Module 5 - Git & Github

Lab 1: Initialize & Configure a Git Repository

• How do you create a new folder named project-lab1 and initialize a Git repository?

• How do you configure Git username and email?

• How do you create a file, add content, and commit the changes?

• How do you connect the local repo to a new GitHub repository?

• How do you push your commits to GitHub?

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Lab 2: Branching & Switching Branches

• How do you create a new branch named feature-ui?

• How do you switch between main and feature-ui?

• How do you add separate commits on each branch?

• How do you view branch history and differences between branches?

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Lab 3: Merge Requests & Merging Branches

• How do you create a new branch named feature-auth?

• How do you make two commits on this branch and push it to GitHub?

• How do you create a Pull Request (PR) on GitHub?

• How do you merge the PR and pull the updated changes locally?

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Lab 4: Delete Local & Remote Branches

• How do you create a branch named temp-update?

• How do you make a commit and merge it into main?

• How do you delete the branch locally?

• How do you delete the branch remotely from GitHub?

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Lab 5: Add & Manage .gitignore

• How do you create the folders logs/, temp/, and node_modules/?

• How do you create a .gitignore file and add ignore patterns?

• How do you verify that the files are being ignored?

• How do you commit the .gitignore?

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Lab 6: Stash Your Work

• How do you edit multiple tracked files and stash the changes with a message?

• How do you switch to another branch while changes are stashed?

• How do you apply the stash back using git stash pop?

• How do you delete the applied stash entry?

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Lab 7: Undoing Work

• How do you create a wrong commit?

• How do you undo the commit using git reset --soft but keep the changes?

• How do you create another wrong commit?

• How do you revert it using git revert <commit>?

• How does the repository history look after reset vs revert?

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Lab 8: Rebasing Practice

• How do you create two branches: main and feature-api?

• How do you add commits to both branches?

• How do you rebase feature-api on top of main?

• How do you resolve rebase conflicts?

• How do you force-push the rebased branch?

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Lab 9: Git Hooks Automation

• How do you create a pre-commit hook inside .git/hooks?

• How do you write a script that prevents commits containing the word DEBUG?

• What happens when you attempt to commit a file with DEBUG?

• What happens when you commit a clean file?

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Lab 10: Cherry-Picking, Reflog & Checkout History

• How do you create two branches named alpha and beta?

• How do you make different commits on each branch?

• How do you cherry-pick a commit from beta to alpha?

• How do you inspect commit history using git reflog?

• How do you check out an older commit (detached mode) and then return to the latest commit?