diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_commands/reflog_commit_loader.go b/pkg/commands/git_commands/reflog_commit_loader.go
index 5033b03c1..1160839d6 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_commands/reflog_commit_loader.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_commands/reflog_commit_loader.go
@@ -35,34 +35,19 @@ func (self *ReflogCommitLoader) GetReflogCommits(lastReflogCommit *models.Commit
 		ToArgv()
 
 	cmdObj := self.cmd.New(cmdArgs).DontLog()
+
 	onlyObtainedNewReflogCommits := false
 	err := cmdObj.RunAndProcessLines(func(line string) (bool, error) {
-		fields := strings.SplitN(line, "\x00", 4)
-		if len(fields) <= 3 {
+		commit, ok := self.parseLine(line)
+		if !ok {
 			return false, nil
 		}
 
-		unixTimestamp, _ := strconv.Atoi(fields[1])
-
-		parentHashes := fields[3]
-		parents := []string{}
-		if len(parentHashes) > 0 {
-			parents = strings.Split(parentHashes, " ")
-		}
-
-		commit := &models.Commit{
-			Sha:           fields[0],
-			Name:          fields[2],
-			UnixTimestamp: int64(unixTimestamp),
-			Status:        models.StatusReflog,
-			Parents:       parents,
-		}
-
 		// note that the unix timestamp here is the timestamp of the COMMIT, not the reflog entry itself,
 		// so two consecutive reflog entries may have both the same SHA and therefore same timestamp.
 		// We use the reflog message to disambiguate, and fingers crossed that we never see the same of those
 		// twice in a row. Reason being that it would mean we'd be erroneously exiting early.
-		if lastReflogCommit != nil && commit.Sha == lastReflogCommit.Sha && commit.UnixTimestamp == lastReflogCommit.UnixTimestamp && commit.Name == lastReflogCommit.Name {
+		if lastReflogCommit != nil && self.sameReflogCommit(commit, lastReflogCommit) {
 			onlyObtainedNewReflogCommits = true
 			// after this point we already have these reflogs loaded so we'll simply return the new ones
 			return true, nil
@@ -77,3 +62,30 @@ func (self *ReflogCommitLoader) GetReflogCommits(lastReflogCommit *models.Commit
 
 	return commits, onlyObtainedNewReflogCommits, nil
 }
+
+func (self *ReflogCommitLoader) sameReflogCommit(a *models.Commit, b *models.Commit) bool {
+	return a.Sha == b.Sha && a.UnixTimestamp == b.UnixTimestamp && a.Name == b.Name
+}
+
+func (self *ReflogCommitLoader) parseLine(line string) (*models.Commit, bool) {
+	fields := strings.SplitN(line, "\x00", 4)
+	if len(fields) <= 3 {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+
+	unixTimestamp, _ := strconv.Atoi(fields[1])
+
+	parentHashes := fields[3]
+	parents := []string{}
+	if len(parentHashes) > 0 {
+		parents = strings.Split(parentHashes, " ")
+	}
+
+	return &models.Commit{
+		Sha:           fields[0],
+		Name:          fields[2],
+		UnixTimestamp: int64(unixTimestamp),
+		Status:        models.StatusReflog,
+		Parents:       parents,
+	}, true
+}