def METHOD_NAME(self, client, repo, commit_list):
    """Convert GitLab commits into our internal format"""
    return [
        {
            "id": c["id"],
            "repository": repo.name,
            "author_email": c["author_email"],
            "author_name": c["author_name"],
            "message": c["title"],
            "timestamp": self.format_date(c["created_at"]),
            "patch_set": self._get_patchset(client, repo, c["id"]),
        }
        for c in commit_list
    ]