1. What is Git?
   a. A version control system
   b. A programming language
   c. A software suite
   d. An operating system

Answer: a

2. Who developed Git?
   a. Linus Torvalds
   b. Richard Stallman
   c. Bill Gates
   d. Steve Jobs

Answer: a

3. What is a repository?
   a. A location where code is stored
   b. A person who manages code
   c. A type of code
   d. A software program

Answer: a

4. What is a branch?
   a. A separate version of the code
   b. A type of commit message
   c. A way to share code with others
   d. A type of tag

Answer: a

5. What is a commit?
   a. A change made to the code
   b. A type of pull request
   c. A way to merge code
   d. A feature request

Answer: a

6. What is a pull request?
   a. A way to propose changes to the code
   b. A way to revert changes
   c. A way to merge changes
   d. A way to delete code

Answer: a

7. What is a merge conflict?
   a. A problem that occurs when two or more people make changes to the same code
   b. A type of error
   c. A type of commit message
   d. A way to share code with others

Answer: a

8. What is a tag?
   a. A way to mark a specific point in the code’s history
   b. A type of commit message
   c. A way to merge code
   d. A way to delete code

Answer: a

9. What is a stash?
   a. A way to save changes without committing them
   b. A way to delete code
   c. A way to revert changes
   d. A way to share code with others

Answer: a

10. What is a remote?
    a. A separate repository that is not on the local machine
    b. A person who manages code
    c. A type of code
    d. A software program

Answer: a

11. What is the difference between git clone and git fork?
    a. Git clone makes a copy of the repository on your local machine, while git fork creates a copy on GitHub/GitLab.
    b. Git clone creates a copy of the repository on GitHub, while git fork creates a copy on your local machine.
    c. Git clone and git fork both do the same thing.
    d. Git clone creates a new branch, while git fork creates a new repository.

Answer: a

12. What is the command to initialize a new Git repository?
    a. git init
    b. git clone
    c. git pull
    d. git push

Answer: a

13. What is the command to add a file to the staging area?
    a. git add filename
    b. git commit
    c. git push
    d. git pull

Answer: a

14. What is the command to commit changes?
    a. git commit -m “commit message”
    b. git add filename
    c. git push
    d. git pull

Answer: a

15. What is the command to push changes to a remote repository?
    a. git push
    b. git pull
    c. git add filename
    d. git commit -m “commit message”

Answer: a

16. What is the command to create a new branch?
    a. git branch new_branch_name
    b. git checkout new_branch_name
    c. git merge new_branch_name
    d. git clone new_branch_name

Answer: a

17. What is the command to switch to a different branch?
    a. git checkout branch_name
    b. git branch new_branch_name
    c. git merge branch_name
    d. git clone branch_name

Answer: a

18. What is the command to merge one branch into another?
    a. git merge branch_name
    b. git clone branch_name
    c. git add filename
    d. git push

Answer: a

19. What is the command to view the commit history?
    a. git log
    b. git branch
    c. git clone
    d. git commit

Answer: a

20. What is the command to revert changes?
    a. git revert
    b. git reset
    c. git checkout
    d. git pull

Answer: a

21. What is the command to undo the last commit?
    a. git reset HEAD~1
    b. git revert HEAD~1
    c. git checkout HEAD~1
    d. git commit –amend

Answer: a

22. What is the difference between git pull and git fetch?
    a. Git pull fetches changes and merges them, while git fetch only fetches changes.
    b. Git pull only fetches changes, while git fetch fetches and merges changes.
    c. Git pull and git fetch do the same thing.
    d. Git pull and git fetch are not actual Git commands.

Answer: a

23. What is the command to view the changes made to a file?
    a. git diff filename
    b. git log
    c. git branch
    d. git clone

Answer: a

24. What is the command to create a tag?
    a. git tag tag_name
    b. git push
    c. git pull
    d. git add filename

Answer: a

25. What is the command to delete a branch?
    a. git branch -d branch_name
    b. git clone branch_name
    c. git add filename
    d. git commit -m “commit message”

Answer: a

26. What is the command to view the status of the repository?
    a. git status
    b. git log
    c. git branch
    d. git clone

Answer: a

27. What is the command to view the remote repositories?
    a. git remote -v
    b. git clone
    c. git add filename
    d. git commit -m “commit message”

Answer: a

28. What is the command to rename a file?
    a. git mv old_filename new_filename
    b. git add filename
    c. git commit -m “commit message”
    d. git push

Answer: a

29. What is the command to undo changes made to the staging area?
    a. git reset filename
    b. git add filename
    c. git commit -m “commit message”
    d. git push

Answer: a

30. What is the command to view the changes made to the repository?
    a. git diff
    b. git log
    c. git branch
    d. git clone

Answer: a

31. What is the command to view the list of remote branches?
    a. git branch -r
    b. git log
    c. git status
    d. git clone

Answer: a

32. What is the command to fetch changes from a remote repository?
    a. git fetch
    b. git pull
    c. git push
    d. git clone

Answer: a

33. What is the command to view the list of tags?
    a. git tag
    b. git branch
    c. git log
    d. git clone

Answer: a

34. What is the command to view the difference between two branches?
    a. git diff branch_1..branch_2
    b. git merge branch_1 branch_2
    c. git pull branch_1 branch_2
    d. git push branch_1 branch_2

Answer: a

35. What is the command to move a commit from one branch to another?
    a. git cherry-pick commit_hash
    b. git merge branch_1 branch_2
    c. git checkout branch_name
    d. git push

Answer: a

36. What is the command to rebase a branch?
    a. git rebase branch_name
    b. git merge branch_name
    c. git add filename
    d. git push

Answer: a

37. What is the command to view the current branch?
    a. git branch
    b. git clone
    c. git log
    d. git status

Answer: a

38. What is the command to view the list of commits for a specific file?
    a. git log filename
    b. git branch
    c. git checkout
    d. git push

Answer: a

39. What is the command to undo changes to a specific file?
    a. git checkout filename
    b. git reset filename
    c. git add filename
    d. git push

Answer: a

40. What is the command to delete a tag?
    a. git tag -d tag_name
    b. git push
    c. git pull
    d. git add filename

Answer: a

41. What is the command to change the commit message?
    a. git commit –amend
    b. git reset
    c. git revert
    d. git push

Answer: a

42. What is the command to delete untracked files?
    a. git clean -f
    b. git reset
    c. git revert
    d. git add filename

Answer: a

43. What is the command to set up a Git repository with a remote?
    a. git remote add remote_name remote_url
    b. git push
    c. git pull
    d. git add filename

Answer: a

44. What is the command to add multiple files to the staging area?
    a. git add .
    b. git add *
    c. git add filename1 filename2
    d. git add -a

Answer: a

45. What is the command to view the list of contributors to the repository?
    a. git shortlog
    b. git branch
    c. git log
    d. git clone

Answer: a

46. What is the command to view the version number of Git?
    a. git –version
    b. git version
    c. git branch
    d. git clone

Answer: a

47. What is the command to discard changes made to a file?
    a. git checkout filename
    b. git reset filename
    c. git add filename
    d. git push

Answer: a

48. What is the command to view the list of files in the working directory?
    a. ls
    b. git ls
    c. git list
    d. git dir

Answer: a

49. What is the command to discard changes made to the entire repository?
    a. git reset –hard
    b. git revert
    c. git add .
    d. git push

Answer: a

50. What is the command to stash changes without committing them?
    a. git stash
    b. git reset
    c. git revert
    d. git push

Answer: a

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I am using Clearcase UCM and i am looking for pom.xml sample which does the following things.

1. Create A Vob with tag specified in pom.xml

Any help on this…

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Michael Lee Feighner
831 Turino Street
Livermore, California 94551-2569
Home: (925) 449-8692
Cell: (925) 337-1298
feinerVogel94551@comcast.net
www.linkedIn.com/in/michaelfeighner
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Software/Hardware Engineering Release, Process Documentation

• Maintained US Government DOD Secret Clearance over the past 19 years.
• Lead Change Board activities to align with schedule and budget for Software and
Document releases.
• Recorded change management history in Enterprise Product Data Management
(EPDM, Windchill) in order to maintain audit traceability.
• Proficient in ClearQuest.
• Able to Identify, Control, and Audit Configuration Status Accounting to meet Common
Integrated Processes System (CIPS) and Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)
requirements.
• Utilize ClearCase for Software Configuration Management Control and Build Execution
Release.
• Requirement Management using DOORS (Dynamic Object Oriented Requirement
System).
• Key contributor to Contract Delivery Requirements List (CDRL) Delivery.

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Windows NT/XP
MS Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, Outlook
Shell / Perl Scripting
Visual Basic
MS Visual Studio 2005
e-Commerce
C/C++, UNIX
SQL
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION – Sunnyvale, CA JAN 1990 – NOV 2009
Staff Configuration Analyst MAR 2008 – NOV 2009
SBIRS (Space-Based Infrared System)
• Managed and directed timely change board activities with accuracy and within budget.
• Maintained change management history in Enterprise Product Data Management (EPDM,
Windchill) for auditable traceability.
• Conducted Configuration Management review of approved documents in Dynamic Object
Oriented Requirement System (DOORS) for requirements traceability in preparation for
formal document release.
• Wrote and maintained Configuration Management (CM) Operation Instructions for training
by others.

Senior Software Configuration Analyst JUL 2007 – MAR 2008
MKV (Multiple Kill Vehicle)
• Created foundation of MKV’s Software Review Boards at program and site level.
• Managed and directed change board activities with accuracy, on schedule, and within
budget.
• Maintained change management history in ClearQuest for auditable traceability.
• Wrote detailed instructions on scheduling and arranging weekly conferences via
teleconferencing.
• Implemented software quality standards based on Configuration Management procedures.
• Established automated build process through MS Visual Studio 2005.

Senior Software Configuration Analyst MAY 2000 – JUL 2007
THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense)• Resolved discrepancies between Enterprise Product Data Management and Electronic
Data (EPDM, Windchill).
• Assured ClearQuest schema conformed to program’s Configuration Management Plan
maintaining highest level of customer satisfaction.
• Managed and directed, independently, change board activities. Arranged and coordinated
Software Condition of Assembly at Release and Transfer (SW-CART). This enabled
auditable traceability, allowing on-schedule software releases to the customer.
• Arranged Contract Delivery Requirements List (CDRL) deliveries well ahead of schedule.
• Managed ClearQuest and ClearCase administrative functions.
• Compiled software code in Visual Basic.
• Conducted annual internal audits for Program Software Configuration Management.
Maintained department’s procedures.

Special Programs – Senior Software Engineer APR 1996 – MAY 2000
• Software Test and Software Development in C and Assembly in VxWorks Environment

Special Programs – Senior Data Processor JAN 1990 – APR 1996
• Computer Operations in Virtual Machine/Conversational Monitor System Multiple Virtual
Storage Mainframe.
• UNIX (AIX on RS/6000) and VAX/VMS Administration and Software Installation and
Upgrade.

EDUCATION
MS Software Engineering – National University, San Jose, CA
MA Political Science – University of Tübingen, Germany
California State College and University, Foreign Study Program at
University of Heidelberg, Germany
BA Liberal Arts – San Jose State University – San Jose, CA

rajeshkumar replied the topic: Re:ClearCase/ClearQuest SCM Applicant Livermore CA US

Hi mfeighner.

very impressive profile. How we can work together for our community benefits?

Rajesh
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mfeighner replied the topic: Re:ClearCase/ClearQuest SCM Applicant Livermore CA US
That is a good question. I am finding the “new” market” challenging. Although I received my training and experience through my previous employer of 20 years only for ClearCase and ClearQuest only. Other needed training was not available. What is one to do in today’s market? My skills are transferable, but I am at a loss to many of the applications and skills discussed in this forum.

rajeshkumar replied the topic: Re:ClearCase/ClearQuest SCM Applicant Livermore CA US
Hi,

This is not lose. by referring your profile, you have very depth understanding in SCM and its concept. Also you have worked on Top rated tools in SCM.

I feel, Learning new tools and technology will not be challenging for you.

Whats you future plan? are you searching new job or trying to do something your own?
Regards,
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mfeighner replied the topic: Re:ClearCase/ClearQuest SCM Applicant Livermore CA US
Rajesh, thanks for your kind compliments. But why can’t I get a job as a Software Configuration Management/Release Engineer in this market? The following are phrases I have extracted from job openings posted on Monster, Dice, and CareerBuilder depicting a non-existent super Software Configuration Manager. I have never used JAVA, Oracle, SQL (had a four-week course in college ages ago), Maven, Bamboo, Python, VMware, Xen, no experience with automated management/creation of server clusters (training was to take place with last position until budget cuts and lay-offs), Capistrano, LAMP, Phing, Subversion Large Scale Web, MySQL, PHP, Puppet, Bash, Chef, MF, MS SQL RDBMS technologies, no hands-on experience working with GiT and not simply “used’ GiT but rather have used GiT extensively and even better used GiT to replace ClearCase, ANT, Ivy, Bamboo, Maven, Hudson, product installation/configuration and system/unit testing, HTML/XML, no experience working with high volume web sites preferably in an operations type role, no experience in web-facing business and their operation, no Perforce experience, no experience with Subversion, no experience with Agile Build, CruiseControl, no experience with Packaging & Installers i.e., development experience with InstallShield; no development experience with rpm is a plus, no level skills in CVS & Subversion….the list goes on and on. There is nothing wrong with my past experience. It is as you will agree something working in my favor. But that favor has not arrived. We are in a major depression, and employers have increased their requirements to unachievable levels. I will have to accepted by a company that will allow me to mould to their needs, and I know I can do that, but that just is not happening right now.

Mike Feighner
www.linkedIn.com/in/michaelfeighner

rajeshkumar replied the topic: Re:ClearCase/ClearQuest SCM Applicant Livermore CA US
I appreciate your commitments. i wish you all the best.

Kindly let me know if I can help you anyways..

Rajesh
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rajeshkumar replied the topic: Re:ClearCase/ClearQuest SCM Applicant Livermore CA US
Can you please look at this….

jobs.scmgalaxy.com/
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mfeighner replied the topic: Re:ClearCase/ClearQuest SCM Applicant Livermore CA US
Thanks. I have been looking in this link for a couple weeks now. I have just applied to 10 more recent application. Yet, it is still the same problem. They are asking for skills I do not have.

GopiNithin replied the topic: Re:ClearCase/ClearQuest SCM Applicant Livermore CA US
Hey Rajesh,
I am very glad to introduce my self. I am a Configuration Manager working with one of the company in chennai. I need few clarifications. Provide your contact details so that we can chat offline.

Thanks
Gopi

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I have used Doxygen for C++ and Java based project which is best for these 2 language. But no experience with other 2 tools.

Based on googling i felt that NDOC3 should suite your requirement as its basically for .net and C#….

Please share with us more experience on this…
NDoc3 is based on NDoc, and is a code documentation generation tool for .NET developers. The goal is to make a fast, extensible, multi-platform .NET documentation tool which supports all of the .NET languages specifications including but not only, C#
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Module Lead(Build & Release)

rajeshkumar replied the topic: Migration from clearcase to GIT
o, there is no ClearCase to Git bridge, convertor or adaptor that I know of (retaining the full history, with all its events).

Credit –
stackoverflow.com/questions/26967817/clearcase-to-git-migration

But

Also, please read this
therub.org/2013/07/19/clearcase-to-git/
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This week I am started digging more into to GIT. I hope these videos will be helpful for you as well.

Introduction to Git

Linus Torvalds on git

O’Reilly Webcast: Git in One Hour

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www.slideshare.net/JamesEdwardGrayII/git-and-github-3675432
www.slideshare.net/terrywang/git-101-tutorial-presentation/
www.slideshare.net/railsconf/smacking-gi…advanced-git-tricks/

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help.github.com/
progit.org/
git-scm.com/
whygitisbetterthanx.com/

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This user is in an organization and can’t be deleted.

any solution?

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Could you please let me know the Certifications in GIT or GITHUB?

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I am getting error called “GitLab is not responding” on front page.

Followup –

I did run status commands and got following output…

sudo gitlab-ctl status
run: nginx: (pid 12728) 165s; run: log: (pid 12574) 372s
run: postgresql: (pid 12731) 165s; run: log: (pid 12485) 421s
run: redis: (pid 12741) 165s; run: log: (pid 12402) 427s
run: sidekiq: (pid 12744) 165s; run: log: (pid 12558) 378s
run: unicorn: (pid 12808) 28s; run: log: (pid 12546) 380s

I stop and restart the gitlab using…

sudo gitlab-ctl start
ok: run: nginx: (pid 12961) 0s
ok: run: postgresql: (pid 12964) 0s
ok: run: redis: (pid 12967) 0s
ok: run: sidekiq: (pid 12970) 0s
ok: run: unicorn: (pid 12983) 0s

Solution

I found out that some other services was running with port 80. I just stopped that services and re-startted the gitlab services and it went through..
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rajeshkumar replied the topic: the ova package name does not match
Downloaded a OVA file and tried to import it into my VMWare Workstation and if something can go wrong – it does.

“the ova package name does not match the ovf file inside it” was the error message, after some searching I found out that a OVA is nothing else than a compressed tar file with another ending but includes the OVF and VHD files.

Usind 7-zip to look into it I found the name of the OVF and renamed the OVA to the same name – voila – it works
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rajeshkumar replied the topic: the ova package name does not match
Another way – enterprise.github.com/help/articles/gett…rted-with-virtualbox

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#!/bin/bash
sudo -u git -H /home/git/bin/gitlab-backup.sh

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You will see these 40-character strings all over the place in Git. In each case the name is calculated by taking the SHA1 hash of the contents of the object. The SHA1 hash is a cryptographic hash function. What that means to us is that it is virtually impossible to find two different objects with the same name. This has a number of advantages; among others:

Git can quickly determine whether two objects are identical or not, just by comparing names. Since object names are computed the same way in every repository, the same content stored in two repositories will always be stored under the same name. Git can detect errors when it reads an object, by checking that the object’s name is still the SHA1 hash of its contents.

The Objects
Every object consists of three things – a type, a size and content. The size is simply the size of the contents, the contents depend on what type of object it is, and there are four different types of objects: “blob”, “tree”, “commit”, and “tag”.

A “blob” is used to store file data – it is generally a file.
A “tree” is basically like a directory – it references a bunch of other trees and/or blobs (i.e. files and sub-directories)
A “commit” points to a single tree, marking it as what the project looked like at a certain point in time. It contains meta-information about that point in time, such as a timestamp, the author of the changes since the last commit, a pointer to the previous commit(s), etc.

A “tag” is a way to mark a specific commit as special in some way. It is normally used to tag certain commits as specific releases or something along those lines.

Almost all of Git is built around manipulating this simple structure of four different object types. It is sort of its own little filesystem that sits on top of your machine’s filesystem.
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The git revert command undoes a committed snapshot. But, instead of removing the commit from the project history, it figures out how to undo the changes introduced by the commit and appends a new commit with the resulting content. This prevents Git from losing history, which is important for the integrity of your revision history and for reliable collaboration.

git revert

Reverting vs. Resetting
It’s important to understand that git revert undoes a single commit—it does not “revert” back to the previous state of a project by removing all subsequent commits. In Git, this is actually called a reset, not a revert.\

Reverting has two important advantages over resetting. First, it doesn’t change the project history, which makes it a “safe” operation for commits that have already been published to a shared repository. For details about why altering shared history is dangerous, please see the git reset page.

Second, git revert is able to target an individual commit at an arbitrary point in the history, whereas git reset can only work backwards from the current commit. For example, if you wanted to undo an old commit with git reset, you would have to remove all of the commits that occurred after the target commit, remove it, then re-commit all of the subsequent commits. Needless to say, this is not an elegant undo solution.

git reset

If git revert is a “safe” way to undo changes, you can think of git reset as the dangerous method. When you undo with git reset(and the commits are no longer referenced by any ref or the reflog), there is no way to retrieve the original copy—it is a permanent undo. Care must be taken when using this tool, as it’s one of the only Git commands that has the potential to lose your work.

Usage

git reset

Remove the specified file from the staging area, but leave the working directory unchanged. This unstages a file without overwriting any changes.

git reset

Reset the staging area to match the most recent commit, but leave the working directory unchanged. This unstages all files without overwriting any changes, giving you the opportunity to re-build the staged snapshot from scratch.

git reset –hard

Reset the staging area and the working directory to match the most recent commit. In addition to unstaging changes, the –hard flag tells Git to overwrite all changes in the working directory, too. Put another way: this obliterates all uncommitted changes, so make sure you really want to throw away your local developments before using it.

git reset

Move the current branch tip backward to , reset the staging area to match, but leave the working directory alone. All changes made since will reside in the working directory, which lets you re-commit the project history using cleaner, more atomic snapshots.

git reset –hard

Move the current branch tip backward to and reset both the staging area and the working directory to match. This obliterates not only the uncommitted changes, but all commits after , as well.
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rajeshkumar replied the topic: git reset Vs git revert
More Reference —

www.atlassian.com/git/tutorial/undoing-changes#!revert
www.atlassian.com/git/tutorial/undoing-changes#!reset
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The working directory is a single checkout of one version of the project. These files are pulled out of the compressed database in the Git directory and placed on disk for you to use or modify.

The staging area is a simple file, generally contained in your Git directory, that stores information about what will go into your next commit. It’s sometimes referred to as the index, but it’s becoming standard to refer to it as the staging area.

The basic Git workflow goes something like this:

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

This is mentioned in the git status output:

(use “git checkout — …” to discard changes in working directory)

To reset the entire repository to the last committed state:

git reset –hard

To remove untracked files, I usually just delete all files in the working copy (but not the .git/ folder!), then do git reset –hard which leaves it with only committed files.

A better way is to use git clean:

git clean -d -x -f

will remove untracked files, including directories (-d) and files ignored by git (-x). Replace the -f argument with -n to perform a dry-run or -i for interactive mode and it will tell you what will be removed.
you delete local files from your current branch?

git clean -f

But beware… there’s no going back. Use -n or –dry-run to preview the damage you’ll do.

If you want to also remove directories, run git clean -f -d

If you just want to remove ignored files, run git clean -f -X

If you want to remove ignored as well as non-ignored files, run git clean -f -x

Note the case difference on the X for the two latter commands.
Regards,
Rajesh Kumar
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