History
History is nothing but all the commits which we did earlier, There are multiple ways to see our commits using git log.
Git Log
git log
git log --oneline -p
It will show you detail of last commit with what line were added and removed.
git log --oneline --graph
It will show a visual representation of branched and commits
Date Ranges
git log --until=1.minute.ago
git log --since=1.day.ago
git log --since=1.hour.ago
git log --since=1.month.ago
Git diff
git diff hash2 hash1
Configuration
if you don't want some of files to be commit ever then just create a .gitignore file and put the particular file name in it.