FCM Specifics Preparation quiz

FCM questions


The aim of this quiz is to develop your thinking in "fcm talk" and to help you gauge what you do and do not know and hopefully encourage you that it is not as complicated as you may have once thought.
This quiz can also be used as a revision/reminder tool.
Please try to attempt all aspects of the quiz, you may be able to do none or all, you don't know until you try.

Specifics quiz

  1. Which command could you not use to look at what the differences are between two items in the repository using the xxdiff tool?





    D

  2. How do you change the properties on a file so that the file is executable?





    B

  3. How do you change the properties on a file so that the file is not executable?





    C

  4. How do you change log message on a commit?





    D

  5. fcm conflicts|cf, denoted by the "C" after running fcm status, can be used to resolve which type(s) of conflicts?




    C

  6. How can you invoke the web-browser to launch the corresponding URL of the web-based repository browser (currently Trac browser)?





    D

  7. How could you launch Trac with your default web browser to report the diff?





    B

  8. What is Trac for?





    A

  9. Tickets have what purpose(s)?





    B

  10. What option cannot be added to fcm list|ls [OPTIONS] [TARGET]?






    E

  11. fcm resolve always takes the form:





    B

  12. split merge is useful when resolving conflicts when you want to do what?





    B

  13. text conflicts are returned in the fcm status by: 





    A

  14. tree conflicts are returned in the fcm status by: 





    B

  15. How do you cherry pick from branch?





    D

  16. How can you discard some changes that have not been checked in yet?





    D

  17. How can you merge in the changes between two revisions, 2 and 8?





    A

  18. How can you merge a changeset?





    A

Specifics

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