How to view commit history in a short form?

To view the commit history in a brief form in Git, the command used is:

git log --oneline

It displays each commit in one line, showing the shortened hash and commit message. This is convenient for a quick overview of the history without unnecessary details.

You can also add a limit on the number of commits, for example:

git log --oneline -n 5

to see the last 5 commits.