Interview Q&A / Git & GitHub
Git & GitHub interview questions
Branching, merge vs rebase, resolving conflicts and pull requests, the way teams actually work.
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- What is the difference between git fetch and git pull?
git fetch downloads new commits from the remote and updates your origin/* references without touching your own branch. git pull does a fetch and then merges (or rebases) the result into your current branch.
BeginnerQuick answer1 min read - What does git pull --rebase do, and why do many teams prefer it?
It fetches remote changes and replays your local commits on top of them instead of creating a merge commit. The result is a linear history without noisy 'Merge branch main' commits.
IntermediateQuick answer1 min read