diff --git a/api.go b/api.go
index ba7760d..a6bd6b7 100644
--- a/api.go
+++ b/api.go
@@ -45,6 +45,34 @@ type MarkdownRequest struct {
 	Wiki    bool
 }
 
+type BranchCommit struct {
+	ID        string    `json:"id"`
+	Message   string    `json:"message"`
+	Timestamp time.Time `json:"timestamp"`
+}
+
+type Branch struct {
+	Name   string       `json:"name"`
+	Commit BranchCommit `json:"commit"`
+}
+
+type AuthorInfo struct {
+	Name  string    `json:"name"`
+	Email string    `json:"email"`
+	Date  time.Time `json:"date"`
+}
+
+type CommitListEntryCommit struct {
+	Message   string     `json:"message"`
+	Author    AuthorInfo `json:"author"`
+	Committer AuthorInfo `json:"committer"`
+}
+
+type CommitListEntry struct {
+	ID     string                `json:"sha"`
+	Commit CommitListEntryCommit `json:"commit"`
+}
+
 func (this *Application) apiRequest(ctx context.Context, endpoint string, target interface{}) error {
 	err := this.apiSem.Acquire(ctx, 1)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -75,6 +103,64 @@ func (this *Application) apiRequest(ctx context.Context, endpoint string, target
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (this *Application) branches(ctx context.Context, repo string) ([]Branch, error) {
+	var branches []Branch
+
+	err := this.apiRequest(ctx, `api/v1/repos/`+url.PathEscape(this.cfg.Gitea.Org)+`/`+url.PathEscape(repo)+`/branches`, &branches)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err // e.g. ctx closed
+	}
+
+	return branches, nil
+}
+
+func (this *Application) commitsPage(ctx context.Context, repo, ref string, page, limit int) ([]CommitListEntry, error) {
+	var ret []CommitListEntry
+
+	err := this.apiRequest(ctx, fmt.Sprintf(`api/v1/repos/%s/%s/commits?page=%d&limit=%d`, url.PathEscape(this.cfg.Gitea.Org), url.PathEscape(repo), page, limit), &ret)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err // e.g. ctx closed
+	}
+
+	return ret, nil
+}
+
+func (this *Application) commits(ctx context.Context, repo, ref string) ([]CommitListEntry, error) {
+	var ret []CommitListEntry
+
+	nextPage := 1 // Counting starts at 1
+	for {
+		page, err := this.commitsPage(ctx, repo, ref, nextPage, 300)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		if len(page) == 0 && len(ret) > 0 {
+			break // Found enough already
+		}
+
+		ret = append(ret, page...)
+		nextPage += 1
+	}
+
+	if len(ret) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no commits found")
+	}
+
+	return ret, nil
+}
+
+func (this *Application) oldestCommit(ctx context.Context, repo, ref string) (CommitListEntry, error) {
+	cc, err := this.commits(ctx, repo, ref)
+	if err != nil {
+		return CommitListEntry{}, err
+	}
+
+	// Take the last listed entry
+	// TODO maybe need to iterate/sort?
+	return cc[len(cc)-1], nil
+}
+
 // reposPage gets a single page of the list of Git repositories in this organisation.
 func (this *Application) reposPage(ctx context.Context, page, limit int) ([]Repo, error) {
 	var repos []Repo