Git log with graph and decorations

How do you remember the list of parameters to add to the git command to display the graph with all the information from the terminal?

Just remember A Dog.

That is: “A Dog” = git log –all –decorate –oneline –graph

What each parameter does

• --all: shows commits from every branch, not just the current one
• --decorate: adds branch and tag names next to the commits they point to
• --oneline: compresses each commit to a single line (short hash + message)
• --graph: draws the tree structure, with merges between branches clearly visible

Put together:

git log --all --decorate --oneline --graph

Save it as an alias

So you don’t have to type it out every time, save it as a Git alias:

git config --global alias.lg "log --all --decorate --oneline --graph"

From then on, just type git lg to get the same view.