diff --git a/docs/Config.md b/docs/Config.md
index 052d65957..938aaba29 100644
--- a/docs/Config.md
+++ b/docs/Config.md
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ gui:
   showFileTree: true # for rendering changes files in a tree format
   showListFooter: true # for seeing the '5 of 20' message in list panels
   showRandomTip: true
+  showBranchCommitHash: false # show commit hashes alongside branch names
   experimentalShowBranchHeads: false # visualize branch heads with (*) in commits list
   showBottomLine: true # for hiding the bottom information line (unless it has important information to tell you)
   showCommandLog: true
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git.go b/pkg/commands/git.go
index 2ae8694e7..d09ff88b0 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func NewGitCommandAux(
 	patchCommands := git_commands.NewPatchCommands(gitCommon, rebaseCommands, commitCommands, statusCommands, stashCommands, patchBuilder)
 	bisectCommands := git_commands.NewBisectCommands(gitCommon)
 
-	branchLoader := git_commands.NewBranchLoader(cmn, branchCommands.GetRawBranches, branchCommands.CurrentBranchInfo, configCommands)
+	branchLoader := git_commands.NewBranchLoader(cmn, cmd, branchCommands.CurrentBranchInfo, configCommands)
 	commitFileLoader := git_commands.NewCommitFileLoader(cmn, cmd)
 	commitLoader := git_commands.NewCommitLoader(cmn, cmd, dotGitDir, statusCommands.RebaseMode)
 	reflogCommitLoader := git_commands.NewReflogCommitLoader(cmn, cmd)
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_commands/branch.go b/pkg/commands/git_commands/branch.go
index 3c4d97c82..caa876f3f 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_commands/branch.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_commands/branch.go
@@ -188,16 +188,6 @@ func (self *BranchCommands) Rename(oldName string, newName string) error {
 	return self.cmd.New(cmdArgs).Run()
 }
 
-func (self *BranchCommands) GetRawBranches() (string, error) {
-	cmdArgs := NewGitCmd("for-each-ref").
-		Arg("--sort=-committerdate").
-		Arg(`--format=%(HEAD)%00%(refname:short)%00%(upstream:short)%00%(upstream:track)`).
-		Arg("refs/heads").
-		ToArgv()
-
-	return self.cmd.New(cmdArgs).DontLog().RunWithOutput()
-}
-
 type MergeOpts struct {
 	FastForwardOnly bool
 }
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_commands/branch_loader.go b/pkg/commands/git_commands/branch_loader.go
index 58e7bb940..cb284f67f 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_commands/branch_loader.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_commands/branch_loader.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package git_commands
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -8,8 +9,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/generics/slices"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/go-git/v5/config"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/models"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/oscommands"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/common"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils"
+	"github.com/samber/lo"
 )
 
 // context:
@@ -36,20 +39,20 @@ type BranchInfo struct {
 // BranchLoader returns a list of Branch objects for the current repo
 type BranchLoader struct {
 	*common.Common
-	getRawBranches       func() (string, error)
+	cmd                  oscommands.ICmdObjBuilder
 	getCurrentBranchInfo func() (BranchInfo, error)
 	config               BranchLoaderConfigCommands
 }
 
 func NewBranchLoader(
 	cmn *common.Common,
-	getRawBranches func() (string, error),
+	cmd oscommands.ICmdObjBuilder,
 	getCurrentBranchInfo func() (BranchInfo, error),
 	config BranchLoaderConfigCommands,
 ) *BranchLoader {
 	return &BranchLoader{
 		Common:               cmn,
-		getRawBranches:       getRawBranches,
+		cmd:                  cmd,
 		getCurrentBranchInfo: getCurrentBranchInfo,
 		config:               config,
 	}
@@ -128,8 +131,8 @@ func (self *BranchLoader) obtainBranches() []*models.Branch {
 		}
 
 		split := strings.Split(line, "\x00")
-		if len(split) != 4 {
-			// Ignore line if it isn't separated into 4 parts
+		if len(split) != len(branchFields) {
+			// Ignore line if it isn't separated into the expected number of parts
 			// This is probably a warning message, for more info see:
 			// https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/issues/1385#issuecomment-885580439
 			return nil, false
@@ -139,47 +142,81 @@ func (self *BranchLoader) obtainBranches() []*models.Branch {
 	})
 }
 
-// Obtain branch information from parsed line output of getRawBranches()
-// split contains the '|' separated tokens in the line of output
-func obtainBranch(split []string) *models.Branch {
-	name := strings.TrimPrefix(split[1], "heads/")
-	branch := &models.Branch{
-		Name:      name,
-		Pullables: "?",
-		Pushables: "?",
-		Head:      split[0] == "*",
-	}
+func (self *BranchLoader) getRawBranches() (string, error) {
+	format := strings.Join(
+		lo.Map(branchFields, func(thing string, _ int) string {
+			return "%(" + thing + ")"
+		}),
+		"%00",
+	)
 
+	cmdArgs := NewGitCmd("for-each-ref").
+		Arg("--sort=-committerdate").
+		Arg(fmt.Sprintf("--format=%s", format)).
+		Arg("refs/heads").
+		ToArgv()
+
+	return self.cmd.New(cmdArgs).DontLog().RunWithOutput()
+}
+
+var branchFields = []string{
+	"HEAD",
+	"refname:short",
+	"upstream:short",
+	"upstream:track",
+	"subject",
+	fmt.Sprintf("objectname:short=%d", utils.COMMIT_HASH_SHORT_SIZE),
+}
+
+// Obtain branch information from parsed line output of getRawBranches()
+func obtainBranch(split []string) *models.Branch {
+	headMarker := split[0]
+	fullName := split[1]
 	upstreamName := split[2]
+	track := split[3]
+	subject := split[4]
+	commitHash := split[5]
+
+	name := strings.TrimPrefix(fullName, "heads/")
+	pushables, pullables, gone := parseUpstreamInfo(upstreamName, track)
+
+	return &models.Branch{
+		Name:         name,
+		Pushables:    pushables,
+		Pullables:    pullables,
+		UpstreamGone: gone,
+		Head:         headMarker == "*",
+		Subject:      subject,
+		CommitHash:   commitHash,
+	}
+}
+
+func parseUpstreamInfo(upstreamName string, track string) (string, string, bool) {
 	if upstreamName == "" {
 		// if we're here then it means we do not have a local version of the remote.
 		// The branch might still be tracking a remote though, we just don't know
 		// how many commits ahead/behind it is
-		return branch
+		return "?", "?", false
 	}
 
-	track := split[3]
 	if track == "[gone]" {
-		branch.UpstreamGone = true
-	} else {
-		re := regexp.MustCompile(`ahead (\d+)`)
-		match := re.FindStringSubmatch(track)
-		if len(match) > 1 {
-			branch.Pushables = match[1]
-		} else {
-			branch.Pushables = "0"
-		}
-
-		re = regexp.MustCompile(`behind (\d+)`)
-		match = re.FindStringSubmatch(track)
-		if len(match) > 1 {
-			branch.Pullables = match[1]
-		} else {
-			branch.Pullables = "0"
-		}
+		return "?", "?", true
 	}
 
-	return branch
+	pushables := parseDifference(track, `ahead (\d+)`)
+	pullables := parseDifference(track, `behind (\d+)`)
+
+	return pushables, pullables, false
+}
+
+func parseDifference(track string, regexStr string) string {
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(regexStr)
+	match := re.FindStringSubmatch(track)
+	if len(match) > 1 {
+		return match[1]
+	} else {
+		return "0"
+	}
 }
 
 // TODO: only look at the new reflog commits, and otherwise store the recencies in
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_commands/branch_loader_test.go b/pkg/commands/git_commands/branch_loader_test.go
index c147c1484..f16dcf5f4 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_commands/branch_loader_test.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_commands/branch_loader_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-func TestObtainBanch(t *testing.T) {
+func TestObtainBranch(t *testing.T) {
 	type scenario struct {
 		testName       string
 		input          []string
@@ -17,29 +17,65 @@ func TestObtainBanch(t *testing.T) {
 
 	scenarios := []scenario{
 		{
-			testName:       "TrimHeads",
-			input:          []string{"", "heads/a_branch", "", ""},
-			expectedBranch: &models.Branch{Name: "a_branch", Pushables: "?", Pullables: "?", Head: false},
+			testName: "TrimHeads",
+			input:    []string{"", "heads/a_branch", "", "", "subject", "123"},
+			expectedBranch: &models.Branch{
+				Name:       "a_branch",
+				Pushables:  "?",
+				Pullables:  "?",
+				Head:       false,
+				Subject:    "subject",
+				CommitHash: "123",
+			},
 		},
 		{
-			testName:       "NoUpstream",
-			input:          []string{"", "a_branch", "", ""},
-			expectedBranch: &models.Branch{Name: "a_branch", Pushables: "?", Pullables: "?", Head: false},
+			testName: "NoUpstream",
+			input:    []string{"", "a_branch", "", "", "subject", "123"},
+			expectedBranch: &models.Branch{
+				Name:       "a_branch",
+				Pushables:  "?",
+				Pullables:  "?",
+				Head:       false,
+				Subject:    "subject",
+				CommitHash: "123",
+			},
 		},
 		{
-			testName:       "IsHead",
-			input:          []string{"*", "a_branch", "", ""},
-			expectedBranch: &models.Branch{Name: "a_branch", Pushables: "?", Pullables: "?", Head: true},
+			testName: "IsHead",
+			input:    []string{"*", "a_branch", "", "", "subject", "123"},
+			expectedBranch: &models.Branch{
+				Name:       "a_branch",
+				Pushables:  "?",
+				Pullables:  "?",
+				Head:       true,
+				Subject:    "subject",
+				CommitHash: "123",
+			},
 		},
 		{
-			testName:       "IsBehindAndAhead",
-			input:          []string{"", "a_branch", "a_remote/a_branch", "[behind 2, ahead 3]"},
-			expectedBranch: &models.Branch{Name: "a_branch", Pushables: "3", Pullables: "2", Head: false},
+			testName: "IsBehindAndAhead",
+			input:    []string{"", "a_branch", "a_remote/a_branch", "[behind 2, ahead 3]", "subject", "123"},
+			expectedBranch: &models.Branch{
+				Name:       "a_branch",
+				Pushables:  "3",
+				Pullables:  "2",
+				Head:       false,
+				Subject:    "subject",
+				CommitHash: "123",
+			},
 		},
 		{
-			testName:       "RemoteBranchIsGone",
-			input:          []string{"", "a_branch", "a_remote/a_branch", "[gone]"},
-			expectedBranch: &models.Branch{Name: "a_branch", UpstreamGone: true, Pushables: "?", Pullables: "?", Head: false},
+			testName: "RemoteBranchIsGone",
+			input:    []string{"", "a_branch", "a_remote/a_branch", "[gone]", "subject", "123"},
+			expectedBranch: &models.Branch{
+				Name:         "a_branch",
+				UpstreamGone: true,
+				Pushables:    "?",
+				Pullables:    "?",
+				Head:         false,
+				Subject:      "subject",
+				CommitHash:   "123",
+			},
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/commands/models/branch.go b/pkg/commands/models/branch.go
index 895b0442a..b4dcc0a79 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/models/branch.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/models/branch.go
@@ -5,11 +5,16 @@ package models
 type Branch struct {
 	Name string
 	// the displayname is something like '(HEAD detached at 123asdf)', whereas in that case the name would be '123asdf'
-	DisplayName  string
-	Recency      string
-	Pushables    string
-	Pullables    string
+	DisplayName string
+	// indicator of when the branch was last checked out e.g. '2d', '3m'
+	Recency string
+	// how many commits ahead we are from the remote branch (how many commits we can push)
+	Pushables string
+	// how many commits behind we are from the remote branch (how many commits we can pull)
+	Pullables string
+	// whether the remote branch is 'gone' i.e. we're tracking a remote branch that has been deleted
 	UpstreamGone bool
+	// whether this is the current branch. Exactly one branch should have this be true
 	Head         bool
 	DetachedHead bool
 	// if we have a named remote locally this will be the name of that remote e.g.
@@ -17,6 +22,10 @@ type Branch struct {
 	// 'git@github.com:tiwood/lazygit.git'
 	UpstreamRemote string
 	UpstreamBranch string
+	// subject line in commit message
+	Subject string
+	// commit hash
+	CommitHash string
 }
 
 func (b *Branch) FullRefName() string {
diff --git a/pkg/config/user_config.go b/pkg/config/user_config.go
index 295c8178d..597253e3d 100644
--- a/pkg/config/user_config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/user_config.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ type GuiConfig struct {
 	ShowCommandLog              bool               `yaml:"showCommandLog"`
 	ShowBottomLine              bool               `yaml:"showBottomLine"`
 	ShowIcons                   bool               `yaml:"showIcons"`
+	ShowBranchCommitHash        bool               `yaml:"showBranchCommitHash"`
 	ExperimentalShowBranchHeads bool               `yaml:"experimentalShowBranchHeads"`
 	CommandLogSize              int                `yaml:"commandLogSize"`
 	SplitDiff                   string             `yaml:"splitDiff"`
@@ -426,6 +427,7 @@ func GetDefaultConfig() *UserConfig {
 			ShowRandomTip:               true,
 			ShowIcons:                   false,
 			ExperimentalShowBranchHeads: false,
+			ShowBranchCommitHash:        false,
 			CommandLogSize:              8,
 			SplitDiff:                   "auto",
 			SkipRewordInEditorWarning:   false,
diff --git a/pkg/gui/context/branches_context.go b/pkg/gui/context/branches_context.go
index 1d6453c13..c2463ad20 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/context/branches_context.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/context/branches_context.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ func NewBranchesContext(c *ContextCommon) *BranchesContext {
 			c.State().GetRepoState().GetScreenMode() != types.SCREEN_NORMAL,
 			c.Modes().Diffing.Ref,
 			c.Tr,
+			c.UserConfig,
 		)
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/gui/presentation/branches.go b/pkg/gui/presentation/branches.go
index bb4570654..cf0802d6f 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/presentation/branches.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/presentation/branches.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/generics/slices"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/models"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/presentation/icons"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/style"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/i18n"
@@ -15,15 +16,27 @@ import (
 
 var branchPrefixColorCache = make(map[string]style.TextStyle)
 
-func GetBranchListDisplayStrings(branches []*models.Branch, fullDescription bool, diffName string, tr *i18n.TranslationSet) [][]string {
+func GetBranchListDisplayStrings(
+	branches []*models.Branch,
+	fullDescription bool,
+	diffName string,
+	tr *i18n.TranslationSet,
+	userConfig *config.UserConfig,
+) [][]string {
 	return slices.Map(branches, func(branch *models.Branch) []string {
 		diffed := branch.Name == diffName
-		return getBranchDisplayStrings(branch, fullDescription, diffed, tr)
+		return getBranchDisplayStrings(branch, fullDescription, diffed, tr, userConfig)
 	})
 }
 
 // getBranchDisplayStrings returns the display string of branch
-func getBranchDisplayStrings(b *models.Branch, fullDescription bool, diffed bool, tr *i18n.TranslationSet) []string {
+func getBranchDisplayStrings(
+	b *models.Branch,
+	fullDescription bool,
+	diffed bool,
+	tr *i18n.TranslationSet,
+	userConfig *config.UserConfig,
+) []string {
 	displayName := b.Name
 	if b.DisplayName != "" {
 		displayName = b.DisplayName
@@ -43,12 +56,18 @@ func getBranchDisplayStrings(b *models.Branch, fullDescription bool, diffed bool
 		recencyColor = style.FgGreen
 	}
 
-	res := make([]string, 0, 4)
+	res := make([]string, 0, 6)
 	res = append(res, recencyColor.Sprint(b.Recency))
 	if icons.IsIconEnabled() {
 		res = append(res, nameTextStyle.Sprint(icons.IconForBranch(b)))
 	}
+
+	if fullDescription || userConfig.Gui.ShowBranchCommitHash {
+		res = append(res, b.CommitHash)
+	}
+
 	res = append(res, coloredName)
+
 	if fullDescription {
 		res = append(
 			res,
@@ -56,6 +75,7 @@ func getBranchDisplayStrings(b *models.Branch, fullDescription bool, diffed bool
 				style.FgYellow.Sprint(b.UpstreamRemote),
 				style.FgYellow.Sprint(b.UpstreamBranch),
 			),
+			utils.TruncateWithEllipsis(b.Subject, 60),
 		)
 	}
 	return res
diff --git a/pkg/utils/formatting.go b/pkg/utils/formatting.go
index 2a900d207..5d04a16a8 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/formatting.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/formatting.go
@@ -149,9 +149,11 @@ func SafeTruncate(str string, limit int) string {
 	}
 }
 
+const COMMIT_HASH_SHORT_SIZE = 8
+
 func ShortSha(sha string) string {
-	if len(sha) < 8 {
+	if len(sha) < COMMIT_HASH_SHORT_SIZE {
 		return sha
 	}
-	return sha[:8]
+	return sha[:COMMIT_HASH_SHORT_SIZE]
 }