diff --git a/conf.d/forgit.plugin.fish b/conf.d/forgit.plugin.fish
index c8b9203..e941e77 100644
--- a/conf.d/forgit.plugin.fish
+++ b/conf.d/forgit.plugin.fish
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ test -z "$forgit_log_format";         and set -g forgit_log_format   "-%C(auto)%
 test -z "$forgit_fullscreen_context"; and set -g forgit_fullscreen_context "10"
 test -z "$forgit_preview_context";    and set -g forgit_preview_context "3"
 
+set -g forgit_log_preview_options "--graph --pretty=format:'$forgit_log_format' --color=always --abbrev-commit --date=relative"
+
 # optional render emoji characters (https://github.com/wfxr/emoji-cli)
 type -q emojify >/dev/null 2>&1 && set -g forgit_emojify '|emojify'
 
@@ -270,7 +272,7 @@ end
 function forgit::branch::delete -d "git checkout branch deleter"
     forgit::inside_work_tree || return 1
 
-    set preview "git log {1} --graph --pretty=format:'$forgit_log_format' --color=always --abbrev-commit --date=relative"
+    set preview "git log {1} $forgit_log_preview_options"
 
     set opts "
         $FORGIT_FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS
@@ -303,7 +305,7 @@ function forgit::checkout::branch -d "git checkout branch selector" --argument-n
         return $checkout_status
     end
 
-    set preview "git log {1} --graph --pretty=format:'$forgit_log_format' --color=always --abbrev-commit --date=relative"
+    set preview "git log {1} $forgit_log_preview_options"
 
     set opts "
         $FORGIT_FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS
diff --git a/forgit.plugin.zsh b/forgit.plugin.zsh
index 43a0392..157296e 100755
--- a/forgit.plugin.zsh
+++ b/forgit.plugin.zsh
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ forgit_ignore_pager=${FORGIT_IGNORE_PAGER:-$(hash bat &>/dev/null && echo 'bat -
 forgit_blame_pager=${FORGIT_BLAME_PAGER:-$(git config pager.blame || echo "$forgit_pager")}
 
 forgit_log_format=${FORGIT_LOG_FORMAT:-%C(auto)%h%d %s %C(black)%C(bold)%cr%Creset}
+forgit_log_preview_options="--graph --pretty=format:'$forgit_log_format' --color=always --abbrev-commit --date=relative"
 forgit_fullscreen_context=${FORGIT_FULLSCREEN_CONTEXT:-10}
 forgit_preview_context=${FORGIT_PREVIEW_CONTEXT:-3}
 
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ forgit::checkout::branch() {
     [[ $# -ne 0 ]] && { git checkout -b "$@"; return $?; }
     local cmd preview opts branch
     cmd="git branch --color=always --all | LC_ALL=C sort -k1.1,1.1 -rs"
-    preview="git log {1} --graph --pretty=format:'$forgit_log_format' --color=always --abbrev-commit --date=relative"
+    preview="git log {1} $forgit_log_preview_options"
     opts="
         $FORGIT_FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS
         +s +m --tiebreak=index --header-lines=1
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@ forgit::checkout::tag() {
     [[ $# -ne 0 ]] && { git checkout "$@"; return $?; }
     local cmd opts preview
     cmd="git tag -l --sort=-v:refname"
-    preview="git log {1} --graph --pretty=format:'$forgit_log_format' --color=always --abbrev-commit --date=relative"
+    preview="git log {1} $forgit_log_preview_options"
     opts="
         $FORGIT_FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS
         +s +m --tiebreak=index
@@ -318,7 +319,7 @@ forgit::checkout::commit() {
 forgit::branch::delete() {
     forgit::inside_work_tree || return 1
     local preview opts cmd branches
-    preview="git log {1} --graph --pretty=format:'$forgit_log_format' --color=always --abbrev-commit --date=relative"
+    preview="git log {1} $forgit_log_preview_options"
 
     opts="
         $FORGIT_FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS