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Adds all 6 ROOT 03 modules (why version control exists, the Git mental model, everyday Git,
branching & merging, remote repositories, engineering Git workflow) — 31 activities. Uses only
real LOCAL Git repositories throughout — no Gitea account, no network access, and no
RootNode-canonical-repo credential is ever needed or exposed in a student Lab
(docs/ROOT_FOUNDATIONS_LAB_STRATEGY.md §4). Modules 1, 2, and 6 are conceptual bookends with no
lab, matching the flexible readiness standard already used in ROOT 01/02.

Adds 3 new hands-on Git scenarios plus 2 MCQs: git-everyday-basics (init/add/commit, validated
by inspecting real `git log`/`git show` state, not just command output strings — Step 6's
explicit requirement), git-branching-and-merge (a REAL merge conflict caused on purpose by two
branches editing the same line, resolved by the student, validated by confirming the conflict
markers are gone and a real two-parent merge commit exists), and git-remote-clone-push (a real
local bare repository standing in for a remote — clone/commit/push validated by inspecting the
REMOTE side directly, not just the student's own clone). All tested end-to-end via the real
scenario-validation API, including negative tests.

Wires rootnode-git-fundamentals-assessment (2 required + 3 random-draw scenarios) using the
existing Phase 3B assessment engine.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <[email protected]>
2026-08-26 17:08:00 -05:00

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# Knowledge Check: Engineering Git Workflow
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**1. Why does bundling unrelated changes into one commit cost you something real, not just
style points?**
*Answer:* It makes precise operations like `git revert` impossible to apply to just ONE logical
change — reverting the commit reverts everything in it together, whether you want that or not.
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**2. Why do teams typically restrict direct, unreviewed pushes to `main`?**
*Answer:* `main` is the shared source of truth everything else (deployments, other branches) is
built from — protecting it reduces the chance an unreviewed mistake reaches something everyone
else depends on being trustworthy.
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**3. Name one concrete way this course's Git discipline connects to GitOps or CI/CD.**
*Answer:* Any reasonable answer connecting small deliberate changes / a trusted source of truth
/ review-before-merge / reliable history to how CI/CD pipelines trigger on pushes or how GitOps
treats a Git repository as the authoritative record of desired infrastructure state.
## Instructor Notes
**Facilitation:** Question 3 is open-ended by design — the goal is students making the
connection in their own words, not reciting a fixed answer.
**Approximate timing:** 5 minutes.