Git Questions and Answers

 

What is the git command to see the last 3 commits in one line ?

git log -–oneline -3 — Correct

How do I view all the commits for the last 2 weeks ?

git log -–since=”2 weeks ago” — Correct

What is the significance of using –index in the git stash pop – – index command ?

To pull the staged changes — Correct

What is the command to temporarily store uncommitted ?

git stash — Correct

What command should I use to retrieve my files that have been temporarily stashed ?

git stash pop – index — Correct

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

git log -–author=”Jim” — Correct

What is the git command to see all the commit since 1st January 2017 ?

git log -–since=”2017-01-01”

A good commit message can have have more then 100 characters.

False — Correct

What is the output of the command git reset -–soft HEAD ~5 ?

move the last 5 commits as 1 into the staging area — Correct

What is the output of the command git reset –hard HEAD ~3?

throw away the last 3 commits — Correct

I want to take all the changes I made in the staging to my working directory , what command should I use to do this operation ?

git reset HEAD — Correct

A good commit message should be descriptive and specific

True — Correct

What is the command to amend an incorrect commit message ?

git commit –amend -m “correct message” — Correct

What is the command to pick a commit from a specific branch and move it to another branch ?

git cherrypick — Correct

Which command helps you track the revisions of your revisions in git ?

git reflog — Correct

I have made a commit and discarded it . I can still retrieve that commit using git reflog.

True — Correct

git reflog track the commits that are made and the commits that are discarded .

True — Correct

What is the git command to move branch pointer to different commit without checkout ?

git update-ref — Correct

git reflog –verbose will print extra information on the screen.

True — Correct

git bisect is used to identify a commit that has introduced a bug .

True — Correct