1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/commit_ext.rb b/lib/commit_ext.rb
index 32706acb617..db6503557ae 100644
--- a/lib/commit_ext.rb
+++ b/lib/commit_ext.rb
@@ -12,4 +12,12 @@ module CommitExt
   def created_at
     committed_date
   end
+
+  def author_email
+    author.email.force_encoding(Encoding::UTF_8)
+  end
+
+  def author_name
+    author.name.force_encoding(Encoding::UTF_8)
+  end
 end