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Collaboration Workflows, Code Review & Best Practices – Git & Version Control interview questions

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1. Which commit message follows a widely adopted conventional style?

Difficulty: EasyType: MCQTopic: Commit Hygiene

Conventional Commits use type(scope?): subject — e.g., feat, fix, chore, docs — aiding automation and changelogs.

2. What is the purpose of a CODEOWNERS file?

Difficulty: MediumType: MCQ

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1. Which commit message follows a widely adopted conventional style?

2. What is the purpose of a CODEOWNERS file?

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3. In a monorepo with many services, which practice helps avoid breaking dependents?

4. Which settings best protect the main branch in a collaborative repo?

5. A PR has many 'merge from main' commits. Reviewers ask to clean it up. What do you do and why?

6. List three characteristics of an effective pull request review.

7. A good pull request template typically includes:

8. How should you respond when you disagree with a reviewer’s suggestion?

9. What is one proven tactic to reduce back-and-forth in reviews?

10. When would you enforce squash merging in a repository and what are the trade-offs?

11. You want to nudge developers to submit smaller PRs. What’s a practical step?

12. When would you choose GitHub Flow over Git Flow for a team, and why?

13. Why prefer small, focused PRs?

14. Which checklist item is BEST for security during code review?

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Collaboration Workflows, Code Review & Best Practices – Git & Version Control interview questions

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1. Which commit message follows a widely adopted conventional style?

2. What is the purpose of a CODEOWNERS file?

Continue your preparation

3. In a monorepo with many services, which practice helps avoid breaking dependents?

4. Which settings best protect the main branch in a collaborative repo?

5. A PR has many 'merge from main' commits. Reviewers ask to clean it up. What do you do and why?

6. List three characteristics of an effective pull request review.

7. A good pull request template typically includes:

8. How should you respond when you disagree with a reviewer’s suggestion?

9. What is one proven tactic to reduce back-and-forth in reviews?

10. When would you enforce squash merging in a repository and what are the trade-offs?

11. You want to nudge developers to submit smaller PRs. What’s a practical step?

12. When would you choose GitHub Flow over Git Flow for a team, and why?

13. Why prefer small, focused PRs?

14. Which checklist item is BEST for security during code review?

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