Git allows specifying the current head as either HEAD or @. git-absorb apparently doesn't:
$ git-absorb --base @~20
Sep 26 09:37:45.336 CRIT absorb failed, err: revspec '@' not found; class=Reference (4); code=NotFound (-3)
$ git-absorb --base HEAD~20
# works
Git allows specifying the current head as either
HEADor@.git-absorbapparently doesn't: