What is the difference between "reset hard head" and "reset hard"?

Question

I am new to git, so the question can be very simple, what is the difference between git reset --hard HEADand git reset --hard?

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Firdous Apr 26 '12 at 7:26

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Thiefmaster · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-26T07:28:17+0000

HEAD implied if you do not specify this argument.

However, you can do this, for example. git reset --hard HEAD^to destroy the commit in HEAD, i.e. cancel it in such a way as to overwrite the story.