(let (author-name author-email subject date msg)
     (with-temp-buffer
       (let ((coding-system (git-get-logoutput-coding-system)))
-        (git-call-process-env t nil "log" "-1" commit)
+        (git-call-process-env t nil "log" "-1" "--pretty=medium" commit)
         (goto-char (point-min))
         (when (re-search-forward "^Author: *\\(.*\\) <\\(.*\\)>$" nil t)
           (setq author-name (match-string 1))
         (with-current-buffer buffer
           (when (and list-buffers-directory
                      (string-equal fulldir (expand-file-name list-buffers-directory))
-                     (string-match "\\*git-status\\*$" (buffer-name buffer)))
+                    (eq major-mode 'git-status-mode))
             (setq found buffer))))
       (setq list (cdr list)))
     found))