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List of my branches:

  • develop
  • features/magi
  • master

Current branch is features/magi.

I want to reset from current commit (commit 3) to previous commit (commit 1). So I use command:

magit-reset-soft

But Magit offers me to reset to one of the branches. Why?

Here screenshot:

Magit-reset-soft

Magit guess

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    Magit is offering some likely completion candidates for resetting to, but you are free to enter any branch/commit ref you like here, such as @~2 (HEAD minus two commits).
    – Basil
    Oct 2, 2017 at 15:04
  • Note that Magit will automagitally offer any branch/commit ref under point as the default completion candidate.
    – Basil
    Oct 2, 2017 at 15:06
  • See also the Magit User Manual node on Resetting.
    – Basil
    Oct 2, 2017 at 15:08

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magit-reset-soft does not offer the hashes of all commits as completion candidates because there could be thousands. It does however offer branches as candidates because there usually are only a few dozens at most. It also offers either the hash of the commit at point or some "description". In your case after you have moved point into the ac29adc * commit 1 line it would offer feature/magi~2 as the default completion candidate.

I recommend you also read about Completion and Confirmation in the Magit manual. (You might also want to read the other subnodes of Interface Concepts.)

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