lesson-2-reflection-prompts.txt

What happens when you initialize a repository? Why do you need to do it?

It creates a .git directory and creates the master branch

Git creates a .git directory that contains the files git needs to track changes

How is the staging area different from the working directory and the repository?
What value do you think it offers?

The staging area shows what files will go into a commit. The working directory includes all the files in the respository.

How can you use the staging area to make sure you have one commit per logical
change?

You can make sure that your change is to only the files you need for that logical change

What are some situations when branches would be helpful in keeping your history
organized? How would branches help?

You can create a separate changes on separate branches.

How do the diagrams help you visualize the branch structure?

You can see where a new branch starts within the commit structure

What is the result of merging two branches together? Why do we represent it in
the diagram the way we do?

You take commits from two branches and combine them into one. The commits show by date on merged branches

What are the pros and cons of Git's automatic merging vs. always doing merges
manually?
If you merge manually you can be sure that the changes that you need are included in the merge