diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7c99a09..dc8a2a8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # git-get
 
+`git get` - a better way to clone and manage git repositories.
+
 ## Build
 
 How to build with `libgit2` statically linked into a single executable without dependencies:
diff --git a/branch.go b/branch.go
index 178513d..88961f2 100644
--- a/branch.go
+++ b/branch.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-
 	git "github.com/libgit2/git2go/v30"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
@@ -13,24 +11,58 @@ type BranchStatus struct {
 	HasUpstream bool
 	NeedsPull   bool
 	NeedsPush   bool
+	Ahead       int
+	Behind      int
 }
 
-func Branches(repo *git.Repository) ([]*git.Branch, error) {
-	it, err := repo.NewBranchIterator(git.BranchAll)
+func Branches(repo *git.Repository) ([]BranchStatus, error) {
+	iter, err := repo.NewBranchIterator(git.BranchAll)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "Failed creating branch iterator")
 	}
 
-	it.ForEach(func(branch *git.Branch, branchType git.BranchType) error {
-		fmt.Print(branch.IsRemote())
-		upstream, err := branch.Upstream()
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println(err.Error())
-		} else {
-			fmt.Println(upstream.Name())
-		}
+	var branches []*git.Branch
+	err = iter.ForEach(func(branch *git.Branch, branchType git.BranchType) error {
+		branches = append(branches, branch)
 		return nil
 	})
 
-	return nil, nil
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "Failed iterating over branches")
+	}
+
+	var statuses []BranchStatus
+	for _, branch := range branches {
+		status, err := NewBranchStatus(branch)
+		if err != nil {
+			// TODO: handle error
+			continue
+		}
+		statuses = append(statuses, status)
+	}
+
+	return statuses, nil
+}
+
+func NewBranchStatus(branch *git.Branch) (BranchStatus, error) {
+	var status BranchStatus
+
+	name, err := branch.Name()
+	if err != nil {
+		return status, errors.Wrap(err, "Failed getting branch name")
+	}
+	status.Name = name
+
+	status.IsRemote = branch.IsRemote()
+
+	_, err = branch.Upstream()
+	if err != nil {
+		if git.IsErrorCode(err, git.ErrNotFound) {
+			status.HasUpstream = false
+		} else {
+			return status, errors.Wrap(err, "Failed getting branch upstream")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return status, nil
 }
diff --git a/branch_test.go b/branch_test.go
index 58b483f..15fffa5 100644
--- a/branch_test.go
+++ b/branch_test.go
@@ -1,18 +1,27 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
-	git "github.com/libgit2/git2go/v30"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
-func TestBranches(t *testing.T) {
-	repo, err := git.OpenRepository("/home/grdl/workspace/gitlab.com/grdl/git-get")
-	checkFatal(t, err)
+func TestNewBranch(t *testing.T) {
+	repo := newTestRepo(t)
 
-	branches, err := Branches(repo)
-	checkFatal(t, err)
+	createFile(t, repo, "file")
+	stageFile(t, repo, "file")
+	createCommit(t, repo, "Initial commit")
+	branch := createBranch(t, repo, "branch")
 
-	fmt.Println(len(branches))
+	status, err := NewBranchStatus(branch)
+	checkFatal(t, errors.Wrap(err, "Failed getting branch status"))
+
+	if status.Name != "branch" {
+		t.Errorf("Wrong branch name, got %s; want %s", status.Name, "branch")
+	}
+
+	if status.IsRemote != false {
+		t.Errorf("Branch should be local")
+	}
 }
diff --git a/helpers_test.go b/helpers_test.go
index b500eb5..5c4edd5 100644
--- a/helpers_test.go
+++ b/helpers_test.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func stageFile(t *testing.T, repo *git.Repository, name string) {
 	checkFatal(t, errors.Wrap(err, "Failed writing index"))
 }
 
-func createCommit(t *testing.T, repo *git.Repository, message string) {
+func createCommit(t *testing.T, repo *git.Repository, message string) *git.Commit {
 	index, err := repo.Index()
 	checkFatal(t, errors.Wrap(err, "Failed getting repo index"))
 
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ func createCommit(t *testing.T, repo *git.Repository, message string) {
 	empty, err := repo.IsEmpty()
 	checkFatal(t, errors.Wrap(err, "Failed checking if repo is empty"))
 
+	var commitId *git.Oid
 	if !empty {
 		currentBranch, err := repo.Head()
 		checkFatal(t, errors.Wrap(err, "Failed getting current branch"))
@@ -81,10 +82,26 @@ func createCommit(t *testing.T, repo *git.Repository, message string) {
 		currentTip, err := repo.LookupCommit(currentBranch.Target())
 		checkFatal(t, errors.Wrap(err, "Failed getting current tip"))
 
-		_, err = repo.CreateCommit("HEAD", signature, signature, message, tree, currentTip)
+		commitId, err = repo.CreateCommit("HEAD", signature, signature, message, tree, currentTip)
 	} else {
-		_, err = repo.CreateCommit("HEAD", signature, signature, message, tree)
+		commitId, err = repo.CreateCommit("HEAD", signature, signature, message, tree)
 	}
 
-	checkFatal(t, errors.Wrap(err, "Failed creating a commit"))
+	commit, err := repo.LookupCommit(commitId)
+	checkFatal(t, errors.Wrap(err, "Failed looking up a commit"))
+
+	return commit
+}
+
+func createBranch(t *testing.T, repo *git.Repository, name string) *git.Branch {
+	head, err := repo.Head()
+	checkFatal(t, errors.Wrap(err, "Failed getting repo head"))
+
+	commit, err := repo.LookupCommit(head.Target())
+	checkFatal(t, errors.Wrap(err, "Failed getting commit id from head"))
+
+	branch, err := repo.CreateBranch(name, commit, false)
+	checkFatal(t, errors.Wrap(err, "Failed creating branch"))
+
+	return branch
 }