AZURE · objective · 29% of the exam
Understand Git and GitHub basics
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Official references for this objective
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Microsoft — Create a pull request in Visual Studio | Microsoft Learn
Pull requests are an essential tool in GitHub and Azure DevOps for code review. These reviews help catch issues in new features
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Microsoft — Make a Git commit in Visual Studio | Microsoft Learn
Modified files : These files have changes since your last commit, but you haven't yet staged them for the next commit.
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Microsoft — git fetch, pull, push, & sync - Visual Studio (Windows) | Microsoft Learn
If you see any, pull first to prevent any upstream merge conflicts.
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Microsoft — Create a Git repo or work remotely with a provider - Visual Studio (Windows) | Microsoft Learn
you can use the .gitignore template option to specify any intentionally untracked files that you want Git to ignore
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Microsoft — Stage Lines of Code in Visual Studio | Microsoft Learn
Line staging can also be helpful when you want to split changes across different commits.
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Microsoft — Tutorial Step 6: Work With Git in Visual Studio | Microsoft Learn
Your new repository is private by default, which means you're the only one who can access it
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Microsoft — Clone a repo in Visual Studio | Microsoft Learn
an Authorize Visual Studio notice appears. Choose the options you want, and then select Authorize github . Next, you'll see an authorization confirmation window. Enter
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Microsoft — Git | REST API Reference for Team Foundation Server - TFS | Microsoft Learn
objects representing core Git concepts: blobs (files) trees (folders) commits refs (branches, lightweight tags)