diff --git a/pkg/commands/commit.go b/pkg/commands/commit.go
index 4d440d5e3..32daeaa23 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/commit.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/commit.go
@@ -13,3 +13,10 @@ type Commit struct {
 	Author        string
 	Date          string
 }
+
+func (c *Commit) ShortSha() string {
+	if len(c.Sha) < 8 {
+		return c.Sha
+	}
+	return c.Sha[:8]
+}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/commit_list_builder.go b/pkg/commands/commit_list_builder.go
index a31657b34..cab1b714d 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/commit_list_builder.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/commit_list_builder.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ 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) {
 		commit := c.extractCommitFromLine(line)
-		_, unpushed := unpushedCommits[commit.Sha[:8]]
+		_, unpushed := unpushedCommits[commit.ShortSha()]
 		commit.Status = map[bool]string{true: "unpushed", false: "pushed"}[unpushed]
 		commits = append(commits, commit)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/gui/presentation/commits.go b/pkg/gui/presentation/commits.go
index 740abab78..00b8e7f34 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/presentation/commits.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/presentation/commits.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func getFullDescriptionDisplayStringsForCommit(c *commands.Commit) []string {
 
 	truncatedAuthor := utils.TruncateWithEllipsis(c.Author, 17)
 
-	return []string{shaColor.Sprint(c.Sha[:8]), secondColumnString, yellow.Sprint(truncatedAuthor), tagString + defaultColor.Sprint(c.Name)}
+	return []string{shaColor.Sprint(c.ShortSha()), secondColumnString, yellow.Sprint(truncatedAuthor), tagString + defaultColor.Sprint(c.Name)}
 }
 
 func getDisplayStringsForCommit(c *commands.Commit) []string {
@@ -122,5 +122,5 @@ func getDisplayStringsForCommit(c *commands.Commit) []string {
 		tagString = utils.ColoredStringDirect(strings.Join(c.Tags, " "), tagColor) + " "
 	}
 
-	return []string{shaColor.Sprint(c.Sha[:8]), actionString + tagString + defaultColor.Sprint(c.Name)}
+	return []string{shaColor.Sprint(c.ShortSha()), actionString + tagString + defaultColor.Sprint(c.Name)}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/gui/presentation/reflog_commits.go b/pkg/gui/presentation/reflog_commits.go
index 9ec325fb3..a3e39a70d 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/presentation/reflog_commits.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/presentation/reflog_commits.go
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ func GetReflogCommitListDisplayStrings(commits []*commands.Commit, fullDescripti
 func getFullDescriptionDisplayStringsForReflogCommit(c *commands.Commit) []string {
 	defaultColor := color.New(theme.DefaultTextColor)
 
-	return []string{utils.ColoredString(c.Sha[:8], color.FgBlue), utils.ColoredString(c.Date, color.FgMagenta), defaultColor.Sprint(c.Name)}
+	return []string{utils.ColoredString(c.ShortSha(), color.FgBlue), utils.ColoredString(c.Date, color.FgMagenta), defaultColor.Sprint(c.Name)}
 }
 
 func getDisplayStringsForReflogCommit(c *commands.Commit) []string {
 	defaultColor := color.New(theme.DefaultTextColor)
 
-	return []string{utils.ColoredString(c.Sha[:8], color.FgBlue), defaultColor.Sprint(c.Name)}
+	return []string{utils.ColoredString(c.ShortSha(), color.FgBlue), defaultColor.Sprint(c.Name)}
 }