With Gitolite, the Trac tickets now get messages like this: Comment (by Richard Eisenberg <eir@…>): In [changeset:382f601406b11b7d4fdc72d773c6060372f1fbb3/ghc]: {{{ #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc" revision="382f601406b11b7d4fdc72d773c6060372f1fbb3" Fix Trac #8186. Parallel list comprehensions are now handled in DsMeta. }}} But they used to get messages like this (like git log --stat) commit ef017944600cf4e153aad686a6a78bfb48dea67a Author: Simon Peyton Jones <simonpj@microsoft.com> Date: Tue Aug 27 15:48:02 2013 +0100 Comments only, relating to #8166 fix compiler/codeGen/StgCmm.hs | 7 ++----- compiler/codeGen/StgCmmExpr.hs | 7 ++++--- compiler/codeGen/StgCmmMonad.hs | 10 +++++++++- 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) I liked the old version: the author is more explicit the modified files are listed if the patch is small you see it all Might it be possible to revert? Simon