<!--IssueSummary start--> <details> <summary> Everyone can contribute. [Help move this issue forward](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/developer-relations/contributor-success/community-contributors-workflows/#contributor-links) while earning points, leveling up and collecting rewards. </summary> - [Close this issue](https://contributors.gitlab.com/manage-issue?action=close&projectId=278964&issueIid=26554) </details> <!--IssueSummary end--> ### Summary Open these two links: * https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/README.md * https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/HEAD/README.md Clicking "history" produces a 404 for `HEAD` but not for `master`. I.e. this link (https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commits/master/README.md) works, but this one fails: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commits/HEAD/README.md ### Steps to reproduce See above. This is on gitlab.com running 11.7.4-ee, we run 11.6.5-ee and see the same issue. I'm pretty sure (but have not confirmed) that this used to work in some recent-ish version, and that this is a regression. ### Why is this needed? It's handy to be able to link to the `HEAD` branch from tools that given some filename in the project just want to be able to browse it at the latest version, whether the `HEAD` symbolic ref points to `master`, `trunk` or something else.