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

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.