2 files changed, 22 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/modules/git/commit.go b/modules/git/commit.go
index 5e492e27ea..8c7732a26b 100644
--- a/modules/git/commit.go
+++ b/modules/git/commit.go
@@ -466,15 +466,15 @@ func (c *Commit) GetSubModule(entryname string) (*SubModule, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-// GetBranchName gets the closes branch name (as returned by 'git name-rev')
+// GetBranchName gets the closes branch name (as returned by 'git name-rev --name-only')
 func (c *Commit) GetBranchName() (string, error) {
-	data, err := NewCommand("name-rev", c.ID.String()).RunInDirBytes(c.repo.Path)
+	data, err := NewCommand("name-rev", "--name-only", c.ID.String()).RunInDir(c.repo.Path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	// name-rev commitID output will be "COMMIT_ID master" or "COMMIT_ID master~12"
-	return strings.Split(strings.Split(string(data), " ")[1], "~")[0], nil
+	// name-rev commitID output will be "master" or "master~12"
+	return strings.SplitN(strings.TrimSpace(data), "~", 2)[0], nil
 }
 
 // CommitFileStatus represents status of files in a commit.
diff --git a/modules/git/repo_commit.go b/modules/git/repo_commit.go
index c5f6d6cdd6..397c390e84 100644
--- a/modules/git/repo_commit.go
+++ b/modules/git/repo_commit.go
@@ -454,3 +454,21 @@ func (repo *Repository) getBranches(commit *Commit, limit int) ([]string, error)
 	}
 	return branches, nil
 }
+
+// GetCommitsFromIDs get commits from commit IDs
+func (repo *Repository) GetCommitsFromIDs(commitIDs []string) (commits *list.List) {
+	if len(commitIDs) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	commits = list.New()
+
+	for _, commitID := range commitIDs {
+		commit, err := repo.GetCommit(commitID)
+		if err == nil && commit != nil {
+			commits.PushBack(commit)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return commits
+}