diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_plan_component.js b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_plan_component.js
index 222084deee94c360cf7b60789000afe36ce58045..dec1704395e268d870cd3cd98f129dc658649c40 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_plan_component.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_plan_component.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ global.cycleAnalytics.StagePlanComponent = Vue.extend({
             <span>
               {{ __('FirstPushedBy|First') }}
               <span class="commit-icon">${iconCommit}</span>
-              <a :href="commit.commitUrl" class="commit-hash-link monospace">{{ commit.shortSha }}</a>
+              <a :href="commit.commitUrl" class="commit-hash-link commit-sha">{{ commit.shortSha }}</a>
               {{ __('FirstPushedBy|pushed by') }}
               <a :href="commit.author.webUrl" class="commit-author-link">
                 {{ commit.author.name }}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_staging_component.js b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_staging_component.js
index b1e9362434f1f6d49fdd719a9f840f69182124e9..1f7c673b1d45197a748f44923fb8fd963831bf5c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_staging_component.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_staging_component.js
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ global.cycleAnalytics.StageStagingComponent = Vue.extend({
             <h5 class="item-title">
               <a :href="build.url" class="pipeline-id">#{{ build.id }}</a>
               <i class="fa fa-code-fork"></i>
-              <a :href="build.branch.url" class="branch-name monospace">{{ build.branch.name }}</a>
+              <a :href="build.branch.url" class="ref-name">{{ build.branch.name }}</a>
               <span class="icon-branch">${iconBranch}</span>
-              <a :href="build.commitUrl" class="short-sha monospace">{{ build.shortSha }}</a>
+              <a :href="build.commitUrl" class="commit-sha">{{ build.shortSha }}</a>
             </h5>
             <span>
               <a :href="build.url" class="build-date">{{ build.date }}</a>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_test_component.js b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_test_component.js
index e306026429e004cffcb52e5409b38b42c9794f50..78cc97eea0be0e158bf7f27002e91d55496b250e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_test_component.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/cycle_analytics/components/stage_test_component.js
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ global.cycleAnalytics.StageTestComponent = Vue.extend({
               &middot;
               <a :href="build.url" class="pipeline-id">#{{ build.id }}</a>
               <i class="fa fa-code-fork"></i>
-              <a :href="build.branch.url" class="branch-name monospace">{{ build.branch.name }}</a>
+              <a :href="build.branch.url" class="ref-name">{{ build.branch.name }}</a>
               <span class="icon-branch">${iconBranch}</span>
-              <a :href="build.commitUrl" class="short-sha monospace">{{ build.shortSha }}</a>
+              <a :href="build.commitUrl" class="commit-sha">{{ build.shortSha }}</a>
             </h5>
             <span>
               <a :href="build.url" class="issue-date">
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/pipelines/components/pipeline_url.js b/app/assets/javascripts/pipelines/components/pipeline_url.js
index 4e183d5c8eca1400f87745c7a43ecb6296c90694..ea8aaca6c9c3a487377a59cfa6a233f5c351179a 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/pipelines/components/pipeline_url.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/pipelines/components/pipeline_url.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export default {
       </a>
       <span
         v-if="!user"
-        class="js-pipeline-url-api api monospace">
+        class="js-pipeline-url-api api">
         API
       </span>
       <span
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/components/mr_widget_header.js b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/components/mr_widget_header.js
index fb648d66a304a71311c000be1939b9db1aa62ebc..001bf6682f8cec1d38af043b5bd37075a2217221 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/components/mr_widget_header.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/components/mr_widget_header.js
@@ -61,32 +61,34 @@ export default {
         </span>
       </div>
       <div class="normal">
-        <b>Request to merge</b>
-        <span
-          class="label-branch"
-          :class="{'label-truncated has-tooltip': isBranchTitleLong(mr.sourceBranch)}"
-          :title="isBranchTitleLong(mr.sourceBranch) ? mr.sourceBranch : ''"
-          data-placement="bottom"
-          v-html="mr.sourceBranchLink"></span>
-        <button
-          class="btn btn-transparent btn-clipboard has-tooltip"
-          data-title="Copy branch name to clipboard"
-          :data-clipboard-text="mr.sourceBranch">
-          <i
-            aria-hidden="true"
-            class="fa fa-clipboard"></i>
-        </button>
-        <b>into</b>
-        <span
-          class="label-branch"
-          :class="{'label-truncated has-tooltip': isBranchTitleLong(mr.targetBranch)}"
-          :title="isBranchTitleLong(mr.targetBranch) ? mr.targetBranch : ''"
-          data-placement="bottom">
-          <a
-            :href="mr.targetBranchPath">
-            {{mr.targetBranch}}
-          </a>
-        </span>
+        <strong>
+          Request to merge
+          <span
+            class="label-branch"
+            :class="{'label-truncated has-tooltip': isBranchTitleLong(mr.sourceBranch)}"
+            :title="isBranchTitleLong(mr.sourceBranch) ? mr.sourceBranch : ''"
+            data-placement="bottom"
+            v-html="mr.sourceBranchLink"></span>
+          <button
+            class="btn btn-transparent btn-clipboard has-tooltip"
+            data-title="Copy branch name to clipboard"
+            :data-clipboard-text="mr.sourceBranch">
+            <i
+              aria-hidden="true"
+              class="fa fa-clipboard"></i>
+          </button>
+          into
+          <span
+            class="label-branch"
+            :class="{'label-truncated has-tooltip': isBranchTitleLong(mr.targetBranch)}"
+            :title="isBranchTitleLong(mr.targetBranch) ? mr.targetBranch : ''"
+            data-placement="bottom">
+            <a
+              :href="mr.targetBranchPath">
+              {{mr.targetBranch}}
+            </a>
+          </span>
+        </strong>
         <span
           v-if="shouldShowCommitsBehindText"
           class="diverged-commits-count">
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/components/mr_widget_pipeline.js b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/components/mr_widget_pipeline.js
index d8c27013cd34ed5c428b199d7a7a8cd4238acf45..517838f92ac8d760868f03f4787d61e738d5becf 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/components/mr_widget_pipeline.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/components/mr_widget_pipeline.js
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ export default {
               :href="mr.pipeline.path"
               class="pipeline-id">#{{mr.pipeline.id}}</a>
             {{mr.pipeline.details.status.label}}
+          </span>
+          <span
+            v-if="mr.pipeline.details.stages.length > 0">
             with {{stageText}}
           </span>
           <div class="mr-widget-pipeline-graph">
@@ -70,7 +73,7 @@ export default {
             for
             <a
               :href="mr.pipeline.commit.commit_path"
-              class="monospace js-commit-link">
+              class="commit-sha js-commit-link">
               {{mr.pipeline.commit.short_id}}</a>.
           </span>
           <span
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/components/commit.js b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/components/commit.js
index fb68abd95a21825e32e8242de4c0ee419e6b26ca..9b060a0a35fac66e09d1267df96d5220edcf0694 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/components/commit.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_shared/components/commit.js
@@ -119,14 +119,14 @@ export default {
       </div>
 
       <a v-if="hasCommitRef"
-        class="monospace branch-name"
+        class="ref-name"
         :href="commitRef.ref_url">
         {{commitRef.name}}
       </a>
 
       <div v-html="commitIconSvg" class="commit-icon js-commit-icon"></div>
 
-      <a class="commit-id monospace"
+      <a class="commit-sha"
         :href="commitUrl">
         {{shortSha}}
       </a>
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/gfm.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/gfm.scss
index c0de09f396808f1a5b9c77a8e4fbab9de3a56622..dbdd5a4464bddb814f5c6393662d32d6ebe5d9d7 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/gfm.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/gfm.scss
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * Styles that apply to all GFM related forms.
  */
 
+.gfm-commit,
 .gfm-commit_range {
-  font-family: $monospace_font;
-  font-size: 90%;
+  @extend .commit-sha;
 }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/typography.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/typography.scss
index 96d8a812723ef06e0503de07ca929735003214c0..a7c6cbaae21275ad1f2693017efc1c13f1aa8324 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/typography.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/typography.scss
@@ -289,11 +289,6 @@ pre {
   }
 }
 
-.monospace {
-  font-family: $monospace_font;
-  font-size: 90%;
-}
-
 code {
   &.key-fingerprint {
     background: $body-bg;
@@ -305,6 +300,24 @@ a > code {
   color: $link-color;
 }
 
+.monospace {
+  font-family: $monospace_font;
+}
+
+.commit-sha,
+.ref-name {
+  @extend .monospace;
+  font-size: 95%;
+}
+
+.git-revision-dropdown-toggle {
+  @extend .monospace;
+}
+
+.git-revision-dropdown .dropdown-content ul li a {
+  @extend .ref-name;
+}
+
 /**
  * Apply Markdown typography
  *
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/wells.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/wells.scss
index 32eb750180f77977068e6485df80f925feaee7b1..1c1392f8f67c3094730f73483a76a05189dca0b3 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/wells.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/wells.scss
@@ -12,10 +12,14 @@
     }
 
     &.branch-info {
-      .monospace,
+      .commit-sha,
       .commit-info {
         margin-left: 4px;
       }
+
+      .ref-name {
+        font-size: 12px;
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/commits.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/commits.scss
index c8996753809eef29abf77c1501530bfc8837b898..bb72f453d1b9a3471bf628380cddc340f146c68b 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/commits.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/commits.scss
@@ -206,11 +206,11 @@
       margin-left: $gl-padding;
     }
   }
-}
 
-.commit-short-id {
-  font-family: $monospace_font;
-  font-weight: 600;
+  .commit-sha {
+    font-size: 14px;
+    font-weight: 600;
+  }
 }
 
 .commit,
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
     }
   }
 
-  .commit-id {
+  .commit-sha {
     color: $gl-link-color;
   }
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/cycle_analytics.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/cycle_analytics.scss
index d29944207c5baea84c050d7bcb472c245949ca60..7bec4bd5f566e9f00c26c847603fe4d044e6dfe5 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/cycle_analytics.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/cycle_analytics.scss
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@
         padding: 0 3px 0 0;
       }
 
-      .branch-name {
+      .ref-name {
         color: $black;
         display: inline-block;
         max-width: 180px;
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@
         vertical-align: top;
       }
 
-      .short-sha {
+      .commit-sha {
         color: $gl-link-color;
         line-height: 1.3;
         vertical-align: top;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/diff.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/diff.scss
index 0d5c4aed9712cea494afb7208cd56ee950425e48..cfb1df4df8431e9bd3f8ff9f30992d511598d5c3 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/diff.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/diff.scss
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 .diff-file {
   margin-bottom: $gl-padding;
 
-  .commit-short-id {
-    font-family: $regular_font;
-    font-weight: 400;
-  }
-
   .file-title,
   .file-title-flex-parent {
     cursor: pointer;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/environments.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/environments.scss
index af991a128f3fcee25b0f9f8ef441678915c5d438..a42ae7e55a544f32a895294edb675626cc81f304 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/environments.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/environments.scss
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     }
 
     .build-link,
-    .branch-name {
+    .ref-name {
       color: $gl-text-color;
     }
 
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
     }
 
     .branch-commit {
-      .commit-id {
+      .commit-sha {
         margin-right: 0;
       }
     }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/merge_requests.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/merge_requests.scss
index d9ba1d4de4d3fbd0334a80872a69ad4dc244c7a2..8f5db1b3b9c5445938f94f3cd2b97dac1c0c4116 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/merge_requests.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/merge_requests.scss
@@ -156,6 +156,34 @@
     text-transform: capitalize;
   }
 
+  .label-branch {
+    @extend .ref-name;
+
+    color: $gl-text-color;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    margin: 0 3px;
+    word-break: break-all;
+
+    &.label-truncated {
+      position: relative;
+      display: inline-block;
+      width: 250px;
+      margin-bottom: -3px;
+      white-space: nowrap;
+      text-overflow: clip;
+      line-height: 14px;
+
+      &::after {
+        position: absolute;
+        content: '...';
+        right: 0;
+        font-family: $regular_font;
+        background-color: $gray-light;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   .js-deployment-link {
     display: inline-block;
   }
@@ -355,34 +383,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-.label-branch {
-  color: $gl-text-color;
-  font-family: $monospace_font;
-  font-weight: bold;
-  overflow: hidden;
-  font-size: 90%;
-  margin: 0 3px;
-  word-break: break-all;
-
-  &.label-truncated {
-    position: relative;
-    display: inline-block;
-    width: 250px;
-    margin-bottom: -3px;
-    white-space: nowrap;
-    text-overflow: clip;
-    line-height: 14px;
-
-    &::after {
-      position: absolute;
-      content: '...';
-      right: 0;
-      font-family: $regular_font;
-      background-color: $gray-light;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 .commits-empty {
   text-align: center;
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/notes.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/notes.scss
index 6d7b7031c30da07920f3fa7a8d8bc05a601f81a1..0600bb1cb1a21f2260aa83c0f6b946208310d765 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/notes.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/notes.scss
@@ -238,11 +238,6 @@ ul.notes {
 
           ul {
             margin: 3px 0 3px 16px !important;
-
-            .gfm-commit {
-              font-family: $monospace_font;
-              font-size: 12px;
-            }
           }
 
           p:first-child {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/pipelines.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/pipelines.scss
index 685b9775fe1b68fcada71bdc43861bcf97d24df3..e4f5ab26b4d29dc699f0cc2cf5b7dd8e5a3c88bb 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/pipelines.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/pipelines.scss
@@ -158,9 +158,13 @@
     float: none;
   }
 
+  .api {
+    @extend .monospace;
+  }
+
   .branch-commit {
 
-    .branch-name {
+    .ref-name {
       font-weight: bold;
       max-width: 120px;
       overflow: hidden;
@@ -182,7 +186,7 @@
       color: $gl-text-color;
     }
 
-    .commit-id {
+    .commit-sha {
       color: $gl-link-color;
     }
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/projects.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/projects.scss
index c119f0c9b224e9fe76b7c7f5001831b65d4848aa..ed4a5474034dd9f50db861f6aa08f9d22ba83ace 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/projects.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/projects.scss
@@ -657,9 +657,8 @@ pre.light-well {
     color: $gl-text-color;
   }
 
-  .commit_short_id {
+  .commit-sha {
     margin-right: 5px;
-    color: $gl-link-color;
     font-weight: 600;
   }
 
@@ -825,7 +824,8 @@ pre.light-well {
 }
 
 .compare-form-group {
-  .dropdown-menu {
+  .dropdown-menu,
+  .inline-input-group {
     width: 100%;
 
     @media (min-width: $screen-sm-min) {
@@ -844,14 +844,6 @@ pre.light-well {
       width: auto;
     }
   }
-
-  .inline-input-group {
-    width: 100%;
-
-    @media (min-width: $screen-sm-min) {
-      width: 250px;
-    }
-  }
 }
 
 .clearable-input {
diff --git a/app/helpers/commits_helper.rb b/app/helpers/commits_helper.rb
index 97b497a0fed58908678991355e6a9f5319629e9d..6d6f1361bf949ef9dce6acd6381d9e154f1b4c4a 100644
--- a/app/helpers/commits_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/commits_helper.rb
@@ -74,12 +74,8 @@ module CommitsHelper
   # Returns the sorted alphabetically links to branches, separated by a comma
   def commit_branches_links(project, branches)
     branches.sort.map do |branch|
-      link_to(
-        namespace_project_tree_path(project.namespace, project, branch)
-      ) do
-        content_tag :span, class: 'label label-gray' do
-          icon('code-fork') + ' ' + branch
-        end
+      link_to(project_ref_path(project, branch), class: "label label-gray ref-name") do
+        icon('code-fork') + " #{branch}"
       end
     end.join(" ").html_safe
   end
@@ -88,13 +84,8 @@ module CommitsHelper
   def commit_tags_links(project, tags)
     sorted = VersionSorter.rsort(tags)
     sorted.map do |tag|
-      link_to(
-        namespace_project_commits_path(project.namespace, project,
-                                       project.repository.find_tag(tag).name)
-      ) do
-        content_tag :span, class: 'label label-gray' do
-          icon('tag') + ' ' + tag
-        end
+      link_to(project_ref_path(project, tag), class: "label label-gray ref-name") do
+        icon('tag') + " #{tag}"
       end
     end.join(" ").html_safe
   end
@@ -198,8 +189,8 @@ module CommitsHelper
                                   tree_join(commit_sha, diff_new_path)),
       class: 'btn view-file js-view-file'
     ) do
-      raw('View file @') + content_tag(:span, commit_sha[0..6],
-                                       class: 'commit-short-id')
+      raw('View file @ ') + content_tag(:span, Commit.truncate_sha(commit_sha),
+                                       class: 'commit-sha')
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/helpers/diff_helper.rb b/app/helpers/diff_helper.rb
index 63bc3b11b569304337818ccec224291b47c70a7c..4a06ee653ee0b6b46fd95d279324649fe18bf8d9 100644
--- a/app/helpers/diff_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/diff_helper.rb
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ module DiffHelper
 
   def parallel_diff_discussions(left, right, diff_file)
     return unless @grouped_diff_discussions
-    
+
     discussions_left = discussions_right = nil
 
     if left && (left.unchanged? || left.removed?)
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ module DiffHelper
     [
       content_tag(:span, link_to(truncate(blob.name, length: 40), tree)),
       '@',
-      content_tag(:span, commit_id, class: 'monospace')
+      content_tag(:span, commit_id, class: 'commit-sha')
     ].join(' ').html_safe
   end
 
diff --git a/app/helpers/events_helper.rb b/app/helpers/events_helper.rb
index c14438da281ab01f702ffa85c46d0e145dbad6fb..751d61955b764d6b5b78cf347593f713dca167d1 100644
--- a/app/helpers/events_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/events_helper.rb
@@ -164,9 +164,14 @@ module EventsHelper
 
   def event_note_title_html(event)
     if event.note_target
-      link_to(event_note_target_path(event), title: event.target_title, class: 'has-tooltip') do
-        "#{event.note_target_type} #{event.note_target_reference}"
-      end
+      text = raw("#{event.note_target_type} ") +
+        if event.commit_note?
+          content_tag(:span, event.note_target_reference, class: 'commit-sha')
+        else
+          event.note_target_reference
+        end
+
+      link_to(text, event_note_target_path(event), title: event.target_title, class: 'has-tooltip')
     else
       content_tag(:strong, '(deleted)')
     end
diff --git a/app/helpers/gitlab_routing_helper.rb b/app/helpers/gitlab_routing_helper.rb
index bcf71bc347b53baf8a6d4522373623a07763c0c0..fc308b3960e3e0c3ccab5a8ffc7a537d9f06f9d0 100644
--- a/app/helpers/gitlab_routing_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/gitlab_routing_helper.rb
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ module GitlabRoutingHelper
     namespace_project_builds_path(project.namespace, project, *args)
   end
 
+  def project_ref_path(project, ref_name, *args)
+    namespace_project_commits_path(project.namespace, project, ref_name, *args)
+  end
+
   def project_container_registry_path(project, *args)
     namespace_project_container_registry_index_path(project.namespace, project, *args)
   end
diff --git a/app/helpers/todos_helper.rb b/app/helpers/todos_helper.rb
index 0ff2d5ce4cd8c338d5f6ead5a2f150fef34fece2..19286fadb192737b28e4a64fdfa96224255a4ad9 100644
--- a/app/helpers/todos_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/todos_helper.rb
@@ -24,10 +24,13 @@ module TodosHelper
   end
 
   def todo_target_link(todo)
-    target = todo.target_type.titleize.downcase
-    link_to "#{target} #{todo.target_reference}", todo_target_path(todo),
-      class: 'has-tooltip',
-      title: todo.target.title
+    text = raw("#{todo.target_type.titleize.downcase} ") +
+      if todo.for_commit?
+        content_tag(:span, todo.target_reference, class: 'commit-sha')
+      else
+        todo.target_reference
+      end
+    link_to text, todo_target_path(todo), class: 'has-tooltip', title: todo.target.title
   end
 
   def todo_target_path(todo)
diff --git a/app/models/issue.rb b/app/models/issue.rb
index 27e3ed9bc7f54dd9de738343f9a1ec94ba386956..ecfc33ec1a1e08c4c31f004d1c21f66938d423ca 100644
--- a/app/models/issue.rb
+++ b/app/models/issue.rb
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class Issue < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   # Returns boolean if a related branch exists for the current issue
   # ignores merge requests branchs
-  def has_related_branch? 
+  def has_related_branch?
     project.repository.branch_names.any? do |branch|
       /\A#{iid}-(?!\d+-stable)/i =~ branch
     end
diff --git a/app/models/project_services/chat_message/pipeline_message.rb b/app/models/project_services/chat_message/pipeline_message.rb
index 47b68f00cff699c12dd62f4ff5947bc6a1851497..3edc395033cf234214725d22ad7b8eff680b1807 100644
--- a/app/models/project_services/chat_message/pipeline_message.rb
+++ b/app/models/project_services/chat_message/pipeline_message.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ module ChatMessage
 
     def activity
       {
-        title: "Pipeline #{pipeline_link} of #{branch_link} #{ref_type} by #{user_name} #{humanized_status}",
+        title: "Pipeline #{pipeline_link} of #{ref_type} #{branch_link} by #{user_name} #{humanized_status}",
         subtitle: "in #{project_link}",
         text: "in #{pretty_duration(duration)}",
         image: user_avatar || ''
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ module ChatMessage
     private
 
     def message
-      "#{project_link}: Pipeline #{pipeline_link} of #{branch_link} #{ref_type} by #{user_name} #{humanized_status} in #{pretty_duration(duration)}"
+      "#{project_link}: Pipeline #{pipeline_link} of #{ref_type} #{branch_link} by #{user_name} #{humanized_status} in #{pretty_duration(duration)}"
     end
 
     def humanized_status
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ module ChatMessage
     end
 
     def branch_link
-      "[#{ref}](#{branch_url})"
+      "`[#{ref}](#{branch_url})`"
     end
 
     def project_link
diff --git a/app/models/project_services/chat_message/push_message.rb b/app/models/project_services/chat_message/push_message.rb
index c52dd6ef8ef451595dd26eda7f536bb79db76749..04a59d559cae0f32a61d82134e23f915378b284b 100644
--- a/app/models/project_services/chat_message/push_message.rb
+++ b/app/models/project_services/chat_message/push_message.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ module ChatMessage
     end
 
     def removed_branch_message
-      "#{user_name} removed #{ref_type} #{ref} from #{project_link}"
+      "#{user_name} removed #{ref_type} `#{ref}` from #{project_link}"
     end
 
     def push_message
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ module ChatMessage
     end
 
     def branch_link
-      "[#{ref}](#{branch_url})"
+      "`[#{ref}](#{branch_url})`"
     end
 
     def project_link
diff --git a/app/serializers/pipeline_entity.rb b/app/serializers/pipeline_entity.rb
index 51ad0a3f8ba79c9fb16280ea95640a4ea5caced4..ea57cc97a7e60facbc16081f05bd4a6ed075bd58 100644
--- a/app/serializers/pipeline_entity.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/pipeline_entity.rb
@@ -38,10 +38,7 @@ class PipelineEntity < Grape::Entity
 
     expose :path do |pipeline|
       if pipeline.ref
-        namespace_project_tree_path(
-          pipeline.project.namespace,
-          pipeline.project,
-          id: pipeline.ref)
+        project_ref_path(pipeline.project, pipeline.ref)
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/app/serializers/request_aware_entity.rb b/app/serializers/request_aware_entity.rb
index 3039014aaaa6af358a71e473f2c4d8ee39ada2f3..d53fcfb8c1b3d0b2e832ed7f62c8e5bede07ca81 100644
--- a/app/serializers/request_aware_entity.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/request_aware_entity.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module RequestAwareEntity
 
   included do
     include Gitlab::Routing
+    include GitlabRoutingHelper
     include Gitlab::Allowable
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/discussions/_discussion.html.haml b/app/views/discussions/_discussion.html.haml
index 38e85168f40500484c771c3f822b3f8d77a449a7..74992e439f37b7f9b6906f039215ccffef54b20d 100644
--- a/app/views/discussions/_discussion.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/discussions/_discussion.html.haml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
               - commit = discussion.noteable
               - if commit
                 commit
-                = link_to commit.short_id, url, class: 'monospace'
+                = link_to commit.short_id, url, class: 'commit-sha'
               - else
                 a deleted commit
             - elsif discussion.diff_discussion?
diff --git a/app/views/events/_commit.html.haml b/app/views/events/_commit.html.haml
index 1bc9f6044385883337e6f404d77b3f16acab33c9..3c64f1be5ffb44fa30a09b1d7fc339771f564c25 100644
--- a/app/views/events/_commit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/events/_commit.html.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 %li.commit
   .commit-row-title
-    = link_to truncate_sha(commit[:id]), namespace_project_commit_path(project.namespace, project, commit[:id]), class: "commit_short_id", alt: '', title: truncate_sha(commit[:id])
+    = link_to truncate_sha(commit[:id]), namespace_project_commit_path(project.namespace, project, commit[:id]), class: "commit-sha", alt: '', title: truncate_sha(commit[:id])
     &middot;
     = markdown event_commit_title(commit[:message]), project: project, pipeline: :single_line, author: event.author
diff --git a/app/views/projects/_last_commit.html.haml b/app/views/projects/_last_commit.html.haml
index df3b1c75508588613235a015c8e449e7b240e63e..d104cc7c1a32d5106b3bae37caff15f8e72cd5c4 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/_last_commit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/_last_commit.html.haml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     = ci_icon_for_status(status)
     = ci_text_for_status(status)
 
-= link_to commit.short_id, namespace_project_commit_path(project.namespace, project, commit), class: "commit_short_id"
+= link_to commit.short_id, namespace_project_commit_path(project.namespace, project, commit), class: "commit-sha"
 = link_to_gfm commit.title, namespace_project_commit_path(project.namespace, project, commit), class: "commit-row-message"
 &middot;
 #{time_ago_with_tooltip(commit.committed_date)} by
diff --git a/app/views/projects/_last_push.html.haml b/app/views/projects/_last_push.html.haml
index 768bc1fb323582d38f0d3328a16bbfcdc3eb9d78..f8a6e98d2804a1cd70460b0efd77b157ad9a4908 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/_last_push.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/_last_push.html.haml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         .event-last-push
           .event-last-push-text
             %span You pushed to
-            = link_to namespace_project_commits_path(event.project.namespace, event.project, event.ref_name) do
+            = link_to namespace_project_commits_path(event.project.namespace, event.project, event.ref_name, class: 'commit-sha') do
               %strong= event.ref_name
             - if @project && event.project != @project
               %span at
diff --git a/app/views/projects/blame/show.html.haml b/app/views/projects/blame/show.html.haml
index ae4658d8ca149034ab1edc970f64cba1f36f989c..a2ec3d441854128a99672c876a7b70899f028342 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/blame/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/blame/show.html.haml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
                     %strong
                       = link_to_gfm truncate(commit.title, length: 35), namespace_project_commit_path(@project.namespace, @project, commit.id), class: "cdark"
                     .pull-right
-                      = link_to commit.short_id, namespace_project_commit_path(@project.namespace, @project, commit), class: "monospace"
+                      = link_to commit.short_id, namespace_project_commit_path(@project.namespace, @project, commit), class: "commit-sha"
                     &nbsp;
                   .light
                     = commit_author_link(commit, avatar: false)
diff --git a/app/views/projects/branches/_branch.html.haml b/app/views/projects/branches/_branch.html.haml
index 8b35a037c55189f74b528201c823a029cf631317..304c512e1b5d29ce3463be4288daf576f5cbee0f 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/branches/_branch.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/branches/_branch.html.haml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 - merge_project = can?(current_user, :create_merge_request, @project) ? @project : (current_user && current_user.fork_of(@project))
 %li{ class: "js-branch-#{branch.name}" }
   %div
-    = link_to namespace_project_tree_path(@project.namespace, @project, branch.name), class: 'item-title str-truncated' do
+    = link_to namespace_project_tree_path(@project.namespace, @project, branch.name), class: 'item-title str-truncated ref-name' do
+      = icon('code-fork')
       = branch.name
     &nbsp;
     - if branch.name == @repository.root_ref
diff --git a/app/views/projects/branches/_commit.html.haml b/app/views/projects/branches/_commit.html.haml
index de607772df61e92101f56b6259988c6499a64eb9..ad8f9da0621aafe87eb78e1bf897910ee1a3e826 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/branches/_commit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/branches/_commit.html.haml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .branch-commit
   .icon-container.commit-icon
     = custom_icon("icon_commit")
-  = link_to commit.short_id, namespace_project_commit_path(project.namespace, project, commit.id), class: "commit-id monospace"
+  = link_to commit.short_id, namespace_project_commit_path(project.namespace, project, commit.id), class: "commit-sha"
   &middot;
   %span.str-truncated
     = link_to_gfm commit.title, namespace_project_commit_path(project.namespace, project, commit.id), class: "commit-row-message"
diff --git a/app/views/projects/branches/new.html.haml b/app/views/projects/branches/new.html.haml
index 55575c5e4129cb354c1bd4ffd89695e9f3698de9..5a0eba3551fb1658641ba10a99c9fddb0eb2bec2 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/branches/new.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/branches/new.html.haml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     .col-sm-10.create-from
       .dropdown
         = hidden_field_tag :ref, default_ref
-        = button_tag type: 'button', title: default_ref, class: 'dropdown-menu-toggle wide form-control js-branch-select', required: true, data: { toggle: 'dropdown', selected: default_ref, field_name: 'ref' } do
+        = button_tag type: 'button', title: default_ref, class: 'dropdown-menu-toggle wide form-control js-branch-select git-revision-dropdown-toggle', required: true, data: { toggle: 'dropdown', selected: default_ref, field_name: 'ref' } do
           .text-left.dropdown-toggle-text= default_ref
           = icon('chevron-down')
         = render 'shared/ref_dropdown', dropdown_class: 'wide'
diff --git a/app/views/projects/builds/_header.html.haml b/app/views/projects/builds/_header.html.haml
index a0f8f105d9a485b9ddddbbcfd21edb3f67b32a88..d4cdb709b97d92dab12212bc8bb0bdfba6520033 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/builds/_header.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/builds/_header.html.haml
@@ -6,18 +6,16 @@
     = render 'ci/status/badge', status: @build.detailed_status(current_user), link: false, title: @build.status_title
     %strong
       Job
-      = link_to namespace_project_build_path(@project.namespace, @project, @build), class: 'js-build-id' do
-        \##{@build.id}
+      = link_to "##{@build.id}", namespace_project_build_path(@project.namespace, @project, @build), class: 'js-build-id'
     in pipeline
-    = link_to pipeline_path(pipeline) do
-      %strong ##{pipeline.id}
-    for commit
-    = link_to namespace_project_commit_path(@project.namespace, @project, pipeline.sha) do
-      %strong= pipeline.short_sha
+    %strong
+      = link_to "##{pipeline.id}", pipeline_path(pipeline)
+    for
+    %strong
+      = link_to pipeline.short_sha, namespace_project_commit_path(@project.namespace, @project, pipeline.sha), class: 'commit-sha'
     from
-    = link_to namespace_project_commits_path(@project.namespace, @project, @build.ref) do
-      %code
-        = @build.ref
+    %strong
+      = link_to @build.ref, project_ref_path(@project, @build.ref), class: 'ref-name'
 
     = render "projects/builds/user" if @build.user
 
diff --git a/app/views/projects/ci/builds/_build.html.haml b/app/views/projects/ci/builds/_build.html.haml
index c001999617665d488b3121f6966b7c0f9f461e15..e796920ac82126a6ebac6d52b83c164a15757c58 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/ci/builds/_build.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/ci/builds/_build.html.haml
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
       - if job.ref
         .icon-container
           = job.tag? ? icon('tag') : icon('code-fork')
-        = link_to job.ref, namespace_project_commits_path(job.project.namespace, job.project, job.ref), class: "monospace branch-name"
+        = link_to job.ref, project_ref_path(job.project, job.ref), class: "ref-name"
       - else
         .light none
       .icon-container.commit-icon
         = custom_icon("icon_commit")
 
     - if commit_sha
-      = link_to job.short_sha, namespace_project_commit_path(job.project.namespace, job.project, job.sha), class: "commit-id monospace"
+      = link_to job.short_sha, namespace_project_commit_path(job.project.namespace, job.project, job.sha), class: "commit-sha"
 
     - if job.stuck?
       = icon('warning', class: 'text-warning has-tooltip', title: 'Job is stuck. Check runners.')
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
       - if pipeline.user
         = user_avatar(user: pipeline.user, size: 20)
       - else
-        %span.monospace API
+        %span.api API
 
   - if admin
     %td
diff --git a/app/views/projects/commit/_commit_box.html.haml b/app/views/projects/commit/_commit_box.html.haml
index 64adb70cb812eb4b63999cc61e0151050d6fca30..0aef5822f8106369402475a5c4e0afc2bd5b8ecd 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/commit/_commit_box.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/commit/_commit_box.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 .page-content-header
   .header-main-content
-    %strong Commit #{@commit.short_id}
+    %strong
+      Commit
+      %span.commit-sha= @commit.short_id
     = clipboard_button(text: @commit.id, title: "Copy commit SHA to clipboard")
     %span.hidden-xs authored
     #{time_ago_with_tooltip(@commit.authored_date)}
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@
       = custom_icon("icon_commit")
     %span.cgray= pluralize(@commit.parents.count, "parent")
     - @commit.parents.each do |parent|
-      = link_to parent.short_id, namespace_project_commit_path(@project.namespace, @project, parent), class: "monospace"
+      = link_to parent.short_id, namespace_project_commit_path(@project.namespace, @project, parent), class: "commit-sha"
     %span.commit-info.branches
       %i.fa.fa-spinner.fa-spin
 
@@ -68,9 +70,10 @@
         = link_to namespace_project_pipeline_path(@project.namespace, @project, last_pipeline.id) do
           = ci_icon_for_status(last_pipeline.status)
       Pipeline
-      = link_to "##{last_pipeline.id}", namespace_project_pipeline_path(@project.namespace, @project, last_pipeline.id), class: "monospace"
+      = link_to "##{last_pipeline.id}", namespace_project_pipeline_path(@project.namespace, @project, last_pipeline.id)
       = ci_label_for_status(last_pipeline.status)
       - if last_pipeline.stages.any?
+        with #{"stage".pluralize(last_pipeline.stages.count)}
         .mr-widget-pipeline-graph
           = render 'shared/mini_pipeline_graph', pipeline: last_pipeline, klass: 'js-commit-pipeline-graph'
       in
diff --git a/app/views/projects/commit/_pipeline.html.haml b/app/views/projects/commit/_pipeline.html.haml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ee85723ebe48e131ceca09f16cb178f5c2872a9..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/views/projects/commit/_pipeline.html.haml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-.pipeline-graph-container
-  .row-content-block.build-content.middle-block.pipeline-actions
-    .pull-right
-      - if can?(current_user, :update_pipeline, pipeline.project)
-        - if pipeline.builds.latest.failed.any?(&:retryable?)
-          = link_to "Retry", retry_namespace_project_pipeline_path(pipeline.project.namespace, pipeline.project, pipeline.id), class: 'js-retry-button btn btn-grouped btn-primary', method: :post
-
-        - if pipeline.builds.running_or_pending.any?
-          = link_to "Cancel running", cancel_namespace_project_pipeline_path(pipeline.project.namespace, pipeline.project, pipeline.id), data: { confirm: 'Are you sure?' }, class: 'btn btn-grouped btn-danger', method: :post
-
-    .oneline.clearfix
-      - if defined?(pipeline_details) && pipeline_details
-        Pipeline
-        = link_to "##{pipeline.id}", namespace_project_pipeline_path(pipeline.project.namespace, pipeline.project, pipeline.id), class: "monospace"
-        with
-        = pluralize pipeline.statuses.count(:id), "job"
-        - if pipeline.ref
-          for
-          = link_to pipeline.ref, namespace_project_commits_path(pipeline.project.namespace, pipeline.project, pipeline.ref), class: "monospace"
-        - if defined?(link_to_commit) && link_to_commit
-          for commit
-          = link_to pipeline.short_sha, namespace_project_commit_path(pipeline.project.namespace, pipeline.project, pipeline.sha), class: "monospace"
-        - if pipeline.duration
-          in
-          = time_interval_in_words pipeline.duration
-
-  .row-content-block.build-content.middle-block.js-pipeline-graph.hidden
-    = render "projects/pipelines/graph", pipeline: pipeline
-
-- if pipeline.yaml_errors.present?
-  .bs-callout.bs-callout-danger
-    %h4 Found errors in your .gitlab-ci.yml:
-    %ul
-      - pipeline.yaml_errors.split(",").each do |error|
-        %li= error
-    You can also test your .gitlab-ci.yml in the #{link_to "Lint", ci_lint_path}
-
-- if pipeline.project.builds_enabled? && !pipeline.ci_yaml_file
-  .bs-callout.bs-callout-warning
-    \.gitlab-ci.yml not found in this commit
-
-.table-holder.pipeline-holder
-  %table.table.ci-table.pipeline
-    %thead
-      %tr
-        %th Status
-        %th Job ID
-        %th Name
-        %th
-        %th Coverage
-        %th
-    = render partial: "projects/stage/stage", collection: pipeline.stages, as: :stage
diff --git a/app/views/projects/commit/branches.html.haml b/app/views/projects/commit/branches.html.haml
index 2b0c9a4b4de277374fbf7d3aba6fec4b02515ffe..911c9ddce06fc1304e5267764a162e76d9bd34a2 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/commit/branches.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/commit/branches.html.haml
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-- if @branches.any?
-  %span
-    - branch = commit_default_branch(@project, @branches)
-    = link_to(namespace_project_tree_path(@project.namespace, @project, branch)) do
-      %span.label.label-gray
-        = branch
-    - if @branches.any? || @tags.any?
-      = link_to("#", class: "js-details-expand") do
-        %span.label.label-gray
-          \...
+- if @branches.any? || @tags.any?
+  - branch = commit_default_branch(@project, @branches)
+  = link_to(project_ref_path(@project, branch), class: "label label-gray ref-name") do
+    = icon('code-fork')
+    = branch
+
+  -# `commit_default_branch` deletes the default branch from `@branches`,
+  -# so only render this if we have more branches left
+  - if @branches.any? || @tags.any?
+    %span
+      = link_to "…", "#", class: "js-details-expand label label-gray"
+
       %span.js-details-content.hide
-        - if @branches.any?
-          = commit_branches_links(@project, @branches)
-        - if @tags.any?
-          = commit_tags_links(@project, @tags)
+        = commit_branches_links(@project, @branches) if @branches.any?
+        = commit_tags_links(@project, @tags) if @tags.any?
diff --git a/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml b/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml
index 24153b8b59a69e2a023b3da0d0ebc3d17afba4ed..3350a0ec15244d48a72d6bdc4ffd6bd58d66636c 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/commits/_commit.html.haml
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@
       .commit-actions.flex-row.hidden-xs
         - if commit.status(ref)
           = render_commit_status(commit, ref: ref)
-        = link_to commit.short_id, namespace_project_commit_path(project.namespace, project, commit), class: "commit-short-id btn btn-transparent"
+        = link_to commit.short_id, namespace_project_commit_path(project.namespace, project, commit), class: "commit-sha btn btn-transparent"
         = clipboard_button(text: commit.id, title: "Copy commit SHA to clipboard")
         = link_to_browse_code(project, commit)
diff --git a/app/views/projects/commits/_inline_commit.html.haml b/app/views/projects/commits/_inline_commit.html.haml
index c03bc3f9df9edea05d80acb1377ad88d7e363735..5fb899354672f65a1568fbbeee1475f26319d21f 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/commits/_inline_commit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/commits/_inline_commit.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %li.commit.inline-commit
   .commit-row-title
-    = link_to commit.short_id, namespace_project_commit_path(project.namespace, project, commit), class: "commit_short_id"
+    = link_to commit.short_id, namespace_project_commit_path(project.namespace, project, commit), class: "commit-sha"
     &nbsp;
     %span.str-truncated
       = link_to_gfm commit.title, namespace_project_commit_path(project.namespace, project, commit.id), class: "commit-row-message"
diff --git a/app/views/projects/compare/_form.html.haml b/app/views/projects/compare/_form.html.haml
index 1f4c9fac54c730895d231290d0b5c9ac2a792645..adb724c1b8d1ceaff3a08f47855c4b28f1138b31 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/compare/_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/compare/_form.html.haml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
       .input-group.inline-input-group
         %span.input-group-addon from
         = hidden_field_tag :from, params[:from]
-        = button_tag type: 'button', title: params[:from], class: "form-control compare-dropdown-toggle js-compare-dropdown has-tooltip", required: true, data: { refs_url: refs_namespace_project_path(@project.namespace, @project), toggle: "dropdown", target: ".js-compare-from-dropdown", selected: params[:from], field_name: :from } do
+        = button_tag type: 'button', title: params[:from], class: "form-control compare-dropdown-toggle js-compare-dropdown has-tooltip git-revision-dropdown-toggle", required: true, data: { refs_url: refs_namespace_project_path(@project.namespace, @project), toggle: "dropdown", target: ".js-compare-from-dropdown", selected: params[:from], field_name: :from } do
           .dropdown-toggle-text.str-truncated= params[:from] || 'Select branch/tag'
       = render 'shared/ref_dropdown'
     .compare-ellipsis.inline ...
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
       .input-group.inline-input-group
         %span.input-group-addon to
         = hidden_field_tag :to, params[:to]
-        = button_tag type: 'button', title: params[:to], class: "form-control compare-dropdown-toggle js-compare-dropdown has-tooltip", required: true, data: { refs_url: refs_namespace_project_path(@project.namespace, @project), toggle: "dropdown", target: ".js-compare-to-dropdown", selected: params[:to], field_name: :to } do
+        = button_tag type: 'button', title: params[:to], class: "form-control compare-dropdown-toggle js-compare-dropdown has-tooltip git-revision-dropdown-toggle", required: true, data: { refs_url: refs_namespace_project_path(@project.namespace, @project), toggle: "dropdown", target: ".js-compare-to-dropdown", selected: params[:to], field_name: :to } do
           .dropdown-toggle-text.str-truncated= params[:to] || 'Select branch/tag'
       = render 'shared/ref_dropdown'
     &nbsp;
diff --git a/app/views/projects/compare/index.html.haml b/app/views/projects/compare/index.html.haml
index 45be6581cfc9ccb1a45bbab9c438898dd0769a12..2cf14859f3057c0b4595573259dae7214be26d17 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/compare/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/compare/index.html.haml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
   .sub-header-block
     Compare Git revisions.
     %br
-    Fill input field with commit id like
-    %code.label-branch 4eedf23
+    Fill input field with commit SHA like
+    %code.ref-name 4eedf23
     or branch/tag name like
-    %code.label-branch master
+    %code.ref-name master
     and press compare button for the commits list and a code diff.
     %br
     Changes are shown <b>from</b> the version in the first field <b>to</b> the version in the second field.
diff --git a/app/views/projects/compare/show.html.haml b/app/views/projects/compare/show.html.haml
index 0dfc9fe20edab9f40e12490a9a812fb2bb72f8be..a1bca2cf83a5b11793d55d667eeaa92c3b129a66 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/compare/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/compare/show.html.haml
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
           There isn't anything to compare.
         %p.slead
           - if params[:to] == params[:from]
-            %span.label-branch= params[:from]
+            %span.ref-name= params[:from]
             and
-            %span.label-branch= params[:to]
+            %span.ref-name= params[:to]
             are the same.
           - else
             You'll need to use different branch names to get a valid comparison.
diff --git a/app/views/projects/deployments/_commit.html.haml b/app/views/projects/deployments/_commit.html.haml
index 170d786ecbf1c25b9491e87a9067f61cbe38323b..31fd982c522804dc578df8e025fd5ba2a979cfa3 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/deployments/_commit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/deployments/_commit.html.haml
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
   - if deployment.ref
     .icon-container
       = deployment.tag? ? icon('tag') : icon('code-fork')
-    = link_to deployment.ref, namespace_project_commits_path(@project.namespace, @project, deployment.ref), class: "monospace branch-name"
+    = link_to deployment.ref, project_ref_path(@project, deployment.ref), class: "ref-name"
   .icon-container.commit-icon
     = custom_icon("icon_commit")
-  = link_to deployment.short_sha, namespace_project_commit_path(@project.namespace, @project, deployment.sha), class: "commit-id monospace"
+  = link_to deployment.short_sha, namespace_project_commit_path(@project.namespace, @project, deployment.sha), class: "commit-sha"
 
   %p.commit-title
     %span
diff --git a/app/views/projects/generic_commit_statuses/_generic_commit_status.html.haml b/app/views/projects/generic_commit_statuses/_generic_commit_status.html.haml
index f458646522cb305ff24d40cc8e9f3b399a24d919..b23bbadbdb43a05944533f02df3e19f6e3ca72cf 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/generic_commit_statuses/_generic_commit_status.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/generic_commit_statuses/_generic_commit_status.html.haml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         = custom_icon("icon_commit")
 
     - if commit_sha
-      = link_to generic_commit_status.short_sha, namespace_project_commit_path(generic_commit_status.project.namespace, generic_commit_status.project, generic_commit_status.sha), class: "commit-id monospace"
+      = link_to generic_commit_status.short_sha, namespace_project_commit_path(generic_commit_status.project.namespace, generic_commit_status.project, generic_commit_status.sha), class: "commit-sha"
 
     - if retried
       = icon('warning', class: 'text-warning has-tooltip', title: 'Status was retried.')
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
       - if generic_commit_status.pipeline.user
         = user_avatar(user: generic_commit_status.pipeline.user, size: 20)
       - else
-        %span.monospace API
+        %span.api API
 
   - if admin
     %td
diff --git a/app/views/projects/issues/_related_branches.html.haml b/app/views/projects/issues/_related_branches.html.haml
index 1892ebb512f0fa17a3b70e145b3b891dd1e24dba..8c9f6f3b4df6078b4868049bec3bed34608f2834 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/issues/_related_branches.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/issues/_related_branches.html.haml
@@ -11,5 +11,4 @@
             = render_pipeline_status(pipeline)
         %span.related-branch-info
           %strong
-            = link_to namespace_project_compare_path(@project.namespace, @project, from: @project.default_branch, to: branch), class: "label-branch" do
-              = branch
+            = link_to branch, namespace_project_compare_path(@project.namespace, @project, from: @project.default_branch, to: branch), class: "ref-name"
diff --git a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_merge_request.html.haml b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_merge_request.html.haml
index 11b7aaec70441c5e783e688e7cc13fa62b7cce36..94b9577e9eb9073e010402a5ef9fa182ee1e54e2 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_merge_request.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_merge_request.html.haml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
       by #{link_to_member(@project, merge_request.author, avatar: false)}
       - if merge_request.target_project.default_branch != merge_request.target_branch
         &nbsp;
-        = link_to namespace_project_commits_path(merge_request.project.namespace, merge_request.project, merge_request.target_branch) do
+        = link_to project_ref_path(merge_request.project, merge_request.target_branch), class: 'ref-name' do
           = icon('code-fork')
           = merge_request.target_branch
 
diff --git a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_new_compare.html.haml b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_new_compare.html.haml
index 9cf24e1084214ef6291d3f40b0484906e09fe17b..0f37abb579c1522d5c252123c16c3a671634987d 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_new_compare.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_new_compare.html.haml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
                   selected: f.object.source_project_id
           .merge-request-select.dropdown
             = f.hidden_field :source_branch
-            = dropdown_toggle f.object.source_branch || "Select source branch", { toggle: "dropdown", field_name: "#{f.object_name}[source_branch]" }, { toggle_class: "js-compare-dropdown js-source-branch" }
-            .dropdown-menu.dropdown-menu-selectable.dropdown-source-branch
+            = dropdown_toggle f.object.source_branch || "Select source branch", { toggle: "dropdown", field_name: "#{f.object_name}[source_branch]" }, { toggle_class: "js-compare-dropdown js-source-branch git-revision-dropdown-toggle" }
+            .dropdown-menu.dropdown-menu-selectable.dropdown-source-branch.git-revision-dropdown
               = dropdown_title("Select source branch")
               = dropdown_filter("Search branches")
               = dropdown_content do
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
                   selected: f.object.target_project_id
           .merge-request-select.dropdown
             = f.hidden_field :target_branch
-            = dropdown_toggle f.object.target_branch, { toggle: "dropdown", field_name: "#{f.object_name}[target_branch]" }, { toggle_class: "js-compare-dropdown js-target-branch" }
-            .dropdown-menu.dropdown-menu-selectable.dropdown-target-branch.js-target-branch-dropdown
+            = dropdown_toggle f.object.target_branch, { toggle: "dropdown", field_name: "#{f.object_name}[target_branch]" }, { toggle_class: "js-compare-dropdown js-target-branch git-revision-dropdown-toggle" }
+            .dropdown-menu.dropdown-menu-selectable.dropdown-target-branch.js-target-branch-dropdown.git-revision-dropdown
               = dropdown_title("Select target branch")
               = dropdown_filter("Search branches")
               = dropdown_content do
diff --git a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_new_submit.html.haml b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_new_submit.html.haml
index da79ca2ee751e0cda8672b01b7cdee99f7e19f67..e3ecbee549022ffa8de35179ac7320ba09572eb5 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_new_submit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/_new_submit.html.haml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 %p.slead
   - source_title, target_title = format_mr_branch_names(@merge_request)
   From
-  %strong.label-branch= source_title
+  %strong.ref-name= source_title
   %span into
-  %strong.label-branch= target_title
+  %strong.ref-name= target_title
 
   %span.pull-right
     = link_to 'Change branches', mr_change_branches_path(@merge_request)
diff --git a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/show/_versions.html.haml b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/show/_versions.html.haml
index 11b0c55be0bb800b8e239ebb4b5cf292f1703431..37117bc64a34a335715382bd9bcd4115e962af4a 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/merge_requests/show/_versions.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/merge_requests/show/_versions.html.haml
@@ -20,25 +20,27 @@
               - @merge_request_diffs.each do |merge_request_diff|
                 %li
                   = link_to merge_request_version_path(@project, @merge_request, merge_request_diff, @start_sha), class: ('is-active' if merge_request_diff == @merge_request_diff) do
-                    %strong
-                      - if merge_request_diff.latest?
-                        latest version
-                      - else
-                        version #{version_index(merge_request_diff)}
-                    .monospace= short_sha(merge_request_diff.head_commit_sha)
-                    %small
-                      #{number_with_delimiter(merge_request_diff.commits_count)} #{'commit'.pluralize(merge_request_diff.commits_count)},
-                      = time_ago_with_tooltip(merge_request_diff.created_at)
+                    %div
+                      %strong
+                        - if merge_request_diff.latest?
+                          latest version
+                        - else
+                          version #{version_index(merge_request_diff)}
+                    %div
+                      %small.commit-sha= short_sha(merge_request_diff.head_commit_sha)
+                    %div
+                      %small
+                        #{number_with_delimiter(merge_request_diff.commits_count)} #{'commit'.pluralize(merge_request_diff.commits_count)},
+                        = time_ago_with_tooltip(merge_request_diff.created_at)
 
       - if @merge_request_diff.base_commit_sha
         and
         %span.dropdown.inline.mr-version-compare-dropdown
           %a.btn.btn-default.dropdown-toggle{ data: {toggle: :dropdown} }
-            %span
-              - if @start_version
-                version #{version_index(@start_version)}
-              - else
-                #{@merge_request.target_branch}
+            - if @start_version
+              version #{version_index(@start_version)}
+            - else
+              %span.ref-name= @merge_request.target_branch
             = icon('caret-down')
           .dropdown-menu.dropdown-select.dropdown-menu-selectable
             .dropdown-title
@@ -50,19 +52,25 @@
                 - @comparable_diffs.each do |merge_request_diff|
                   %li
                     = link_to merge_request_version_path(@project, @merge_request, @merge_request_diff, merge_request_diff.head_commit_sha), class: ('is-active' if merge_request_diff == @start_version) do
-                      %strong
-                        - if merge_request_diff.latest?
-                          latest version
-                        - else
-                          version #{version_index(merge_request_diff)}
-                      .monospace= short_sha(merge_request_diff.head_commit_sha)
-                      %small
-                        = time_ago_with_tooltip(merge_request_diff.created_at)
+                      %div
+                        %strong
+                          - if merge_request_diff.latest?
+                            latest version
+                          - else
+                            version #{version_index(merge_request_diff)}
+                      %div
+                        %small.commit-sha= short_sha(merge_request_diff.head_commit_sha)
+                      %div
+                        %small
+                          = time_ago_with_tooltip(merge_request_diff.created_at)
                 %li
                   = link_to merge_request_version_path(@project, @merge_request, @merge_request_diff), class: ('is-active' unless @start_version) do
-                    %strong
-                      #{@merge_request.target_branch} (base)
-                    .monospace= short_sha(@merge_request_diff.base_commit_sha)
+                    %div
+                      %strong
+                        %span.ref-name= @merge_request.target_branch
+                        (base)
+                    %div
+                      %strong.commit-sha= short_sha(@merge_request_diff.base_commit_sha)
 
     - if different_base?(@start_version, @merge_request_diff)
       .content-block
diff --git a/app/views/projects/pipeline_schedules/_form.html.haml b/app/views/projects/pipeline_schedules/_form.html.haml
index 4a21cce024e4053227872d8636b2d4d9312e6780..2d272a93b9859b440ce729c01a0f1e919a8dd978 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/pipeline_schedules/_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/pipeline_schedules/_form.html.haml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   .form-group
     .col-md-6
       = f.label :ref, 'Target Branch', class: 'label-light'
-      = dropdown_tag("Select target branch", options: { toggle_class: 'btn js-target-branch-dropdown', title: "Select target branch", filter: true, placeholder: "Filter", data: { data: @project.repository.branch_names } } )
+      = dropdown_tag("Select target branch", options: { toggle_class: 'btn js-target-branch-dropdown git-revision-dropdown-toggle', dropdown_class: 'git-revision-dropdown', title: "Select target branch", filter: true, placeholder: "Filter", data: { data: @project.repository.branch_names } } )
       = f.text_field :ref, value: @schedule.ref, id: 'schedule_ref', class: 'hidden', name: 'schedule[ref]', required: true
   .form-group
     .col-md-6
diff --git a/app/views/projects/pipeline_schedules/_pipeline_schedule.html.haml b/app/views/projects/pipeline_schedules/_pipeline_schedule.html.haml
index 075ecee434364b2c254575b14fa51adb49fd8388..2cd82e1b6616202938a0ae59837615fb7282348b 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/pipeline_schedules/_pipeline_schedule.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/pipeline_schedules/_pipeline_schedule.html.haml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       = pipeline_schedule.description
     %td.branch-name-cell
       = icon('code-fork')
-      = link_to pipeline_schedule.ref, namespace_project_commits_path(@project.namespace, @project, pipeline_schedule.ref), class: "branch-name"
+      = link_to pipeline_schedule.ref, project_ref_path(@project, pipeline_schedule.ref), class: "ref-name"
     %td
       - if pipeline_schedule.last_pipeline
         .status-icon-container{ class: "ci-status-icon-#{pipeline_schedule.last_pipeline.status}" }
diff --git a/app/views/projects/pipelines/_info.html.haml b/app/views/projects/pipelines/_info.html.haml
index ab6baaf35b6f4d324a432966141f8524262116c5..8607da8fcdddcd94cb1e23850ef2a39f3de649ac 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/pipelines/_info.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/pipelines/_info.html.haml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
       = pluralize @pipeline.statuses.count(:id), "job"
       - if @pipeline.ref
         from
-        = link_to @pipeline.ref, namespace_project_commits_path(@project.namespace, @project, @pipeline.ref), class: "monospace"
+        = link_to @pipeline.ref, project_ref_path(@project, @pipeline.ref), class: "ref-name"
       - if @pipeline.duration
         in
         = time_interval_in_words(@pipeline.duration)
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@
   .well-segment.branch-info
     .icon-container.commit-icon
       = custom_icon("icon_commit")
-    = link_to @commit.short_id, namespace_project_commit_path(@project.namespace, @project, @pipeline.sha), class: "monospace js-details-short"
+    = link_to @commit.short_id, namespace_project_commit_path(@project.namespace, @project, @pipeline.sha), class: "commit-sha js-details-short"
     = link_to("#", class: "js-details-expand hidden-xs hidden-sm") do
       %span.text-expander
         \...
     %span.js-details-content.hide
-      = link_to @pipeline.sha, namespace_project_commit_path(@project.namespace, @project, @pipeline.sha), class: "monospace commit-hash-full"
+      = link_to @pipeline.sha, namespace_project_commit_path(@project.namespace, @project, @pipeline.sha), class: "commit-sha commit-hash-full"
     = clipboard_button(text: @pipeline.sha, title: "Copy commit SHA to clipboard")
diff --git a/app/views/projects/pipelines/new.html.haml b/app/views/projects/pipelines/new.html.haml
index 14a270a3039dc175695373cda86924a16132ceb3..71a8e490c3e5bea9b075d062bb36daa1193094d3 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/pipelines/new.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/pipelines/new.html.haml
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
     .col-sm-10
       = hidden_field_tag 'pipeline[ref]', params[:ref] || @project.default_branch
       = dropdown_tag(params[:ref] || @project.default_branch,
-                     options: { toggle_class: 'js-branch-select wide',
-                                filter: true, dropdown_class: "dropdown-menu-selectable", placeholder: "Search branches",
+                     options: { toggle_class: 'js-branch-select wide git-revision-dropdown-toggle',
+                                filter: true, dropdown_class: "dropdown-menu-selectable git-revision-dropdown", placeholder: "Search branches",
                                 data: { selected: params[:ref] || @project.default_branch, field_name: 'pipeline[ref]' } })
       .help-block Existing branch name, tag
   .form-actions
diff --git a/app/views/projects/protected_branches/_dropdown.html.haml b/app/views/projects/protected_branches/_dropdown.html.haml
index 5af0cc7a2f36138a15e8016adc111c4536645674..6e9c473494eb887802df289ebafce9585cd70281 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/protected_branches/_dropdown.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/protected_branches/_dropdown.html.haml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 = f.hidden_field(:name)
 
 = dropdown_tag('Select branch or create wildcard',
-               options: { toggle_class: 'js-protected-branch-select js-filter-submit wide',
-                          filter: true, dropdown_class: "dropdown-menu-selectable", placeholder: "Search protected branches",
+               options: { toggle_class: 'js-protected-branch-select js-filter-submit wide git-revision-dropdown-toggle',
+                          filter: true, dropdown_class: "dropdown-menu-selectable git-revision-dropdown", placeholder: "Search protected branches",
                           footer_content: true,
                           data: { show_no: true, show_any: true, show_upcoming: true,
                                   selected: params[:protected_branch_name],
diff --git a/app/views/projects/protected_branches/_matching_branch.html.haml b/app/views/projects/protected_branches/_matching_branch.html.haml
index 8a5332ca5bb61146a26b73ec95cc7b2372ee1fd8..27896272733510c473db83418c17400900eb18a1 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/protected_branches/_matching_branch.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/protected_branches/_matching_branch.html.haml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 %tr
   %td
-    = link_to matching_branch.name, namespace_project_tree_path(@project.namespace, @project, matching_branch.name)
+    = link_to matching_branch.name, project_ref_path(@project, matching_branch.name), class: 'ref-name'
+
     - if @project.root_ref?(matching_branch.name)
       %span.label.label-info.prepend-left-5 default
   %td
     - commit = @project.commit(matching_branch.name)
-    = link_to(commit.short_id, namespace_project_commit_path(@project.namespace, @project, commit.id), class: 'commit_short_id')
+    = link_to(commit.short_id, namespace_project_commit_path(@project.namespace, @project, commit.id), class: 'commit-sha')
     = time_ago_with_tooltip(commit.committed_date)
diff --git a/app/views/projects/protected_branches/_protected_branch.html.haml b/app/views/projects/protected_branches/_protected_branch.html.haml
index b2a6b8469a35d6f8cb45199b1b541c40dbfe44d3..0f80de94392c95830850647ed5206370d856107f 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/protected_branches/_protected_branch.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/protected_branches/_protected_branch.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 %tr.js-protected-branch-edit-form{ data: { url: namespace_project_protected_branch_path(@project.namespace, @project, protected_branch) } }
   %td
-    = protected_branch.name
+    %span.ref-name= protected_branch.name
+
     - if @project.root_ref?(protected_branch.name)
       %span.label.label-info.prepend-left-5 default
   %td
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@
       = link_to pluralize(matching_branches.count, "matching branch"), namespace_project_protected_branch_path(@project.namespace, @project, protected_branch)
     - else
       - if commit = protected_branch.commit
-        = link_to(commit.short_id, namespace_project_commit_path(@project.namespace, @project, commit.id), class: 'commit_short_id')
+        = link_to(commit.short_id, namespace_project_commit_path(@project.namespace, @project, commit.id), class: 'commit-sha')
         = time_ago_with_tooltip(commit.committed_date)
       - else
         (branch was removed from repository)
diff --git a/app/views/projects/protected_branches/show.html.haml b/app/views/projects/protected_branches/show.html.haml
index f8cfe5e4b11b757fefb6d0ae42c8d24cda43b880..a806a0756ecc90099d44bf6f7ed91cb6cbbccaa9 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/protected_branches/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/protected_branches/show.html.haml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 .row.prepend-top-default.append-bottom-default
   .col-lg-3
-    %h4.prepend-top-0
+    %h4.prepend-top-0.ref-name
       = @protected_ref.name
 
   .col-lg-9
diff --git a/app/views/projects/protected_tags/_dropdown.html.haml b/app/views/projects/protected_tags/_dropdown.html.haml
index c50515cfe06e9fb8bc9580e385710a241dcc85cb..c8531f96f97c05e8c1288fbe4dbcdf7495ace9d4 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/protected_tags/_dropdown.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/protected_tags/_dropdown.html.haml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 = f.hidden_field(:name)
 
 = dropdown_tag('Select tag or create wildcard',
-               options: { toggle_class: 'js-protected-tag-select js-filter-submit wide',
-                          filter: true, dropdown_class: "dropdown-menu-selectable  capitalize-header", placeholder: "Search protected tag",
+               options: { toggle_class: 'js-protected-tag-select js-filter-submit wide git-revision-dropdown-toggle',
+                          filter: true, dropdown_class: "dropdown-menu-selectable capitalize-header git-revision-dropdown", placeholder: "Search protected tag",
                           footer_content: true,
                           data: { show_no: true, show_any: true, show_upcoming: true,
                                   selected: params[:protected_tag_name],
diff --git a/app/views/projects/protected_tags/_matching_tag.html.haml b/app/views/projects/protected_tags/_matching_tag.html.haml
index 97e5cd6f9d259ec7260d769517f94f60f81f3cc6..f17353df1221a7bbd4f8f943f48e850c210572ac 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/protected_tags/_matching_tag.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/protected_tags/_matching_tag.html.haml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 %tr
   %td
-    = link_to matching_tag.name, namespace_project_tree_path(@project.namespace, @project, matching_tag.name)
+    = link_to matching_tag.name, project_ref_path(@project, matching_tag.name), class: 'ref-name'
+
     - if @project.root_ref?(matching_tag.name)
       %span.label.label-info.prepend-left-5 default
   %td
     - commit = @project.commit(matching_tag.name)
-    = link_to(commit.short_id, namespace_project_commit_path(@project.namespace, @project, commit.id), class: 'commit_short_id')
+    = link_to(commit.short_id, namespace_project_commit_path(@project.namespace, @project, commit.id), class: 'commit-sha')
     = time_ago_with_tooltip(commit.committed_date)
diff --git a/app/views/projects/protected_tags/_protected_tag.html.haml b/app/views/projects/protected_tags/_protected_tag.html.haml
index 26bd3a1f5ed6d1600f040305870b6363f51c3d67..54249ec0db1f0843aa8d93a51fef5c9b2c309806 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/protected_tags/_protected_tag.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/protected_tags/_protected_tag.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 %tr.js-protected-tag-edit-form{ data: { url: namespace_project_protected_tag_path(@project.namespace, @project, protected_tag) } }
   %td
-    = protected_tag.name
+    %span.ref-name= protected_tag.name
+
     - if @project.root_ref?(protected_tag.name)
       %span.label.label-info.prepend-left-5 default
   %td
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@
       = link_to pluralize(matching_tags.count, "matching tag"), namespace_project_protected_tag_path(@project.namespace, @project, protected_tag)
     - else
       - if commit = protected_tag.commit
-        = link_to(commit.short_id, namespace_project_commit_path(@project.namespace, @project, commit.id), class: 'commit_short_id')
+        = link_to(commit.short_id, namespace_project_commit_path(@project.namespace, @project, commit.id), class: 'commit-sha')
         = time_ago_with_tooltip(commit.committed_date)
       - else
         (tag was removed from repository)
diff --git a/app/views/projects/protected_tags/show.html.haml b/app/views/projects/protected_tags/show.html.haml
index 63743f28b3cee7fcb33b1371c87729b7f01097a9..94c3612a4493ab42ffeaf52e4a2932588de43af9 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/protected_tags/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/protected_tags/show.html.haml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 .row.prepend-top-default.append-bottom-default
   .col-lg-3
-    %h4.prepend-top-0
+    %h4.prepend-top-0.ref-name
       = @protected_ref.name
 
   .col-lg-9
diff --git a/app/views/projects/runners/_runner.html.haml b/app/views/projects/runners/_runner.html.haml
index deeadb609f6269023f6196c45c8c9a2150cbc34f..674f87e82205f6bed3d3b8c7e11d3f7dd5d4ba52 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/runners/_runner.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/runners/_runner.html.haml
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 %li.runner{ id: dom_id(runner) }
   %h4
     = runner_status_icon(runner)
-    %span.monospace
-      - if @project_runners.include?(runner)
-        = link_to runner.short_sha, runner_path(runner)
-        - if runner.locked?
-          = icon('lock', class: 'has-tooltip', title: 'Locked to current projects')
-        %small
-          = link_to edit_namespace_project_runner_path(@project.namespace, @project, runner) do
-            %i.fa.fa-edit.btn
-      - else
+
+    - if @project_runners.include?(runner)
+      = link_to runner.short_sha, runner_path(runner), class: 'commit-sha'
+
+      - if runner.locked?
+        = icon('lock', class: 'has-tooltip', title: 'Locked to current projects')
+
+      %small
+        = link_to edit_namespace_project_runner_path(@project.namespace, @project, runner) do
+          %i.fa.fa-edit.btn
+    - else
+      %span.commit-sha
         = runner.short_sha
 
     .pull-right
diff --git a/app/views/projects/tags/_tag.html.haml b/app/views/projects/tags/_tag.html.haml
index 4c4f3655b97f9bf3b26dcb5d7faef5824f6b7d30..44cb734d7b9da9570483df8e44e1e4177dfa4f46 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/tags/_tag.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/tags/_tag.html.haml
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 - release = @releases.find { |release| release.tag == tag.name }
 %li.flex-row
   .row-main-content.str-truncated
-    = link_to namespace_project_tag_path(@project.namespace, @project, tag.name) do
-      %span.item-title
-        = icon('tag')
-        = tag.name
+    = link_to namespace_project_tag_path(@project.namespace, @project, tag.name), class: 'item-title ref-name' do
+      = icon('tag')
+      = tag.name
 
     - if protected_tag?(@project, tag)
       %span.label.label-success
diff --git a/app/views/projects/tags/show.html.haml b/app/views/projects/tags/show.html.haml
index e996ae3e4fc3198897d2ec904afceb4e144d96e3..2b81ce4b9fa9234312aeb24ba9208c932b1014f8 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/tags/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/tags/show.html.haml
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
   .top-area.multi-line
     .nav-text
       .title
-        %span.item-title= @tag.name
+        %span.item-title.ref-name
+          = icon('tag')
+          = @tag.name
         - if protected_tag?(@project, @tag)
           %span.label.label-success
             protected
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_ref_dropdown.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_ref_dropdown.html.haml
index 96f68c80c48cdade4d64356dfca4009e4fed0b74..8b2a3bee407545b66301016339537d03e630e056 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_ref_dropdown.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_ref_dropdown.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - dropdown_class = local_assigns.fetch(:dropdown_class, '')
 
-.dropdown-menu.dropdown-menu-selectable{ class: dropdown_class }
+.dropdown-menu.dropdown-menu-selectable.git-revision-dropdown{ class: dropdown_class }
   = dropdown_title "Select Git revision"
   = dropdown_filter "Filter by Git revision"
   = dropdown_content
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_ref_switcher.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_ref_switcher.html.haml
index 9a8252ab0871b03ace13067dbcceb8206dcf130a..2029eb5824a6badaba2404de9ba56f4beba86404 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_ref_switcher.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_ref_switcher.html.haml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
   - @options && @options.each do |key, value|
     = hidden_field_tag key, value, id: nil
   .dropdown
-    = dropdown_toggle dropdown_toggle_text, { toggle: "dropdown", selected: dropdown_toggle_text, ref: @ref, refs_url: refs_namespace_project_path(@project.namespace, @project), field_name: 'ref', submit_form_on_click: true }, { toggle_class: "js-project-refs-dropdown" }
-    .dropdown-menu.dropdown-menu-selectable{ class: ("dropdown-menu-align-right" if local_assigns[:align_right]) }
+    = dropdown_toggle dropdown_toggle_text, { toggle: "dropdown", selected: dropdown_toggle_text, ref: @ref, refs_url: refs_namespace_project_path(@project.namespace, @project), field_name: 'ref', submit_form_on_click: true }, { toggle_class: "js-project-refs-dropdown git-revision-dropdown-toggle" }
+    .dropdown-menu.dropdown-menu-selectable.git-revision-dropdown{ class: ("dropdown-menu-align-right" if local_assigns[:align_right]) }
       = dropdown_title "Switch branch/tag"
       = dropdown_filter "Search branches and tags"
       = dropdown_content
diff --git a/app/views/shared/issuable/form/_branch_chooser.html.haml b/app/views/shared/issuable/form/_branch_chooser.html.haml
index f57b4d899ce984564c9814a51ead31ee5d6be6b0..203d2adc8dbd83ad0ae9df1b72307a70f23e5b98 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/issuable/form/_branch_chooser.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/issuable/form/_branch_chooser.html.haml
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
     = form.label :source_branch, class: 'control-label'
     .col-sm-10
       .issuable-form-select-holder
-        = form.select(:source_branch, [issuable.source_branch], {}, { class: 'source_branch select2', disabled: true })
+        = form.select(:source_branch, [issuable.source_branch], {}, { class: 'source_branch select2 ref-name', disabled: true })
 .form-group
   = form.label :target_branch, class: 'control-label'
   .col-sm-10.target-branch-select-dropdown-container
     .issuable-form-select-holder
       = form.select(:target_branch, issuable.target_branches,
         { include_blank: true },
-        { class: 'target_branch js-target-branch-select',
+        { class: 'target_branch js-target-branch-select ref-name',
           disabled: issuable.new_record?,
           data: { placeholder: "Select branch" }})
     - if issuable.new_record?
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/dm-consistent-commit-sha-style.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/dm-consistent-commit-sha-style.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b6dace34d9b41d182cccbcad6bdbf41b2c411b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/dm-consistent-commit-sha-style.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Consistently use monospace font for commit SHAs and branch and tag names
+merge_request:
+author:
diff --git a/features/steps/project/builds/artifacts.rb b/features/steps/project/builds/artifacts.rb
index eec375b0532fc10732974c3d967bd1ef592b5d83..89132ff068f7b4419da31824d24ec11800651839 100644
--- a/features/steps/project/builds/artifacts.rb
+++ b/features/steps/project/builds/artifacts.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class Spinach::Features::ProjectBuildsArtifacts < Spinach::FeatureSteps
 
   step 'I should see the build header' do
     page.within('.build-header') do
-      expect(page).to have_content "Job ##{@build.id} in pipeline ##{@pipeline.id} for commit #{@pipeline.short_sha}"
+      expect(page).to have_content "Job ##{@build.id} in pipeline ##{@pipeline.id} for #{@pipeline.short_sha}"
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/features/steps/project/forked_merge_requests.rb b/features/steps/project/forked_merge_requests.rb
index 310db6e6dadaed3149e9808201084edf05abd7dc..29055373a57104e650908cace82f7901214fce92 100644
--- a/features/steps/project/forked_merge_requests.rb
+++ b/features/steps/project/forked_merge_requests.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ class Spinach::Features::ProjectForkedMergeRequests < Spinach::FeatureSteps
   include SharedPaths
   include Select2Helper
   include WaitForVueResource
+  include WaitForAjax
 
   step 'I am a member of project "Shop"' do
     @project = ::Project.find_by(name: "Shop")
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ class Spinach::Features::ProjectForkedMergeRequests < Spinach::FeatureSteps
     first('.dropdown-target-project a', text: @project.path_with_namespace)
 
     first('.js-source-branch').click
+    wait_for_ajax
     first('.dropdown-source-branch .dropdown-content a', text: 'fix').click
 
     click_button "Compare branches and continue"
@@ -62,31 +64,6 @@ class Spinach::Features::ProjectForkedMergeRequests < Spinach::FeatureSteps
     click_button "Submit merge request"
   end
 
-  step 'I follow the target commit link' do
-    commit = @project.repository.commit
-    click_link commit.short_id(8)
-  end
-
-  step 'I should see the commit under the forked from project' do
-    commit = @project.repository.commit
-    expect(page).to have_content(commit.message)
-  end
-
-  step 'I click "Create Merge Request on fork" link' do
-    click_link "Create Merge Request on fork"
-  end
-
-  step 'I see prefilled new Merge Request page for the forked project' do
-    expect(current_path).to eq new_namespace_project_merge_request_path(@forked_project.namespace, @forked_project)
-    expect(find("#merge_request_source_project_id").value).to eq @forked_project.id.to_s
-    expect(find("#merge_request_target_project_id").value).to eq @project.id.to_s
-    expect(find("#merge_request_source_branch").value).to have_content "new_design"
-    expect(find("#merge_request_target_branch").value).to have_content "master"
-    expect(find("#merge_request_title").value).to eq "New Design"
-    verify_commit_link(".mr_target_commit", @project)
-    verify_commit_link(".mr_source_commit", @forked_project)
-  end
-
   step 'I update the merge request title' do
     fill_in "merge_request_title", with: "An Edited Forked Merge Request"
   end
@@ -155,10 +132,4 @@ class Spinach::Features::ProjectForkedMergeRequests < Spinach::FeatureSteps
       expect(page).to have_content @project.users.first.name
     end
   end
-
-  # Verify a link is generated against the correct project
-  def verify_commit_link(container_div, container_project)
-    # This should force a wait for the javascript to execute
-    expect(find(:div, container_div).find(".commit_short_id")['href']).to have_content "#{container_project.path_with_namespace}/commit"
-  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/vue_shared/components/commit_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/vue_shared/components/commit_spec.js
index df547299d75cbd8bc71a55bf5de55dcedff5b928..242010ba68817ea5ef53c32263b3ca0f186e3032 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/vue_shared/components/commit_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/vue_shared/components/commit_spec.js
@@ -61,16 +61,16 @@ describe('Commit component', () => {
     });
 
     it('should render a link to the ref url', () => {
-      expect(component.$el.querySelector('.branch-name').getAttribute('href')).toEqual(props.commitRef.ref_url);
+      expect(component.$el.querySelector('.ref-name').getAttribute('href')).toEqual(props.commitRef.ref_url);
     });
 
     it('should render the ref name', () => {
-      expect(component.$el.querySelector('.branch-name').textContent).toContain(props.commitRef.name);
+      expect(component.$el.querySelector('.ref-name').textContent).toContain(props.commitRef.name);
     });
 
     it('should render the commit short sha with a link to the commit url', () => {
-      expect(component.$el.querySelector('.commit-id').getAttribute('href')).toEqual(props.commitUrl);
-      expect(component.$el.querySelector('.commit-id').textContent).toContain(props.shortSha);
+      expect(component.$el.querySelector('.commit-sha').getAttribute('href')).toEqual(props.commitUrl);
+      expect(component.$el.querySelector('.commit-sha').textContent).toContain(props.shortSha);
     });
 
     it('should render the given commitIconSvg', () => {
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/vue_shared/components/pipelines_table_row_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/vue_shared/components/pipelines_table_row_spec.js
index 0a2c66e72d724d38de1c191347b407fac6c1e275..14280751053fb54bf945defa36758ea56fc727a6 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/vue_shared/components/pipelines_table_row_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/vue_shared/components/pipelines_table_row_spec.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ describe('Pipelines Table Row', () => {
     it('should render link to commit', () => {
       component = buildComponent(pipeline);
 
-      const commitLink = component.$el.querySelector('.branch-commit .commit-id');
+      const commitLink = component.$el.querySelector('.branch-commit .commit-sha');
       expect(commitLink.getAttribute('href')).toEqual(pipeline.commit.commit_path);
     });
 
diff --git a/spec/models/project_services/chat_message/pipeline_message_spec.rb b/spec/models/project_services/chat_message/pipeline_message_spec.rb
index e005be42b0d68a4843645dc3f40a7c008be53786..7d2599dc70337ed0bb29c4528409b231534a3e68 100644
--- a/spec/models/project_services/chat_message/pipeline_message_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/project_services/chat_message/pipeline_message_spec.rb
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ describe ChatMessage::PipelineMessage do
     def build_message(status_text = status, name = user[:name])
       "<http://example.gitlab.com|project_name>:" \
         " Pipeline <http://example.gitlab.com/pipelines/123|#123>" \
-        " of <http://example.gitlab.com/commits/develop|develop> branch" \
+        " of branch `<http://example.gitlab.com/commits/develop|develop>`" \
         " by #{name} #{status_text} in 02:00:10"
     end
   end
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ describe ChatMessage::PipelineMessage do
         expect(subject.pretext).to be_empty
         expect(subject.attachments).to eq(message)
         expect(subject.activity).to eq({
-          title: 'Pipeline [#123](http://example.gitlab.com/pipelines/123) of [develop](http://example.gitlab.com/commits/develop) branch by hacker passed',
+          title: 'Pipeline [#123](http://example.gitlab.com/pipelines/123) of branch `[develop](http://example.gitlab.com/commits/develop)` by hacker passed',
           subtitle: 'in [project_name](http://example.gitlab.com)',
           text: 'in 02:00:10',
           image: ''
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ describe ChatMessage::PipelineMessage do
         expect(subject.pretext).to be_empty
         expect(subject.attachments).to eq(message)
         expect(subject.activity).to eq({
-          title: 'Pipeline [#123](http://example.gitlab.com/pipelines/123) of [develop](http://example.gitlab.com/commits/develop) branch by hacker failed',
+          title: 'Pipeline [#123](http://example.gitlab.com/pipelines/123) of branch `[develop](http://example.gitlab.com/commits/develop)` by hacker failed',
           subtitle: 'in [project_name](http://example.gitlab.com)',
           text: 'in 02:00:10',
           image: ''
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ describe ChatMessage::PipelineMessage do
           expect(subject.pretext).to be_empty
           expect(subject.attachments).to eq(message)
           expect(subject.activity).to eq({
-            title: 'Pipeline [#123](http://example.gitlab.com/pipelines/123) of [develop](http://example.gitlab.com/commits/develop) branch by API failed',
+            title: 'Pipeline [#123](http://example.gitlab.com/pipelines/123) of branch `[develop](http://example.gitlab.com/commits/develop)` by API failed',
             subtitle: 'in [project_name](http://example.gitlab.com)',
             text: 'in 02:00:10',
             image: ''
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ describe ChatMessage::PipelineMessage do
     def build_markdown_message(status_text = status, name = user[:name])
       "[project_name](http://example.gitlab.com):" \
         " Pipeline [#123](http://example.gitlab.com/pipelines/123)" \
-        " of [develop](http://example.gitlab.com/commits/develop)" \
-        " branch by #{name} #{status_text} in 02:00:10"
+        " of branch `[develop](http://example.gitlab.com/commits/develop)`" \
+        " by #{name} #{status_text} in 02:00:10"
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/project_services/chat_message/push_message_spec.rb b/spec/models/project_services/chat_message/push_message_spec.rb
index c794f659c4175a3ae8d3a41b0c56275601612db1..e38117b75f6ca26b1ae6ea6686bee9eb88e96efc 100644
--- a/spec/models/project_services/chat_message/push_message_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/project_services/chat_message/push_message_spec.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ describe ChatMessage::PushMessage, models: true do
     context 'without markdown' do
       it 'returns a message regarding pushes' do
         expect(subject.pretext).to eq(
-          'test.user pushed to branch <http://url.com/commits/master|master> of '\
+          'test.user pushed to branch `<http://url.com/commits/master|master>` of '\
             '<http://url.com|project_name> (<http://url.com/compare/before...after|Compare changes>)')
         expect(subject.attachments).to eq([{
           text: "<http://url1.com|abcdefgh>: message1 - author1\n\n"\
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe ChatMessage::PushMessage, models: true do
 
       it 'returns a message regarding pushes' do
         expect(subject.pretext).to eq(
-          'test.user pushed to branch [master](http://url.com/commits/master) of [project_name](http://url.com) ([Compare changes](http://url.com/compare/before...after))')
+          'test.user pushed to branch `[master](http://url.com/commits/master)` of [project_name](http://url.com) ([Compare changes](http://url.com/compare/before...after))')
         expect(subject.attachments).to eq(
           "[abcdefgh](http://url1.com): message1 - author1\n\n[12345678](http://url2.com): message2 - author2")
         expect(subject.activity).to eq({
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ describe ChatMessage::PushMessage, models: true do
     context 'without markdown' do
       it 'returns a message regarding pushes' do
         expect(subject.pretext).to eq('test.user pushed new tag ' \
-          '<http://url.com/commits/new_tag|new_tag> to ' \
+          '`<http://url.com/commits/new_tag|new_tag>` to ' \
           '<http://url.com|project_name>')
         expect(subject.attachments).to be_empty
       end
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ describe ChatMessage::PushMessage, models: true do
 
       it 'returns a message regarding pushes' do
         expect(subject.pretext).to eq(
-          'test.user pushed new tag [new_tag](http://url.com/commits/new_tag) to [project_name](http://url.com)')
+          'test.user pushed new tag `[new_tag](http://url.com/commits/new_tag)` to [project_name](http://url.com)')
         expect(subject.attachments).to be_empty
         expect(subject.activity).to eq({
           title: 'test.user created tag',
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ describe ChatMessage::PushMessage, models: true do
     context 'without markdown' do
       it 'returns a message regarding a new branch' do
         expect(subject.pretext).to eq(
-          'test.user pushed new branch <http://url.com/commits/master|master> to '\
+          'test.user pushed new branch `<http://url.com/commits/master|master>` to '\
             '<http://url.com|project_name>')
         expect(subject.attachments).to be_empty
       end
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ describe ChatMessage::PushMessage, models: true do
 
       it 'returns a message regarding a new branch' do
         expect(subject.pretext).to eq(
-          'test.user pushed new branch [master](http://url.com/commits/master) to [project_name](http://url.com)')
+          'test.user pushed new branch `[master](http://url.com/commits/master)` to [project_name](http://url.com)')
         expect(subject.attachments).to be_empty
         expect(subject.activity).to eq({
           title: 'test.user created branch',
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ describe ChatMessage::PushMessage, models: true do
     context 'without markdown' do
       it 'returns a message regarding a removed branch' do
         expect(subject.pretext).to eq(
-          'test.user removed branch master from <http://url.com|project_name>')
+          'test.user removed branch `master` from <http://url.com|project_name>')
         expect(subject.attachments).to be_empty
       end
     end
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ describe ChatMessage::PushMessage, models: true do
 
       it 'returns a message regarding a removed branch' do
         expect(subject.pretext).to eq(
-          'test.user removed branch master from [project_name](http://url.com)')
+          'test.user removed branch `master` from [project_name](http://url.com)')
         expect(subject.attachments).to be_empty
         expect(subject.activity).to eq({
           title: 'test.user removed branch',