Git Essentials

1. What is Git?

A distributed version control system

2. What does git init create?

A new Git repository

3. What does git clone do?

Creates a local copy of an existing repository

4. What does git status show?

The state of the working tree and staging area

5. What does git add do?

Stages content for the next commit

6. What does git commit do?

Records staged changes as a new commit

7. What does git diff show by default?

Unstaged changes in the working tree

8. What does git log show?

Commit history

9. What is a Git branch?

A movable name pointing to a commit

10. What does git switch <branch> do?

Switches the working tree to that branch

11. What does git merge do?

Integrates changes from another branch or commit

12. What is a merge conflict?

Changes Git cannot combine automatically

13. What does git fetch do?

Downloads refs and objects from a remote without merging them

14. What does git pull usually do?

Fetches from a remote and integrates into the current branch

15. What does git push do?

Updates a remote repository with local refs and objects