git_trivia.sh

git_trivia.sh

#! /bin/bash

set -x -e

# In the beginning there was nothing, just hopes, dreams,
# a modest development budget.

mkdir -p demo
cd demo
git init .

# Then there was the initial commit

echo "hello app world" > app
git add app
git commit -m "initial commit"

# Then there was an MVP:

echo "mvp" >> app
git add app
git commit -m "implement mvp"

# The MVP was not Good, but it was released anyway.

# Our heroes had the discipline to tag the version they released:

git tag "release/0"

# A new feature was designed and developed incorporating the
# knowledge gained from watching the users' optimistic attempts
# to use the MVP

echo "amazing new feeture" >> app
git add app
git commit -m "add amazing new feature"

# The new version with the new feature was released.
# Our brave heroes are getting some rhythm going now.
# Look at that cycle time.

# Again, the release was tagged for traceability:

git tag "release/1"

# But alas: the amazing new feature injected a bug that was
# not discovered before it was inflicted upon the users!

# Our brave heroes scramble to prepare a hotfix release:

git checkout "release/1"
git checkout -b hotfix
sed -i "s/feet/feat/g" app
git add app
git commit -m "apply emergency patch"

# The hotfix is ready on a feature branch.

# Our heroes merge the hotfix atop the existing "release/1" !

git merge "release/1"

# Again, for traceability, they tag the hotfix release:

git tag "release/1.1"

# Phew! Close one! Good work.


# Now, within the context of the above example, here are some git trivia questions:
#
# Q1	(1 point)	Does the commit pointed to by "release/1" contain the emergency fix? (Yes/No)
#
# Q2	(2 points)	Explain the reasoning behind your answer to Q1.
#
# Q3	(1 point)	Does the above behaviour make you happy? (Yes/No)
#
# Q4	(2 points)	Explain what assumptions would need to change for you to give the
# 			opposite answer to question Q1. Or explain why this is not possible.
#
# Q5	(1 point)	Does the commit pointed to by "release/1.1" contain the emergency fix? (Yes/No)
#
# Q6	(2 point)	Explain the reasoning behind your answer to Q5.
#
# Q7	(bonus 1 point)	If you do these kinds of operations via the Github UI, rather than via the Git
#			command line interface, do you get the same result? Explain your reasoning.
#