diff --git a/src/IDF/Commit.php b/src/IDF/Commit.php
index 6398d91..0057218 100644
--- a/src/IDF/Commit.php
+++ b/src/IDF/Commit.php
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Pluf::loadFunction('Pluf_Template_dateAgo');
 class IDF_Commit extends Pluf_Model
 {
     public $_model = __CLASS__;
+    public $extra = null; /**< Extra data as IDF_Gconf object */
 
     function init()
     {
@@ -143,6 +144,10 @@ class IDF_Commit extends Pluf_Model
                             array($project->id, $change->commit));
         $r = Pluf::factory('IDF_Commit')->getList(array('filter'=>$sql->gen()));
         if ($r->count() > 0) {
+            $r[0]->extra = new IDF_Gconf();
+            $r[0]->extra->serialize = true;
+            $r[0]->extra->setModel($r[0]);
+            $r[0]->extra->initCache();
             return $r[0];
         }
         if (!isset($change->full_message)) {
@@ -158,6 +163,13 @@ class IDF_Commit extends Pluf_Model
         $commit->origauthor = $change->author;
         $commit->creation_dtime = $change->date;
         $commit->create();
+        $extra = $scm->getExtraProperties($change);
+        $commit->extra = new IDF_Gconf();
+        $commit->extra->serialize = true; // As we can store arrays
+        $commit->extra->setModel($commit);
+        foreach ($extra as $key => $val) {
+            $commit->extra->setVal($key, $val);
+        }
         $commit->notify($project->getConf());
         return $commit;
     }
diff --git a/src/IDF/Gconf.php b/src/IDF/Gconf.php
index 0923b46..5f84008 100644
--- a/src/IDF/Gconf.php
+++ b/src/IDF/Gconf.php
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ class IDF_Gconf extends Pluf_Model
     public $dirty = array();
     public $f = null;
     protected $_mod = null;
+    /**
+     * Do we (un)serialize the data when getting/setting them.
+     */
+    public $serialize = false;
 
     function init()
     {
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@ class IDF_Gconf extends Pluf_Model
         $sql = new Pluf_SQL('model_class=%s AND model_id=%s',
                             array($this->_mod->_model, $this->_mod->id));
         foreach ($this->getList(array('filter' => $sql->gen())) as $val) {
-            $this->datacache[$val->vkey] = $val->vdesc;
+            $this->datacache[$val->vkey] = ($this->serialize) ? unserialize($val->vdesc) : $val->vdesc;
             $this->dirty[$val->vkey] = $val->id;
         }
     }
@@ -112,11 +116,12 @@ class IDF_Gconf extends Pluf_Model
             and $value == $this->getVal($key)) {
             return;
         }
+        $svalue = ($this->serialize) ? serialize($value) : $value;
         if (isset($this->dirty[$key])) {
             // we get to check if deleted by other process + update
             $conf = new IDF_Gconf($this->dirty[$key]);
             if ($conf->id == $this->dirty[$key]) {
-                $conf->vdesc = $value;
+                $conf->vdesc = $svalue;
                 $conf->update();
                 $this->datacache[$key] = $value;
                 return;
@@ -127,7 +132,7 @@ class IDF_Gconf extends Pluf_Model
         $conf->model_class = $this->_mod->_model;
         $conf->model_id = $this->_mod->id;
         $conf->vkey = $key;
-        $conf->vdesc = $value;
+        $conf->vdesc = $svalue;
         $conf->create();
         $this->datacache[$key] = $value;
         $this->dirty[$key] = $conf->id;
diff --git a/src/IDF/Scm.php b/src/IDF/Scm.php
index f474cd5..d9c4435 100644
--- a/src/IDF/Scm.php
+++ b/src/IDF/Scm.php
@@ -421,6 +421,21 @@ class IDF_Scm
     }
 
     /**
+     * Given a changelog parsed node, returns extra data.
+     *
+     * For example, if the node is a commit object from git, it will a
+     * stdClass object with the parents array. The extra value could
+     * then be the parent(s) commit(s).
+     *
+     * @param stdClass Commit object/Parse object
+     * @return array Extra properties
+     */
+    public function getExtraProperties($obj)
+    {
+        return array();
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Generate a zip archive at a given commit, wrapped in a HTTP response, suitable for pushing to client.
      *
      * @param string Commit
diff --git a/src/IDF/Scm/Git.php b/src/IDF/Scm/Git.php
index 90954b8..e8ac2f6 100644
--- a/src/IDF/Scm/Git.php
+++ b/src/IDF/Scm/Git.php
@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ class IDF_Scm_Git extends IDF_Scm
     }
 
     /**
+     * Will find the parents if available.
+     */
+    public function getExtraProperties($obj)
+    {
+        return (isset($obj->parents)) ? array('parents' => $obj->parents) : array();
+    }
+
+    /**
      * @see IDF_Scm::getTags()
      **/
     public function getTags()
diff --git a/src/IDF/templates/idf/source/changelog.html b/src/IDF/templates/idf/source/changelog.html
index eb2ccce..9223651 100644
--- a/src/IDF/templates/idf/source/changelog.html
+++ b/src/IDF/templates/idf/source/changelog.html
@@ -13,7 +13,18 @@
 {aurl 'url', 'IDF_Views_Source::commit', array($project.shortname, $change.scm_id)}
 <tr class="log">
 <td class="nobrk"><a href="{$url}">{$change.creation_dtime|dateago:"without"}</a></td>
-<td>{issuetext $change.summary, $request}{if $change.fullmessage}<br /><br />{issuetext $change.fullmessage, $request, true, false, true, true, true}{/if}</td>
+<td>{issuetext $change.summary, $request}{if $change.fullmessage}<br /><br />{issuetext $change.fullmessage, $request, true, false, true, true, true}{/if}
+
+
+{assign $parents = $change.extra.getVal('parents')}
+
+{if count($parents) > 1}<div class="helptext">
+{foreach  $parents as $parent}<br />
+{trans 'Parent:'}&nbsp;<a href="{url 'IDF_Views_Source::commit', array($project.shortname, $parent)}" title="{trans 'View corresponding commit'}" class="mono">{$parent}</a>
+{/foreach}</div>{/if}
+
+
+</td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="extra">
 <td colspan="2">