Navigate the intricacies of Git with confidence by exploring answers to common Git questions. This documentation provides clarity on frequent queries, offering explanations, best practices, and troubleshooting tips to enhance your Git proficiency.
Core Concepts
Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, you're likely to encounter certain questions when working with Git. This guide addresses those questions with clear, concise answers to bolster your version control strategy.
What is Git?
Git is a distributed version control system used for tracking changes in source code during software development.
How does Git differ from other VCS?
Unlike centralized version control systems, Git is distributed, allowing each user to have a full copy of the entire repository history.
What are branches in Git?
Branches are parallel versions of a repository, created to work on different features or versions simultaneously without affecting the main codebase.
Usage Examples
Checking Out a Remote Branch
git fetchgit checkout [branch-name]
Undoing a Commit
git revert [commit-hash]# or, if you haven't pushed yet:git reset --hard HEAD~1Stashing Changes
git stash# Apply the stash later with:git stash pop
Removing Untracked Files
git clean -f
Technical Details
Merging vs. Rebasing
Merging creates a new commit, preserving the history, whereas rebasing rewrites history to create a linear sequence of commits.
Git Fetch vs. Pull
git fetch downloads the latest changes from the remote without integrating them, while git pull downloads and directly merges the changes.
Detached HEAD Explained
A detached HEAD occurs when you check out a commit rather than a branch, allowing you to view the state of the code at that commit.
