diff -r 44d9aea72947 -r cdafc1a0544e mod_hgpoll.py
--- a/mod_hgpoll.py	Mon Dec 08 23:27:43 2014 +0200
+++ b/mod_hgpoll.py	Wed Dec 31 10:27:57 2014 -0500
@@ -66,13 +66,15 @@
 	# The sandboxes contain all revisions in zandronum and zandronum-stable.
 	# Thus we only need to try find the revision in the sandbox repos.
 	try:
-		data = repo.hg_command ("log", "-r", node, "--template",
+		data = repo.hg_command ("log", "-l1", "-r", node, "--template",
 			"{node|short}@@@@@@@" +
 			"{desc}@@@@@@@" +
 			"{author}@@@@@@@" +
 			"{diffstat}@@@@@@@" +
 			"{date|hgdate}@@@@@@@" +
-			"{bookmarks}")
+			"{bookmarks}@@@@@@@" +
+			"{latesttagdistance}@@@@@@@" +
+			"{latesttag}")
 	except hgapi.HgException:
 		bot.privmsg (replyto, 'couldn\'t find changeset %s' % (node))
 		return
@@ -85,6 +87,8 @@
 		diffstat = data[3]
 		date = datetime.utcfromtimestamp (int (data[4].split (' ')[0]))
 		bookmarks = data[5]
+		latesttagdistance = int( data[6] )
+		latesttag = data[7]
 		delta = datetime.utcnow() - date
 		datestring = ''
 
@@ -147,8 +151,14 @@
 		else:
 			datestring = 'on %s' % (str (date))
 
-		bot.privmsg (replyto, 'changeset\0035 %s%s\003 (%s %s)\003: committed by\0032 %s\003 %s,\0032 %s' % \
-			(node, bookmarks, zanversion, date.strftime ('%y%m%d-%H%M'), author, datestring, diffstat))
+		versionstring = ""
+		if latesttagdistance != 0:
+			versionstring = '%s %s, %d hops from %s' % (zanversion, date.strftime ('%y%m%d-%H%M'), latesttagdistance, latesttag)
+		else:
+			versionstring = latesttag
+
+		bot.privmsg (replyto, 'changeset\0035 %s%s\003 (%s)\003: committed by\0032 %s\003 %s,\0032 %s' % \
+			(node, bookmarks, versionstring, author, datestring, diffstat))
 
 		for line in message.split ('\n'):
 			bot.privmsg (replyto, '    ' + line)