Lesson 5.2: The "~" operator in git

If you want to move a lot of levels up in the commit tree. It might be tedious to type ^ several times, so Git also has the tilde (~) operator.


Example:
Commit tree start:                                                     Commit tree goal:
                                   
Answer:

•    git checkout master~4 .

Thereout,you can directly reassign a branch to a commit with the -f option.Moves (by force) the master branch to three parents behind HEAD.
Example:
Commit tree start:                                      Commit tree goal
                        
Answer:

• git branch -f master HEAD~3  .

Other example:

                        



Goal: