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Master Git Interviews

Practice branching, merging, rebasing, and Git workflows with version control scenarios

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What You'll Master in Git Interviews

Core Concepts

Master commits, branches, merges, and the Git object model

Workflows

Learn Git Flow, trunk-based development, and team strategies

Advanced

Understand rebasing, cherry-picking, and conflict resolution

How Vibe Interviews Works

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Choose Your Focus

Select Git as your interview topic and customize the difficulty level

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Practice with AI

Answer realistic Git interview questions in a simulated environment

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Get Feedback

Receive detailed feedback on your answers, including areas to improve

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Track Progress

Monitor your improvement and identify strengths and weaknesses

Common Git Interview Topics

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Git branching and merging strategies

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Rebase vs merge workflows

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Conflict resolution techniques

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Git internals and object model

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Pull requests and code review

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Git hooks and automation

Common Git Interview Questions

Q: Explain the difference between git merge and git rebase

A: Merge creates new commit combining branches, preserves history, shows branch structure. Rebase replays commits on top of another branch, creates linear history, rewrites commit SHA. Use merge for public branches (preserves history), rebase for cleaning up local branches before pushing. Never rebase public/shared branches.

Q: What is git cherry-pick and when would you use it?

A: Cherry-pick applies specific commit from one branch to another. Creates new commit with same changes but different SHA. Use when you need specific fix from another branch without merging everything. Example: hotfix committed to wrong branch, picking single commit from feature branch. Can cause duplicates if branches later merge.

Q: Explain git reset --soft, --mixed, and --hard

A: --soft: moves HEAD, keeps staged changes and working directory. --mixed (default): moves HEAD, unstages changes, keeps working directory. --hard: moves HEAD, discards staged and working changes (dangerous). Use soft for uncommitting, mixed for unstaging, hard for discarding everything (with caution).

Q: What is a Git hook and give examples of use cases?

A: Hooks are scripts that run at specific Git events. Client-side: pre-commit (linting, tests), commit-msg (message format), pre-push. Server-side: pre-receive (reject pushes), post-receive (deploy, notify). Located in .git/hooks. Use for automation: code quality checks, CI/CD triggers, notifications.

Git Interview Preparation Tips

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Master interactive rebase for cleaning up commit history

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Understand git reflog for recovering lost commits

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Know how to resolve merge conflicts effectively

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Practice with Git workflows: Git Flow, GitHub Flow, trunk-based development

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Understand the difference between git pull and git fetch + merge

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