git log - How to make git log decorate by default

Question

I frequently type git log when what I actually want is git log --decorate. How do I make it decorate by default?

I have seen lots of answers of the form "make an alias lg and then type git lg instead of git log". But, I can't find anywhere how to change the default behaviour of git log itself. alias log does not work.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21607305/how-to-make-git-log-decorate-by-default

Answer 1

git config log.decorate auto

for global setting add --global param.

so it would be git config --global log.decorate auto

The aliases are made with git config alias.lg "log --decorate"

Edit: Updated log.decorate true to auto based on answer from VonC as this is now the recommended way of doing so.