Challenge your understanding of git stash commands, usage, and scenarios related to managing work-in-progress changes. This quiz helps you master the subtleties of stashing, restoring, and organizing updates within a version control workflow using essential Git concepts.
If you have uncommitted changes in your working directory and want to temporarily remove them without committing, which command would you use to save your modifications for later retrieval?
Explanation: The git stash command is specifically designed to temporarily save uncommitted changes, allowing you to clean your working directory without committing them. The option 'git stash stage' is incorrect, as there is no such standard command in Git. 'git store' and 'git shelf' are invalid; they might sound similar to stash, but do not exist as Git commands. Only 'git stash' performs this functionality.
After stashing your changes using git stash, which command would you use to reapply the most recently stashed work to your working directory?
Explanation: git stash apply re-applies the most recent stashed changes without removing them from the stash list. 'git restore stash' and 'git checkout stash' are not valid commands in Git for this specific scenario, while 'git unstash' is not a recognized Git action. Only 'git stash apply' restores the changes as requested.
Suppose you have several items in your Git stash list and you want to delete only the second stash entry; which command should you use to remove a specific stash reference?
Explanation: git stash drop stash@{1} removes only the specified stash entry, identified using its reference. 'git stash reset 1' is not used for stash management, 'git stash remove 2' is incorrect syntax, and 'git forget stash@1' is not a recognized Git command. Only the first option correctly deletes a specified stash.
Imagine you have untracked files you want to include in your stashed changes; which command correctly adds both tracked and untracked files to the stash?
Explanation: The -u flag (or --include-untracked) with git stash adds untracked files to the stash, along with tracked modifications. 'git stash only' and 'git stash track' are not standard flags or commands, and 'git stash-all' is not a valid syntax. Using -u is the correct and only way among the listed options to include untracked files.
Which command applies the most recent stash entry to your working directory and simultaneously removes it from the stash list?
Explanation: git stash pop both applies the most recent stash to your working directory and deletes the entry from your stash list. 'git stash push' is used for adding changes to the stash, not for applying them. 'git stash restore' and 'git unstash remove' are not valid Git commands; they either do not exist or use incorrect syntax. Choosing 'git stash pop' effectively accomplishes both applying and removing the stash.