Interview Q&A / Git & GitHub

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Git & GitHub interview questions

Branching, merge vs rebase, resolving conflicts and pull requests, the way teams actually work.

  1. What does git clean do, and how do you use it safely?

    git clean deletes untracked files from the working directory. Because they were never committed, they cannot be recovered, so always run git clean -n first to preview what would be removed.

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