diff --git a/lib/scm/gitea.class.php b/lib/scm/gitea.class.php
index 0382f1fc16..91970f5fe7 100644
--- a/lib/scm/gitea.class.php
+++ b/lib/scm/gitea.class.php
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ class giteaRepo
                 list($action, $entry) = $lineList;
                 $entry = '/' . trim($entry);
                 $pathInfo = array();
-                $pathInfo['action']  = $action;
+                $pathInfo['action']  = substr($action, 0, 1);
                 $pathInfo['kind']    = 'file';
                 $pathInfo['oldPath'] = isset($lineList[2]) ? '/' . trim($lineList[2]) : '';
                 $changes[$entry]     = $pathInfo;
diff --git a/lib/scm/gogs.class.php b/lib/scm/gogs.class.php
index 2951e9ff87..7daa11739e 100644
--- a/lib/scm/gogs.class.php
+++ b/lib/scm/gogs.class.php
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ class gogsRepo
                 list($action, $entry) = $lineList;
                 $entry = '/' . trim($entry);
                 $pathInfo = array();
-                $pathInfo['action']  = $action;
+                $pathInfo['action']  = substr($action, 0, 1);
                 $pathInfo['kind']    = 'file';
                 $pathInfo['oldPath'] = isset($lineList[2]) ? '/' . trim($lineList[2]) : '';
                 $changes[$entry]     = $pathInfo;