log first 10 in git

Question

Two questions:

1. How to show the first 10 commit in git from beginning to end. (no branch)
2. How the specify the commit index and log it. (show the second or

Answer 1

git log -10

Would show 10 latest commits matching the revision spec (a missing spec means "all commits").

See manpage:

git help log

section Commit Limiting

-, -n , --max-count=
    Limit the number of commits to output.