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+What is the difference between git and GitHub?
+- Git is the version control system whereas GitHub is a cloud based system that hosts git repositories.
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+Why is version control important?
+- Version control is so so so important for collaborative projects. Version control lets many people work on a code base at the same time (on different branches), and allows us to track all changes through Github.
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+What is the command to view a branch's commit history?
+- git log
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+What command lists all the branches in your local 
+repository? 
+- git branch
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+Which one lists those in the remote?
+- git status
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+To prevent specific files and folders from being commited to a repository, what should you do?
+- put them in the git ignore file
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