Fixes html encoding issues

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this p
 ### Fixed
 
 - Fixes [#574](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/574) — Apply Changes not working because of whitespace conflicts
-- Fixes html encoding issues with the _Search Commits_ view empty state
+- Fixes html encoding issues with the empty state of the _Compare_ and _Search Commits_ views
 
 ## [9.1.0] - 2018-12-12
 

src/views/nodes/comparePickerNode.ts

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export class ComparePickerNode extends ViewNode {
         let item;
         if (selectedRef === undefined) {
             item = new TreeItem(
-                `Compare <branch, tag, or ref> with <branch, tag, or ref>${repository}`,
+                `Compare <branch, tag, or ref> with <branch, tag, or ref>${repository}`,
                 TreeItemCollapsibleState.None
             );
             item.contextValue = ResourceType.ComparePicker;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class ComparePickerNode extends ViewNode {
         }
         else {
             item = new TreeItem(
-                `Compare ${selectedRef.label} with &amp;lt;branch, tag, or ref&amp;gt;${repository}`,
+                `Compare ${selectedRef.label} with <branch, tag, or ref>${repository}`,
                 TreeItemCollapsibleState.None
             );
             item.contextValue = ResourceType.ComparePickerWithRef;