diff --git a/src/code/diff.css b/src/code/diff.css
index c2d5027..dcbb3fc 100644
--- a/src/code/diff.css
+++ b/src/code/diff.css
@@ -422,3 +422,118 @@
 .diff-file-body .data-table {
   background: var(--bgColor-default);
 }
+
+/* PR files for a single commit: github.com's commit message Box above the diff (templates/custom/footer.tmpl puts it
+   in place of Gitea's "showing only changes of commit X" banner). Measured on github.com 2026-10-16: muted band with
+   the 16px semibold title, 12px mono body and a row with the Prev / Next ButtonGroup left and "Browse files" right;
+   a default-background row below with the author sentence and "commit <sha>" + copy button in muted 12px. */
+.gh-pr-commit {
+  margin-bottom: var(--base-size-16);
+  overflow: hidden;
+  border: var(--borderWidth-thin) solid var(--borderColor-default);
+  border-radius: var(--borderRadius-medium);
+  background: var(--bgColor-default);
+}
+
+.gh-pr-commit-message {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: var(--base-size-8);
+  padding: var(--base-size-16);
+  border-bottom: var(--borderWidth-thin) solid var(--borderColor-default);
+  background: var(--bgColor-muted);
+}
+
+.gh-pr-commit-title {
+  margin: 0;
+  color: var(--fgColor-default);
+  font-size: var(--text-title-size-small);
+  font-weight: var(--base-text-weight-semibold);
+  line-height: var(--text-title-lineHeight-small);
+  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+}
+
+.gh-pr-commit-body {
+  margin: 0;
+  color: var(--fgColor-default);
+  font-family: var(--fontStack-monospace);
+  font-size: var(--text-body-size-small);
+  line-height: var(--text-body-lineHeight-small);
+  white-space: pre-wrap;
+  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+}
+
+/* a body longer than 10 lines shows its first 8 and fades out over the last 2 (footer.tmpl adds .is-collapsed) */
+.gh-pr-commit-body.is-collapsed {
+  max-height: 8lh;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  mask-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, currentColor calc(100% - 2lh), transparent);
+}
+
+.gh-pr-commit-toggle {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-self: flex-start;
+  padding: 0;
+  border: 0;
+  background: none;
+  color: var(--fgColor-accent);
+  font-size: var(--text-body-size-small);
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+.gh-pr-commit-toggle:hover {
+  text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
+.gh-pr-commit-toggle > span {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: var(--base-size-4);
+}
+
+.gh-pr-commit-toggle[aria-expanded="true"] > .gh-pr-commit-toggle-more,
+.gh-pr-commit-toggle[aria-expanded="false"] > .gh-pr-commit-toggle-less {
+  display: none;
+}
+
+.gh-pr-commit-actions {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: var(--base-size-8);
+  margin-top: var(--base-size-8);
+}
+
+.gh-pr-commit-meta {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: var(--base-size-8);
+  padding: var(--base-size-8) var(--base-size-16);
+  color: var(--fgColor-muted);
+  font-size: var(--text-body-size-medium);
+}
+
+.gh-pr-commit-people .avatar {
+  margin-right: var(--base-size-4);
+  vertical-align: middle;
+}
+
+.gh-pr-commit-people strong {
+  color: var(--fgColor-default);
+  font-weight: var(--base-text-weight-semibold);
+}
+
+.gh-pr-commit-sha {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: var(--base-size-4);
+  font-family: var(--fontStack-monospace);
+  font-size: var(--text-body-size-small);
+}
+
+.gh-pr-commit-sha > a {
+  color: var(--fgColor-default);
+}
diff --git a/templates/custom/footer.tmpl b/templates/custom/footer.tmpl
index 9b50227..20d18f4 100644
--- a/templates/custom/footer.tmpl
+++ b/templates/custom/footer.tmpl
@@ -15,4 +15,109 @@
     .observe(document.body, {childList: true, subtree: true});
 })();
 </script>
+{{- /* PR "Files changed" for a single commit (/pulls/N/commits/<sha>): github.com shows the commit's message box
+     (title, body, Prev / Next ButtonGroup, Browse files; author row with the short SHA) above the diff. Gitea only has
+     the "showing only changes of commit X" banner (repo/diff/box.tmpl, same in 1.27.3 and 28.1.0), so the box is
+     rendered here and replaces that banner instead of overriding box.tmpl (which differs between the two versions).
+     CompareInfo.Commits is newest first (git log base..head): Prev = the item after the current one, Next = the item
+     before it. */ -}}
+{{- if and .PageIsPullFiles .IsShowingOnlySingleCommit .CompareInfo -}}
+{{- $prev := "" -}}{{- $next := "" -}}{{- $newer := "" -}}{{- $cur := false -}}
+{{- range .CompareInfo.Commits -}}
+	{{- $id := .ID.String -}}
+	{{- if and $cur (not $prev) -}}{{- $prev = $id -}}{{- end -}}
+	{{- if eq $id $.AfterCommitID -}}{{- $cur = . -}}{{- $next = $newer -}}{{- end -}}
+	{{- $newer = $id -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- if $cur -}}
+{{- $query := print "?style=" (Iif $.IsSplitStyle "split" "unified") "&whitespace=" $.WhitespaceBehavior "&show-outdated=" $.ShowOutdatedComments -}}
+{{- $author := HTMLFormat "%s<strong>%s</strong>" (ctx.AvatarUtils.AvatarByEmail $cur.Author.Email $cur.Author.Email 20) $cur.Author.Name -}}
+{{- /* github.com's labels in English: Gitea's "Previous" reads "Prev"; other languages keep their translation */ -}}
+{{- $prevLabel := ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.issues.previous" -}}{{- if eq (print $prevLabel) "Previous" -}}{{- $prevLabel = "Prev" -}}{{- end -}}
+{{- /* likewise "Browse files" for Gitea's English "Browse Source" */ -}}
+{{- $browseLabel := ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.diff.browse_source" -}}{{- if eq (print $browseLabel) "Browse Source" -}}{{- $browseLabel = "Browse files" -}}{{- end -}}
+{{- $committerIsAuthor := and (eq $cur.Committer.Name $cur.Author.Name) (eq $cur.Committer.Email $cur.Author.Email) -}}
+<template id="gh-pr-commit"><div class="gh-pr-commit">
+	<div class="gh-pr-commit-message">
+		<h3 class="gh-pr-commit-title" title="{{$cur.MessageTitle}}">{{ctx.RenderUtils.RenderCommitMessage $cur.MessageUTF8 $.Repository}}</h3>
+		{{- if $cur.MessageBody}}
+		<pre class="gh-pr-commit-body">{{ctx.RenderUtils.RenderCommitBody $cur.MessageUTF8 $.Repository}}</pre>
+		{{- /* a body longer than 10 lines is folded to 8 (the script below decides after layout). Gitea has "Show more"
+		     (repo.diff.show_more) but no "Show less": the theme carries it for Gitea's default languages, English otherwise */ -}}
+		{{- $showMore := ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.diff.show_more" -}}{{- $isEn := or (eq (print $showMore) "Show More") (eq (print $showMore) "Show more") -}}
+		{{- $showLessByLang := dict "zh-CN" "收起" "zh-HK" "收起" "zh-TW" "收合" "ja-JP" "折りたたむ" "ko-KR" "접기"
+			"de-DE" "Weniger anzeigen" "fr-FR" "Afficher moins" "es-ES" "Mostrar menos" "pt-BR" "Mostrar menos" "pt-PT" "Mostrar menos"
+			"it-IT" "Mostra meno" "nl-NL" "Minder weergeven" "ru-RU" "Свернуть" "uk-UA" "Згорнути" "pl-PL" "Pokaż mniej"
+			"cs-CZ" "Zobrazit méně" "sv-SE" "Visa mindre" "fi-FI" "Näytä vähemmän" "tr-TR" "Daha az göster" "hu-HU" "Kevesebb megjelenítése"
+			"bg-BG" "Покажи по-малко" "el-GR" "Εμφάνιση λιγότερων" "lv-LV" "Rādīt mazāk" "id-ID" "Tampilkan lebih sedikit"
+			"fa-IR" "نمایش کمتر" "ga-IE" "Taispeáin níos lú" "ml-IN" "കുറച്ച് കാണിക്കുക" -}}
+		{{- $showLess := or (index $showLessByLang ctx.Locale.Language) "Show less" -}}
+		<button type="button" class="gh-pr-commit-toggle tw-hidden" aria-expanded="false">
+			<span class="gh-pr-commit-toggle-more">{{svg "octicon-chevron-down"}}{{if $isEn}}Show more{{else}}{{$showMore}}{{end}}</span>
+			<span class="gh-pr-commit-toggle-less">{{svg "octicon-chevron-up"}}{{$showLess}}</span>
+		</button>
+		{{- end}}
+		<div class="gh-pr-commit-actions">
+			<div class="ui small buttons gh-commit-nav">
+				{{- if $prev -}}
+				<a class="ui small button" href="{{$.Issue.Link}}/commits/{{$prev}}{{$query}}">{{svg "octicon-chevron-left"}}{{$prevLabel}}</a>
+				{{- else -}}
+				<span class="ui small disabled button" aria-disabled="true">{{svg "octicon-chevron-left"}}{{$prevLabel}}</span>
+				{{- end -}}
+				{{- if $next -}}
+				<a class="ui small button" href="{{$.Issue.Link}}/commits/{{$next}}{{$query}}">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.issues.next"}}{{svg "octicon-chevron-right"}}</a>
+				{{- else -}}
+				<span class="ui small disabled button" aria-disabled="true">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.issues.next"}}{{svg "octicon-chevron-right"}}</span>
+				{{- end -}}
+			</div>
+			<a class="ui small button" href="{{$.Repository.Link}}/src/commit/{{PathEscape $.AfterCommitID}}">{{svg "octicon-file-code"}}{{$browseLabel}}</a>
+		</div>
+	</div>
+	<div class="gh-pr-commit-meta">
+		<span class="gh-pr-commit-people">
+			{{- /* 28.x has github.com's "A authored and B committed <time>" sentence; 1.27.x has only "committed by" */ -}}
+			{{- if StringUtils.HasPrefix AppVer "1." -}}
+			{{$author}}
+			{{- if not $committerIsAuthor}} {{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.diff.committed_by"}} {{HTMLFormat "%s<strong>%s</strong>" (ctx.AvatarUtils.AvatarByEmail $cur.Committer.Email $cur.Committer.Email 20) $cur.Committer.Name}}{{end}}
+			{{DateUtils.TimeSince $cur.Committer.When}}
+			{{- else if $committerIsAuthor -}}
+			{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.diff.committed_at" $author (DateUtils.TimeSince $cur.Committer.When)}}
+			{{- else -}}
+			{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.diff.authored_committed_at" $author (HTMLFormat "%s<strong>%s</strong>" (ctx.AvatarUtils.AvatarByEmail $cur.Committer.Email $cur.Committer.Email 20) $cur.Committer.Name) (DateUtils.TimeSince $cur.Committer.When)}}
+			{{- end -}}
+		</span>
+		<span class="gh-pr-commit-sha">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.diff.commit"}} <a href="{{$.Repository.Link}}/commit/{{PathEscape $.AfterCommitID}}">{{printf "%.7s" $.AfterCommitID}}</a>
+			<button type="button" class="btn interact-fg" data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "copy_hash"}}" data-clipboard-text="{{$.AfterCommitID}}">{{svg "octicon-copy"}}</button>
+		</span>
+	</div>
+</div></template>
+<script nonce="{{ctx.CspScriptNonce}}">
+(() => {
+  const banner = document.querySelector('.diff-detail-box ~ .ui.info.message');
+  if (!banner) return;
+  const box = document.querySelector('#gh-pr-commit').content.firstElementChild;
+  banner.replaceWith(box);
+  const body = box.querySelector('.gh-pr-commit-body');
+  const toggle = box.querySelector('.gh-pr-commit-toggle');
+  if (!body || !toggle) return;
+  // fold only when the body is longer than 10 lines; re-measured on resize until the reader expands it
+  const measure = () => {
+    if (toggle.getAttribute('aria-expanded') === 'true') return;
+    body.classList.remove('is-collapsed');
+    const long = body.scrollHeight > parseFloat(getComputedStyle(body).lineHeight) * 10 + 1;
+    body.classList.toggle('is-collapsed', long);
+    toggle.classList.toggle('tw-hidden', !long);
+  };
+  measure();
+  window.addEventListener('resize', measure);
+  toggle.addEventListener('click', () => {
+    const expand = toggle.getAttribute('aria-expanded') !== 'true';
+    toggle.setAttribute('aria-expanded', String(expand));
+    body.classList.toggle('is-collapsed', !expand);
+    if (!expand && box.getBoundingClientRect().top < 0) box.scrollIntoView({block: 'start'});
+  });
+})();
+</script>
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
 {{- end -}}
diff --git a/templates/repo/commits_list.tmpl b/templates/repo/commits_list.tmpl
index a64ae35..8500c53 100644
--- a/templates/repo/commits_list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/commits_list.tmpl
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 								{{$gitCommit.MessageTitle | ctx.RenderUtils.RenderEmoji}}
 							</span>
 						{{else}}
-							{{$commitLink:= printf "%s/commit/%s" $commitRepoLink (PathEscape $commitID)}}
+							{{$commitLink:= printf "%s/commit/%s" $commitRepoLink (PathEscape $commitID)}}{{/* gitea-theme-github: on a PR's Commits tab github.com opens the commit inside the PR (Prev / Next, custom/footer.tmpl) from the title too, not only from the SHA; github-* themes only. */}}{{if and $.PageIsPullCommits (StringUtils.HasPrefix ctx.CurrentWebTheme.InternalName "github-")}}{{$commitLink = printf "%s/%s" $commitBaseLink (PathEscape $commitID)}}{{end}}
 							<span class="commit-summary {{if gt $gitCommit.ParentCount 1}} grey text{{end}}" title="{{$gitCommit.MessageTitle}}">
 								{{ctx.RenderUtils.RenderCommitMessageLinkSubject $gitCommit.MessageUTF8 $commitLink $.Repository}}
 							</span>