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Clone, add, commit messages, push, ignoring dependencies, writing an instructive README.md, etc. All basic skills you'd expect a developer to have.



>All basic skills you'd expect a developer to have.

Yeah, if they've used git before. Otherwise they'll need at least a solid 30 minutes to figure out the most basic git usage pattern.

Do you really care about what source control system a person has experience in? Why? Any competent developer can pick it up quickly enough.


Hardly you can call that proficiency. All they have to do here is to clone and push. Sorry but I tend to test git knowledge more in depth, maybe this level is enough for other projects




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