diff --git a/src/IDF/Scm/Git.php b/src/IDF/Scm/Git.php
index 8cae0be..83a29b0 100644
--- a/src/IDF/Scm/Git.php
+++ b/src/IDF/Scm/Git.php
@@ -436,6 +436,8 @@ class IDF_Scm_Git extends IDF_Scm
             $out = self::parseLog($out);
             $out[0]->changes = '';
         }
+
+        $out[0]['branch'] = $this->inBranches($commit, null);
         return $out[0];
     }
 
diff --git a/src/IDF/Scm/Mercurial.php b/src/IDF/Scm/Mercurial.php
index 4e51bc2..ad2f383 100644
--- a/src/IDF/Scm/Mercurial.php
+++ b/src/IDF/Scm/Mercurial.php
@@ -429,6 +429,8 @@ class IDF_Scm_Mercurial extends IDF_Scm
                     $c['author'] = $match[2];
                 } elseif ($match[1] == 'summary') {
                     $c['title'] = $match[2];
+                } elseif ($match[1] == 'branch') {
+                    $c['branch'] = $match[2];
                 } else {
                     $c[$match[1]] = trim($match[2]);
                 }
@@ -443,6 +445,7 @@ class IDF_Scm_Mercurial extends IDF_Scm
             }
         }
         $c['tree'] = !empty($c['commit']) ? trim($c['commit']) : '';
+        $c['branch'] = empty($c['branch']) ? 'default' : $c['branch'];
         $c['full_message'] = !empty($c['full_message']) ? trim($c['full_message']) : '';
         $res[] = (object) $c;
         return $res;
diff --git a/src/IDF/Scm/Monotone.php b/src/IDF/Scm/Monotone.php
index c48b613..f001236 100644
--- a/src/IDF/Scm/Monotone.php
+++ b/src/IDF/Scm/Monotone.php
@@ -141,12 +141,12 @@ class IDF_Scm_Monotone extends IDF_Scm
     public function getArchiveStream($commit, $prefix='repository/')
     {
         $revs = $this->_resolveSelector($commit);
-        // sanity: this should actually not happen, because the 
+        // sanity: this should actually not happen, because the
         // revision is validated before already
         if (count($revs) == 0) {
             return new Pluf_HTTP_Response_NotFound();
         }
-        return new IDF_Scm_Monotone_ZipRender($this->stdio, $revs[0]); 
+        return new IDF_Scm_Monotone_ZipRender($this->stdio, $revs[0]);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class IDF_Scm_Monotone extends IDF_Scm
         $cache = Pluf_Cache::factory();
         $cachekey = 'mtn-plugin-certs-for-rev-' . $rev;
         $certs = $cache->get($cachekey);
-        
+
         if ($certs === null) {
             $out = $this->stdio->exec(array('certs', $rev));
 
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ class IDF_Scm_Monotone extends IDF_Scm
 
             if ($stanza[0]['values'][0] != $file)
                 continue;
-    
+
             $file = $this->_fillFileEntry($stanza);
             return (object) $file;
         }
@@ -623,7 +623,9 @@ class IDF_Scm_Monotone extends IDF_Scm
         $res['title'] = $split[0];
         $res['full_message'] = (isset($split[1])) ? trim($split[1]) : '';
 
+        $res['branch'] = implode(', ', $certs['branch']);
         $res['commit'] = $revs[0];
+
         $res['changes'] = ($getdiff) ? $this->_getDiff($revs[0]) : '';
 
         return (object) $res;
@@ -682,7 +684,7 @@ class IDF_Scm_Monotone extends IDF_Scm
                         __("revision %s has no branch cert - cannot start ".
                            "logging from this revision"), $rev
                     ));
-                } 
+                }
                 $initialBranches = $certs['branch'];
             }
 
diff --git a/src/IDF/Scm/Svn.php b/src/IDF/Scm/Svn.php
index fdbc340..fb770b8 100644
--- a/src/IDF/Scm/Svn.php
+++ b/src/IDF/Scm/Svn.php
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ class IDF_Scm_Svn extends IDF_Scm
         $res['commit'] = (string) $xml->logentry['revision'];
         $res['changes'] = ($getdiff) ? $this->getDiff($commit) : '';
         $res['tree'] = '';
+        $res['branch'] = '';
         return (object) $res;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/IDF/templates/idf/source/commit.html b/src/IDF/templates/idf/source/commit.html
index c9c1051..c04ab80 100644
--- a/src/IDF/templates/idf/source/commit.html
+++ b/src/IDF/templates/idf/source/commit.html
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 <th><strong>{trans 'Author:'}</strong></th><td>{showuser $rcommit.get_author(), $request, $cobject.author}</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
+<th><strong>{trans 'Branch:'}</strong></th><td>{$cobject.branch}</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
 <th><strong>{trans 'Commit:'}</strong></th><td class="mono"><a href="{url 'IDF_Views_Source::treeBase', array($project.shortname, $commit)}" title="{trans 'View corresponding source tree'}">{$cobject.commit}</a></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>