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What files are supported by Github?
We support these files:
- PNG (. png)
- GIF (. gif)
- JPEG (. jpg)
- Log files (. log)
- Microsoft Word (. docx), Powerpoint (. pptx), and Excel (. xlsx) documents.
- Text files (. txt)
- PDFs (. pdf)
- ZIP (. zip, . gz)
What files can git track?
Git keeps track of four objects: a blob, a tree, a commit, and a tag. To answer your question on how it keeps track of changes here’s a quote from that link: The tree object is how Git keeps track of file names and directories.
Which of the following is are supported by git?
Git (the main implementation in C) is primarily developed on Linux, although it also supports most major operating systems, including BSD, Solaris, macOS, and Windows.
What files should you commit to git?
You want to generally commit/push the source code and application configuration files such as pom. xml or any configuration files used in your build but you can also add any other kind of files. For example committing a changelog or even a word document (more rare but possible) may also be valid.
Does git work with all file types?
As Oktay Şen said: git supports any type of file. However, most of git’s tools are designed to work with plain text files. For example: I use git to manage several interlinked Excel spreadsheets.
What is a V2 file?
V2 filename suffix is mostly used for Microsoft Live Messenger Data files. Microsoft Live Messenger Data format was developed by Microsoft Corporation. V2 files are supported by software applications available for devices running Windows. The most popular software that supports V2 files is Windows Live Messenger.
Do untracked files get committed?
The rest of the files under the “Untracked files” heading will not. When a file is added with the “git add” command, but not yet committed, it’s what’s known as a “staged” file. It’s ready to be committed, but isn’t yet, so that you can verify the correct files will be committed when you run the commit command.
What does git status do?
The git status command displays the state of the working directory and the staging area. It lets you see which changes have been staged, which haven’t, and which files aren’t being tracked by Git.
Which file can you configure to ensure that certain file types are not committed to the local Git repository?
.gitignore file
The . gitignore file tells Git which files to ignore when committing your project to the GitHub repository. gitignore is located in the root directory of your repo.
What is Git handle?
The one displayed in the top right corner in GitHub is your GitHub username – this is the one you use to login to GitHub when you enter the site and when you commit over HTTPS, and the one that appears in the URLs of your GitHub repositories.
Where does the Gitignore file go?
gitignore file is a plain text file where each line contains a pattern for files/directories to ignore. Generally, this is placed in the root folder of the repository, and that’s what I recommend. However, you can put it in any folder in the repository and you can also have multiple .
What should I not commit to github?
You shouldn’t store credentials like usernames, passwords, API keys and API secrets. If someone else steals your credentials, they can do nasty things with it.