git show limited commits code example

Example 1: how to see all commits in git

$ git log --pretty=format:"%h - %an, %ar : %s"
ca82a6d - Scott Chacon, 6 years ago : Change version number
085bb3b - Scott Chacon, 6 years ago : Remove unnecessary test
a11bef0 - Scott Chacon, 6 years ago : Initial commit

Example 2: git get latest log output to file

git log --oneline -50 > log50_latest_commits.txt