Question

A developer on your team is saving their work in a Git repository and asks what a commit actually captures. When they run 'git commit', what does Git record?

Accepted Answer

A snapshot of the staged changes along with a message, author, and timestamp

Answer

A live copy of the working directory that continuously syncs to GitHub

Answer

A new branch that isolates the changes from the main line of development

Answer

A backup uploaded to GitHub's servers that other collaborators can immediately see