diff --git a/base/libgit2/libgit2.jl b/base/libgit2/libgit2.jl
index e6f4c97a24193..a91fe0eb7bed0 100644
--- a/base/libgit2/libgit2.jl
+++ b/base/libgit2/libgit2.jl
@@ -333,10 +333,12 @@ function reset!(repo::GitRepo, committish::AbstractString, pathspecs::AbstractSt
     # do not remove entries in the index matching the provided pathspecs with empty target commit tree
     obj === nothing && throw(GitError(Error.Object, Error.ERROR, "`$committish` not found"))
     try
-        reset!(repo, Nullable(obj), pathspecs...)
+        head = reset!(repo, Nullable(obj), pathspecs...)
+        return head
     finally
         close(obj)
     end
+    return head_oid(repo)
 end
 
 """ git reset [--soft | --mixed | --hard] <commit> """
@@ -345,10 +347,12 @@ function reset!(repo::GitRepo, commit::GitHash, mode::Cint = Consts.RESET_MIXED)
     # object must exist for reset
     obj === nothing && throw(GitError(Error.Object, Error.ERROR, "Commit `$(string(commit))` object not found"))
     try
-        reset!(repo, obj, mode)
+        head = reset!(repo, obj, mode)
+        return head
     finally
         close(obj)
     end
+    return head_oid(repo)
 end
 
 """ git cat-file <commit> """
@@ -513,7 +517,7 @@ function rebase!(repo::GitRepo, upstream::AbstractString="")
             close(head_ann)
         end
     end
-    return nothing
+    return head_oid(repo)
 end
 
 
@@ -549,7 +553,7 @@ function snapshot(repo::GitRepo)
 end
 
 function restore(s::State, repo::GitRepo)
-    reset!(repo, Consts.HEAD_FILE, "*")  # unstage everything
+    head = reset!(repo, Consts.HEAD_FILE, "*")  # unstage everything
     with(GitIndex, repo) do idx
         read_tree!(idx, s.work)            # move work tree to index
         opts = CheckoutOptions(
diff --git a/base/libgit2/repository.jl b/base/libgit2/repository.jl
index 2ef2c4482e8ed..0da122bca9569 100644
--- a/base/libgit2/repository.jl
+++ b/base/libgit2/repository.jl
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ function reset!{T<:AbstractString, S<:GitObject}(repo::GitRepo, obj::Nullable{S}
                  repo.ptr,
                  isnull(obj) ? C_NULL: Base.get(obj).ptr,
                  collect(pathspecs))
+    return head_oid(repo)
 end
 
 """Sets the current head to the specified commit oid and optionally resets the index and working tree to match."""
@@ -236,6 +237,7 @@ function reset!(repo::GitRepo, obj::GitObject, mode::Cint;
     @check ccall((:git_reset, :libgit2), Cint,
                  (Ptr{Void}, Ptr{Void}, Cint, Ptr{CheckoutOptions}),
                   repo.ptr, obj.ptr, mode, Ref(checkout_opts))
+    return head_oid(repo)
 end
 
 function clone(repo_url::AbstractString, repo_path::AbstractString,
diff --git a/test/libgit2.jl b/test/libgit2.jl
index c84587deba61c..6d3a2f6728d53 100644
--- a/test/libgit2.jl
+++ b/test/libgit2.jl
@@ -466,8 +466,9 @@ mktempdir() do dir
 
             # because there was not any file we need to reset branch
             head_oid = LibGit2.head_oid(repo)
-            LibGit2.reset!(repo, head_oid, LibGit2.Consts.RESET_HARD)
+            new_head = LibGit2.reset!(repo, head_oid, LibGit2.Consts.RESET_HARD)
             @test isfile(joinpath(test_repo, test_file))
+            @test new_head == head_oid
 
             # Detach HEAD - no merge
             LibGit2.checkout!(repo, string(commit_oid3))
@@ -483,8 +484,8 @@ mktempdir() do dir
             LibGit2.set!(cfg, "user.email", "BBBB@BBBB.COM")
 
             # Try rebasing on master instead
-            LibGit2.rebase!(repo, master_branch)
-            @test LibGit2.head_oid(repo) == head_oid
+            newhead = LibGit2.rebase!(repo, master_branch)
+            @test newhead == head_oid
 
             # Switch to the master branch
             LibGit2.branch!(repo, master_branch)
@@ -595,14 +596,14 @@ mktempdir() do dir
             @test get(st_new) == get(st_stg)
 
             # try to unstage to HEAD
-            LibGit2.reset!(repo, LibGit2.Consts.HEAD_FILE, test_file)
+            new_head = LibGit2.reset!(repo, LibGit2.Consts.HEAD_FILE, test_file)
             st_uns = LibGit2.status(repo, test_file)
             @test get(st_uns) == get(st_mod)
 
             # reset repo
             @test_throws LibGit2.Error.GitError LibGit2.reset!(repo, LibGit2.GitHash(), LibGit2.Consts.RESET_HARD)
 
-            LibGit2.reset!(repo, LibGit2.head_oid(repo), LibGit2.Consts.RESET_HARD)
+            new_head = LibGit2.reset!(repo, LibGit2.head_oid(repo), LibGit2.Consts.RESET_HARD)
             open(joinpath(test_repo, test_file), "r") do io
                 @test read(io)[end] != 0x41
             end
@@ -632,7 +633,8 @@ mktempdir() do dir
             LibGit2.branch!(repo, "branch/b")
 
             # squash last 2 commits
-            LibGit2.reset!(repo, oldhead, LibGit2.Consts.RESET_SOFT)
+            new_head = LibGit2.reset!(repo, oldhead, LibGit2.Consts.RESET_SOFT)
+            @test new_head == oldhead
             LibGit2.commit(repo, "squash file1 and file2")
 
             # add another file
@@ -646,10 +648,10 @@ mktempdir() do dir
 
             # switch back and rebase
             LibGit2.branch!(repo, "branch/a")
-            LibGit2.rebase!(repo, "branch/b")
+            newnewhead = LibGit2.rebase!(repo, "branch/b")
 
             # issue #19624
-            @test LibGit2.head_oid(repo) == newhead
+            @test newnewhead == newhead
         finally
             close(repo)
         end