Git Job Interview Questions
Do you want to learn Git or polish your Git skills? Below you will find the list of Git questions and answers that will help you to identify your knowledge gaps and master Git like a pro.
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What git command do you use to display all local branches?
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The git stash command is a shortcut of another command. Which one?
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What git command do you use to load workspace changes that were before temporarily saved without being committed to the repository?
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What git command do you use to temporarily save all the workspace changes without committing them?
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Which git command do you use to irreversibly discard all uncommitted changes from your local Git workspace?
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What git command do you use to identify who changed the specific file under version control and what were the changes?
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What git command do you use to get changes from the remote repository to your computer?
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What git command do you use to find out what were the most recent changes in Git repository and who made them?
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What is a hash in Git?
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What is Staging Area (or Index) in Git?
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What is a workspace in Git?
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What does the git clone command do?
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What git command do you use to create a local repository as a copy of remote repository?
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What git command do you use to create an empty local repository?
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What types of git repositories do you usually work with?
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What is a .git folder?
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What is a Git repository?
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What is git?
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What is a Version Control System (VCS)?
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Which git command do you use to save all staged files to your local repository?
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Which git command do you use to send all changes from your local repository to the remote repository?
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Which git command do you use to stage all files with extension .png?
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Which git command do you use to find out what files in your workspace are staged?
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Which git command do you use to find out what files in your workspace are untracked?
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Which git command do you use to see what files in your workspace were changed but were not yet staged??
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How do you retrieve the latest changes from the remote repository and merge them with your current branch?
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What git command do you use to find out which branch you are currently on?
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How do you merge changes from master branch to a branch you are currently on?
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How do you switch to the branch master?
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Explain difference between reset and revert?
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When do you use git rebase instead of git merge?
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What is a difference between HEAD, working tree and index, in Git?
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What is git cherry-pick?
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How to revert previous commit in Git?
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What's the difference between a pull request and a branch?
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What is Git fork? What is difference between fork, branch and clone?
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How can you fix a broken commit?
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Why is it advisable to create an additional commit rather than amending an existing commit?
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What is Git bisect? How can you use it to determine the source of a (regression) bug?
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How do you squash last N commits into a single commit?
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What does commit object contain?
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How do you find a list of files that wer changed in a particular commit?
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How do you revert a commit that has already been made public/pushed to a remote repository?
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What is a difference between git pull and git fetch?
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What is a difference between Git and TFS?
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What is bare repository in Git?
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When and why would you use git config command?
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When and why would you use git stash?
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What is git push good for?
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What is git pull good for?
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What do you need to do in order to use Git for your project?
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What are hooks in Git?
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What is SubGit good for?
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What Git branching strategies do you know?
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What is HEAD in Git?
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Why would you use git stash drop command?
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How can you verify if a branch is merged into master in Git?
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How can you find five the most recent commits in Git repository?
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What is a hash in Git?
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How do you discard all changes from your local Git workspace?
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What is the most basic Git workflow that you can use every day?
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What is a workspace in Git?
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How do you add changed files from your Git workspace to Staging Area (Index)?
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What is .git folder?
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How do you check what files are changed in your Git workspace?
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What is Staging Area (or Index) in Git?
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What does the Git clone command do?
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How do you add a new file to the Git remote repository?
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What is a git commit command?
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How can you identify who changed the specific file under version control and what were the changes?
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How can you find out what were the most recent changes in Git repository and who made them?
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How do you get changes from the remote repository to your computer?
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What is a difference between local and remote repository?
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How do you create local Git repository?
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How do you send changes from local Git repository to remote repository?
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What is a Git repository?
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What is Git?
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What are the major benefits of using Version Control System (VCS)?
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What is a Version Control System (VCS)?
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Could you describe your day-to-day use of Git?
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