Git · Junior · Question 50 of 75

What does `HEAD~1` refer to?

1The commit on the remote main branch
2The first commit in the repository
✓Correct answer: The parent of the current commit

Explanation

~n goes back n generations along first parents: HEAD~2 is the grandparent. HEAD^2 means the second parent of a merge commit.

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