diff --git a/templates/changelogentry-gitweb.tmpl b/templates/changelogentry-gitweb.tmpl
--- a/templates/changelogentry-gitweb.tmpl
+++ b/templates/changelogentry-gitweb.tmpl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <div>
-<a class="title" href="?cmd=changeset;node=#node#;style=gitweb"><span class="age">#date|age# ago</span>#desc|firstline|escape#</a>
+<a class="title" href="?cmd=changeset;node=#node#;style=gitweb"><span class="age">#date|age# ago</span>#desc|strip|firstline|escape#</a>
 </div>
 <div class="title_text">
 <div class="log_link">
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 <i>#author|obfuscate# [#date|rfc822date#] rev #rev#</i><br/>
 </div>
 <div class="log_body">
-#desc|escape|addbreaks#
+#desc|strip|escape|addbreaks#
 <br/>
 <br/>
 </div>
diff --git a/templates/changeset-gitweb.tmpl b/templates/changeset-gitweb.tmpl
--- a/templates/changeset-gitweb.tmpl
+++ b/templates/changeset-gitweb.tmpl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 </div>
 
 <div>
-<a class="title" href="?cmd=changeset;node=#node#;style=raw">#desc|escape|firstline#</a>
+<a class="title" href="?cmd=changeset;node=#node#;style=raw">#desc|strip|escape|firstline#</a>
 </div>
 <div class="title_text">
 <table cellspacing="0">
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 </table></div>
 
 <div class="title_text">
-#desc|escape|addbreaks#
+#desc|strip|escape|addbreaks#
 </div>
 
 <div class="title_text">
diff --git a/templates/map-gitweb b/templates/map-gitweb
--- a/templates/map-gitweb
+++ b/templates/map-gitweb
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ filelogparent = '<tr><td align="right">p
 filediffchild = '<tr><th class="child">child #rev#:</th><td class="child"><a href="?cmd=changeset;node=#node#;style=gitweb">#node|short#</a></td></tr>'
 filelogchild = '<tr><td align="right">child #rev#:&nbsp;</td><td><a href="?cmd=file;file=#file|urlescape#;filenode=#node#;style=gitweb">#node|short#</a></td></tr>'
 shortlog = shortlog-gitweb.tmpl
-shortlogentry = '<tr class="parity#parity#"><td class="age"><i>#date|age# ago</i></td><td><i>#author#</i></td><td><a class="list" href="?cmd=changeset;node=#node|short#;style=gitweb"><b>#desc|firstline|escape#</b></a></td><td class="link"><a href="?cmd=changeset;node=#node|short#;style=gitweb">changeset</a> |  <a href="?cmd=manifest;manifest=#manifest|short#;path=/;style=gitweb">manifest</a></td></tr>'
-filelogentry = '<tr class="parity#parity#"><td class="age"><i>#date|age# ago</i></td><td><a class="list" href="?cmd=changeset;node=#node|short#;style=gitweb"><b>#desc|firstline|escape#</b></a></td><td class="link"><!-- FIXME: <a href="?fd=#node|short#;file=#file|urlescape#;style=gitweb">diff</a> | --> <a href="?fa=#filenode|short#;file=#file|urlescape#;style=gitweb">annotate</a> #rename%filelogrename#</td></tr>'
+shortlogentry = '<tr class="parity#parity#"><td class="age"><i>#date|age# ago</i></td><td><i>#author#</i></td><td><a class="list" href="?cmd=changeset;node=#node|short#;style=gitweb"><b>#desc|strip|firstline|escape#</b></a></td><td class="link"><a href="?cmd=changeset;node=#node|short#;style=gitweb">changeset</a> |  <a href="?cmd=manifest;manifest=#manifest|short#;path=/;style=gitweb">manifest</a></td></tr>'
+filelogentry = '<tr class="parity#parity#"><td class="age"><i>#date|age# ago</i></td><td><a class="list" href="?cmd=changeset;node=#node|short#;style=gitweb"><b>#desc|strip|firstline|escape#</b></a></td><td class="link"><!-- FIXME: <a href="?fd=#node|short#;file=#file|urlescape#;style=gitweb">diff</a> | --> <a href="?fa=#filenode|short#;file=#file|urlescape#;style=gitweb">annotate</a> #rename%filelogrename#</td></tr>'
 archiveentry = ' | <a href="?ca=#node|short#;type=#type|urlescape#">#type|escape#</a> '