lesson_2_reflections.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?
- 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?