diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a23b892..e69de29 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-lang/*.mo
diff --git a/lang/linuxfoo-gitlab-de_DE.mo b/lang/linuxfoo-gitlab-de_DE.mo
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index 0000000..0f91cfe
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diff --git a/lang/linuxfoo-gitlab-de_DE.po b/lang/linuxfoo-gitlab-de_DE.po
index 200b3a2..9d39fe0 100644
--- a/lang/linuxfoo-gitlab-de_DE.po
+++ b/lang/linuxfoo-gitlab-de_DE.po
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ msgid "http://tk-sls.de/ref/gitlab-list-commits"
 msgstr "http://tk-sls.de/ref/gitlab-list-commits"
 
 #. Description of the plugin
-msgid "Summary: Embed list of most recent commits to a Gitlab project from a Gitlab instance's public REST API. Example: Add [gitlab-list-commits url=https://tk-sls.de/gitlab project_id=42 since=\"3 month\" max=5] for a list of at most 5 commits to that project that were made since at most 3 months ago."
-msgstr "Zusammenfassung: Bette Liste der neuesten Commits eines Gitlab-Projektes ein, die mit Gitlabs REST API abgerufen wird. Beispiel: Füge folgenden Shortcode zu einem Artikel hinzu, um die letzten 5 Commits anzuzeigen, die nicht älter als 3 Monate sind: [gitlab-list-commits url=https://tk-sls.de/gitlab project_id=42 since=\"3 month\" max=5]"
+msgid "Summary: Embed list of most recent commits to a Gitlab project from a Gitlab instance's public REST API. Example: Add [gitlab-list-commits url=https://tk-sls.de/gitlab project_id=42 commits=\"all\" since=\"3 month\" max=5 releases=\"latest\"] for a list of at most 5 commits to that project that were made since at most 3 months ago, followed by alink to the latest release of the project (if any). To disable the list of commits, set commits=\"none\". To generate a list of all releases, set releases=\"all\". To disable the list of releases, omit the \"releases\" attribute or set releases=\"none\"."
+msgstr "Zusammenfassung: Bette Liste der neuesten Commits eines Gitlab-Projektes ein, die mit Gitlabs REST API abgerufen wird. Beispiel: Füge folgenden Shortcode zu einem Artikel hinzu, um die letzten 5 Commits anzuzeigen, die nicht älter als 3 Monate sind: [gitlab-list-commits url=https://tk-sls.de/gitlab project_id=42 since=\"3 month\" max=5]. Um die Liste der Commits zu deaktivieren: commits=\"none\". Um eine Liste von Releases hinzuzufügen: releases=\"all\". Um nur die neueste Release anzuzeigen: releases=\"latest\"."
 
 #. Author of the plugin
 msgid "Tilman Kranz"
diff --git a/linuxfoo-gitlab.php b/linuxfoo-gitlab.php
index db9beee..85b603c 100644
--- a/linuxfoo-gitlab.php
+++ b/linuxfoo-gitlab.php
@@ -47,6 +47,43 @@ class LinuxfooGitlab {
         return sprintf(__('since %d %s ago', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'), $num, $unit);
     }
 
+    static function format_commit($atts, $commit) {
+        $out = '';
+
+        preg_match('/^....-..-../', $commit->committed_date, $m);
+        $date = $m[0];
+
+        $title = htmlspecialchars($commit->title, ENT_NOQUOTES|ENT_HTML5|ENT_SUBSTITUTE, 'UTF-8', FALSE);
+
+        $out .= 
+            $date.' '.
+            __('by', 'linuxfoo-gitlab').' '.$commit->author_name.
+            ': '.
+            '<a href="'.$commit->web_url.'">'.$commit->short_id.'</a> '.$title;
+
+        return $out;
+    }
+
+    static function format_commit_stats($atts, $commits_count, $branch) {
+        $out = '';
+
+        if($commits_count==0) {
+            $out .=
+                __('No commits', 'linuxfoo-gitlab').
+                (is_null($branch) ? '' : ' '.__('in branch', 'linuxfoo-gitlab').' "'.$branch.'"').
+                (is_null($atts['since']) ? '' : ' '.('since '.$atts['since'].' ago')).'.';
+        }
+        else {
+            $out .=
+                /* translators: %d: maximum number of commits displayed */
+                sprintf(__('Last %d commits', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'), $commits_count).
+                (is_null($branch) ? '' : ' '.__('in branch', 'linuxfoo-gitlab').' "'.$branch.'"').
+                (is_null($atts['since']) ? '' : ' '.self::format_since($atts['since'])).':';
+        }
+
+        return $out;
+    }
+
 	static function commits_list($atts, $project_url) {
         $since = null;
 
@@ -99,37 +136,18 @@ class LinuxfooGitlab {
             else {
                 $commits_count = count($commits); 
                 $commits_count = is_null($atts['max']) ? $commits_count : min($commits_count, $atts['max']);
-
                 $commits = array_slice($commits, 0, $commits_count);
 
-                if($commits_count==0) {
-                    $out .=
-                        '<span class="stats">'.
-                            __('No commits', 'linuxfoo-gitlab').
-                            (is_null($branch) ? '' : ' '.__('in branch', 'linuxfoo-gitlab').' "'.$branch.'"').
-                            (is_null($atts['since']) ? '' : ' '.('since '.$atts['since'].' ago')).'.'.
-                        '</span>';
-                }
-                else {
-                    $out .=
-                        '<span class="stats">'.
-                            /* translators: %d: maximum number of commits displayed */
-                            sprintf(__('Last %d commits', 'linuxfoo-gitlab'), $commits_count).
-                            (is_null($branch) ? '' : ' '.__('in branch', 'linuxfoo-gitlab').' "'.$branch.'"').
-                            (is_null($atts['since']) ? '' : ' '.self::format_since($atts['since'])).':'.
-                        '</span>'.
-                        '<ul class="commits">';
+                $out .=
+                    '<span class="stats">'.
+                        self::format_commit_stats($atts, $commits_count, $branch).
+                    '</span>';
+
+                if($commits_count>0) {
+                    $out .= '<ul class="commits">';
 
                     foreach($commits as $commit) {
-                        preg_match('/^....-..-../', $commit->committed_date, $m);
-                        $date = $m[0];
-
-                        $title = htmlspecialchars($commit->title, ENT_NOQUOTES|ENT_HTML5|ENT_SUBSTITUTE, 'UTF-8', FALSE);
-
-                        $out .=
-                            '<li>'.
-                                $date.': <a href="'.$commit->web_url.'">'.$commit->short_id.'</a> '.$title.
-                            '</li>';
+                        $out .= '<li>'.self::format_commit($atts, $commit).'</li>';
                     }
 
                     $out .= '</ul>';