diff --git a/schhist/schhist2web b/schhist/schhist2web
index 1eae4bf..f619b74 100755
--- a/schhist/schhist2web
+++ b/schhist/schhist2web
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 #
 # schhist2web - Web-browseable graphical revision history of schematics
 #
-# Written 2010 by Werner Almesberger
-# Copyright 2010 Werner Almesberger
+# Written 2010, 2012 by Werner Almesberger
+# Copyright 2010, 2012 Werner Almesberger
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ THUMB_OPTS="-w 3 -d 60 -c 0.5,0.5,0.5 -n 1,1,0"
 BG_COLOR="f0f0ff"
 FNAME_COLOR="#b0f0ff"
 SEP_COLOR="#000000"
+CUTOFF=300
 
 
 shrink()
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ EOF
     echo "<PRE>"
     ( cd "$dir" && git show \
         --pretty=format:"%aN <%aE>%n    %ad%n%n    %s" \
-	--quiet $next; ) |
+	--quiet $next; ) | sed '/\(.\{'$CUTOFF'\}\).*/s//\1.../' |
       sed 's/&/&amp;/g;s/</\&lt;/g;s/>/\&gt;/g' |
       if [ -z "$SCHHIST_COMMIT_TEMPLATE" ]; then
 	cat