diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a1f06c4..6198d79 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ authors = ["Vladan Popovic <vladanovic@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
+axum = "0.6.18"
 chrono = { version = "*" }
+tokio = { version = "1.28.1", features = ["tokio-macros"] }
 
 [dependencies.git2]
 version = "*"
diff --git a/src/git/blame.rs b/src/git/blame.rs
index caacab0..ac68dca 100644
--- a/src/git/blame.rs
+++ b/src/git/blame.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::errors::SocialError;
+use crate::git::error::SocialError;
 use crate::git::repo::SocialRepo;
 use crate::git::{SocialBlame, SocialBlameHunk};
 use git2::{Blame, BlameHunk, BlameOptions};
diff --git a/src/git/diff.rs b/src/git/diff.rs
index ef7e7c2..cb54445 100644
--- a/src/git/diff.rs
+++ b/src/git/diff.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::errors::SocialError;
+use crate::git::error::SocialError;
 use crate::git::repo::SocialRepo;
 use crate::git::SocialDiff;
 use git2::{Diff, DiffOptions};
diff --git a/src/errors.rs b/src/git/error.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/errors.rs
rename to src/git/error.rs
diff --git a/src/git/log.rs b/src/git/log.rs
index 9e03c16..6aaf3ed 100644
--- a/src/git/log.rs
+++ b/src/git/log.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::errors::SocialError;
+use crate::git::error::SocialError;
 use crate::git::repo::SocialRepo;
 use crate::git::SocialCommit;
 
@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@ impl Log for SocialRepo {
             .take(1)
             .next()
             .map(|r| {
-                r.map_err(|_| SocialError {
-                    message: "Invalid commit reference!".to_string(),
+                r.map_err(|err| SocialError {
+                    message: format!("Invalid commit! {}", err)
                 })
                 .map(|c| c.into())
             })
             .ok_or(SocialError {
-                message: "Repo doesn't contain any commits!".to_owned(),
+                message: format!("Repo doesn't contain any commits!")
             })?
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/git/mod.rs b/src/git/mod.rs
index 14b8698..e921a90 100644
--- a/src/git/mod.rs
+++ b/src/git/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 pub(crate) mod blame;
 pub(crate) mod diff;
+pub(crate) mod error;
 pub(crate) mod log;
 pub(crate) mod references;
 pub(crate) mod repo;
diff --git a/src/git/reference.rs b/src/git/reference.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..811ffc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/git/reference.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+use crate::git::log::into_social_commit;
+use crate::git::repository::SocialRepo;
+use crate::git::Error;
+use git2::{Branch, BranchType, Commit};
+use shared::{SocialBranch, SocialCommit, SocialTag};
+
+fn into_social_branch(b: Branch<'_>) -> SocialBranch {
+    SocialBranch {
+        name: b.name().unwrap_or(Some("")).unwrap_or("").to_owned(),
+        head: SocialCommit::default(),
+    }
+}
+
+fn into_social_tag(name: Option<&str>) -> SocialTag {
+    SocialTag {
+        name: name.unwrap_or("").to_owned(),
+        head: SocialCommit::default(),
+        annotation: None,
+    }
+}
+
+pub trait Refs {
+    fn branches(&self) -> Result<Vec<SocialBranch>, Error>;
+    fn tags(&self) -> Result<Vec<SocialTag>, Error>;
+}
+
+impl Refs for SocialRepo {
+    fn branches(&self) -> Result<Vec<SocialBranch>, Error> {
+        let all_branches = self.repo.branches(Some(BranchType::Local))?;
+        let mut resulting_brances: Vec<SocialBranch> = vec![];
+
+        for r in all_branches {
+            r.map(|(branch, _)| {
+                let mut sb = into_social_branch(branch);
+                self.repo
+                    .revparse_single(&sb.name)
+                    .map(|obj| {
+                        obj.peel_to_commit()
+                            .map(|c: Commit| {
+                                sb.head = into_social_commit(c);
+                                resulting_brances.push(sb);
+                            })
+                            .unwrap_or(());
+                    })
+                    .unwrap_or(());
+            })
+            .unwrap_or(());
+        }
+        Ok(resulting_brances)
+    }
+
+    fn tags(&self) -> Result<Vec<SocialTag>, Error> {
+        let tagnames = self.repo.tag_names(None)?;
+        let mut result: Vec<SocialTag> = vec![];
+
+        for t in tagnames.into_iter() {
+            let mut st = into_social_tag(t);
+            let _ = self.repo.revparse_single(&st.name).map(|obj| {
+                obj.peel_to_commit().map(|c: Commit| {
+                    st.head = into_social_commit(c);
+                    result.push(st);
+                })
+            });
+        }
+        Ok(result)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/git/references.rs b/src/git/references.rs
index e821f07..4e0ab87 100644
--- a/src/git/references.rs
+++ b/src/git/references.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::errors::SocialError;
+use crate::git::error::SocialError;
 use crate::git::repo::SocialRepo;
 use crate::git::{SocialBranch, SocialCommit, SocialTag};
 use git2::{Branch, BranchType, Commit};
diff --git a/src/git/repo.rs b/src/git/repo.rs
index e4be036..38a9187 100644
--- a/src/git/repo.rs
+++ b/src/git/repo.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::errors::SocialError;
+use crate::git::error::SocialError;
 use git2::{Error as GitError, Repository, Tree};
 use std::{fs::read_to_string, path::Path};
 
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ impl<'repo> SocialRepo {
             .and_then(|obj| obj.peel_to_tree())
     }
 
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
     pub fn get_description(&self) -> String {
         // The description is in a file named "description",
         // in the .git directory, or the root directory if bare.
diff --git a/src/git/repository.rs b/src/git/repository.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07ebe53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/git/repository.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+use crate::errors::SocialError;
+use git2::{Error as GitError, Repository, Tree};
+use std::{fs::read_to_string, path::Path};
+
+pub struct SocialRepo {
+    pub repo: Repository,
+}
+
+unsafe impl Send for SocialRepo {}
+unsafe impl Sync for SocialRepo {}
+
+impl SocialRepo {
+    pub fn new(path: &str) -> Result<Self, SocialError> {
+        Repository::open(path)
+            .map(|repo| Self { repo })
+            .map_err(|_| {
+                let err = "fatal: not a git repository";
+                SocialError::from(err)
+            })
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_tree(&self, rev: &str) -> Result<Tree, GitError> {
+        self.repo
+            .revparse_single(rev)
+            .and_then(|obj| obj.peel_to_tree())
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_description(&self) -> String {
+        // The description is in a file named "description",
+        // in the .git directory, or the root directory if bare.
+        let git_path = self.repo.path().join(Path::new("description"));
+        read_to_string(git_path).unwrap_or("".to_string())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/git/tree.rs b/src/git/tree.rs
index 0056c27..2936f4b 100644
--- a/src/git/tree.rs
+++ b/src/git/tree.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::errors::SocialError;
+use crate::git::error::SocialError;
 use crate::git::repo::SocialRepo;
 use crate::git::{SocialFileContent, SocialTreeEntry};
 use git2::{Blob, Error as GitError, Object, ObjectType, TreeEntry};
@@ -65,9 +65,7 @@ impl LsTree for SocialRepo {
                             })
                             .and_then(|blob: &Blob| {
                                 String::from_utf8(blob.content().to_vec()).map_err(|_| {
-                                    GitError::from_str(
-                                        format!("Cannot read file {}", path.display()).as_ref(),
-                                    )
+                                    GitError::from_str(format!("Cannot read file {}", path.display()).as_ref())
                                 })
                             })
                             .map(|content| SocialFileContent {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 86d3328..b5e8cab 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-mod errors;
 mod git;
 
 use git::repo::SocialRepo;