diff --git a/scm-ui/src/repos/modules/branches.js b/scm-ui/src/repos/modules/branches.js
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+import {FAILURE_SUFFIX, PENDING_SUFFIX, SUCCESS_SUFFIX} from "../../modules/types";
+import {apiClient} from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
+
+export const FETCH_BRANCHES = "scm/repos/FETCH_BRANCHES";
+export const FETCH_BRANCHES_PENDING = `${FETCH_BRANCHES}_${PENDING_SUFFIX}`;
+export const FETCH_BRANCHES_SUCCESS = `${FETCH_BRANCHES}_${SUCCESS_SUFFIX}`;
+export const FETCH_BRANCHES_FAILURE = `${FETCH_BRANCHES}_${FAILURE_SUFFIX}`;
+
+const REPO_URL = "repositories";
+
+// Fetching branches
+export function fetchBranchesByNamespaceAndName(namespace: string, name: string) {
+  return function (dispatch: any) {
+    dispatch(fetchBranchesPending(namespace, name));
+    return apiClient.get(REPO_URL + "/" + namespace + "/" + name + "/branches")
+      .then(response => response.json())
+      .then(data => {
+        dispatch(fetchBranchesSuccess(data, namespace, name))
+      })
+      .catch(cause => {
+        dispatch(fetchBranchesFailure(namespace, name, cause))
+      })
+  }
+}
+
+// Action creators
+export function fetchBranchesPending(namespace: string, name: string) {
+  return {
+    type: FETCH_BRANCHES_PENDING,
+    payload: {namespace, name},
+    itemId: namespace + "/" + name
+  }
+}
+
+export function fetchBranchesSuccess(data: string, namespace: string, name: string) {
+  return {
+    type: FETCH_BRANCHES_SUCCESS,
+    payload: {data, namespace, name},
+    itemId: namespace + "/" + name
+  }
+}
+
+export function fetchBranchesFailure(namespace: string, name: string, error: Error) {
+  return {
+    type: FETCH_BRANCHES_FAILURE,
+    payload: {error, namespace, name},
+    itemId: namespace + "/" + name
+  }
+}
+
+// Reducers
+
+// Selectors
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/repos/modules/branches.test.js b/scm-ui/src/repos/modules/branches.test.js
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+import configureMockStore from "redux-mock-store";
+import thunk from "redux-thunk";
+import fetchMock from "fetch-mock";
+import {
+  FETCH_BRANCHES_FAILURE,
+  FETCH_BRANCHES_PENDING,
+  FETCH_BRANCHES_SUCCESS,
+  fetchBranchesByNamespaceAndName
+} from "./branches";
+
+describe("fetch branches", () => {
+  const URL = "/api/rest/v2/repositories/foo/bar/branches";
+  const mockStore = configureMockStore([thunk]);
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    fetchMock.reset();
+    fetchMock.restore();
+  });
+
+
+  it("should fetch branches", () => {
+    const collection = {};
+
+    fetchMock.getOnce(URL, "{}");
+
+    const expectedActions = [
+      {type: FETCH_BRANCHES_PENDING, payload: {namespace: "foo", name: "bar"},
+        itemId: "foo/bar"},
+      {
+        type: FETCH_BRANCHES_SUCCESS,
+        payload: {data: collection, namespace: "foo", name: "bar"},
+        itemId: "foo/bar"
+      }
+    ];
+
+    const store = mockStore({});
+    return store.dispatch(fetchBranchesByNamespaceAndName("foo", "bar")).then(() => {
+      expect(store.getActions()).toEqual(expectedActions);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should fail fetching branches on HTTP 500", () => {
+    const collection = {};
+
+    fetchMock.getOnce(URL, 500);
+
+    const expectedActions = [
+      {type: FETCH_BRANCHES_PENDING, payload: {namespace: "foo", name: "bar"},
+        itemId: "foo/bar"},
+      {
+        type: FETCH_BRANCHES_FAILURE,
+        payload: {error: collection, namespace: "foo", name: "bar"},
+        itemId: "foo/bar"
+      }
+    ];
+
+    const store = mockStore({});
+    return store.dispatch(fetchBranchesByNamespaceAndName("foo", "bar")).then(() => {
+      expect(store.getActions()[0]).toEqual(expectedActions[0]);
+      expect(store.getActions()[1].type).toEqual(FETCH_BRANCHES_FAILURE);
+    });
+  })
+});