diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHCommit.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHCommit.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1a22e572
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHCommit.java
@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+package org.kohsuke.github;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.AbstractList;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * A commit in a repository.
+ *
+ * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
+ * @see GHRepository#getCommit(String)
+ */
+public class GHCommit {
+    private GHRepository owner;
+
+    public static class Stats {
+        int total,additions,deletions;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A file that was modified.
+     */
+    public class File {
+        String status;
+        int changes,additions,deletions;
+        String raw_url, blob_url, filename, sha, patch;
+
+        /**
+         * Number of lines added + removed.
+         */
+        public int getLinesChanged() {
+            return changes;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Number of lines added.
+         */
+        public int getLinesAdded() {
+            return additions;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Number of lines removed.
+         */
+        public int getLinesDeleted() {
+            return deletions;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * "modified", "added", or "deleted"
+         */
+        public String getStatus() {
+            return status;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Just the base name and the extension without any directory name.
+         */
+        public String getFileName() {
+            return filename;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * The actual change.
+         */
+        public String getPatch() {
+            return patch;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * URL like 'https://raw.github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/4eb17c197dfdcf8ef7ff87eb160f24f6a20b7f0e/core/pom.xml'
+         * that resolves to the actual content of the file.
+         */
+        public URL getRawUrl() {
+            return GitHub.parseURL(raw_url);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * URL like 'https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/blob/1182e2ebb1734d0653142bd422ad33c21437f7cf/core/pom.xml'
+         * that resolves to the HTML page that describes this file.
+         */
+        public URL getBlobUrl() {
+            return GitHub.parseURL(blob_url);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * [0-9a-f]{40} SHA1 checksum.
+         */
+        public String getSha() {
+            return sha;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class Parent {
+        String url,sha;
+    }
+
+    static class User {
+        // TODO: what if someone who doesn't have an account on GitHub makes a commit?
+        String url,avatar_url,login,gravatar_id;
+        int id;
+    }
+
+    String url,sha;
+    List<File> files;
+    Stats stats;
+    List<Parent> parents;
+    User author,committer;
+
+    /**
+     * The repository that contains the commit.
+     */
+    public GHRepository getOwner() {
+        return owner;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Number of lines added + removed.
+     */
+    public int getLinesChanged() {
+        return stats.total;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Number of lines added.
+     */
+    public int getLinesAdded() {
+        return stats.additions;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Number of lines removed.
+     */
+    public int getLinesDeleted() {
+        return stats.deletions;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * [0-9a-f]{40} SHA1 checksum.
+     */
+    public String getSha() {
+        return sha;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * List of files changed/added/removed in this commit.
+     *
+     * @return
+     *      Can be empty but never null.
+     */
+    public List<File> getFiles() {
+        return files!=null ? Collections.unmodifiableList(files) : Collections.<File>emptyList();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the SHA1 of parent commit objects.
+     */
+    public List<String> getParentShas() {
+        if (parents==null)  return Collections.emptyList();
+        return new AbstractList<String>() {
+            @Override
+            public String get(int index) {
+                return parents.get(index).sha;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public int size() {
+                return parents.size();
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Resolves the parent commit objects and return them.
+     */
+    public List<GHCommit> getParents() throws IOException {
+        List<GHCommit> r = new ArrayList<GHCommit>();
+        for (String sha1 : getParentShas())
+            r.add(owner.getCommit(sha1));
+        return r;
+    }
+
+    public GHUser getAuthor() throws IOException {
+        return resolveUser(author);
+    }
+
+    public GHUser getCommitter() throws IOException {
+        return resolveUser(committer);
+    }
+
+    private GHUser resolveUser(User author) throws IOException {
+        if (author==null || author.login==null) return null;
+        return owner.root.getUser(author.login);
+    }
+
+    GHCommit wrapUp(GHRepository owner) {
+        this.owner = owner;
+        return this;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
index 2a2c4f832..c20355501 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public class GHRepository {
     private Map<Integer,GHMilestone> milestones = new HashMap<Integer, GHMilestone>();
     
     private String master_branch;
+    private Map<String,GHCommit> commits = new HashMap<String, GHCommit>();
 
     public String getDescription() {
         return description;
@@ -360,6 +361,18 @@ public class GHRepository {
         return root.retrieveWithAuth3(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/hooks/%d",owner.login,name,id),GHHook.class).wrap(this);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets a commit object in this repository.
+     */
+    public GHCommit getCommit(String sha1) throws IOException {
+        GHCommit c = commits.get(sha1);
+        if (c==null) {
+            c = root.retrieve3(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/commits/%s",owner.login,name,sha1),GHCommit.class).wrapUp(this);
+            commits.put(sha1,c);
+        }
+        return c;
+    }
+
     /**
      * 
      * See https://api.github.com/hooks for possible names and their configuration scheme.