diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/custom.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/custom.scss
index 45896beb7..9df5d5e3d 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/custom.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/custom.scss
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ table.tablesorter tbody td a .issue_title {
 #output.formatted {
     width: auto;
     font-family: "Consolas","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono","Courier New",Courier,monospace;
-    padding: 10px;
+    padding: 10px 5px;
     margin-left: 45px;
 }
 
@@ -309,4 +309,10 @@ table.tablesorter tbody td a .issue_title {
     margin: 0;
 }
 
+div.gutter {
+    border-right: 1px solid #CCCCCC !important;
+}
 
+table.tablesorter tr td.centered {
+    text-align: center;
+}
diff --git a/app/controllers/git/trees_controller.rb b/app/controllers/git/trees_controller.rb
index bedede1d9..5e43a52e6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/git/trees_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/git/trees_controller.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class Git::TreesController < Git::BaseController
 #    @commit = @git_repository.commits(@treeish, 1).first
 #   Raises Grit::Git::GitTimeout
     @commit = @branch.present? ? @branch.commit() : @git_repository.log(@treeish, @path, :max_count => 1).first
+    render :template => "git/repositories/empty" and return unless @commit
 
     if @path
       @path.force_encoding(Encoding::ASCII_8BIT)
diff --git a/app/views/git/repositories/empty.html.haml b/app/views/git/repositories/empty.html.haml
index 39bb5f9fe..678dc18e9 100644
--- a/app/views/git/repositories/empty.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/git/repositories/empty.html.haml
@@ -1 +1,29 @@
-%h3= I18n.t("layout.git.repositories.empty")
\ No newline at end of file
+= render :partial => 'projects/submenu'
+= render :partial => 'projects/repo_block', :locals => {:project => @project}
+
+.description
+  %h3= t("layout.projects.about_subheader")
+  %p
+    = @project.description
+    = link_to t('layout.read_more'), '#'
+.both
+
+#repo-wrapper
+
+  %h3= t("layout.projects.files_in_project")
+  .files
+    .l
+      = render :partial => 'git/shared/whereami'
+  .both
+
+  %table#myTable.tablesorter.project{:cellpadding => "0", :cellspacing => "0"}
+    %thead
+      %tr
+        %th.th1= t("layout.projects.filename")
+        %th.th2= t("layout.projects.age")
+        %th.th3= t("layout.projects.message")
+        %th.th4= t("layout.projects.author")
+    %tbody
+      %tr
+        %td.centered{:colspan => 4}
+          %h3= I18n.t("layout.git.repositories.empty")
diff --git a/app/views/projects/_branch_select.html.haml b/app/views/projects/_branch_select.html.haml
index b4ca3b8ef..78d8f6a33 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/_branch_select.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/_branch_select.html.haml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .lineForm.fork
-  = form_tag '', :id => 'branch_changer', :'data-action' => controller_name do
-    = select_tag :branch, branch_selector_options(project),
-      :class => 'sel80', :id => 'branch_selector'
+  = select_tag :branch, branch_selector_options(project),
+    :class => 'sel80', :id => 'branch_selector'
+  %form{ :action => '', :method => :get, :id => 'branch_changer', :'data-action' => "#{controller_name}"}
 .fork
   %p= t('layout.projects.current_branch')+':'
 .both