What do these git symbols mean?
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Solution
The at and curly braces are documented in the `gitrevisions` manual page.
In your example, it means the prior value of the `HEAD` ref - whatever commit `HEAD` pointed to before your most recent commit or checkout or whatever.
The double hyphens separate flags from non-flags (usually filenames, but sometimes other things like branch names or remote names). You can use `--` to make sure git doesn't treat the argument after the `--` as a flag, in case it might look like one.
Problem
In git, what does the at symbol and curly braces mean? ``` git reset --soft HEAD@{1} ``` Likewise, what do double hyphens mean? Not as an option, but as used like so: ``` git checkout abcd1234 -- . ``` I'm sure this is referenced somewhere obvious, but I'm having a hard time finding it. Also, searching for non-alphanumeric symbols is difficult.