diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/branches_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/branches_controller.rb
index 97dbb2b..aa69144 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/branches_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/branches_controller.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ class Projects::BranchesController < Projects::ApplicationController
     @branches = Kaminari.paginate_array(@repository.branches).page(params[:page]).per(30)
   end
 
+  def recent
+    @branches = @repository.recent_branches
+  end
+
   def create
     @repository.add_branch(params[:branch_name], params[:ref])
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/repositories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/repositories_controller.rb
index 7e6c701..20e2a93 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/repositories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/repositories_controller.rb
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ class Projects::RepositoriesController < Projects::ApplicationController
   before_filter :authorize_code_access!
   before_filter :require_non_empty_project
 
-  def show
-    @activities = @repository.commits_with_refs(20)
-  end
-
   def stats
     @stats = Gitlab::Git::Stats.new(@repository.raw, @repository.root_ref)
     @graph = @stats.graph
diff --git a/app/models/repository.rb b/app/models/repository.rb
index cd33782..a2fd91b 100644
--- a/app/models/repository.rb
+++ b/app/models/repository.rb
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ class Repository
     tags.find { |tag| tag.name == name }
   end
 
+  def recent_branches(limit = 20)
+    branches.sort do |a, b|
+      a.commit.committed_date <=> b.commit.committed_date
+    end[0..limit]
+  end
+
   def add_branch(branch_name, ref)
     Rails.cache.delete(cache_key(:branch_names))
 
diff --git a/app/views/projects/branches/_filter.html.haml b/app/views/projects/branches/_filter.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ea11a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/projects/branches/_filter.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+%ul.nav.nav-pills.nav-stacked
+  = nav_link(path: 'branches#recent') do
+    = link_to 'Recent', recent_project_branches_path(@project)
+  = nav_link(path: 'protected_branches#index') do
+    = link_to project_protected_branches_path(@project) do
+      Protected
+      %i.icon-lock
+  = nav_link(path: 'branches#index') do
+    = link_to 'All branches', project_branches_path(@project)
+
+
+%hr
+- if can? current_user, :push_code, @project
+  = link_to new_project_branch_path(@project), class: 'btn btn-create' do
+    %i.icon-add-sign
+    New branch
+
diff --git a/app/views/projects/branches/index.html.haml b/app/views/projects/branches/index.html.haml
index 4cfafe1..7a0eda6 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/branches/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/branches/index.html.haml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 = render "projects/commits/head"
 .row
   .span3
-    = render "projects/repositories/filter"
+    = render "filter"
   .span9
     - unless @branches.empty?
       %ul.bordered-list
diff --git a/app/views/projects/branches/recent.html.haml b/app/views/projects/branches/recent.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6cafb47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/projects/branches/recent.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+= render "projects/commits/head"
+.row
+  .span3
+    = render "filter"
+  .span9
+    %ul.bordered-list
+      - @branches.each do |branch|
+        = render "projects/branches/branch", branch: branch
diff --git a/app/views/projects/commits/_head.html.haml b/app/views/projects/commits/_head.html.haml
index 06d69eb..c16abac 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/commits/_head.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/commits/_head.html.haml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     = link_to 'Compare', project_compare_index_path(@project)
 
   = nav_link(html_options: {class: branches_tab_class}) do
-    = link_to project_repository_path(@project) do
+    = link_to recent_project_branches_path(@project) do
       Branches
       %span.badge= @repository.branches.length
 
diff --git a/app/views/projects/protected_branches/index.html.haml b/app/views/projects/protected_branches/index.html.haml
index 9cadb6f..8930ec4 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/protected_branches/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/protected_branches/index.html.haml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 = render "projects/commits/head"
 .row
   .span3
-    = render "projects/repositories/filter"
+    = render "projects/branches/filter"
   .span9
     .alert.alert-info
       %p Protected branches designed to prevent push for all except #{link_to "masters", help_permissions_path, class: "vlink"}.
diff --git a/app/views/projects/repositories/_filter.html.haml b/app/views/projects/repositories/_filter.html.haml
deleted file mode 100644
index 660d9d2..0000000
--- a/app/views/projects/repositories/_filter.html.haml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-%ul.nav.nav-pills.nav-stacked
-  = nav_link(path: 'repositories#show') do
-    = link_to 'Recent', project_repository_path(@project)
-  = nav_link(path: 'protected_branches#index') do
-    = link_to project_protected_branches_path(@project) do
-      Protected
-      %i.icon-lock
-  = nav_link(path: 'branches#index') do
-    = link_to 'All branches', project_branches_path(@project)
-
-
-%hr
-- if can? current_user, :push_code, @project
-  = link_to new_project_branch_path(@project), class: 'btn btn-create' do
-    %i.icon-add-sign
-    New branch
-
diff --git a/app/views/projects/repositories/show.html.haml b/app/views/projects/repositories/show.html.haml
deleted file mode 100644
index 611d0ed..0000000
--- a/app/views/projects/repositories/show.html.haml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-= render "projects/commits/head"
-.row
-  .span3
-    = render "filter"
-  .span9
-    %ul.bordered-list
-      - @activities.each do |update|
-        = render "projects/branches/branch", branch: update.head
-
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index d303a57..c83e18c 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -225,8 +225,13 @@ Gitlab::Application.routes.draw do
         end
       end
 
+      resources :branches, only: [:index, :new, :create, :destroy] do
+        collection do
+          get :recent
+        end
+      end
+
       resources :tags, only: [:index, :new, :create, :destroy]
-      resources :branches, only: [:index, :new, :create, :destroy]
       resources :protected_branches, only: [:index, :create, :destroy]
 
       resources :refs, only: [] do
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