diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8b31c48..989a07e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ env_logger = "0.8.4"
 serde = "1.0.126"
 futures = "0.3.15"
 tokio = {version = "0.2.25", features = ["time", "process", "io-util"]}
+git2 = "0.13.20"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index dcc3ff4..0265531 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ use actix_web::client::PayloadError;
 use crate::reader::ToStream;
 use crate::writer::Writer;
 use crate::gitust::Gitust;
+use git2::{Reference, Commit, Tree};
 
 #[derive(Template)]
 #[template(path = "hello.html")]
@@ -152,6 +153,22 @@ async fn git_main(
     let owner = Owner { name : owner};
     let repo = Repository {name : reponame, owner};
     let user = User { name : "Hubert".to_string()};
+    let repogit = match git2::Repository::open(format!("{}/{}/{}.git", &gitust.repo_root_path, &repo.owner.name, &repo.name)) {
+        Ok(repo) => repo,
+        Err(e) => panic!("failed to open: {}", e),
+    };
+    let head = match repogit.head() {
+        Ok(head) => head,
+        Err(e) => panic!("failed to get head: {}", e)
+    };
+    let commit = match head.peel_to_commit() {
+        Ok(commit) => commit,
+        Err(e) => panic!("failed to get commit: {}", e)
+    };
+    let tree = match commit.tree() {
+        Ok(tree) => tree,
+        Err(e) => panic!("failed to get tree: {}", e)
+    };
     GitMainTemplate { repo, browse : browse, root : path, user_opt : Some(user)}
 }
 //#[get("/git/{owner}/{repo}.git/{path:.*}")]