Quest #2 - Staging area

This quest belongs to the Simple Workflow part. It means you will learn the basic usage of Git. Don’t hesitate to read the article introducing concepts for this part.

In this quest, you’ll learn to:

  • remove files from the staging area

  • select files to put in the staging area

  • add a new file in the repository

Here are the instructions for your quest, read them carefully. The weapon section helps you to figure out which commands you’ll need to complete this quest.

Problem

You modified index.js, letters.js and created colors.js. All files are in the staging area.
Mission

Create a commit with only index.js and colors.js
Weapons

add reset commit
Workspace

~/git-quest/quest2/git-quest2

If you’re already confident with add, reset and commit you can still read the Short answer to understand this quest intent.

 Remember you don’t need to edit the project files. If you’re in trouble, reset this quest with git-quest init 2.

Before you start

Run git-quest init 2 to setup your environment for this quest. To ensure you can begin your quest in good conditions, go to the quest repository: ~/git-quest/quest2/git-quest2.

And run the two following commands to make sure both project and repository are in the right state.

Repository status
$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.

Changes to be committed:
  (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)

	new file:   colors.js
	modified:   index.js
	modified:   letters.js
 Didn’t get same results ? Reset the quest by running git-quest init 2 again

From here, if you’re familiar with git, go ahead and try to complete your quest on your own. Besides, for apprentices, I’ld recommand to follow the step by step solution first. Then, reset the quest and try to complete it without any help.

Check your result

Once you think you finished the quest, run the following command and check the output.

$ git show --name-only
commit 9ef08fa86e2dc438d7875d9aa36720afc2d3b9b8 (HEAD -> master) (3)
Author: jbardon <bardonjeremy1@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Dec 8 16:58:34 2018 +0100

    Colorful print message (handles lowercas message) (1)

colors.js (2)
index.js

  1. Your commit message

  2. Files in the commit: index.js and colors.js

  3. Commit location: local only (HEAD → master)

If you can’t see your commit, you must make your commit first. You miss something if you get an error or something different.

If you completed this quest on your own, it’s still relevant for you to read the Short answer. You can compare your solution with mine.

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