diff --git a/src/plugins/git/branchdialog.cpp b/src/plugins/git/branchdialog.cpp
index 14346a268a413a1684da7f39a24d1f8dd1ced39d..2d157d7e70cad73da5130034e4f76265e0f5110c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/branchdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/branchdialog.cpp
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ void BranchDialog::log()
     if (branchName.isEmpty())
         return;
     // Do not pass working dir by reference since it might change
-    GitPlugin::instance()->gitClient()->graphLog(QString(m_repository), branchName);
+    GitPlugin::instance()->gitClient()->log(QString(m_repository), QStringList(), false, QStringList(branchName));
 }
 
 void BranchDialog::merge()
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
index 684a9d452d7383700233d90efd6b1b1bf39c9bf9..ebb166cb0b8dcf735e877e06af50d23100a3d493 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 #include <QTextCodec>
 
 static const char GIT_DIRECTORY[] = ".git";
+static const char graphLogFormatC[] = "%h %d %an %s %ci";
 
 namespace Git {
 namespace Internal {
@@ -265,13 +266,19 @@ public:
         m_enableAnnotationContextMenu(enableAnnotationContextMenu),
         m_fileNames(fileNames)
     {
-        QToolButton *button = addToggleButton(QLatin1String("--patch"), tr("Show Diff"),
+        QToolButton *diffButton = addToggleButton(QLatin1String("--patch"), tr("Show Diff"),
                                               tr("Show difference."));
-        mapSetting(button, m_client->settings()->boolPointer(GitSettings::logDiffKey));
-        connect(button, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), m_patienceButton, SLOT(setEnabled(bool)));
-        connect(button, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), m_ignoreWSButton, SLOT(setEnabled(bool)));
-        m_patienceButton->setEnabled(button->isChecked());
-        m_ignoreWSButton->setEnabled(button->isChecked());
+        mapSetting(diffButton, m_client->settings()->boolPointer(GitSettings::logDiffKey));
+        connect(diffButton, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), m_patienceButton, SLOT(setVisible(bool)));
+        connect(diffButton, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), m_ignoreWSButton, SLOT(setVisible(bool)));
+        m_patienceButton->setVisible(diffButton->isChecked());
+        m_ignoreWSButton->setVisible(diffButton->isChecked());
+        QStringList graphArguments(QLatin1String("--graph"));
+        graphArguments << QLatin1String("--oneline") << QLatin1String("--topo-order");
+        graphArguments << (QLatin1String("--pretty=format:") + QLatin1String(graphLogFormatC));
+        QToolButton *graphButton = addToggleButton(graphArguments, tr("Graph"),
+                                              tr("Show textual graph log."));
+        mapSetting(graphButton, m_client->settings()->boolPointer(GitSettings::graphLogKey));
     }
 
     void executeCommand()
@@ -666,35 +673,6 @@ void GitClient::status(const QString &workingDirectory)
             Qt::QueuedConnection);
 }
 
-static const char graphLogFormatC[] = "%h %d %an %s %ci";
-
-// Create a graphical log.
-void GitClient::graphLog(const QString &workingDirectory, const QString & branch)
-{
-    QStringList arguments;
-    arguments << QLatin1String("log") << QLatin1String(noColorOption);
-
-    int logCount = settings()->intValue(GitSettings::logCountKey);
-    if (logCount > 0)
-         arguments << QLatin1String("-n") << QString::number(logCount);
-    arguments << (QLatin1String("--pretty=format:") +  QLatin1String(graphLogFormatC))
-              << QLatin1String("--topo-order") <<  QLatin1String("--graph");
-
-    QString title;
-    if (branch.isEmpty()) {
-        title = tr("Git Log");
-    } else {
-        title = tr("Git Log \"%1\"").arg(branch);
-        arguments << branch;
-    }
-    const Core::Id editorId = Git::Constants::GIT_LOG_EDITOR_ID;
-    const QString sourceFile = VcsBase::VcsBaseEditorWidget::getSource(workingDirectory, QStringList());
-    VcsBase::VcsBaseEditorWidget *editor = findExistingVCSEditor("logFileName", sourceFile);
-    if (!editor)
-        editor = createVcsEditor(editorId, title, sourceFile, CodecLogOutput, "logFileName", sourceFile, 0);
-    executeGit(workingDirectory, arguments, editor);
-}
-
 void GitClient::log(const QString &workingDirectory, const QStringList &fileNames,
                     bool enableAnnotationContextMenu, const QStringList &args)
 {
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h
index 046c9ae954304d5ccc6513fbede9ba3fb5707294..b56142138cca0369950feb8b866175bbce9448b7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.h
@@ -137,8 +137,6 @@ public:
     void merge(const QString &workingDirectory, const QStringList &unmergedFileNames = QStringList());
 
     void status(const QString &workingDirectory);
-    void graphLog(const QString &workingDirectory) { graphLog(workingDirectory, QString()); }
-    void graphLog(const QString &workingDirectory, const QString &branch);
     void log(const QString &workingDirectory, const QStringList &fileNames = QStringList(),
              bool enableAnnotationContextMenu = false, const QStringList &args = QStringList());
     void blame(const QString &workingDirectory, const QStringList &args, const QString &fileName,
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp
index 1b329c329ec862f0c926bb0122ace72096ad80fe..456d87ddfa204bfbd41133a88672ca7e17d8e47f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp
@@ -401,7 +401,8 @@ bool GitPlugin::initialize(const QStringList &arguments, QString *errorMessage)
 
     createRepositoryAction(localRepositoryMenu,
                            tr("Log"), Core::Id("Git.LogRepository"),
-                           globalcontext, true, &GitClient::graphLog);
+                           globalcontext, true,
+                           SLOT(logRepository()));
 
     createRepositoryAction(localRepositoryMenu,
                            tr("Clean..."), Core::Id("Git.CleanRepository"),
@@ -720,6 +721,13 @@ void GitPlugin::logProject()
     m_gitClient->log(state.currentProjectTopLevel(), state.relativeCurrentProject());
 }
 
+void GitPlugin::logRepository()
+{
+    const VcsBase::VcsBasePluginState state = currentState();
+    QTC_ASSERT(state.hasTopLevel(), return);
+    m_gitClient->log(state.topLevel());
+}
+
 void GitPlugin::undoFileChanges(bool revertStaging)
 {
     const VcsBase::VcsBasePluginState state = currentState();
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.h b/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.h
index 9bf2f44bdf4cfe5f82c56cf6569ae532a73ce473..12b5ea2bdb6e82c0e5291c08e39f472b91aaadf6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.h
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.h
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ private slots:
     void logFile();
     void blameFile();
     void logProject();
+    void logRepository();
     void undoFileChanges(bool revertStaging = true);
     void undoUnstagedFileChanges();
     void resetRepository();
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitsettings.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitsettings.cpp
index 5b908c47600c9e4f427a4030cff7819705abf8b8..2c1e27fc8ac49cfbc8b1c7220a120aef615540a2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitsettings.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ const QLatin1String GitSettings::showPrettyFormatKey("DiffPrettyFormat");
 const QLatin1String GitSettings::gitkOptionsKey("GitKOptions");
 const QLatin1String GitSettings::logDiffKey("LogDiff");
 const QLatin1String GitSettings::repositoryBrowserCmd("RepositoryBrowserCmd");
+const QLatin1String GitSettings::graphLogKey("GraphLog");
 
 GitSettings::GitSettings()
 {
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ GitSettings::GitSettings()
     declareKey(showPrettyFormatKey, 2);
     declareKey(logDiffKey, false);
     declareKey(repositoryBrowserCmd, QString());
+    declareKey(graphLogKey, false);
 }
 
 QString GitSettings::gitBinaryPath(bool *ok, QString *errorMessage) const
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitsettings.h b/src/plugins/git/gitsettings.h
index 4858a284e13ce9ddac560466a1415ab3eab86b10..194cc65faef93e87f0c2246144eccf855aa3486c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitsettings.h
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitsettings.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ public:
     static const QLatin1String gitkOptionsKey;
     static const QLatin1String logDiffKey;
     static const QLatin1String repositoryBrowserCmd;
+    static const QLatin1String graphLogKey;
 
     QString gitBinaryPath(bool *ok = 0, QString *errorMessage = 0) const;