Github

Question 1

Version Control

Answer 1

A system that records changes to a file or set of files over time so that you can recall specific version later

Question 2

Git’s birth

Answer 2

2005

Question 3

Git directory

Answer 3

Where git stores the metadata and object database for your project

Question 4

The working tree

Answer 4

A single checkout of one version of the project

Question 5

Git workflow

Answer 5

1. You modify files in your working tree
2. You stage the files, adding snapshots of them to your staging area
3. You do a commit, which takes the files as they are in the staging area and stores that snapshot permanently to your Git directory

Question 6

Two states of two directories

Answer 6

Tracked or untracked

Question 7

Untracked

Answer 7

1. Files that were in the last snapshot

Question 8

Tracking new files

Answer 8

$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.
Changes to be committed:
  (use "git reset HEAD ..." to unstage)

new file:   README