Git Switch Quiz

Check whether you can reason precisely about branch switching and local-change safety.

8 questions

Knowledge check

Check whether you can reason precisely about branch switching and local-change safety.

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What does `git switch topic` do when topic already exists?

The official git-switch documentation defines switching as updating the working tree and index to the selected branch.
Which statement about a dirty working tree is precise?

A clean index/worktree is not required; the safety condition concerns potential loss of local changes.
Why is `git switch -c feature` transactional?

The official documentation explicitly describes -c/--create as transactional compared with separate branch creation and switching.
What does `git switch -c fixup HEAD~2` use as the new branch tip?

The optional start point is resolved as the starting commit for the new branch.
What is `git switch -`?

The official documentation defines - as synonymous with @{-1}.
What does `--discard-changes` do?

The option explicitly permits discarding local changes by restoring the target state.
What is the conceptual difference between `--merge` and `--discard-changes`?

The official documentation gives these different working-tree/index behaviors.
Which topic is deliberately deferred?

Detached HEAD changes the HEAD/branch relationship and receives its own lesson.

What does `git switch topic` do when topic already exists?