Advanced Operations - Quiz

Create a new linked working directory for an existing branch in the same repository

Add an external repository as a dependency nested under the current project

Rewrite history to remove a tracked file from all commits using the legacy history-rewrite tool

Remove a committed configuration file from all history using the modern history-rewrite tool

Prevent commits that contain staged files ending with .log using a local validation script

What is a key benefit of using git worktree instead of cloning the same repository multiple times?

In a project using Git submodules, what does the parent repository store for each submodule?

Compared to submodules, which description best fits Git subtree?

Why is git filter-repo generally recommended over git filter-branch for history rewriting?

Which action is a typical use of a server-side pre-receive hook?

Order the steps to create a new worktree for a release branch and then remove it when done

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Order the steps to add a submodule and ensure teammates can use it after cloning the parent repo

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Order the steps to bring new changes from an external repository into an existing subtree directory

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Order the steps to remove a submodule cleanly from a project

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You are inside a linked worktree directory checked out on branch hotfix-1. What will this command print?

1git branch --show-current

In a repository that has one submodule at path vendor/lib, what will this command output?

1git config -f .gitmodules --get submodule.vendor/lib.path

You created a custom merge driver named html-merge in .gitattributes. What will this command print?

1git config merge.html-merge.name

Find the incorrect command in this workflow that tries to initialize and update submodules after cloning

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git clone https://example.com/project.git

cd project

git submodule add --init --recursive

git submodule update --init --recursive

Identify the incorrect command in this attempt to remove a submodule

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git rm path/to/module

rm -rf path/to/module

git config --remove-section submodule.path/to/module

git commit -m "Remove module submodule"

Spot the mistake in this attempt to use git filter-repo to drop a directory from history

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git clone --mirror https://example.com/repo.git repo-mirror

cd repo-mirror

git filter-repo --path src/old/ --invert

git push --force

Match advanced Git operations to their descriptions

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Match hook types with typical use cases

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Match Git attribute patterns with their effects

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Complete the commands to rewrite history and then push the updated history to the main remote

Fill in the commands to add and then update a subtree from a remote repository

Complete the commands to configure Git attributes for text and binary files

Select the line that shows a worktree checked out on the release-1.0 branch

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/path/to/repo        1234567 [main]

/path/to/repo-release 89abcde [release-1.0]

/path/to/repo-hotfix  fedcba9 [hotfix-2]

Click the line that shows the parent repo tracking the submodule commit

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-2b3c4d5 vendor/lib (heads/main)

 1234abc submodule-path (submodule)

 98def00 another/path (untracked)

Select the line that configures a custom merge driver name used by .gitattributes

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merge.html-merge.name=Custom HTML merge driver

merge.html-merge.driver=html-merge-driver %O %A %B

core.autocrlf=false