diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Result/JobsetEvalInputs.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Result/JobsetEvalInputs.pm
index b3a0cf7e1..465dbd282 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Result/JobsetEvalInputs.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Result/JobsetEvalInputs.pm
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ __PACKAGE__->table("jobsetevalinputs");
   data_type: 'text'
   is_nullable: 1
 
+=head2 shortRevLength
+
+  data_type: 'number'
+  is_nullable: 1
+
 =head2 value
 
   data_type: 'text'
@@ -102,6 +107,8 @@ __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
   { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 1 },
   "revision",
   { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 1 },
+  "shortRevLength",
+  { data_type => "integer", is_nullable => 1 },
   "value",
   { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 1 },
   "dependency",
@@ -183,4 +190,28 @@ sub json_hint {
     return \%hint;
 }
 
+# Revision to be rendered by the frontend
+sub frontend_revision() {
+    my ($self) = @_;
+    my $type = $self->get_column('type');
+    if ($type eq 'svn' or $type eq 'svn-checkout' or $type eq 'bzr' or $type eq 'bzr-checkout') {
+        return 'r' . $self->get_column('revision');
+    } elsif ($type eq 'git') {
+        # Find the longest revision length of this URI
+        my $schema = $self->result_source->schema;
+        my $maxLength = $schema
+            ->resultset('JobsetEvalInputs')
+            ->search({ uri => $self->get_column('uri')})
+            ->get_column('shortRevLength')
+            ->max;
+        # Fall back to a fixed value if there was no value
+        return substr($self->get_column('revision'), 0, $maxLength || 12);
+    } elsif ($type eq 'bzr') {
+        return substr($self->get_column('revision'), 0, 12);
+    } else {
+        return $self->get_column('revision');
+    }
+
+}
+
 1;
diff --git a/src/root/common.tt b/src/root/common.tt
index b18d33f74..65fbf90b6 100644
--- a/src/root/common.tt
+++ b/src/root/common.tt
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ BLOCK renderInputDiff; %]
               [% ELSIF bi1.uri == bi2.uri && bi1.revision != bi2.revision %]
                 [% IF bi1.type == "git" %]
                   <tr><td>
-                    <b>[% HTML.escape(bi1.name) %]</b></td><td><tt>[% INCLUDE renderDiffUri contents=(bi1.revision.substr(0, 12) _ ' to ' _ bi2.revision.substr(0, 12)) %]</tt>
+                    <b>[% HTML.escape(bi1.name) %]</b></td><td><tt>[% INCLUDE renderDiffUri contents=(bi1.frontend_revision _ ' to ' _ bi2.frontend_revision) %]</tt>
                   </td></tr>
                 [% ELSE %]
                   <tr><td>
@@ -452,16 +452,10 @@ BLOCK renderPager %]
 
 
 BLOCK renderShortEvalInput;
-  IF input.type == "svn" || input.type == "svn-checkout" || input.type == "bzr" || input.type == "bzr-checkout" %]
-    r[% input.revision %]
-  [% ELSIF input.type == "git" %]
-    <tt>[% input.revision.substr(0, 7) | html %]</tt>
-  [% ELSIF input.type == "hg" %]
-    <tt>[% input.revision.substr(0, 12) | html %]</tt>
-  [% ELSIF input.type == "build" || input.type == "sysbuild" %]
+  IF input.type == "build" || input.type == "sysbuild" %]
     <a [% HTML.attributes(href => c.uri_for('/build' input.get_column('dependency'))) %]>[% HTML.escape(input.get_column('dependency')) %]</a>
   [% ELSE %]
-    <tt>[% input.revision | html %]</tt>
+    <tt>[% input.frontend_revision | html %]</tt>
   [% END;
 END;
 
diff --git a/src/root/reproduce.tt b/src/root/reproduce.tt
index d8a77518f..8d44d8f32 100644
--- a/src/root/reproduce.tt
+++ b/src/root/reproduce.tt
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ else
     revCount="$(cat "$tmpDir/[% input.name %]/rev-count")"
 fi
 
-args+=(--arg '[% input.name %]' "{ outPath = $inputDir; rev = \"[% input.revision %]\"; shortRev = \"[% input.revision.substr(0, 7) %]\"; revCount = $revCount; }")
+args+=(--arg '[% input.name %]' "{ outPath = $inputDir; rev = \"[% input.revision %]\"; shortRev = \"[% input.frontend_revision %]\"; revCount = $revCount; }")
 
 [%+ ELSIF input.type == "hg" %]
 
diff --git a/src/script/hydra-eval-jobset b/src/script/hydra-eval-jobset
index 4b328ea5e..00d1396f0 100755
--- a/src/script/hydra-eval-jobset
+++ b/src/script/hydra-eval-jobset
@@ -891,6 +891,7 @@ sub checkJobsetWrapped {
                         , type => $input->{type}
                         , uri => $input->{uri}
                         , revision => $input->{revision}
+                        , shortRevLength => length($input->{shortRev})
                         , value => $input->{value}
                         , dependency => $input->{id}
                         , path => $input->{storePath} || "" # !!! temporary hack
diff --git a/src/sql/hydra.sql b/src/sql/hydra.sql
index e94579720..11b270138 100644
--- a/src/sql/hydra.sql
+++ b/src/sql/hydra.sql
@@ -487,11 +487,12 @@ create table JobsetEvalInputs (
     altNr         integer not null,
 
     -- Copied from the jobsetinputs from which the build was created.
-    type          text not null,
-    uri           text,
-    revision      text,
-    value         text,
-    dependency    integer, -- build ID of the input, for type == 'build'
+    type           text not null,
+    uri            text,
+    revision       text,
+    shortRevLength smallint, -- length of a short revision at the time this was checked out
+    value          text,
+    dependency     integer, -- build ID of the input, for type == 'build'
 
     path          text,
 
diff --git a/src/sql/upgrade-85.sql b/src/sql/upgrade-85.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24a521ccf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sql/upgrade-85.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE JobsetEvalInputs ADD COLUMN shortRevLength smallint;