diff --git a/pkg/gui/presentation/reflog_commits_test.go b/pkg/gui/presentation/reflog_commits_test.go
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+++ b/pkg/gui/presentation/reflog_commits_test.go
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+package presentation
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/gookit/color"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/generics/set"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/models"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils"
+	"github.com/samber/lo"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/xo/terminfo"
+)
+
+func TestGetReflogCommitListDisplayStrings(t *testing.T) {
+	scenarios := []struct {
+		testName        string
+		commitOpts      []models.NewCommitOpts
+		fullDescription bool
+		timeFormat      string
+		shortTimeFormat string
+		now             time.Time
+		startIdx        int
+		endIdx          int
+		expected        string
+	}{
+		{
+			testName:   "no commits",
+			commitOpts: []models.NewCommitOpts{},
+			startIdx:   0,
+			endIdx:     1,
+			now:        time.Date(2020, 1, 1, 5, 3, 4, 0, time.UTC),
+			expected:   "",
+		},
+		{
+			testName: "some commits",
+			commitOpts: []models.NewCommitOpts{
+				{Name: "checkout: moving from master to mybranch", Hash: "hash1"},
+				{Name: "commit: make a change", Hash: "hash2"},
+			},
+			startIdx: 0,
+			endIdx:   2,
+			now:      time.Date(2020, 1, 1, 5, 3, 4, 0, time.UTC),
+			expected: formatExpected(`
+		hash1 checkout: moving from master to mybranch
+		hash2 commit: make a change
+				`),
+		},
+		{
+			testName: "full description",
+			commitOpts: []models.NewCommitOpts{
+				{Name: "commit: today", Hash: "hash1", UnixTimestamp: 1577844184},
+				{Name: "commit: a while ago", Hash: "hash2", UnixTimestamp: 1576844184},
+			},
+			fullDescription: true,
+			timeFormat:      "2006-01-02",
+			shortTimeFormat: "3:04PM",
+			startIdx:        0,
+			endIdx:          2,
+			now:             time.Date(2020, 1, 1, 5, 3, 4, 0, time.UTC),
+			expected: formatExpected(`
+		hash1 2:03AM     commit: today
+		hash2 2019-12-20 commit: a while ago
+				`),
+		},
+		{
+			testName: "only showing commits from today",
+			commitOpts: []models.NewCommitOpts{
+				{Name: "commit: today", Hash: "hash1", UnixTimestamp: 1577844184},
+				{Name: "commit: a while ago", Hash: "hash2", UnixTimestamp: 1576844184},
+			},
+			fullDescription: true,
+			timeFormat:      "2006-01-02",
+			shortTimeFormat: "3:04PM",
+			startIdx:        0,
+			endIdx:          1,
+			now:             time.Date(2020, 1, 1, 5, 3, 4, 0, time.UTC),
+			/* EXPECTED:
+			expected: formatExpected(`
+		hash1 2:03AM     commit: today
+				`),
+			ACTUAL: */
+			expected: formatExpected(`
+		hash1 2:03AM commit: today
+				`),
+		},
+	}
+
+	oldColorLevel := color.ForceSetColorLevel(terminfo.ColorLevelNone)
+	defer color.ForceSetColorLevel(oldColorLevel)
+
+	for _, s := range scenarios {
+		t.Run(s.testName, func(t *testing.T) {
+			hashPool := &utils.StringPool{}
+
+			commits := lo.Map(s.commitOpts,
+				func(opts models.NewCommitOpts, _ int) *models.Commit { return models.NewCommit(hashPool, opts) })
+
+			result := GetReflogCommitListDisplayStrings(
+				commits,
+				s.startIdx,
+				s.endIdx,
+				s.fullDescription,
+				set.New[string](),
+				"",
+				s.now,
+				s.timeFormat,
+				s.shortTimeFormat,
+				false,
+			)
+
+			renderedLines, _ := utils.RenderDisplayStrings(result, nil)
+			renderedResult := strings.Join(renderedLines, "\n")
+			t.Logf("\n%s", renderedResult)
+
+			assert.EqualValues(t, s.expected, renderedResult)
+		})
+	}
+}