Lesson 5.1 Relative Refs (^)

1. Move  up commit :

• Moving upwards one commit at a time with ^
• Moving upwards a number of times with ~<num>.

We can say: 

So saying master^ is equivalent to "the first parent of master". 

master^^ is the grandparent (second-generation ancestor) of master
Example:
Command type: git checkout master^  













Other example:

Branch start:                        Branch goal:
                             

Answer:

• git checkout C3; 
• git checkout HEAD^;
• git checkout HEAD^; 
• git checkout HEAD^