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Committing, Staging & History — Essentials – Git & Version Control interview questions

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1. What is `git reflog` and when is it indispensable?

Difficulty: MediumType: SubjectiveTopic: Reflog

Reflog records movements of HEAD and refs (even orphaned). It’s crucial for recovering "lost" commits after resets/rebases or branch deletions.

2. You want to discard local changes in `app.js` and reset it to the last commit. Modern command?

Difficulty: MediumType: MCQ

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Git & Version Control – Committing, Staging & History — Essentials questions (14)

1. What is `git reflog` and when is it indispensable?

2. You want to discard local changes in `app.js` and reset it to the last commit. Modern command?

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3. How do you find a commit by message and then show its patch?

4. Which flag creates a GPG-signed commit (assuming GPG is configured)?

5. Which command shows a compact, decorated graph of commits for review?

6. How do you stage only parts (hunks) of a file interactively?

7. Describe two best practices for writing commit messages.

8. You forgot to include one file in the last commit. Which sequence is correct?

9. Which command unstages a file but keeps its working tree changes?

10. Compare `git reset --soft`, `--mixed` (default), and `--hard`.

11. Which command compares staged changes to the last commit?

12. Explain `git commit --fixup` and `git rebase --autosquash` workflow.

13. Which command stages all modified and deleted files but not untracked files?

14. What is the Git Index (staging area) and why does Git use it?

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1. What is `git reflog` and when is it indispensable?

2. You want to discard local changes in `app.js` and reset it to the last commit. Modern command?

Continue your preparation

3. How do you find a commit by message and then show its patch?

4. Which flag creates a GPG-signed commit (assuming GPG is configured)?

5. Which command shows a compact, decorated graph of commits for review?

6. How do you stage only parts (hunks) of a file interactively?

7. Describe two best practices for writing commit messages.

8. You forgot to include one file in the last commit. Which sequence is correct?

9. Which command unstages a file but keeps its working tree changes?

10. Compare `git reset --soft`, `--mixed` (default), and `--hard`.

11. Which command compares staged changes to the last commit?

12. Explain `git commit --fixup` and `git rebase --autosquash` workflow.

13. Which command stages all modified and deleted files but not untracked files?

14. What is the Git Index (staging area) and why does Git use it?

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