2 files changed, 30 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/app/helpers/avatars_helper.rb b/app/helpers/avatars_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6ff40c6b461
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/avatars_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+module AvatarsHelper
+
+  def author_avatar(commit_or_event, options = {})
+    user_avatar(options.merge({
+      user: commit_or_event.author,
+      user_name: commit_or_event.author_name,
+      user_email: commit_or_event.author_email,
+    }))
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def user_avatar(options = {})
+    avatar_size = options[:size] || 16
+    user_name = options[:user].try(:name) || options[:user_name]
+    avatar = image_tag(
+      avatar_icon(options[:user] || options[:user_email], avatar_size),
+      class: "avatar has-tooltip hidden-xs s#{avatar_size}",
+      alt: "#{user_name}'s avatar",
+      title: user_name
+    )
+
+    if options[:user]
+      link_to(avatar, user_path(options[:user]))
+    elsif options[:user_email]
+      mail_to(options[:user_email], avatar)
+    end
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/app/helpers/commits_helper.rb b/app/helpers/commits_helper.rb
index 474041eccbb..052ce56809e 100644
--- a/app/helpers/commits_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/commits_helper.rb
@@ -16,16 +16,6 @@ module CommitsHelper
     commit_person_link(commit, options.merge(source: :committer))
   end
 
-  def commit_author_avatar(commit, options = {})
-    options = options.merge(source: :author)
-    user = commit.send(options[:source])
-
-    source_email = clean(commit.send "#{options[:source]}_email".to_sym)
-    person_email = user.try(:email) || source_email
-
-    image_tag(avatar_icon(person_email, options[:size]), class: "avatar #{"s#{options[:size]}" if options[:size]} hidden-xs", width: options[:size], alt: "")
-  end
-
   def image_diff_class(diff)
     if diff.deleted_file
       "deleted"