git reset asks 'more?'

Question

Git windows command line, version 1.8.0

I have 3 commits so far and when I type

git reset --soft HEAD^ 

new line comes up with

More? 

and flashing cursor for input

Then, whatever I type, I always get

fatal: ambiguous argument 'HEAD ': unknown revision or path not in the working tree. Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this: 'git [...] -- [...]

All other commands works fine in the same folder.

Answer 1

see if git log HEAD^ works. If it doesn't, it may be something with your localization or terminal. It seems to be filtering out the ^ symbol. As a workaround, use git reset --soft HEAD~1 for now.

Answer 2

Your shell is interpreting the ^ symbol as a line continuation symbol. Either just avoid using ^ as Adam suggests:

git reset --soft HEAD~1 

or quote the argument so the shell doesn't attempt to interpret it (I'm not sure exactly which shell you're using, but I'd be surprised if this doesn't work):

git reset --soft "HEAD^"