You generally do not type HEAD~largeN, defining large as 3 or more. It's
typically one or maybe two ^'s only. When the target is farther away you
refer to the SHA-1 (or abbreviated form) tag or branch name instead, just to
make sure you point to the right commit. 'HEAD~N' is useful for scripting and
testing git itself, it's an advanced feature.
UI's that have only one way of accomplishing every task suck. Google this
term "the case against user interface consistency" for reasons why, in case
you haven't seen them for yourself.
-- robin
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