diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/utils/annotate.py b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/utils/annotate.py
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+from rhodecode.lib.vcs.exceptions import VCSError
+from rhodecode.lib.vcs.nodes import FileNode
+from pygments.formatters import HtmlFormatter
+from pygments import highlight
+
+import StringIO
+
+
+def annotate_highlight(filenode, annotate_from_changeset_func=None,
+        order=None, headers=None, **options):
+    """
+    Returns html portion containing annotated table with 3 columns: line
+    numbers, changeset information and pygmentized line of code.
+
+    :param filenode: FileNode object
+    :param annotate_from_changeset_func: function taking changeset and
+      returning single annotate cell; needs break line at the end
+    :param order: ordered sequence of ``ls`` (line numbers column),
+      ``annotate`` (annotate column), ``code`` (code column); Default is
+      ``['ls', 'annotate', 'code']``
+    :param headers: dictionary with headers (keys are whats in ``order``
+      parameter)
+    """
+    options['linenos'] = True
+    formatter = AnnotateHtmlFormatter(filenode=filenode, order=order,
+        headers=headers,
+        annotate_from_changeset_func=annotate_from_changeset_func, **options)
+    lexer = filenode.lexer
+    highlighted = highlight(filenode.content, lexer, formatter)
+    return highlighted
+
+
+class AnnotateHtmlFormatter(HtmlFormatter):
+
+    def __init__(self, filenode, annotate_from_changeset_func=None,
+            order=None, **options):
+        """
+        If ``annotate_from_changeset_func`` is passed it should be a function
+        which returns string from the given changeset. For example, we may pass
+        following function as ``annotate_from_changeset_func``::
+
+            def changeset_to_anchor(changeset):
+                return '<a href="/changesets/%s/">%s</a>\n' %\
+                       (changeset.id, changeset.id)
+
+        :param annotate_from_changeset_func: see above
+        :param order: (default: ``['ls', 'annotate', 'code']``); order of
+          columns;
+        :param options: standard pygment's HtmlFormatter options, there is
+          extra option tough, ``headers``. For instance we can pass::
+
+             formatter = AnnotateHtmlFormatter(filenode, headers={
+                'ls': '#',
+                'annotate': 'Annotate',
+                'code': 'Code',
+             })
+
+        """
+        super(AnnotateHtmlFormatter, self).__init__(**options)
+        self.annotate_from_changeset_func = annotate_from_changeset_func
+        self.order = order or ('ls', 'annotate', 'code')
+        headers = options.pop('headers', None)
+        if headers and not ('ls' in headers and 'annotate' in headers and
+            'code' in headers):
+            raise ValueError("If headers option dict is specified it must "
+                "all 'ls', 'annotate' and 'code' keys")
+        self.headers = headers
+        if isinstance(filenode, FileNode):
+            self.filenode = filenode
+        else:
+            raise VCSError("This formatter expect FileNode parameter, not %r"
+                % type(filenode))
+
+    def annotate_from_changeset(self, changeset):
+        """
+        Returns full html line for single changeset per annotated line.
+        """
+        if self.annotate_from_changeset_func:
+            return self.annotate_from_changeset_func(changeset)
+        else:
+            return ''.join((changeset.id, '\n'))
+
+    def _wrap_tablelinenos(self, inner):
+        dummyoutfile = StringIO.StringIO()
+        lncount = 0
+        for t, line in inner:
+            if t:
+                lncount += 1
+            dummyoutfile.write(line)
+
+        fl = self.linenostart
+        mw = len(str(lncount + fl - 1))
+        sp = self.linenospecial
+        st = self.linenostep
+        la = self.lineanchors
+        aln = self.anchorlinenos
+        if sp:
+            lines = []
+
+            for i in range(fl, fl + lncount):
+                if i % st == 0:
+                    if i % sp == 0:
+                        if aln:
+                            lines.append('<a href="#%s-%d" class="special">'
+                                         '%*d</a>' %
+                                         (la, i, mw, i))
+                        else:
+                            lines.append('<span class="special">'
+                                         '%*d</span>' % (mw, i))
+                    else:
+                        if aln:
+                            lines.append('<a href="#%s-%d">'
+                                         '%*d</a>' % (la, i, mw, i))
+                        else:
+                            lines.append('%*d' % (mw, i))
+                else:
+                    lines.append('')
+            ls = '\n'.join(lines)
+        else:
+            lines = []
+            for i in range(fl, fl + lncount):
+                if i % st == 0:
+                    if aln:
+                        lines.append('<a href="#%s-%d">%*d</a>' \
+                                     % (la, i, mw, i))
+                    else:
+                        lines.append('%*d' % (mw, i))
+                else:
+                    lines.append('')
+            ls = '\n'.join(lines)
+
+        annotate_changesets = [tup[1] for tup in self.filenode.annotate]
+        # If pygments cropped last lines break we need do that too
+        ln_cs = len(annotate_changesets)
+        ln_ = len(ls.splitlines())
+        if  ln_cs > ln_:
+            annotate_changesets = annotate_changesets[:ln_ - ln_cs]
+        annotate = ''.join((self.annotate_from_changeset(changeset)
+            for changeset in annotate_changesets))
+        # in case you wonder about the seemingly redundant <div> here:
+        # since the content in the other cell also is wrapped in a div,
+        # some browsers in some configurations seem to mess up the formatting.
+        '''
+        yield 0, ('<table class="%stable">' % self.cssclass +
+                  '<tr><td class="linenos"><div class="linenodiv"><pre>' +
+                  ls + '</pre></div></td>' +
+                  '<td class="code">')
+        yield 0, dummyoutfile.getvalue()
+        yield 0, '</td></tr></table>'
+
+        '''
+        headers_row = []
+        if self.headers:
+            headers_row = ['<tr class="annotate-header">']
+            for key in self.order:
+                td = ''.join(('<td>', self.headers[key], '</td>'))
+                headers_row.append(td)
+            headers_row.append('</tr>')
+
+        body_row_start = ['<tr>']
+        for key in self.order:
+            if key == 'ls':
+                body_row_start.append(
+                    '<td class="linenos"><div class="linenodiv"><pre>' +
+                    ls + '</pre></div></td>')
+            elif key == 'annotate':
+                body_row_start.append(
+                    '<td class="annotate"><div class="annotatediv"><pre>' +
+                    annotate + '</pre></div></td>')
+            elif key == 'code':
+                body_row_start.append('<td class="code">')
+        yield 0, ('<table class="%stable">' % self.cssclass +
+                  ''.join(headers_row) +
+                  ''.join(body_row_start)
+                  )
+        yield 0, dummyoutfile.getvalue()
+        yield 0, '</td></tr></table>'