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In order to see the git commit history, you can use command:

git log

commit aa6daef8b82dddc6fd98f253b0ead79d9980421d (HEAD -> master)
Author: Dāvis Krēgers <example@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Jan 21 20:53:09 2019 +0200

    moved file

commit a6a2066dc8ce8206f995f89c5cc5a36febf230dc
Author: Dāvis Krēgers <example@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Jan 21 20:51:07 2019 +0200

    another commit

commit a635aaf7f592db3696d3b98bb386c4590ac8e06f
Author: Dāvis Krēgers <example@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Jan 21 20:42:29 2019 +0200

    initial

Note that the last commit is at the top.

You can use also

git log abbrev-commit

commit aa6daef (HEAD -> master)
Author: Dāvis Krēgers <example@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Jan 21 20:53:09 2019 +0200

    moved file

commit a6a2066
Author: Dāvis Krēgers <example@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Jan 21 20:51:07 2019 +0200

    another commit

commit a635aaf
Author: Dāvis Krēgers <example@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Jan 21 20:42:29 2019 +0200

    initial

Now the commit ID will be shortened.

git log --oneline --graph --decorate

This will display the log command with entries compressed in one line, there will be an ASCII graph that will graph the branching, decorate will add any labels or tags that annotates the commits.

* aa6daef (HEAD -> master) moved file
* a6a2066 another commit
* a635aaf initial

You can specify a range, 

git log a635aaf...a6a2066

commit a6a2066dc8ce8206f995f89c5cc5a36febf230dc
Author: Dāvis Krēgers <example@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Jan 21 20:51:07 2019 +0200

    another commit

You can also date-base search:

git log --since="3 days ago"

commit aa6daef (HEAD -> master)
Author: Dāvis Krēgers <example@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Jan 21 20:53:09 2019 +0200

    moved file

commit a6a2066
Author: Dāvis Krēgers <example@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Jan 21 20:51:07 2019 +0200

    another commit

commit a635aaf
Author: Dāvis Krēgers <example@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Jan 21 20:42:29 2019 +0200

    initial

To follow the renames of a file:

git log --follow -- l3-file

To show information about the commit:

git show aa6daef8b82dddc6fd98f253b0ead79d9980421d

commit aa6daef8b82dddc6fd98f253b0ead79d9980421d (HEAD -> master)
Author: Dāvis Krēgers <example@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Jan 21 20:53:09 2019 +0200

    moved file

diff --git a/l1/l2/l3/file-3-2 b/l3-file
similarity index 100%
rename from l1/l2/l3/file-3-2
rename to l3-file