Repository Management Quiz

What you'll be asked

1. What is the primary purpose of a .gitignore file in a repository?
2. When working in a team environment, which strategy is most effective for maintaining a clean commit history while integrating changes from the main branch into a feature branch?
3. What is the primary risk of performing a 'git push --force' on a shared team repository?
4. If you need to move a specific commit from one branch to another without merging the entire branch, which Git command should you use?
5. A repository contains a large binary file that was accidentally committed, causing the repository size to bloat significantly. Which approach is required to permanently remove the file from all past commit history?

Answers and explanations come after you submit.