write_name_quoted(path, stdout, '\n');
 }
 
+/*
+ * Porcelain/Incremental format wants to show a lot of details per
+ * commit.  Instead of repeating this every line, emit it only once,
+ * the first time each commit appears in the output.
+ */
+static int emit_one_suspect_detail(struct origin *suspect)
+{
+       struct commit_info ci;
+
+       if (suspect->commit->object.flags & METAINFO_SHOWN)
+               return 0;
+
+       suspect->commit->object.flags |= METAINFO_SHOWN;
+       get_commit_info(suspect->commit, &ci, 1);
+       printf("author %s\n", ci.author);
+       printf("author-mail %s\n", ci.author_mail);
+       printf("author-time %lu\n", ci.author_time);
+       printf("author-tz %s\n", ci.author_tz);
+       printf("committer %s\n", ci.committer);
+       printf("committer-mail %s\n", ci.committer_mail);
+       printf("committer-time %lu\n", ci.committer_time);
+       printf("committer-tz %s\n", ci.committer_tz);
+       printf("summary %s\n", ci.summary);
+       if (suspect->commit->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)
+               printf("boundary\n");
+       return 1;
+}
+
 /*
  * The blame_entry is found to be guilty for the range.  Mark it
  * as such, and show it in incremental output.
                printf("%s %d %d %d\n",
                       sha1_to_hex(suspect->commit->object.sha1),
                       ent->s_lno + 1, ent->lno + 1, ent->num_lines);
-               if (!(suspect->commit->object.flags & METAINFO_SHOWN)) {
-                       struct commit_info ci;
-                       suspect->commit->object.flags |= METAINFO_SHOWN;
-                       get_commit_info(suspect->commit, &ci, 1);
-                       printf("author %s\n", ci.author);
-                       printf("author-mail %s\n", ci.author_mail);
-                       printf("author-time %lu\n", ci.author_time);
-                       printf("author-tz %s\n", ci.author_tz);
-                       printf("committer %s\n", ci.committer);
-                       printf("committer-mail %s\n", ci.committer_mail);
-                       printf("committer-time %lu\n", ci.committer_time);
-                       printf("committer-tz %s\n", ci.committer_tz);
-                       printf("summary %s\n", ci.summary);
-                       if (suspect->commit->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)
-                               printf("boundary\n");
-               }
+               emit_one_suspect_detail(suspect);
                write_filename_info(suspect->path);
                maybe_flush_or_die(stdout, "stdout");
        }
               ent->s_lno + 1,
               ent->lno + 1,
               ent->num_lines);
-       if (!(suspect->commit->object.flags & METAINFO_SHOWN)) {
-               struct commit_info ci;
-               suspect->commit->object.flags |= METAINFO_SHOWN;
-               get_commit_info(suspect->commit, &ci, 1);
-               printf("author %s\n", ci.author);
-               printf("author-mail %s\n", ci.author_mail);
-               printf("author-time %lu\n", ci.author_time);
-               printf("author-tz %s\n", ci.author_tz);
-               printf("committer %s\n", ci.committer);
-               printf("committer-mail %s\n", ci.committer_mail);
-               printf("committer-time %lu\n", ci.committer_time);
-               printf("committer-tz %s\n", ci.committer_tz);
-               write_filename_info(suspect->path);
-               printf("summary %s\n", ci.summary);
-               if (suspect->commit->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)
-                       printf("boundary\n");
-       }
-       else if (suspect->commit->object.flags & MORE_THAN_ONE_PATH)
+       if (emit_one_suspect_detail(suspect) ||
+           (suspect->commit->object.flags & MORE_THAN_ONE_PATH))
                write_filename_info(suspect->path);
 
        cp = nth_line(sb, ent->lno);