lesson_2_reflection_prompts.txt

What happens when you initialize a repository? Why do you need to do it?

How is the staging area different from the working directory and the repository?
What value do you think it offers?

暂存区的作用承上启下，连接工作目录和版本库，他们中间的桥梁。我们可以使用add命令将多个文件加入到暂存区中然后可以一次提交保存多个文件，这样我们就可以提前将有关系的文件添加到暂存区中，不用多次提交，而且可以同时编辑多个文件。极大的发挥了git的作用。

How can you use the staging area to make sure you have one commit per logical
change?

What are some situations when branches would be helpful in keeping your history
organized? How would branches help?

How do the diagrams help you visualize the branch structure?

What is the result of merging two branches together? Why do we represent it in
the diagram the way we do?

What are the pros and cons of Git’s automatic merging vs. always doing merges
manually?