Nicer commit headers.

app/assets/stylesheets/main.scss

@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ $hover: #FDF5D9;
  */
 @import "common.scss";
 
+/**
+ * Styles related to displaying commits
+ */
+@import "sections/commits.scss";
+
 /**
  * This scss file redefine chozen selectbox styles for
  * project Branch/Tag select element

app/assets/stylesheets/sections/commits.scss

+.commit-head {
+  @extend .well;
+
+  padding: 14px;
+  padding-bottom: 8px;
+
+  .browse-button {
+    @extend .btn;
+    @extend .btn-small;
+    float: right;
+  }
+
+  .commit-title {
+    line-height: 26px;
+  }
+
+  .commit-description {
+    background-color: white;
+  }
+
+  .sha-block {
+    float: right;
+    margin-left: 10px
+  }
+
+  .committer {
+    padding-left: 32px;
+  }
+
+  .avatar {
+    margin-right: 4px;
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file

app/models/commit.rb

@@ -106,6 +106,41 @@ class Commit
     utf8 author.name
   end
 
+  # Returns the commits title.
+  #
+  # Usually, the commit title is the first line of the commit message.
+  # In case this first line is longer than 80 characters, it is cut off
+  # after 70 characters and ellipses (`&hellp;`) are appended.
+  #
+  # @todo This might be better placed in a view helper.
+  def title
+    title_end = safe_message.index(/\n/)
+    if (!title_end && safe_message.length > 80) || (title_end && title_end > 80)
+      safe_message[0..69] << "&hellip;".html_safe
+    else
+      safe_message.split(/\n/, 2).first
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Returns the commits description
+  #
+  # cut off, ellipses (`&hellp;`) are prepended to the commit message.
+  #
+  # @todo This might be better placed in a view helper.
+  def description
+    title_end = safe_message.index(/\n/)
+    if (!title_end && safe_message.length > 80) || (title_end && title_end > 80)
+      "&hellip;".html_safe << safe_message[70..-1]
+    else
+      safe_message.split(/\n/, 2)[1].try(:chomp)
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Was this commit committed by a different person than the original author?
+  def different_committer?
+    author_name != committer_name || author_email != committer_email
+  end
+
   def committer_name
     utf8 committer.name
   end

app/views/commits/show.html.haml

-.main_box
-  .top_box_content
-    .right
-      - unless @notes_count.zero?
-        %span.btn.small.disabled.padded= pluralize @notes_count, 'note'
-
-      = link_to tree_project_ref_path(@project, @commit.id), :class => "btn small" do 
-        Browse Code »
-    = image_tag gravatar_icon(@commit.author_email), :class => "avatar"
-    %code= @commit.id.to_s
-    %h5
+.commit-head{class: @commit.parents.count > 1 ? "merge-commit" : ""}
+  = link_to "Browse Code »", tree_project_ref_path(@project, @commit.id), :class => "browse-button"
+  %h3.commit-title
+    = commit_msg_with_link_to_issues(@project, @commit.title)
+  - if @commit.description.present?
+    %pre.commit-description
+      = commit_msg_with_link_to_issues(@project, @commit.description)
+  %span.sha-block
+    commit
+    %code= @commit.id
+  %span.sha-block
+    = pluralize(@commit.parents.count, "parent")
+    - @commit.parents.each do |parent|
+      %code= link_to parent.id, project_commit_path(@project, parent)
+  .commit-info
+    .author
+      = image_tag gravatar_icon(@commit.author_email, 24), :class => "avatar", :height => 24, :width => 24
       = @commit.author_name
-      %small= @commit.created_at.stamp("Aug 21, 2011 9:23pm")
-      - if @commit.author_name != @commit.committer_name or @commit.author_email != @commit.committer_email or @commit.authored_date != @commit.committed_date 
-        –
-        %cite committed by
+      authored
+      %time{title: @commit.authored_date.stamp("Aug 21, 2011 9:23pm")}
+        #{time_ago_in_words(@commit.authored_date)} ago
+    - if @commit.different_committer?
+      .committer
         = @commit.committer_name
-        %small= @commit.committed_date.stamp("Aug 21, 2011 9:23pm")
+        committed
+        %time{title: @commit.committed_date.stamp("Aug 21, 2011 9:23pm")}
+          #{time_ago_in_words(@commit.committed_date)} ago
 
-  .middle_box_content
-    %pre.commit_message
-      = commit_msg_with_link_to_issues(@project, @commit.safe_message)
-%br
 = render "commits/diffs", :diffs => @commit.diffs
 = render "notes/notes", :tid => @commit.id, :tt => "commit"
 = render "notes/per_line_form"