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ignore *.gem
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This can also be written `HEAD^^^`, which again is the first parent of the first parent of the first parent:
This can also be written `HEAD~~~`, which again is the first parent of the first parent of the first parent:

[source,console]
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$ git show HEAD^^^
$ git show HEAD~~~
commit 1c3618887afb5fbcbea25b7c013f4e2114448b8d
Author: Tom Preston-Werner <tom@mojombo.com>
Date: Fri Nov 7 13:47:59 2008 -0500
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