diff --git a/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionBrowseController.php b/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionBrowseController.php
--- a/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionBrowseController.php
+++ b/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionBrowseController.php
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
   }
 
   private function browseSearch() {
-
     $drequest = $this->getDiffusionRequest();
     $header = $this->buildHeaderView($drequest);
 
@@ -77,7 +76,8 @@
 
     $view = id(new PHUITwoColumnView())
       ->setHeader($header)
-      ->setFooter(array(
+      ->setFooter(
+        array(
           $search_form,
           $search_results,
         ));
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@
 
     $empty_result = null;
     $browse_panel = null;
+    $branch_panel = null;
     if (!$results->isValidResults()) {
       $empty_result = new DiffusionEmptyResultView();
       $empty_result->setDiffusionRequest($drequest);
@@ -376,6 +377,12 @@
         pht('Hide Search'),
         $search_form,
         '#');
+
+      $path = $drequest->getPath();
+      $is_branch = (!strlen($path) && $repository->supportsBranchComparison());
+      if ($is_branch) {
+        $branch_panel = $this->buildBranchTable();
+      }
     }
 
     $open_revisions = $this->buildOpenRevisions();
@@ -394,15 +401,18 @@
     $view = id(new PHUITwoColumnView())
       ->setHeader($header)
       ->setCurtain($curtain)
-      ->setMainColumn(array(
-        $empty_result,
-        $browse_panel,
-      ))
-      ->setFooter(array(
+      ->setMainColumn(
+        array(
+          $branch_panel,
+          $empty_result,
+          $browse_panel,
+        ))
+      ->setFooter(
+        array(
           $open_revisions,
           $readme,
           $pager_box,
-      ));
+        ));
 
     if ($details) {
       $view->addPropertySection(pht('Details'), $details);
@@ -1951,5 +1961,62 @@
     return $file;
   }
 
+  private function buildBranchTable() {
+    $viewer = $this->getViewer();
+    $drequest = $this->getDiffusionRequest();
+    $repository = $drequest->getRepository();
+
+    $branch = $drequest->getBranch();
+    $default_branch = $repository->getDefaultBranch();
+
+    if ($branch === $default_branch) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    $pager = id(new PHUIPagerView())
+      ->setPageSize(10);
+
+    try {
+      $results = $this->callConduitWithDiffusionRequest(
+        'diffusion.historyquery',
+        array(
+          'commit' => $branch,
+          'against' => $default_branch,
+          'path' => $drequest->getPath(),
+          'offset' => $pager->getOffset(),
+          'limit' => $pager->getPageSize() + 1,
+        ));
+    } catch (Exception $ex) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    $history = DiffusionPathChange::newFromConduit($results['pathChanges']);
+    $history = $pager->sliceResults($history);
+
+    if (!$history) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    $history_table = id(new DiffusionHistoryTableView())
+      ->setViewer($viewer)
+      ->setDiffusionRequest($drequest)
+      ->setHistory($history);
+
+    $history_table->loadRevisions();
+
+    $history_table
+      ->setParents($results['parents'])
+      ->setFilterParents(true)
+      ->setIsHead(true)
+      ->setIsTail(!$pager->getHasMorePages());
+
+    $header = id(new PHUIHeaderView())
+      ->setHeader(pht('%s vs %s', $branch, $default_branch));
+
+    return id(new PHUIObjectBoxView())
+      ->setHeader($header)
+      ->setBackground(PHUIObjectBoxView::BLUE_PROPERTY)
+      ->setTable($history_table);
+  }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionCompareController.php b/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionCompareController.php
--- a/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionCompareController.php
+++ b/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionCompareController.php
@@ -301,11 +301,11 @@
 
     $history_table->loadRevisions();
 
-    if ($history) {
-      $history_table->setParents($results['parents']);
-      $history_table->setIsHead(!$pager->getOffset());
-      $history_table->setIsTail(!$pager->getHasMorePages());
-    }
+    $history_table
+      ->setParents($results['parents'])
+      ->setFilterParents(true)
+      ->setIsHead(!$pager->getOffset())
+      ->setIsTail(!$pager->getHasMorePages());
 
     $header = id(new PHUIHeaderView())
       ->setHeader(pht('Commits'));
diff --git a/src/applications/diffusion/view/DiffusionHistoryTableView.php b/src/applications/diffusion/view/DiffusionHistoryTableView.php
--- a/src/applications/diffusion/view/DiffusionHistoryTableView.php
+++ b/src/applications/diffusion/view/DiffusionHistoryTableView.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   private $isHead;
   private $isTail;
   private $parents;
+  private $filterParents;
 
   public function setHistory(array $history) {
     assert_instances_of($history, 'DiffusionPathChange');
@@ -66,6 +67,15 @@
     return $this;
   }
 
+  public function setFilterParents($filter_parents) {
+    $this->filterParents = $filter_parents;
+    return $this;
+  }
+
+  public function getFilterParents() {
+    return $this->filterParents;
+  }
+
   public function render() {
     $drequest = $this->getDiffusionRequest();
 
@@ -82,10 +92,26 @@
 
     $graph = null;
     if ($this->parents) {
+      $parents = $this->parents;
+
+      // If we're filtering parents, remove relationships which point to
+      // commits that are not part of the visible graph. Otherwise, we get
+      // a big tree of nonsense when viewing release branches like "stable"
+      // versus "master".
+      if ($this->filterParents) {
+        foreach ($parents as $key => $nodes) {
+          foreach ($nodes as $nkey => $node) {
+            if (empty($parents[$node])) {
+              unset($parents[$key][$nkey]);
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
       $graph = id(new PHUIDiffGraphView())
         ->setIsHead($this->isHead)
         ->setIsTail($this->isTail)
-        ->renderGraph($this->parents);
+        ->renderGraph($parents);
     }
 
     $show_builds = PhabricatorApplication::isClassInstalledForViewer(