What is the primary purpose of a gitignore file?
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To specify files that should not be tracked by Git
To automatically commit changes
To track all changes in a repository
To delete unwanted files from the repository
2.
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Which command is used to check the status of files in a Git repository?
git status
git add
git log
git commit
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What pattern would you use in a gitignore file to ignore all files with a .log extension?
*.log
log.*
log/
/log
4.
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How can you exclude a specific file from a pattern in a gitignore file?
By using a double asterisk
By using a forward slash
By using a hash symbol
By using an exclamation mark
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What does a pattern ending with a slash (/) in a gitignore file signify?
It matches files in the root directory
It matches files with any extension
It matches all files with that name
It matches only folder names
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