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What is git fetch and checkout?
git fetch pulls references to the remote branches that are being created on (in this case) BItbucket. git checkout moves your current directory into a specific branch or a specific commit (depending the parameter).
What happens when you checkout a commit?
Checking out a commit hash will put you into “detached head” state. A commit (hash) can belong to many branches, and many branch HEADs can point to the same commit hash. Checking out a commit (regardless if it is the HEAD of any branch) will put you to the detached HEAD state.
What is the difference between git checkout and git restore?
git-restore does not only substitute git checkout but also other commands, becoming the missing link to manage the changes in the tree. Or more often, git add . (aka. commit everything you find) when you are working on a project and you have been changing a lot of things around.
What is the difference between head and checkout in git?
git checkout — . : copies from index, to work-tree, only. git checkout HEAD — . : copies from HEAD, to index, and then to work-tree. git reset –mixed : resets index from HEAD (and then leaves work-tree alone) git reset –hard : resets index from HEAD, then resets work-tree from index.
Why do we need git fetch?
The git fetch command downloads commits, files, and refs from a remote repository into your local repo. Fetching is what you do when you want to see what everybody else has been working on. This makes fetching a safe way to review commits before integrating them with your local repository.
Can you undo git checkout?
If for example you have the code page up and you hit git checkout, and you realize that you accidently checked out the wrong page or something. Go to the page and click undo. (for me, command + z), and it will go back to exactly where you were before you hit the good old git checkout.
What is the difference between reset and revert?
Reset – On the commit-level, resetting is a way to move the tip of a branch to a different commit. Revert – Reverting undoes a commit by creating a new commit.
What is the difference between GIT clone and checkout?
To sum it up, clone is for fetching repositories you don’t have, checkout is for switching between branches in a repository you already have. Note: for those who have a SVN/CVS background and new to Git, the equivalent of git clone in SVN/CVS is checkout. The same wording of different terms is often confusing.
What’s the difference between “GIT reset” and “Git checkout”?
Checkout is used to copy the files from the server to your local machine. Reset is used to get your local file back to the state of the what is on the server. These two ideas differ because of how Git manages state of your repository.
What does Git fetch exactly do?
git fetch. The git fetch command downloads commits, files, and refs from a remote repository into your local repo. Fetching is what you do when you want to see what everybody else has been working on.
What does git gc do exactly?
The git gc command cleans up unnecessary files and optimizes the local repository. GitHub runs this operation on its hosted repositories automatically on a regular basis based on a variety of triggers.