diff --git a/osc/commandline.py b/osc/commandline.py
index e02e43c0..f7031eb3 100755
--- a/osc/commandline.py
+++ b/osc/commandline.py
@@ -708,6 +708,8 @@ class Osc(cmdln.Cmdln):
 
     @cmdln.alias('ci')
     @cmdln.alias('checkin')
+    @cmdln.option('-m', '--message', metavar='TEXT',
+                  help='specify log message TEXT')
     def do_commit(self, subcmd, opts, *args):
         """${cmd_name}: Upload content to the repository server
 
@@ -759,8 +761,9 @@ class Osc(cmdln.Cmdln):
             for filename in p.todo_delete:
                 p.delete_source_file(filename)
                 p.to_be_deleted.remove(filename)
-            if conf.config['do_commits'] == '1':
-                p.commit(msg='MESSAGE')
+            if conf.config['do_commits']:
+                print '[committing]'
+                p.commit(msg=opts.message)
 
             p.update_filesmeta()
             p.write_deletelist()
@@ -1048,7 +1051,8 @@ class Osc(cmdln.Cmdln):
         print '\n'.join(get_prj_results(apiurl, project, show_legend=opts.legend))
 
                 
-    def do_log(self, subcmd, opts, platform, arch):
+    @cmdln.alias('bl')
+    def do_buildlog(self, subcmd, opts, platform, arch):
         """${cmd_name}: Shows the build log of a package
 
         Shows the log file of the build of a package. Can be used to follow the
@@ -1306,6 +1310,21 @@ class Osc(cmdln.Cmdln):
         print '\n'.join(get_buildhistory(apiurl, project, package, platform, arch))
 
 
+    def do_log(self, subcmd, opts):
+        """${cmd_name}: Shows the commit log of a package
+
+        ${cmd_usage}
+        ${cmd_option_list}
+        """
+
+        wd = os.curdir
+        package = store_read_package(wd)
+        project = store_read_project(wd)
+        apiurl = store_read_apiurl(wd)
+
+        print '\n'.join(get_commitlog(apiurl, project, package))
+
+
     @cmdln.option('-f', '--failed', action='store_true',
                   help='rebuild all failed packages')
     def do_rebuildpac(self, subcmd, opts, *args):
diff --git a/osc/core.py b/osc/core.py
index bf3ff683..c33540ae 100755
--- a/osc/core.py
+++ b/osc/core.py
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ class Package:
         # escaping '+' in the URL path (note: not in the URL query string) is 
         # only a workaround for ruby on rails, which swallows it otherwise
         query = []
-        if conf.config['do_commits'] == '1':
+        if conf.config['do_commits']:
             query.append('rev=upload')
         u = makeurl(self.apiurl, ['source', self.prjname, self.name, pathname2url(n)], query=query)
         http_PUT(u, file = os.path.join(self.dir, n))
@@ -1501,6 +1501,37 @@ def get_buildhistory(apiurl, prj, package, platform, arch):
     return r
 
 
+def get_commitlog(apiurl, prj, package):
+    import time
+    u = makeurl(apiurl, ['source', prj, package, '_history'])
+    f = http_GET(u)
+    root = ET.parse(f).getroot()
+
+    r = []
+    revisions = root.findall('revision')
+    revisions.reverse()
+    for node in revisions:
+        rev = int(node.get('rev'))
+        #vrev = int(node.get('vrev')) # what is the meaning of vrev?
+        srcmd5 = node.find('srcmd5').text
+        version = node.find('version').text
+        user = node.find('user').text
+        try:
+            comment = node.find('comment').text
+        except:
+            comment = '<no message>'
+        t = time.localtime(int(node.find('time').text))
+        t = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', t)
+
+        s = '-' * 76 + \
+            '\nr%s | %s | %s | %s | %s\n' % (rev, user, t, srcmd5, version) + \
+            '\n' + comment
+        r.append(s)
+
+    r.append('-' * 76)
+    return r
+
+
 def rebuild(apiurl, prj, package, repo, arch, code=None):
     query = []
     query.append('cmd=rebuild')
@@ -1616,6 +1647,7 @@ def wipebinaries(apiurl, project, package=None, arch=None, repo=None, build_disa
     root = ET.parse(f).getroot()
     return root.get('code')
 
+
 def parseRevisionOption(string):
     """
     returns a tuple which contains the revisions