WEEKLY ENGINEERING PRACTICE

Which version gets committed?

A small reasoning exercise. Follow the behavior, choose an explanation and use the feedback to decide what to practice next.

Trace the behavior

Before these commands, report.txt contains version A. Assume the repository has an existing commit, a configured author and no hooks. Which report content enters the new commit?

Bash

git add report.txt
printf 'version B\n' > report.txt
git commit -m 'Save report'

Choose your explanation

Version B, because it is currently on diskVersion A, which was staged before the later editBoth versions in the same fileNeither version; Git never permits unstaged edits

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