introduction to git and github week 1
Practice Quiz: Before Version Control
1. Your colleague sent you a patch called fix_names.patch, which fixes a config file called fix_names.conf. What command do you need to run to apply the patch to the config file?
- diff names.conf fix_names.conf
- patch fix_names.conf names.conf
- patch fix_names.conf < fix_names.patch
- diff names.conf_orig names.conf_fixed > fix_names.conf
2. You're helping a friend with a bug in a script called fix_permissions.py, which fixes the permissions of a bunch of files. To work on the file, you make a copy and call it fix_permissions_modified.py. What command do you need to run after solving the bug to send the patch to your friend?
- diff fix_permissions.py fix_permissions_modified.py > fix_permissions.patch
- patch fix_permissions.py < fix_permissions_modified.py
- patch fix_permissions.py > fix_permissions.patch
- diff fix_permissions.py fix_permissions.diff
3. The _____ commandhighlights the words that changed in a file instead of working line by line.
- diff
- diff -u
- wdiff
- patch
4. How can we choose the return value our script returns when it finishes?
- Using the exit command from the sys module
- Use the patch command
- Use the diff command
- Use meld
5. In addition to the original files, what else do we need before we can use the patch command?
- Diff file
- exit command of the sys module
- Version control
- Full copy of the new files
