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Molly Hetz
Molly Hetz
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Posted by Molly Hetz
Molly Hetz
1,249 Points

Cant remember what previous commit was!

Please help me so I can move on.

2 Answers

Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
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Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
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You might want to "checkout" this past thread on the forum for your answer ;)

https://teamtreehouse.com/community/how-does-head1-work-in-git

Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
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Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
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Except if you are talking about the previous commit you will want to use just HEAD instead of HEAD~1. HEAD~1 is one commit before HEAD.

Molly Hetz
Molly Hetz
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Molly Hetz
Molly Hetz
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Hey Colin!

I retook the test and found out what it was Head~1 checkout :)

Thanks!