A developer has addressed a bug that was found in the production code of an application. A separate file named "bug427896191v_fix" has been created with the changes to the code. Which Git command…

The correct answer is C. git merge-file. git merge-file performs a three-way merge on a single file, making it the correct command to incorporate changes from a separate file (bug427896191v_fix) into the production file. It is the file-level equivalent of git merge. git rebase (A) reapplies a series of commits onto a…

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Question

A developer has addressed a bug that was found in the production code of an application. A separate file named "bug427896191v_fix" has been created with the changes to the code. Which Git command must be used to incorporate the bug fix into the production code?

Options

Agit rebase
Bgit cat-file
Cgit merge-file
Dgit bisert

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(39 responses)

A
18% (7)
B
8% (3)
C
69% (27)
D
5% (2)

Explanation

git merge-file performs a three-way merge on a single file, making it the correct command to incorporate changes from a separate file (bug427896191v_fix) into the production file. It is the file-level equivalent of git merge. git rebase (A) reapplies a series of commits onto a different base branch - it operates on commits, not individual files. git cat-file (B) is used to inspect Git object types and content, not to merge changes. git bisect (D - note the typo 'bisert' in the question) is a binary search tool used to find which commit introduced a bug, not to merge files.

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