. How can this situation occur?

Change to be committed:

(use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
modified: beta-notes.js
Changes not staged for commit:
(use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
(use "git checkout --<file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

modified: beta-notes.js

. Which option enables inclusion of committer name in custom log format?

How does Git think of its data?

After you make changes to a tracked file, you run the following command. What will this do?

git commit -a -m "Refactor code base"

. Which statement is true of the git push command?.

Where are files stored before they are committed to the local repository ?

What option can you use to apply git configurations across your entire git environment?

What will the following command print to the Terminal?
git remote -v

After starting to merge a feature branch into your master branch, you encounter a merge conflict and decide you do not want to perform the merge. How can you stop the merge and restore to the pre-merge state?

This command is an example of what kind of tag ?

git tag -a v1.4 -m "ABCD v1.5"

While modifying a file, you're unexpectedly assigned an urgent bug fix on another branch. How can you temporarily save your local work without committing?

What is the main issue with using git rebase when working with multiple developers?

What files is this .gitignore programmed to leave out?

#.swift
build/

*.txt
*.metadata

Describe what the following git commands do to the commit history.

git reset --hard HEAD~5
git merge --squash HEAD@{1}

Which Git command begins tracking of a new file?

Which of the following is an integration manager?

Which option to git commit, will modify last commit message?

Which command can be used to list the branches that have been merged into the currently checked-out branch?

What change will the following command make to the staging area files?

git rm --cached testfile.js

What commands would you use to force an overwrite of your local files with the master branch?

Which of the following is called dumb protocol?

What information does the git config file store?

Which user should be created first during setting up of SSH?

You find a bug in your project, but can't locate where it was introduced in the commit history. How would you diagnose this problem?

What is the difference between initializing a normal repo and a bare repo?

What is the status of the beta-notes.js file in the following output?

Changes not staged for commit:
(use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
(use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

modified: beta-notes.js

What does refs store?

Your team lead needs a list of all commits that will be moved before you perform a rebase. Which command can you use to access that information?

. What is the best way to characterize the git commit structure?

Which strategy is used by Git for merging two branches?

In a situation where you have several commits for a single task, what is the most efficient way to restructure your commit history?

Why would the following command be used?

git rebase -i HEAD~10

What is the difference between using the git stash and git stash pop commands?

After pushing commits to the remote repository for the first time using the command below, what shorthand command can you use in future?

git push -u origin master

Looking at the following commands, describe what is happening.

git checkout feature-user-location
git cherry-pick kj2342134sdf090093f0sdgasdf99sdfo992mmmf9921231

What is usually the extension of file which has the public key?

What conflicts can occur when forcing a push after rebasing?

Your current repository has three branches: master, beta and push-notifications. You've just finished the notification feature and commit the changes to the push-notifications branch, and you want to include them in the beta branch. How can you accomplish this?

How does this command alter the currently checked-out branch?

git reset --soft HEAD^

If you cloned an existing git repository, what would happen?

What Git workflow is used by teams that collaborate on a single branch and avoid creating long-lived development branches?

Which version onwards did Git offer reversing a file back to what it looked like when last committed?

Which of these terms best describes Git?

Suppose you needed to see a list of all files that had been modified or added to a specific commit over the course of a project. How would you accomplish this?

What command would let you modify your previous commit?

What does the git stash drop command do?

What is the difference between Git and SVN?

How would you create a custom shortcut or command across your git environment?

You find that your project has a tag and branch both named push-notifications, which causes confusion when trying to print out given reference. How can you specify which branch you want to look at?

If you have several commits for a single feature, what is the most efficient way to restructure your commit history?

What types of tags does Git support?

What is the difference between a soft reset (git reset --soft) and a hard reset (git reset –hard) ?

Which command will list tags with the 1.4.2 series?

How could you squash multiple commits together without using git merge --squash?

After modifying some existing files in a repository, you decide to discard the changes. What command can you use?

Your current project has several branches; master, beta, and push-notifications. You've just finished the notification feature in the push-notification branch, and you want to commit it to beta branch. How can you accomplish this?

Which option enables inclusion of author name in custom log format?

How can you check your current git version?

What is the operation doing given the Git commands below?
git bisect start
git bisect bad 5d41402abc4b2a76b9719d911017c592
git bisect good 69faab6268350295550de7d587bc323d

Which setting determines what pager is used when Git pages output?

What command creates a new branch from the currently checked-out branch?

. How many ways are present in Git to integrate changes from one branch into another?

After starting to work on a new feature and creating new files in the working directory related to it, the customer determinded the feature was no longer required. What command can be used to remove the untracked files from the working directory ?

 What happens if you run this command from your master branch?

git checkout -b beta-test

. After staging a series of changes to the index, which command could you use to review them prior to a commit?

How does Git internally manage branches?

What is a remote repository?

Which of the following is true of the git push command?

Which statement is true when you use the git add -A command?

What command would you use to create a new git repository?

You want to perform a git reset but cannot recall all of the available options. What command would you use to see a description of them?

How would you configure Git to abort a commit if a smoke test script fails?

Where are files stored before they are committed to the local repository?

While working on a feature branch you try to use "git rerere" to solve a recurring merge conflict but nothing is happening. What could be causing this issue?

After mistakenly staging a file named myFile to the index, how would you remove it from the index to exclude it from your next commit?

What is version control?

How would you delete unreachable objects older than a specified time from your project database?

Why would you use a pre-receive hook in your remote repository?

Which key press returns a set of suggestions to pick from, when writing a Git command?

How many individual commits can a single repository have?

Which use case is NOT a good candidate for a Git hook?

Which command correctly creates a lightweight tag?

After you've successfully merged two branches and committed the changes, what is the next step in keeping your git structure organized?

What Language is used in GIT?

What does the following command do to the git repository?

git reset --soft HEAD^

 Which option on the git log command allows you to limit output to commits made after certain data?

You're in the middle of modifying a file when you're unexpectedly assigned an urgent bug fix on another branch. What would you do to temporarily save the work your doing locally without committing?

Which command gets a copy of an existing Git repository?