diff --git a/pagure/pfmarkdown.py b/pagure/pfmarkdown.py
index 2ed0799..fcb74e0 100644
--- a/pagure/pfmarkdown.py
+++ b/pagure/pfmarkdown.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ COMMIT_LINK_RE = \
     '#(?P<id>[\w]{40})'
 IMPLICIT_ISSUE_RE = r'[^|\w](?<!\w)#([0-9]+)'
 IMPLICIT_PR_RE = r'[^|\w](?<!\w)PR#([0-9]+)'
-IMPLICIT_COMMIT_RE = r'[^|\w](?<![>\w#])([a-f0-9]{7,40})'
+IMPLICIT_COMMIT_RE = r'(?<![<\w#])([a-f0-9]{7,40})'
 STRIKE_THROUGH_RE = r'~~(.*?)~~'
 
 
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ class ImplicitCommitPattern(markdown.inlinepatterns.Pattern):
         """ When the pattern matches, update the text. """
 
         githash = markdown.util.AtomicString(m.group(2))
-        text = ' %s' % githash
+        text = '%s' % githash
         try:
             root = flask.request.url_root
             url = flask.request.url
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ class ImplicitCommitPattern(markdown.inlinepatterns.Pattern):
                 namespace=namespace,
                 pattern=repo) \
                 and _commit_exists(user, namespace, repo, githash):
-            return _obj_anchor_tag(user, namespace, repo, githash, text[:8])
+            return _obj_anchor_tag(user, namespace, repo, githash, text[:7])
 
         return text
 
diff --git a/tests/test_pagure_flask_ui_app.py b/tests/test_pagure_flask_ui_app.py
index 5bd53e7..c7adf7f 100644
--- a/tests/test_pagure_flask_ui_app.py
+++ b/tests/test_pagure_flask_ui_app.py
@@ -677,15 +677,15 @@ class PagureFlaskApptests(tests.Modeltests):
             '<p>Cf commit 936435</p>',
             # 'Cf commit 9364354',
             #'<p>Cf commit 9364354</p>',
-            '<p>Cf commit<a href="/test/c/9364354" '
-            'title="Commit 9364354"> 9364354</a></p>',
+            '<p>Cf commit <a href="/test/c/9364354" '
+            'title="Commit 9364354">9364354</a></p>',
             # 'Cf commit 9364354a',
-            '<p>Cf commit<a href="/test/c/9364354a" '
-            'title="Commit 9364354a"> 9364354</a></p>',
+            '<p>Cf commit <a href="/test/c/9364354a" '
+            'title="Commit 9364354a">9364354</a></p>',
             # 'Cf commit 9364354a4555ba17aa60f0dc844d70b74eb1aecd',
-            '<p>Cf commit<a href="/test/c/9364354a4555ba17aa60f0dc844d70b74eb1aecd" '
+            '<p>Cf commit <a href="/test/c/9364354a4555ba17aa60f0dc844d70b74eb1aecd" '
             'title="Commit 9364354a4555ba17aa60f0dc844d70b74eb1aecd"'
-            '> 9364354</a></p>',
+            '>9364354</a></p>',
         ]
 
         with pagure.APP.app_context():
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ class PagureFlaskApptests(tests.Modeltests):
         first_commit = repo.revparse_single('HEAD')
 
         text = 'Cf commit %s' % first_commit.oid.hex
-        exp = '<p>Cf commit<a href="/test/c/{0}" title="Commit {0}"> {1}'\
+        exp = '<p>Cf commit <a href="/test/c/{0}" title="Commit {0}">{1}'\
         '</a></p>'.format(first_commit.oid.hex, first_commit.oid.hex[:7])
 
         with pagure.APP.app_context():