lesson_2_reflections.txt

What happens when you initialize a repository? Why do you need to do it?
 New repository is created with zero commits, becoz it allows an option to store more data

How is the staging area different from the working directory and the repository?
What value do you think it offers?
Staging area offers a place to hold the file to be copied to the repository and acts as an intermediate

How can you use the staging area to make sure you have one commit per logical
change?
by using the git diff, git diff --stage command

What are some situations when branches would be helpful in keeping your history
organized? How would branches help?
Branches help in creating a new version by keeping the older version intact 

How do the diagrams help you visualize the branch structure?
It helps us knowing which commits are part of which branch and also the unreachable ids

What is the result of merging two branches together? Why do we represent it in
the diagram the way we do?
It helps in reducing the no of branch label and having all the commits under the same branch