diff --git a/web/src/lib/components/repo/CommitList.svelte b/web/src/lib/components/repo/CommitList.svelte
index 9a7acb3f..8b56864e 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/components/repo/CommitList.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/components/repo/CommitList.svelte
@@ -63,7 +63,30 @@
 					{commit.shortHash}
 				</a>
 				{#if commit.authorName}
-					<User handle={commit.authorName} size="small" />
+					<!-- a git author is a name and an email. commits made through tangled
+					sign with the did, and those we can point at a profile; for a plain
+					email address there's nothing to resolve it to, so we mail them
+					instead, same as the commit log does -->
+					{@const authorDid = commit.authorEmail.startsWith("did:")
+						? commit.authorEmail
+						: undefined}
+					{#if authorDid}
+						<a
+							href={resolve(`/${authorDid}` as "/")}
+							class="inline-flex items-center text-inherit hover:underline"
+						>
+							<User did={authorDid} handle={commit.authorName} size="small" link={false} />
+						</a>
+					{:else if commit.authorEmail}
+						<a
+							href="mailto:{commit.authorEmail}"
+							class="inline-flex items-center text-inherit hover:underline"
+						>
+							<User handle={commit.authorName} size="small" link={false} />
+						</a>
+					{:else}
+						<User handle={commit.authorName} size="small" link={false} />
+					{/if}
 				{/if}
 				{#if commit.when}
 					<span aria-hidden="true">&middot;</span>