git command would you use to view the history of commits code example

Example: how to see the commit history in git

$ git log
commit ca82a6dff817ec66f44342007202690a93763949
Author: Scott Chacon 
Date:   Mon Mar 17 21:52:11 2008 -0700

    changed the version number

commit 085bb3bcb608e1e8451d4b2432f8ecbe6306e7e7
Author: Scott Chacon 
Date:   Sat Mar 15 16:40:33 2008 -0700

    removed unnecessary test

commit a11bef06a3f659402fe7563abf99ad00de2209e6
Author: Scott Chacon 
Date:   Sat Mar 15 10:31:28 2008 -0700

    first commit