MLA-C01 Question 343
Single answerYou are working on an AWS SageMaker project and collaborating with a team of data scientists. To ensure proper version control and collaboration, you decide to use Git to manage your code and notebooks. During a code review, a team member informs you that your recent changes conflict with their updates on the same branch. What step should you take to resolve the conflict using Git?
- A
Use the
git mergecommand to automatically merge both changes without reviewing the conflicts. - B
Use the
git pullcommand to fetch the latest changes and manually resolve the conflicts in the affected files. - C
Delete your changes and re-clone the repository to start fresh with the latest version.
- D
Use the
git resetcommand to undo all changes and discard the conflicted state.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
When using Git for version control in a collaborative environment, conflicts can occur when multiple contributors make changes to the same part of a codebase. The correct approach is to use git pull to fetch the latest changes and merge them into your local branch. Git will highlight the conflicts, allowing you to manually resolve them in the affected files. This ensures that both your work and your team member's updates are preserved.
- A. Incorrect.
Using
git mergewithout reviewing conflicts is not correct because Git will not automatically resolve conflicts for you. You need to manually resolve the conflicting changes. - B. Correct.
Using
git pullallows you to fetch the latest changes and merge them into your local branch. If there are conflicts, Git will highlight them, and you can manually resolve them in the affected files before proceeding. - C. Incorrect.
Deleting your changes and re-cloning the repository is unnecessary and inefficient. Proper version control practices encourage resolving conflicts rather than discarding work.
- D. Incorrect.
Using
git resetwill discard your changes, which is not the recommended approach when handling conflicts. Instead, you should resolve the conflicts manually to preserve your work and your team member's updates.