diff --git a/kallithea/controllers/files.py b/kallithea/controllers/files.py
--- a/kallithea/controllers/files.py
+++ b/kallithea/controllers/files.py
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ class FilesController(BaseRepoController
         for chs in changesets:
             #_branch = '(%s)' % chs.branch if _hg else ''
             _branch = chs.branch
-            n_desc = 'r%s:%s (%s)' % (chs.revision, chs.short_id, _branch)
+            n_desc = '%s (%s)' % (h.show_id(chs), _branch)
             changesets_group[0].append((chs.raw_id, n_desc,))
         hist_l.append(changesets_group)
 
diff --git a/kallithea/lib/helpers.py b/kallithea/lib/helpers.py
--- a/kallithea/lib/helpers.py
+++ b/kallithea/lib/helpers.py
@@ -358,8 +358,7 @@ def pygmentize_annotation(repo_name, fil
                             "</b> %s<br/></div>")
 
             tooltip_html = tooltip_html % (author, date, message)
-            lnk_format = '%5s:%s' % ('r%s' % changeset.revision,
-                                     short_id(changeset.raw_id))
+            lnk_format = show_id(changeset)
             uri = link_to(
                     lnk_format,
                     url('changeset_home', repo_name=repo_name,
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/bookmarks/bookmarks_data.html b/kallithea/templates/bookmarks/bookmarks_data.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/bookmarks/bookmarks_data.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/bookmarks/bookmarks_data.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
             <td>${book[1].revision}</td>
             <td>
               <div>
-                  <pre><a href="${h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=book[1].raw_id)}">r${book[1].revision}:${h.short_id(book[1].raw_id)}</a></pre>
+                  <pre><a href="${h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=book[1].raw_id)}">${h.show_id(book[1])}</a></pre>
               </div>
             </td>
             <td>
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/branches/branches_data.html b/kallithea/templates/branches/branches_data.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/branches/branches_data.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/branches/branches_data.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
             <td>${branch[1].revision}</td>
             <td>
                 <div>
-                    <pre><a href="${h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=branch[1].raw_id)}">r${branch[1].revision}:${h.short_id(branch[1].raw_id)}</a></pre>
+                    <pre><a href="${h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=branch[1].raw_id)}">${h.show_id(branch[1])}</a></pre>
                 </div>
             </td>
             <td>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
               <td>${branch[1].revision}</td>
               <td>
                 <div>
-                    <pre><a href="${h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=branch[1].raw_id)}">r${branch[1].revision}:${h.short_id(branch[1].raw_id)}</a></pre>
+                    <pre><a href="${h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=branch[1].raw_id)}">${h.show_id(branch[1])}</a></pre>
                 </div>
               </td>
               <td></td>
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/changeset/changeset.html b/kallithea/templates/changeset/changeset.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/changeset/changeset.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/changeset/changeset.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 </%def>
 
 <%def name="breadcrumbs_links()">
-    ${_('Changeset')} - <span class='hash'>r${c.changeset.revision}:${h.short_id(c.changeset.raw_id)}</span>
+    ${_('Changeset')} - <span class='hash'>${h.show_id(c.changeset)}</span>
 </%def>
 
 <%def name="page_nav()">
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/changeset/changeset_range.html b/kallithea/templates/changeset/changeset_range.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/changeset/changeset_range.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/changeset/changeset_range.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <%inherit file="/base/base.html"/>
 
 <%def name="title()">
-    ${_('%s Changesets') % c.repo_name} - r${c.cs_ranges[0].revision}:${h.short_id(c.cs_ranges[0].raw_id)} &gt; r${c.cs_ranges[-1].revision}:${h.short_id(c.cs_ranges[-1].raw_id)}
+    ${_('%s Changesets') % c.repo_name} - ${h.show_id(c.cs_ranges[0])} &gt; ${h.show_id(c.cs_ranges[-1])}
     %if c.site_name:
         &middot; ${c.site_name}
     %endif
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 
 <%def name="breadcrumbs_links()">
     ${_('Changesets')} -
-    r${c.cs_ranges[0].revision}:${h.short_id(c.cs_ranges[0].raw_id)}
+    ${h.link_to(h.show_id(c.cs_ranges[0]),h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=c.cs_ranges[0]))}</td>
     <i class="icon-arrow-right"></i>
-    r${c.cs_ranges[-1].revision}:${h.short_id(c.cs_ranges[-1].raw_id)}
+    ${h.link_to(h.show_id(c.cs_ranges[-1]),h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=c.cs_ranges[-1]))}</td>
 </%def>
 
 <%def name="page_nav()">
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ ${self.repo_context_bar('changelog')}
         <div id="body" class="diffblock">
             <div class="code-header">
                 <div>
-                    r${c.cs_ranges[0].revision}:${h.short_id(c.cs_ranges[0].raw_id)}
+                    ${h.show_id(c.cs_ranges[0])}
                     <i class="icon-arrow-right"></i>
-                    r${c.cs_ranges[-1].revision}:${h.short_id(c.cs_ranges[-1].raw_id)}
+                    ${h.show_id(c.cs_ranges[-1])}
                     <a style="font-weight: bold" href="${h.url('compare_url',repo_name=c.repo_name,org_ref_type='rev',org_ref_name=getattr(c.cs_ranges[0].parents[0] if c.cs_ranges[0].parents else h.EmptyChangeset(),'raw_id'),other_ref_type='rev',other_ref_name=c.cs_ranges[-1].raw_id)}" class="btn btn-small"><i class="icon-loop"></i> Compare Revisions</a>
                 </div>
             </div>
@@ -58,17 +58,17 @@ ${self.repo_context_bar('changelog')}
             </div>
             <div style="font-size:1.1em;font-weight: bold;clear:both;padding-top:10px">${_('Files affected')}</div>
             <div class="cs_files">
-                   %for cs in c.cs_ranges:
-                       <div class="cur_cs">${h.link_to('r%s:%s' % (cs.revision,h.short_id(cs.raw_id)),h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=cs.raw_id))}</div>
-                      %for FID, (cs1, cs2, change, path, diff, stats) in c.changes[cs.raw_id].iteritems():
-                         <div class="cs_${change}">
-                               <div class="node">
-                                   ${h.link_to(h.safe_unicode(path),h.url.current(anchor=FID))}
-                               </div>
-                           <div class="changes">${h.fancy_file_stats(stats)}</div>
-                         </div>
-                      %endfor
-                   %endfor
+                %for cs in c.cs_ranges:
+                    <div class="cur_cs">${h.link_to(h.show_id(cs),h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=cs.raw_id))}</div>
+                    %for FID, (cs1, cs2, change, path, diff, stats) in c.changes[cs.raw_id].iteritems():
+                        <div class="cs_${change}">
+                            <div class="node">
+                                ${h.link_to(h.safe_unicode(path),h.url.current(anchor=FID))}
+                            </div>
+                            <div class="changes">${h.fancy_file_stats(stats)}</div>
+                        </div>
+                    %endfor
+                %endfor
             </div>
         </div>
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ ${self.repo_context_bar('changelog')}
           ##${comment.comment_inline_form(cs)}
           ## diff block
           <div class="h3">
-          <a class="tooltip" title="${h.tooltip(cs.message)}" href="${h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=cs.raw_id)}">${'r%s:%s' % (cs.revision,h.short_id(cs.raw_id))}</a>
+          <a class="tooltip" title="${h.tooltip(cs.message)}" href="${h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=cs.raw_id)}">${h.show_id(cs)}</a>
              <div class="gravatar">
                  <img alt="gravatar" src="${h.gravatar_url(h.email_or_none(cs.author),20)}"/>
              </div>
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/compare/compare_cs.html b/kallithea/templates/compare/compare_cs.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/compare/compare_cs.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/compare/compare_cs.html
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@
         <td style="width: 140px"><span class="tooltip" title="${h.tooltip(h.age(cs.date))}">${cs.date}</span></td>
         <td><div class="gravatar" commit_id="${cs.raw_id}"><img alt="gravatar" src="${h.gravatar_url(h.email_or_none(cs.author),14)}"/></div></td>
         <td><div class="author">${h.person(cs.author)}</div></td>
-        <td>${h.link_to('r%s:%s' % (cs.revision,h.short_id(cs.raw_id)),h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.other_repo.repo_name,revision=cs.raw_id))}
-        </td>
+        <td>${h.link_to(h.show_id(cs),h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.other_repo.repo_name,revision=cs.raw_id))}</td>
         <td>
         %if cs.branch:
         <span class="branchtag">${cs.branch}</span>
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/files/diff_2way.html b/kallithea/templates/files/diff_2way.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/files/diff_2way.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/files/diff_2way.html
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 </%def>
 
 <%def name="breadcrumbs_links()">
-    ${_('File diff')} r${c.changeset_1.revision}:${h.short_id(c.changeset_1.raw_id)} &rarr; r${c.changeset_2.revision}:${h.short_id(c.changeset_2.raw_id)}
+    ${_('File diff')} ${h.show_id(c.changeset_1)} &rarr; ${h.show_id(c.changeset_2)}
 </%def>
 
 <%def name="page_nav()">
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/files/file_diff.html b/kallithea/templates/files/file_diff.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/files/file_diff.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/files/file_diff.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 </%def>
 
 <%def name="breadcrumbs_links()">
-    ${_('File diff')} r${c.changeset_1.revision}:${h.short_id(c.changeset_1.raw_id)} &rarr; r${c.changeset_2.revision}:${h.short_id(c.changeset_2.raw_id)}
+    ${_('File diff')} ${h.show_id(c.changeset_1)} &rarr; ${h.show_id(c.changeset_2)}
 </%def>
 
 <%def name="page_nav()">
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/files/files_browser.html b/kallithea/templates/files/files_browser.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/files/files_browser.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/files/files_browser.html
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
                      <td>
                          %if node.is_file():
                              <div class="tooltip" title="${h.tooltip(node.last_changeset.message)}">
-                              <pre>${'r%s:%s' % (node.last_changeset.revision,node.last_changeset.short_id)}</pre>
+                              <pre>${h.show_id(node.last_changeset)}</pre>
                              </div>
                          %endif
                      </td>
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/files/files_edit.html b/kallithea/templates/files/files_edit.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/files/files_edit.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/files/files_edit.html
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ ${self.repo_context_bar('files')}
             <div class="code-header">
                 <div class="stats">
                     <div class="left"><i class="icon-file"></i></div>
-                    <div class="left item">${h.link_to("r%s:%s" % (c.file.changeset.revision,h.short_id(c.file.changeset.raw_id)),h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=c.file.changeset.raw_id))}</div>
+                    <div class="left item">${h.link_to(h.show_id(c.file.changeset),h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=c.file.changeset.raw_id))}</div>
                     <div class="left item">${h.format_byte_size(c.file.size,binary=True)}</div>
                     <div class="left item last">${c.file.mimetype}</div>
                     <div class="buttons">
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/files/files_source.html b/kallithea/templates/files/files_source.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/files/files_source.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/files/files_source.html
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <div class="code-header">
         <div class="stats">
             <div class="left img"><i class="icon-file"></i></div>
-            <div class="left item"><pre class="tooltip" title="${h.tooltip(h.fmt_date(c.file_changeset.date))}">${h.link_to("r%s:%s" % (c.file_changeset.revision,h.short_id(c.file_changeset.raw_id)),h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=c.file_changeset.raw_id))}</pre></div>
+            <div class="left item"><pre class="tooltip" title="${h.tooltip(h.fmt_date(c.file_changeset.date))}">${h.link_to(h.show_id(c.file_changeset),h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=c.file_changeset.raw_id))}</pre></div>
             <div class="left item"><pre>${h.format_byte_size(c.file.size,binary=True)}</pre></div>
             <div class="left item last"><pre>${c.file.mimetype}</pre></div>
             <div class="buttons">
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/tags/tags_data.html b/kallithea/templates/tags/tags_data.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/tags/tags_data.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/tags/tags_data.html
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
             <td>${tag[1].revision}</td>
             <td>
                 <div>
-                    <pre><a href="${h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=tag[1].raw_id)}">r${tag[1].revision}:${h.short_id(tag[1].raw_id)}</a></pre>
+                    <pre><a href="${h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=tag[1].raw_id)}">${h.show_id(tag[1])}</a></pre>
                 </div>
             </td>
             <td>