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Is there any situation in which HEAD~ and HEAD^ will not be the same commit? In a more general sense, is there any series of merges or other operations that will result in x~ not being the same thing as x^?
No, HEAD~ and HEAD^ are synonyms.
HEAD~ means HEAD~1 by definition.
HEAD~1 means HEAD^ by definition.
See
git rev-parse --helpfor more information.