diff --git a/buildbot/status/web/console.py b/buildbot/status/web/console.py
index 375cd39bd72..e1be1ae5f3d 100755
--- a/buildbot/status/web/console.py
+++ b/buildbot/status/web/console.py
@@ -775,3 +775,31 @@ def body(self, request):
                                 revisions, categories, branch, debugInfo)
 
         return data
+
+class RevisionComparator(object):
+    """Used for comparing between revisions, as some
+    VCS use a plain counter for revisions (like SVN)
+    while others use different concepts (see Git).
+    """
+    
+    # TODO (avivby): Should this be a zope interface?
+    
+    def isRevisionEarlier(self, first, second):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def getSortingKey(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+    
+class TimeRevisionComparator(RevisionComparator):
+    def isRevisionEarlier(self, first, second):
+        return first.when < second.when
+
+    def getSortingKey(self):
+        return operator.attrgetter('when')
+
+class IntegerRevisionComparator(RevisionComparator):
+    def isRevisionEarlier(self, first, second):
+        return int(first.revision) < int(second.revision)
+
+    def getSortingKey(self):
+        return operator.attrgetter('revision')
diff --git a/buildbot/test/test_console.py b/buildbot/test/test_console.py
index 18335dedd34..47c8a4296ed 100644
--- a/buildbot/test/test_console.py
+++ b/buildbot/test/test_console.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from buildbot.status import builder
 from buildbot.status.web import console
 from buildbot.test.runutils import RunMixin
+from buildbot.changes import changes
 
 # Configuration to be used by the getBuildDetailsTest
 run_config = """
@@ -48,6 +49,57 @@ def testgetResultsClass(self):
         self.assertEqual(console.getResultsClass(builder.FAILURE, builder.FAILURE, True), "running")
         self.assertEqual(console.getResultsClass(builder.EXCEPTION, builder.FAILURE, False), "exception")
 
+def _createDummyChange(revision):
+    return changes.Change('Committer', ['files'], 'comment', revision=revision)
+
+class TimeRevisionComparatorTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.comparator = console.TimeRevisionComparator()
+        
+    def testSameRevisionIsNotGreater(self):
+        change = _createDummyChange('abcdef')
+        self.assertFalse(self.comparator.isRevisionEarlier(change, change))
+
+    def testOrdersDifferentRevisions(self):
+        first = _createDummyChange('first_rev')
+        second = _createDummyChange('second_rev')
+        
+        second.when += 1 # Make sure it's "after" the first
+        self.assertTrue(self.comparator.isRevisionEarlier(first, second))
+        self.assertFalse(self.comparator.isRevisionEarlier(second, first))
+
+    def testReturnedKeySortsRevisionsCorrectly(self):
+        my_changes = [_createDummyChange('rev' + str(i))
+                      for i in range(1, 6)]
+        for i in range(1, len(my_changes)):
+            my_changes[i].when = my_changes[i-1].when + 1
+
+        reversed_changes = list(reversed(my_changes))
+        reversed_changes.sort(key=self.comparator.getSortingKey())
+        self.assertEqual(my_changes, reversed_changes)
+
+class IntegerRevisionComparatorTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.comparator = console.IntegerRevisionComparator()
+    
+    def testSameRevisionIsNotGreater(self):
+        change = _createDummyChange('1')
+        self.assertFalse(self.comparator.isRevisionEarlier(change, change))
+
+    def testOrdersDifferentRevisions(self):
+        first = _createDummyChange('1')
+        second = _createDummyChange('2')
+
+        self.assertTrue(self.comparator.isRevisionEarlier(first, second))
+        self.assertFalse(self.comparator.isRevisionEarlier(second, first))
+
+    def testReturnedKeySortsRevisionsCorrectly(self):
+        my_changes = [_createDummyChange(str(i)) for i in range(1, 6)]
+
+        reversed_changes = list(reversed(my_changes))
+        reversed_changes.sort(key=self.comparator.getSortingKey())
+        self.assertEqual(my_changes, reversed_changes)
+
 # Helper class to mock a request. We define only what we really need.
 class MockRequest(object):
     def childLink(self, link):