Answers for "What does the command Git reset –- soft HEAD^ perform?"

git reset head

$ git reset --hard HEAD       (going back to HEAD)

$ git reset --hard HEAD^      (going back to the commit before HEAD)
$ git reset --hard HEAD~1     (equivalent to "^")

$ git reset --hard HEAD~2     (going back two commits before HEAD)

git soft reset head

git reset --soft HEAD^
//resets head by 1

"git reset –- soft head^"

git reset --soft HEAD^ #The command to undo a commit and reset to the commit before HEAD and keeping the changes is:

git reset head

git reset --hard HEAD

git reset soft

git reset --soft