diff --git a/pkg/commands/commit.go b/pkg/commands/commit.go
index f60e98abd7b..4d440d5e3ee 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/commit.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/commit.go
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 package commands
 
-import (
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/fatih/color"
-	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/theme"
-	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils"
-)
-
 // Commit : A git commit
 type Commit struct {
 	Sha           string
@@ -17,53 +9,7 @@ type Commit struct {
 	Action        string // one of "", "pick", "edit", "squash", "reword", "drop", "fixup"
 	Copied        bool   // to know if this commit is ready to be cherry-picked somewhere
 	Tags          []string
-}
-
-// GetDisplayStrings is a function.
-func (c *Commit) GetDisplayStrings(isFocused bool) []string {
-	red := color.New(color.FgRed)
-	yellow := color.New(color.FgYellow)
-	green := color.New(color.FgGreen)
-	blue := color.New(color.FgBlue)
-	cyan := color.New(color.FgCyan)
-	defaultColor := color.New(theme.DefaultTextColor)
-	magenta := color.New(color.FgMagenta)
-
-	// for some reason, setting the background to blue pads out the other commits
-	// horizontally. For the sake of accessibility I'm considering this a feature,
-	// not a bug
-	copied := color.New(color.FgCyan, color.BgBlue)
-
-	var shaColor *color.Color
-	switch c.Status {
-	case "unpushed":
-		shaColor = red
-	case "pushed":
-		shaColor = yellow
-	case "merged":
-		shaColor = green
-	case "rebasing":
-		shaColor = blue
-	case "reflog":
-		shaColor = blue
-	case "selected":
-		shaColor = magenta
-	default:
-		shaColor = defaultColor
-	}
-
-	if c.Copied {
-		shaColor = copied
-	}
-
-	actionString := ""
-	tagString := ""
-	if c.Action != "" {
-		actionString = cyan.Sprint(utils.WithPadding(c.Action, 7)) + " "
-	} else if len(c.Tags) > 0 {
-		tagColor := color.New(color.FgMagenta, color.Bold)
-		tagString = utils.ColoredStringDirect(strings.Join(c.Tags, " "), tagColor) + " "
-	}
-
-	return []string{shaColor.Sprint(c.Sha[:8]), actionString + tagString + defaultColor.Sprint(c.Name)}
+	ExtraInfo     string // something like 'HEAD -> master, tag: v0.15.2'
+	Author        string
+	Date          string
 }
diff --git a/pkg/commands/commit_list_builder.go b/pkg/commands/commit_list_builder.go
index cf33fcac1c2..1e621f4e411 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/commit_list_builder.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/commit_list_builder.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import (
 // if we find out we need to use one of these functions in the git.go file, we
 // can just pull them out of here and put them there and then call them from in here
 
+const SEPARATION_CHAR = "|"
+
 // CommitListBuilder returns a list of Branch objects for the current repo
 type CommitListBuilder struct {
 	Log                 *logrus.Entry
@@ -45,42 +47,37 @@ func NewCommitListBuilder(log *logrus.Entry, gitCommand *GitCommand, osCommand *
 	}, nil
 }
 
-// nameAndTag takes a line from a git log and extracts the sha, message and tag (if present)
-// example inputs:
-// 66e6369c284e96ed5af5 (tag: v0.14.4) allow fastforwarding the current branch
-// 32e650e0bb3f4327749f (HEAD -> show-tags) this is my commit
-// 32e650e0bb3f4327749e this is my other commit
-func (c *CommitListBuilder) commitLineParts(line string) (string, string, []string) {
-	re := regexp.MustCompile(`(\w+) (.*)`)
-	shaMatch := re.FindStringSubmatch(line)
-
-	if len(shaMatch) <= 1 {
-		return line, "", nil
-	}
-	sha := shaMatch[1]
-	rest := shaMatch[2]
-
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(rest, "(") {
-		return sha, rest, nil
-	}
-
-	re = regexp.MustCompile(`\((.*)\) (.*)`)
-
-	parensMatch := re.FindStringSubmatch(rest)
-	if len(parensMatch) <= 1 {
-		return sha, rest, nil
+// extractCommitFromLine takes a line from a git log and extracts the sha, message, date, and tag if present
+// then puts them into a commit object
+// example input:
+// 8ad01fe32fcc20f07bc6693f87aa4977c327f1e1|10 hours ago|Jesse Duffield| (HEAD -> master, tag: v0.15.2)|refresh commits when adding a tag
+func (c *CommitListBuilder) extractCommitFromLine(line string) *Commit {
+	split := strings.Split(line, SEPARATION_CHAR)
+
+	sha := split[0]
+	date := split[1]
+	author := split[2]
+	extraInfo := strings.TrimSpace(split[3])
+	message := strings.Join(split[4:len(split)], SEPARATION_CHAR)
+	tags := []string{}
+
+	if extraInfo != "" {
+		re := regexp.MustCompile(`tag: ([^,\)]+)`)
+		tagMatch := re.FindStringSubmatch(extraInfo)
+		if len(tagMatch) > 1 {
+			tags = append(tags, tagMatch[1])
+		}
 	}
 
-	notes := parensMatch[1]
-	message := parensMatch[2]
-	re = regexp.MustCompile(`tag: ([^,]+)`)
-	tagMatch := re.FindStringSubmatch(notes)
-	if len(tagMatch) <= 1 {
-		return sha, message, nil
+	return &Commit{
+		Sha:           sha,
+		Name:          message,
+		DisplayString: line,
+		Tags:          tags,
+		ExtraInfo:     extraInfo,
+		Date:          date,
+		Author:        author,
 	}
-
-	tag := tagMatch[1]
-	return sha, message, []string{tag}
 }
 
 // GetCommits obtains the commits of the current branch
@@ -107,16 +104,10 @@ func (c *CommitListBuilder) GetCommits(limit bool) ([]*Commit, error) {
 
 	// now we can split it up and turn it into commits
 	for _, line := range utils.SplitLines(log) {
-		sha, name, tags := c.commitLineParts(line)
-		_, unpushed := unpushedCommits[sha]
-		status := map[bool]string{true: "unpushed", false: "pushed"}[unpushed]
-		commits = append(commits, &Commit{
-			Sha:           sha,
-			Name:          name,
-			Status:        status,
-			DisplayString: line,
-			Tags:          tags,
-		})
+		commit := c.extractCommitFromLine(line)
+		_, unpushed := unpushedCommits[commit.Sha]
+		commit.Status = map[bool]string{true: "unpushed", false: "pushed"}[unpushed]
+		commits = append(commits, commit)
 	}
 	if rebaseMode != "" {
 		currentCommit := commits[len(rebasingCommits)]
@@ -325,7 +316,8 @@ func (c *CommitListBuilder) getLog(limit bool) string {
 		limitFlag = "-30"
 	}
 
-	result, err := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(fmt.Sprintf("git log --decorate --oneline %s --abbrev=%d", limitFlag, 20))
+	result, err := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(fmt.Sprintf("git log --oneline --pretty=format:\"%%H%s%%ar%s%%aN%s%%d%s%%s\" %s --abbrev=%d", SEPARATION_CHAR, SEPARATION_CHAR, SEPARATION_CHAR, SEPARATION_CHAR, limitFlag, 20))
+
 	if err != nil {
 		// assume if there is an error there are no commits yet for this branch
 		return ""
diff --git a/pkg/gui/commits_panel.go b/pkg/gui/commits_panel.go
index b84401e797a..e42aabfd037 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/commits_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/commits_panel.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/gocui"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/presentation"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils"
 )
 
@@ -600,9 +601,8 @@ func (gui *Gui) renderBranchCommitsWithSelection() error {
 	commitsView := gui.getCommitsView()
 
 	gui.refreshSelectedLine(&gui.State.Panels.Commits.SelectedLine, len(gui.State.Commits))
-	if err := gui.renderListPanel(commitsView, gui.State.Commits); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	displayStrings := presentation.GetCommitListDisplayStrings(gui.State.Commits, gui.State.ScreenMode != SCREEN_NORMAL)
+	gui.renderDisplayStrings(commitsView, displayStrings)
 	if gui.g.CurrentView() == commitsView && commitsView.Context == "branch-commits" {
 		if err := gui.handleCommitSelect(gui.g, commitsView); err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/pkg/gui/gui.go b/pkg/gui/gui.go
index f04032fb571..4cf435b8f06 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/gui.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/gui.go
@@ -269,12 +269,20 @@ func NewGui(log *logrus.Entry, gitCommand *commands.GitCommand, oSCommand *comma
 
 func (gui *Gui) nextScreenMode(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	gui.State.ScreenMode = utils.NextIntInCycle([]int{SCREEN_NORMAL, SCREEN_HALF, SCREEN_FULL}, gui.State.ScreenMode)
+	// commits render differently depending on whether we're in fullscreen more or not
+	if err := gui.renderBranchCommitsWithSelection(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (gui *Gui) prevScreenMode(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	gui.State.ScreenMode = utils.PrevIntInCycle([]int{SCREEN_NORMAL, SCREEN_HALF, SCREEN_FULL}, gui.State.ScreenMode)
+	// commits render differently depending on whether we're in fullscreen more or not
+	if err := gui.renderBranchCommitsWithSelection(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/gui/presentation/commits.go b/pkg/gui/presentation/commits.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..04dbb0780ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/gui/presentation/commits.go
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+package presentation
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/theme"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils"
+)
+
+func GetCommitListDisplayStrings(commits []*commands.Commit, fullDescription bool) [][]string {
+	lines := make([][]string, len(commits))
+
+	var displayFunc func(*commands.Commit) []string
+	if fullDescription {
+		displayFunc = getFullDescriptionDisplayStringsForCommit
+	} else {
+		displayFunc = getDisplayStringsForCommit
+	}
+
+	for i := range commits {
+		lines[i] = displayFunc(commits[i])
+	}
+
+	return lines
+}
+
+func getFullDescriptionDisplayStringsForCommit(c *commands.Commit) []string {
+	red := color.New(color.FgRed)
+	yellow := color.New(color.FgYellow)
+	green := color.New(color.FgGreen)
+	blue := color.New(color.FgBlue)
+	cyan := color.New(color.FgCyan)
+	defaultColor := color.New(theme.DefaultTextColor)
+	magenta := color.New(color.FgMagenta)
+
+	// for some reason, setting the background to blue pads out the other commits
+	// horizontally. For the sake of accessibility I'm considering this a feature,
+	// not a bug
+	copied := color.New(color.FgCyan, color.BgBlue)
+
+	var shaColor *color.Color
+	switch c.Status {
+	case "unpushed":
+		shaColor = red
+	case "pushed":
+		shaColor = yellow
+	case "merged":
+		shaColor = green
+	case "rebasing":
+		shaColor = blue
+	case "reflog":
+		shaColor = blue
+	case "selected":
+		shaColor = magenta
+	default:
+		shaColor = defaultColor
+	}
+
+	if c.Copied {
+		shaColor = copied
+	}
+
+	tagString := ""
+	truncatedDate := utils.TruncateWithEllipsis(c.Date, 15)
+	secondColumnString := blue.Sprint(truncatedDate)
+	if c.Action != "" {
+		secondColumnString = cyan.Sprint(c.Action)
+	} else if len(c.Tags) > 0 {
+		tagColor := color.New(color.FgMagenta, color.Bold)
+		tagString = utils.ColoredStringDirect(c.ExtraInfo, tagColor) + " "
+	}
+
+	truncatedAuthor := utils.TruncateWithEllipsis(c.Author, 17)
+
+	return []string{shaColor.Sprint(c.Sha[:8]), secondColumnString, yellow.Sprint(truncatedAuthor), tagString + defaultColor.Sprint(c.Name)}
+}
+
+func getDisplayStringsForCommit(c *commands.Commit) []string {
+	red := color.New(color.FgRed)
+	yellow := color.New(color.FgYellow)
+	green := color.New(color.FgGreen)
+	blue := color.New(color.FgBlue)
+	cyan := color.New(color.FgCyan)
+	defaultColor := color.New(theme.DefaultTextColor)
+	magenta := color.New(color.FgMagenta)
+
+	// for some reason, setting the background to blue pads out the other commits
+	// horizontally. For the sake of accessibility I'm considering this a feature,
+	// not a bug
+	copied := color.New(color.FgCyan, color.BgBlue)
+
+	var shaColor *color.Color
+	switch c.Status {
+	case "unpushed":
+		shaColor = red
+	case "pushed":
+		shaColor = yellow
+	case "merged":
+		shaColor = green
+	case "rebasing":
+		shaColor = blue
+	case "reflog":
+		shaColor = blue
+	case "selected":
+		shaColor = magenta
+	default:
+		shaColor = defaultColor
+	}
+
+	if c.Copied {
+		shaColor = copied
+	}
+
+	actionString := ""
+	tagString := ""
+	if c.Action != "" {
+		actionString = cyan.Sprint(utils.WithPadding(c.Action, 7)) + " "
+	} else if len(c.Tags) > 0 {
+		tagColor := color.New(color.FgMagenta, color.Bold)
+		tagString = utils.ColoredStringDirect(strings.Join(c.Tags, " "), tagColor) + " "
+	}
+
+	return []string{shaColor.Sprint(c.Sha[:8]), actionString + tagString + defaultColor.Sprint(c.Name)}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go b/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go
index 5452f17549d..119014802bf 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go
@@ -387,6 +387,15 @@ func (gui *Gui) refreshSelectedLine(line *int, total int) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (gui *Gui) renderDisplayStrings(v *gocui.View, displayStrings [][]string) {
+	gui.g.Update(func(g *gocui.Gui) error {
+		list := utils.RenderDisplayStrings(displayStrings)
+		v.Clear()
+		fmt.Fprint(v, list)
+		return nil
+	})
+}
+
 func (gui *Gui) renderListPanel(v *gocui.View, items interface{}) error {
 	gui.g.Update(func(g *gocui.Gui) error {
 		isFocused := gui.g.CurrentView().Name() == v.Name()
diff --git a/pkg/utils/utils.go b/pkg/utils/utils.go
index 42529776fd8..7fa33e76916 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/utils.go
@@ -348,3 +348,22 @@ func PrevIntInCycle(sl []int, current int) int {
 	}
 	return sl[len(sl)-1]
 }
+
+// TruncateWithEllipsis returns a string, truncated to a certain length, with an ellipsis
+func TruncateWithEllipsis(str string, limit int) string {
+	if limit == 1 && len(str) > 1 {
+		return "."
+	}
+
+	if limit == 2 && len(str) > 2 {
+		return ".."
+	}
+
+	ellipsis := "..."
+	if len(str) <= limit {
+		return str
+	}
+
+	remainingLength := limit - len(ellipsis)
+	return str[0:remainingLength] + "..."
+}