What does the cap c:\^ command mean in the Windows command prompt?

Question

git

I'm trying to enter the command:
C:\>git reset --soft HEAD^
Continue? Yes
fatal: ambiguous argument 'HEADYes': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.
Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this:
'git [...] -- [...]'
And I get obvious gibberish.
How do I put in a git reset --soft HEAD^ command?
I took the command from here: evtuhovich.ru/blog/2009/04/03/git-reset

Answer 1

The caret (^) on the Windows command line is used:
1. As a line continuation character

dir ^
/ad ^
c:\temp

equivalent
Therefore, 'HEADYes' is obtained. 2.
As an escape character.
you need to write two carriages
git reset --soft HEAD^^