diff --git a/lib/src/repo.rs b/lib/src/repo.rs
index 7d7bad3c0..ecff2d720 100644
--- a/lib/src/repo.rs
+++ b/lib/src/repo.rs
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ pub enum RepoRef<'a> {
 }
 
 impl<'a> RepoRef<'a> {
+    pub fn base_repo(&self) -> &ReadonlyRepo {
+        match self {
+            RepoRef::Readonly(repo) => repo,
+            RepoRef::Mutable(repo) => repo.base_repo.as_ref(),
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn store(&self) -> &Arc<Store> {
         match self {
             RepoRef::Readonly(repo) => repo.store(),
diff --git a/src/commands.rs b/src/commands.rs
index cbe259623..52acb3680 100644
--- a/src/commands.rs
+++ b/src/commands.rs
@@ -2195,6 +2195,7 @@ fn log_template(settings: &UserSettings) -> String {
             " " label("timestamp", author.timestamp())
             " " branches
             " " tags
+            if(is_git_head, label("git_head", " HEAD@git"))
             if(divergent, label("divergent", " divergent"))
             if(conflict, label("conflict", " conflict"))
             "\n"
diff --git a/src/formatter.rs b/src/formatter.rs
index 31a2f0047..442905b94 100644
--- a/src/formatter.rs
+++ b/src/formatter.rs
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ fn config_colors(user_settings: &UserSettings) -> HashMap<String, String> {
     result.insert(String::from("branches"), String::from("magenta"));
     result.insert(String::from("tags"), String::from("magenta"));
     result.insert(String::from("git_refs"), String::from("magenta"));
+    result.insert(String::from("git_head"), String::from("magenta"));
     result.insert(String::from("divergent"), String::from("red"));
     result.insert(String::from("conflict"), String::from("red"));
 
diff --git a/src/template_parser.rs b/src/template_parser.rs
index e06657303..12e5270a7 100644
--- a/src/template_parser.rs
+++ b/src/template_parser.rs
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ use crate::formatter::PlainTextFormatter;
 use crate::templater::{
     AuthorProperty, BranchProperty, ChangeIdProperty, CommitIdKeyword, CommitterProperty,
     ConditionalTemplate, ConflictProperty, ConstantTemplateProperty, CurrentCheckoutProperty,
-    DescriptionProperty, DivergentProperty, DynamicLabelTemplate, GitRefsProperty, LabelTemplate,
-    ListTemplate, LiteralTemplate, OpenProperty, StringPropertyTemplate, TagProperty, Template,
-    TemplateFunction, TemplateProperty,
+    DescriptionProperty, DivergentProperty, DynamicLabelTemplate, GitRefsProperty,
+    IsGitHeadProperty, LabelTemplate, ListTemplate, LiteralTemplate, OpenProperty,
+    StringPropertyTemplate, TagProperty, Template, TemplateFunction, TemplateProperty,
 };
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ fn parse_commit_keyword<'a>(repo: RepoRef<'a>, pair: Pair<Rule>) -> (Property<'a
         "branches" => Property::String(Box::new(BranchProperty { repo })),
         "tags" => Property::String(Box::new(TagProperty { repo })),
         "git_refs" => Property::String(Box::new(GitRefsProperty { repo })),
+        "is_git_head" => Property::Boolean(Box::new(IsGitHeadProperty::new(repo))),
         "divergent" => Property::Boolean(Box::new(DivergentProperty::new(repo))),
         "conflict" => Property::Boolean(Box::new(ConflictProperty)),
         name => panic!("unexpected identifier: {}", name),
diff --git a/src/templater.rs b/src/templater.rs
index c47170c60..b1f79116a 100644
--- a/src/templater.rs
+++ b/src/templater.rs
@@ -288,6 +288,22 @@ impl TemplateProperty<Commit, String> for GitRefsProperty<'_> {
     }
 }
 
+pub struct IsGitHeadProperty<'a> {
+    repo: RepoRef<'a>,
+}
+
+impl<'a> IsGitHeadProperty<'a> {
+    pub fn new(repo: RepoRef<'a>) -> Self {
+        Self { repo }
+    }
+}
+
+impl TemplateProperty<Commit, bool> for IsGitHeadProperty<'_> {
+    fn extract(&self, context: &Commit) -> bool {
+        self.repo.view().git_head().as_ref() == Some(context.id())
+    }
+}
+
 pub struct DivergentProperty {
     divergent_changes: HashSet<ChangeId>,
 }