diff --git a/src/GitList/Util/Routing.php b/src/GitList/Util/Routing.php
index c687c3c..a8dcc17 100644
--- a/src/GitList/Util/Routing.php
+++ b/src/GitList/Util/Routing.php
@@ -58,11 +58,18 @@ class Routing
                 }
             }
 
-            if ($matchedBranch === null) {
-                throw new EmptyRepositoryException('This repository is currently empty. There are no commits.');
+            if ($matchedBranch !== null) {
+                $commitish = $matchedBranch;
+            } else {
+                // We may have partial commit hash as our commitish.
+                $hash = $slashPosition === false ? $commitishPath : substr($commitishPath, 0, $slashPosition);
+                if ($repository->hasCommit($hash)) {
+                    $commit = $repository->getCommit($hash);
+                    $commitish = $commit->getHash();
+                } else {
+                    throw new EmptyRepositoryException('This repository is currently empty. There are no commits.');
+                }
             }
-
-            $commitish = $matchedBranch;
         }
 
         $commitishLength = strlen($commitish);