diff --git a/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/ui/frame/VcsLogGraphTable.java b/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/ui/frame/VcsLogGraphTable.java
index 7188fed3de77..1ea80df287c6 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/ui/frame/VcsLogGraphTable.java
+++ b/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/ui/frame/VcsLogGraphTable.java
@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.PlatformDataKeys;
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger;
 import com.intellij.openapi.ide.CopyPasteManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.ui.LoadingDecorator;
-import com.intellij.openapi.util.Comparing;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Couple;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Pair;
-import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
 import com.intellij.ui.*;
 import com.intellij.ui.components.JBLabel;
@@ -35,7 +33,9 @@ import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.text.DateFormatUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.ui.JBUI;
 import com.intellij.util.ui.UIUtil;
-import com.intellij.vcs.log.*;
+import com.intellij.vcs.log.VcsCommitStyleFactory;
+import com.intellij.vcs.log.VcsLogHighlighter;
+import com.intellij.vcs.log.VcsShortCommitDetails;
 import com.intellij.vcs.log.data.LoadingDetails;
 import com.intellij.vcs.log.data.VcsLogData;
 import com.intellij.vcs.log.data.VcsLogProgress;
@@ -290,12 +290,18 @@ public class VcsLogGraphTable extends TableWithProgress implements DataProvider,
 
   @Override
   public void performCopy(@NotNull DataContext dataContext) {
-    VcsLog log = VcsLogDataKeys.VCS_LOG.getData(dataContext);
-    if (log == null) return;
-    List<VcsFullCommitDetails> details = VcsLogUtil.collectFirstPackOfLoadedSelectedDetails(log);
-    if (details.isEmpty()) return;
-    String text = StringUtil.join(details, VcsLogGraphTable::getPresentableText, "\n");
-    CopyPasteManager.getInstance().setContents(new StringSelection(text));
+    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+
+    int[] selectedRows = getSelectedRows();
+    for (int i = 0; i < Math.min(VcsLogUtil.MAX_SELECTED_COMMITS, selectedRows.length); i++) {
+      int row = selectedRows[i];
+      sb.append(getModel().getValueAt(row, GraphTableModel.COMMIT_COLUMN).toString());
+      sb.append(" ").append(getModel().getValueAt(row, GraphTableModel.AUTHOR_COLUMN).toString());
+      sb.append(" ").append(getModel().getValueAt(row, GraphTableModel.DATE_COLUMN).toString());
+      if (i != selectedRows.length - 1) sb.append("\n");
+    }
+
+    CopyPasteManager.getInstance().setContents(new StringSelection(sb.toString()));
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -303,21 +309,6 @@ public class VcsLogGraphTable extends TableWithProgress implements DataProvider,
     return getSelectedRowCount() > 0;
   }
 
-  @NotNull
-  private static String getPresentableText(@NotNull VcsFullCommitDetails commit) {
-    // implementation reflected by com.intellij.openapi.vcs.history.FileHistoryPanelImpl.getPresentableText()
-    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-    sb.append(commit.getId().toShortString()).append(" ");
-    sb.append(commit.getAuthor().getName());
-    long time = commit.getAuthorTime();
-    sb.append(" on ").append(DateFormatUtil.formatDate(time)).append(" at ").append(DateFormatUtil.formatTime(time));
-    if (!Comparing.equal(commit.getAuthor(), commit.getCommitter())) {
-      sb.append(" (committed by ").append(commit.getCommitter().getName()).append(")");
-    }
-    sb.append(" ").append(commit.getSubject());
-    return sb.toString();
-  }
-
   @Override
   public boolean isCopyVisible(@NotNull DataContext dataContext) {
     return true;
diff --git a/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/ui/render/GraphCommitCell.java b/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/ui/render/GraphCommitCell.java
index a88901337638..f66d0d191030 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/ui/render/GraphCommitCell.java
+++ b/platform/vcs-log/impl/src/com/intellij/vcs/log/ui/render/GraphCommitCell.java
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ public class GraphCommitCell {
   @NotNull private final Collection<VcsRef> myRefsToThisCommit;
   @NotNull private final Collection<? extends PrintElement> myPrintElements;
 
-  public GraphCommitCell(@NotNull String text, @NotNull Collection<VcsRef> refsToThisCommit, @NotNull Collection<? extends PrintElement> printElements) {
+  public GraphCommitCell(@NotNull String text,
+                         @NotNull Collection<VcsRef> refsToThisCommit,
+                         @NotNull Collection<? extends PrintElement> printElements) {
     myText = text;
     myRefsToThisCommit = refsToThisCommit;
     myPrintElements = printElements;
@@ -32,4 +34,9 @@ public class GraphCommitCell {
   public Collection<? extends PrintElement> getPrintElements() {
     return myPrintElements;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    return myText;
+  }
 }