Defer Last Commit Info (#16467)

One of the biggest reasons for slow repository browsing is that we wait
until last commit information has been generated for all files in the
repository.

This PR proposes deferring this generation to a new POST endpoint that
does the look up outside of the main page request.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Thornton <art27@cantab.net>

13 files changed, 321 insertions, 151 deletions

diff --git a/modules/git/commit_info_gogit.go b/modules/git/commit_info_gogit.go
index 8b82f3f66c..ccf90fc8c7 100644
--- a/modules/git/commit_info_gogit.go
+++ b/modules/git/commit_info_gogit.go
@@ -44,20 +44,17 @@ func (tes Entries) GetCommitsInfo(ctx context.Context, commit *Commit, treePath
 			return nil, nil, err
 		}
 		if len(unHitPaths) > 0 {
-			revs2, err := GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx, c, treePath, unHitPaths)
+			revs2, err := GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx, cache, c, treePath, unHitPaths)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, nil, err
 			}
 
 			for k, v := range revs2 {
-				if err := cache.Put(commit.ID.String(), path.Join(treePath, k), v.ID().String()); err != nil {
-					return nil, nil, err
-				}
 				revs[k] = v
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
-		revs, err = GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx, c, treePath, entryPaths)
+		revs, err = GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx, nil, c, treePath, entryPaths)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
@@ -70,25 +67,29 @@ func (tes Entries) GetCommitsInfo(ctx context.Context, commit *Commit, treePath
 		commitsInfo[i] = CommitInfo{
 			Entry: entry,
 		}
+
+		// Check if we have found a commit for this entry in time
 		if rev, ok := revs[entry.Name()]; ok {
 			entryCommit := convertCommit(rev)
 			commitsInfo[i].Commit = entryCommit
-			if entry.IsSubModule() {
-				subModuleURL := ""
-				var fullPath string
-				if len(treePath) > 0 {
-					fullPath = treePath + "/" + entry.Name()
-				} else {
-					fullPath = entry.Name()
-				}
-				if subModule, err := commit.GetSubModule(fullPath); err != nil {
-					return nil, nil, err
-				} else if subModule != nil {
-					subModuleURL = subModule.URL
-				}
-				subModuleFile := NewSubModuleFile(entryCommit, subModuleURL, entry.ID.String())
-				commitsInfo[i].SubModuleFile = subModuleFile
+		}
+
+		// If the entry if a submodule add a submodule file for this
+		if entry.IsSubModule() {
+			subModuleURL := ""
+			var fullPath string
+			if len(treePath) > 0 {
+				fullPath = treePath + "/" + entry.Name()
+			} else {
+				fullPath = entry.Name()
 			}
+			if subModule, err := commit.GetSubModule(fullPath); err != nil {
+				return nil, nil, err
+			} else if subModule != nil {
+				subModuleURL = subModule.URL
+			}
+			subModuleFile := NewSubModuleFile(commitsInfo[i].Commit, subModuleURL, entry.ID.String())
+			commitsInfo[i].SubModuleFile = subModuleFile
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -175,7 +176,9 @@ func getLastCommitForPathsByCache(commitID, treePath string, paths []string, cac
 }
 
 // GetLastCommitForPaths returns last commit information
-func GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx context.Context, c cgobject.CommitNode, treePath string, paths []string) (map[string]*object.Commit, error) {
+func GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx context.Context, cache *LastCommitCache, c cgobject.CommitNode, treePath string, paths []string) (map[string]*object.Commit, error) {
+	refSha := c.ID().String()
+
 	// We do a tree traversal with nodes sorted by commit time
 	heap := binaryheap.NewWith(func(a, b interface{}) int {
 		if a.(*commitAndPaths).commit.CommitTime().Before(b.(*commitAndPaths).commit.CommitTime()) {
@@ -192,10 +195,13 @@ func GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx context.Context, c cgobject.CommitNode, treePath
 
 	// Start search from the root commit and with full set of paths
 	heap.Push(&commitAndPaths{c, paths, initialHashes})
-
+heaploop:
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
+			if ctx.Err() == context.DeadlineExceeded {
+				break heaploop
+			}
 			return nil, ctx.Err()
 		default:
 		}
@@ -233,14 +239,14 @@ func GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx context.Context, c cgobject.CommitNode, treePath
 		}
 
 		var remainingPaths []string
-		for i, path := range current.paths {
+		for i, pth := range current.paths {
 			// The results could already contain some newer change for the same path,
 			// so don't override that and bail out on the file early.
-			if resultNodes[path] == nil {
+			if resultNodes[pth] == nil {
 				if pathUnchanged[i] {
 					// The path existed with the same hash in at least one parent so it could
 					// not have been changed in this commit directly.
-					remainingPaths = append(remainingPaths, path)
+					remainingPaths = append(remainingPaths, pth)
 				} else {
 					// There are few possible cases how can we get here:
 					// - The path didn't exist in any parent, so it must have been created by
@@ -250,7 +256,10 @@ func GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx context.Context, c cgobject.CommitNode, treePath
 					// - We are looking at a merge commit and the hash of the file doesn't
 					//   match any of the hashes being merged. This is more common for directories,
 					//   but it can also happen if a file is changed through conflict resolution.
-					resultNodes[path] = current.commit
+					resultNodes[pth] = current.commit
+					if err := cache.Put(refSha, path.Join(treePath, pth), current.commit.ID().String()); err != nil {
+						return nil, err
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/modules/git/commit_info_nogogit.go b/modules/git/commit_info_nogogit.go
index f57355d16e..261252dab1 100644
--- a/modules/git/commit_info_nogogit.go
+++ b/modules/git/commit_info_nogogit.go
@@ -37,21 +37,18 @@ func (tes Entries) GetCommitsInfo(ctx context.Context, commit *Commit, treePath
 		}
 		if len(unHitPaths) > 0 {
 			sort.Strings(unHitPaths)
-			commits, err := GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx, commit, treePath, unHitPaths)
+			commits, err := GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx, cache, commit, treePath, unHitPaths)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, nil, err
 			}
 
 			for pth, found := range commits {
-				if err := cache.Put(commit.ID.String(), path.Join(treePath, pth), found.ID.String()); err != nil {
-					return nil, nil, err
-				}
 				revs[pth] = found
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
 		sort.Strings(entryPaths)
-		revs, err = GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx, commit, treePath, entryPaths)
+		revs, err = GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx, nil, commit, treePath, entryPaths)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
@@ -62,27 +59,31 @@ func (tes Entries) GetCommitsInfo(ctx context.Context, commit *Commit, treePath
 		commitsInfo[i] = CommitInfo{
 			Entry: entry,
 		}
+
+		// Check if we have found a commit for this entry in time
 		if entryCommit, ok := revs[entry.Name()]; ok {
 			commitsInfo[i].Commit = entryCommit
-			if entry.IsSubModule() {
-				subModuleURL := ""
-				var fullPath string
-				if len(treePath) > 0 {
-					fullPath = treePath + "/" + entry.Name()
-				} else {
-					fullPath = entry.Name()
-				}
-				if subModule, err := commit.GetSubModule(fullPath); err != nil {
-					return nil, nil, err
-				} else if subModule != nil {
-					subModuleURL = subModule.URL
-				}
-				subModuleFile := NewSubModuleFile(entryCommit, subModuleURL, entry.ID.String())
-				commitsInfo[i].SubModuleFile = subModuleFile
-			}
 		} else {
 			log.Debug("missing commit for %s", entry.Name())
 		}
+
+		// If the entry if a submodule add a submodule file for this
+		if entry.IsSubModule() {
+			subModuleURL := ""
+			var fullPath string
+			if len(treePath) > 0 {
+				fullPath = treePath + "/" + entry.Name()
+			} else {
+				fullPath = entry.Name()
+			}
+			if subModule, err := commit.GetSubModule(fullPath); err != nil {
+				return nil, nil, err
+			} else if subModule != nil {
+				subModuleURL = subModule.URL
+			}
+			subModuleFile := NewSubModuleFile(commitsInfo[i].Commit, subModuleURL, entry.ID.String())
+			commitsInfo[i].SubModuleFile = subModuleFile
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Retrieve the commit for the treePath itself (see above). We basically
@@ -121,9 +122,9 @@ func getLastCommitForPathsByCache(ctx context.Context, commitID, treePath string
 }
 
 // GetLastCommitForPaths returns last commit information
-func GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx context.Context, commit *Commit, treePath string, paths []string) (map[string]*Commit, error) {
+func GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx context.Context, cache *LastCommitCache, commit *Commit, treePath string, paths []string) (map[string]*Commit, error) {
 	// We read backwards from the commit to obtain all of the commits
-	revs, err := WalkGitLog(ctx, commit.repo, commit, treePath, paths...)
+	revs, err := WalkGitLog(ctx, cache, commit.repo, commit, treePath, paths...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/modules/git/last_commit_cache.go b/modules/git/last_commit_cache.go
index e2d296641f..d4ec517b51 100644
--- a/modules/git/last_commit_cache.go
+++ b/modules/git/last_commit_cache.go
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ func (c *LastCommitCache) getCacheKey(repoPath, ref, entryPath string) string {
 
 // Put put the last commit id with commit and entry path
 func (c *LastCommitCache) Put(ref, entryPath, commitID string) error {
+	if c == nil || c.cache == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
 	log.Debug("LastCommitCache save: [%s:%s:%s]", ref, entryPath, commitID)
 	return c.cache.Put(c.getCacheKey(c.repoPath, ref, entryPath), commitID, c.ttl())
 }
diff --git a/modules/git/last_commit_cache_gogit.go b/modules/git/last_commit_cache_gogit.go
index fb09af6f2a..b57e9ad11f 100644
--- a/modules/git/last_commit_cache_gogit.go
+++ b/modules/git/last_commit_cache_gogit.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ package git
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"path"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
 
@@ -93,15 +92,12 @@ func (c *LastCommitCache) recursiveCache(ctx context.Context, index cgobject.Com
 		entryMap[entry.Name()] = entry
 	}
 
-	commits, err := GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx, index, treePath, entryPaths)
+	commits, err := GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx, c, index, treePath, entryPaths)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	for entry, cm := range commits {
-		if err := c.Put(index.ID().String(), path.Join(treePath, entry), cm.ID().String()); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+	for entry := range commits {
 		if entryMap[entry].IsDir() {
 			subTree, err := tree.SubTree(entry)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/modules/git/last_commit_cache_nogogit.go b/modules/git/last_commit_cache_nogogit.go
index f71e7350a1..5315c0a152 100644
--- a/modules/git/last_commit_cache_nogogit.go
+++ b/modules/git/last_commit_cache_nogogit.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ package git
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"context"
-	"path"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
 )
@@ -80,28 +79,23 @@ func (c *LastCommitCache) recursiveCache(ctx context.Context, commit *Commit, tr
 	}
 
 	entryPaths := make([]string, len(entries))
-	entryMap := make(map[string]*TreeEntry)
 	for i, entry := range entries {
 		entryPaths[i] = entry.Name()
-		entryMap[entry.Name()] = entry
 	}
 
-	commits, err := GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx, commit, treePath, entryPaths)
+	_, err = WalkGitLog(ctx, c, commit.repo, commit, treePath, entryPaths...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	for entry, entryCommit := range commits {
-		if err := c.Put(commit.ID.String(), path.Join(treePath, entry), entryCommit.ID.String()); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+	for _, treeEntry := range entries {
 		// entryMap won't contain "" therefore skip this.
-		if treeEntry := entryMap[entry]; treeEntry != nil && treeEntry.IsDir() {
-			subTree, err := tree.SubTree(entry)
+		if treeEntry.IsDir() {
+			subTree, err := tree.SubTree(treeEntry.Name())
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			if err := c.recursiveCache(ctx, commit, subTree, entry, level-1); err != nil {
+			if err := c.recursiveCache(ctx, commit, subTree, treeEntry.Name(), level-1); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/modules/git/log_name_status.go b/modules/git/log_name_status.go
index 7d83ac7270..e792b02a5d 100644
--- a/modules/git/log_name_status.go
+++ b/modules/git/log_name_status.go
@@ -275,7 +275,9 @@ func (g *LogNameStatusRepoParser) Close() {
 }
 
 // WalkGitLog walks the git log --name-status for the head commit in the provided treepath and files
-func WalkGitLog(ctx context.Context, repo *Repository, head *Commit, treepath string, paths ...string) (map[string]string, error) {
+func WalkGitLog(ctx context.Context, cache *LastCommitCache, repo *Repository, head *Commit, treepath string, paths ...string) (map[string]string, error) {
+	headRef := head.ID.String()
+
 	tree, err := head.SubTree(treepath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -339,6 +341,9 @@ heaploop:
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
+			if ctx.Err() == context.DeadlineExceeded {
+				break heaploop
+			}
 			g.Close()
 			return nil, ctx.Err()
 		default:
@@ -360,10 +365,16 @@ heaploop:
 				changed[i] = false
 				if results[i] == "" {
 					results[i] = current.CommitID
+					if err := cache.Put(headRef, path.Join(treepath, paths[i]), current.CommitID); err != nil {
+						return nil, err
+					}
 					delete(path2idx, paths[i])
 					remaining--
 					if results[0] == "" {
 						results[0] = current.CommitID
+						if err := cache.Put(headRef, treepath, current.CommitID); err != nil {
+							return nil, err
+						}
 						delete(path2idx, "")
 						remaining--
 					}
diff --git a/modules/git/notes_gogit.go b/modules/git/notes_gogit.go
index 28dbbc0ee5..6cb719ce92 100644
--- a/modules/git/notes_gogit.go
+++ b/modules/git/notes_gogit.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // GetNote retrieves the git-notes data for a given commit.
+// FIXME: Add LastCommitCache support
 func GetNote(ctx context.Context, repo *Repository, commitID string, note *Note) error {
 	log.Trace("Searching for git note corresponding to the commit %q in the repository %q", commitID, repo.Path)
 	notes, err := repo.GetCommit(NotesRef)
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ func GetNote(ctx context.Context, repo *Repository, commitID string, note *Note)
 		return err
 	}
 
-	lastCommits, err := GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx, commitNode, "", []string{path})
+	lastCommits, err := GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx, nil, commitNode, "", []string{path})
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("Unable to get the commit for the path %q. Error: %v", path, err)
 		return err
diff --git a/modules/git/notes_nogogit.go b/modules/git/notes_nogogit.go
index 5afe8d4614..13b4b7b36a 100644
--- a/modules/git/notes_nogogit.go
+++ b/modules/git/notes_nogogit.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // GetNote retrieves the git-notes data for a given commit.
+// FIXME: Add LastCommitCache support
 func GetNote(ctx context.Context, repo *Repository, commitID string, note *Note) error {
 	log.Trace("Searching for git note corresponding to the commit %q in the repository %q", commitID, repo.Path)
 	notes, err := repo.GetCommit(NotesRef)
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ func GetNote(ctx context.Context, repo *Repository, commitID string, note *Note)
 		path = path[idx+1:]
 	}
 
-	lastCommits, err := GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx, notes, treePath, []string{path})
+	lastCommits, err := GetLastCommitForPaths(ctx, nil, notes, treePath, []string{path})
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("Unable to get the commit for the path %q. Error: %v", treePath, err)
 		return err
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/view.go b/routers/web/repo/view.go
index c0a35bcb4f..0777a10e7b 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/view.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/view.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package repo
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	gocontext "context"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	gotemplate "html/template"
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/db"
@@ -34,11 +36,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	tplRepoEMPTY base.TplName = "repo/empty"
-	tplRepoHome  base.TplName = "repo/home"
-	tplWatchers  base.TplName = "repo/watchers"
-	tplForks     base.TplName = "repo/forks"
-	tplMigrating base.TplName = "repo/migrate/migrating"
+	tplRepoEMPTY    base.TplName = "repo/empty"
+	tplRepoHome     base.TplName = "repo/home"
+	tplRepoViewList base.TplName = "repo/view_list"
+	tplWatchers     base.TplName = "repo/watchers"
+	tplForks        base.TplName = "repo/forks"
+	tplMigrating    base.TplName = "repo/migrate/migrating"
 )
 
 type namedBlob struct {
@@ -128,28 +131,8 @@ func getReadmeFileFromPath(commit *git.Commit, treePath string) (*namedBlob, err
 }
 
 func renderDirectory(ctx *context.Context, treeLink string) {
-	tree, err := ctx.Repo.Commit.SubTree(ctx.Repo.TreePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		ctx.NotFoundOrServerError("Repo.Commit.SubTree", git.IsErrNotExist, err)
-		return
-	}
-
-	entries, err := tree.ListEntries()
-	if err != nil {
-		ctx.ServerError("ListEntries", err)
-		return
-	}
-	entries.CustomSort(base.NaturalSortLess)
-
-	var c *git.LastCommitCache
-	if setting.CacheService.LastCommit.Enabled && ctx.Repo.CommitsCount >= setting.CacheService.LastCommit.CommitsCount {
-		c = git.NewLastCommitCache(ctx.Repo.Repository.FullName(), ctx.Repo.GitRepo, setting.LastCommitCacheTTLSeconds, cache.GetCache())
-	}
-
-	var latestCommit *git.Commit
-	ctx.Data["Files"], latestCommit, err = entries.GetCommitsInfo(ctx, ctx.Repo.Commit, ctx.Repo.TreePath, c)
-	if err != nil {
-		ctx.ServerError("GetCommitsInfo", err)
+	entries := renderDirectoryFiles(ctx, 1*time.Second)
+	if ctx.Written() {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -186,6 +169,7 @@ func renderDirectory(ctx *context.Context, treeLink string) {
 				isSymlink := entry.IsLink()
 				target := entry
 				if isSymlink {
+					var err error
 					target, err = entry.FollowLinks()
 					if err != nil && !git.IsErrBadLink(err) {
 						ctx.ServerError("FollowLinks", err)
@@ -207,6 +191,7 @@ func renderDirectory(ctx *context.Context, treeLink string) {
 			name := entry.Name()
 			isSymlink := entry.IsLink()
 			if isSymlink {
+				var err error
 				entry, err = entry.FollowLinks()
 				if err != nil && !git.IsErrBadLink(err) {
 					ctx.ServerError("FollowLinks", err)
@@ -237,6 +222,7 @@ func renderDirectory(ctx *context.Context, treeLink string) {
 			if entry == nil {
 				continue
 			}
+			var err error
 			readmeFile, err = getReadmeFileFromPath(ctx.Repo.Commit, entry.GetSubJumpablePathName())
 			if err != nil {
 				ctx.ServerError("getReadmeFileFromPath", err)
@@ -365,34 +351,12 @@ func renderDirectory(ctx *context.Context, treeLink string) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Show latest commit info of repository in table header,
-	// or of directory if not in root directory.
-	ctx.Data["LatestCommit"] = latestCommit
-	verification := models.ParseCommitWithSignature(latestCommit)
-
-	if err := models.CalculateTrustStatus(verification, ctx.Repo.Repository, nil); err != nil {
-		ctx.ServerError("CalculateTrustStatus", err)
-		return
-	}
-	ctx.Data["LatestCommitVerification"] = verification
-
-	ctx.Data["LatestCommitUser"] = models.ValidateCommitWithEmail(latestCommit)
-
-	statuses, err := models.GetLatestCommitStatus(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.Repo.Commit.ID.String(), db.ListOptions{})
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error("GetLatestCommitStatus: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	ctx.Data["LatestCommitStatus"] = models.CalcCommitStatus(statuses)
-	ctx.Data["LatestCommitStatuses"] = statuses
-
 	// Check permission to add or upload new file.
 	if ctx.Repo.CanWrite(models.UnitTypeCode) && ctx.Repo.IsViewBranch {
 		ctx.Data["CanAddFile"] = !ctx.Repo.Repository.IsArchived
 		ctx.Data["CanUploadFile"] = setting.Repository.Upload.Enabled && !ctx.Repo.Repository.IsArchived
 	}
 
-	ctx.Data["SSHDomain"] = setting.SSH.Domain
 }
 
 func renderFile(ctx *context.Context, entry *git.TreeEntry, treeLink, rawLink string) {
@@ -614,8 +578,7 @@ func safeURL(address string) string {
 	return u.String()
 }
 
-// Home render repository home page
-func Home(ctx *context.Context) {
+func checkHomeCodeViewable(ctx *context.Context) {
 	if len(ctx.Repo.Units) > 0 {
 		if ctx.Repo.Repository.IsBeingCreated() {
 			task, err := models.GetMigratingTask(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID)
@@ -648,7 +611,6 @@ func Home(ctx *context.Context) {
 		var firstUnit *models.Unit
 		for _, repoUnit := range ctx.Repo.Units {
 			if repoUnit.Type == models.UnitTypeCode {
-				renderCode(ctx)
 				return
 			}
 
@@ -667,6 +629,145 @@ func Home(ctx *context.Context) {
 	ctx.NotFound("Home", fmt.Errorf(ctx.Tr("units.error.no_unit_allowed_repo")))
 }
 
+// Home render repository home page
+func Home(ctx *context.Context) {
+	checkHomeCodeViewable(ctx)
+	if ctx.Written() {
+		return
+	}
+
+	renderCode(ctx)
+}
+
+// LastCommit returns lastCommit data for the provided branch/tag/commit and directory (in url) and filenames in body
+func LastCommit(ctx *context.Context) {
+	checkHomeCodeViewable(ctx)
+	if ctx.Written() {
+		return
+	}
+
+	renderDirectoryFiles(ctx, 0)
+	if ctx.Written() {
+		return
+	}
+
+	var treeNames []string
+	paths := make([]string, 0, 5)
+	if len(ctx.Repo.TreePath) > 0 {
+		treeNames = strings.Split(ctx.Repo.TreePath, "/")
+		for i := range treeNames {
+			paths = append(paths, strings.Join(treeNames[:i+1], "/"))
+		}
+
+		ctx.Data["HasParentPath"] = true
+		if len(paths)-2 >= 0 {
+			ctx.Data["ParentPath"] = "/" + paths[len(paths)-2]
+		}
+	}
+	branchLink := ctx.Repo.RepoLink + "/src/" + ctx.Repo.BranchNameSubURL()
+	ctx.Data["BranchLink"] = branchLink
+
+	ctx.HTML(http.StatusOK, tplRepoViewList)
+}
+
+func renderDirectoryFiles(ctx *context.Context, timeout time.Duration) git.Entries {
+	tree, err := ctx.Repo.Commit.SubTree(ctx.Repo.TreePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.NotFoundOrServerError("Repo.Commit.SubTree", git.IsErrNotExist, err)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	ctx.Data["LastCommitLoaderURL"] = ctx.Repo.RepoLink + "/lastcommit/" + ctx.Repo.CommitID + "/" + ctx.Repo.TreePath
+
+	// Get current entry user currently looking at.
+	entry, err := ctx.Repo.Commit.GetTreeEntryByPath(ctx.Repo.TreePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.NotFoundOrServerError("Repo.Commit.GetTreeEntryByPath", git.IsErrNotExist, err)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if !entry.IsDir() {
+		ctx.NotFoundOrServerError("Repo.Commit.GetTreeEntryByPath", git.IsErrNotExist, err)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	allEntries, err := tree.ListEntries()
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.ServerError("ListEntries", err)
+		return nil
+	}
+	allEntries.CustomSort(base.NaturalSortLess)
+
+	commitInfoCtx := gocontext.Context(ctx)
+	if timeout > 0 {
+		var cancel gocontext.CancelFunc
+		commitInfoCtx, cancel = gocontext.WithTimeout(ctx, timeout)
+		defer cancel()
+	}
+
+	var c *git.LastCommitCache
+	if setting.CacheService.LastCommit.Enabled && ctx.Repo.CommitsCount >= setting.CacheService.LastCommit.CommitsCount {
+		c = git.NewLastCommitCache(ctx.Repo.Repository.FullName(), ctx.Repo.GitRepo, setting.LastCommitCacheTTLSeconds, cache.GetCache())
+	}
+
+	selected := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, pth := range ctx.FormStrings("f[]") {
+		selected[pth] = true
+	}
+
+	entries := allEntries
+	if len(selected) > 0 {
+		entries = make(git.Entries, 0, len(selected))
+		for _, entry := range allEntries {
+			if selected[entry.Name()] {
+				entries = append(entries, entry)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	var latestCommit *git.Commit
+	ctx.Data["Files"], latestCommit, err = entries.GetCommitsInfo(commitInfoCtx, ctx.Repo.Commit, ctx.Repo.TreePath, c)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.ServerError("GetCommitsInfo", err)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Show latest commit info of repository in table header,
+	// or of directory if not in root directory.
+	ctx.Data["LatestCommit"] = latestCommit
+	if latestCommit != nil {
+
+		verification := models.ParseCommitWithSignature(latestCommit)
+
+		if err := models.CalculateTrustStatus(verification, ctx.Repo.Repository, nil); err != nil {
+			ctx.ServerError("CalculateTrustStatus", err)
+			return nil
+		}
+		ctx.Data["LatestCommitVerification"] = verification
+		ctx.Data["LatestCommitUser"] = models.ValidateCommitWithEmail(latestCommit)
+	}
+
+	statuses, err := models.GetLatestCommitStatus(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, ctx.Repo.Commit.ID.String(), db.ListOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("GetLatestCommitStatus: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	ctx.Data["LatestCommitStatus"] = models.CalcCommitStatus(statuses)
+	ctx.Data["LatestCommitStatuses"] = statuses
+
+	branchLink := ctx.Repo.RepoLink + "/src/" + ctx.Repo.BranchNameSubURL()
+	treeLink := branchLink
+
+	if len(ctx.Repo.TreePath) > 0 {
+		treeLink += "/" + ctx.Repo.TreePath
+	}
+
+	ctx.Data["TreeLink"] = treeLink
+	ctx.Data["SSHDomain"] = setting.SSH.Domain
+
+	return allEntries
+}
+
 func renderLanguageStats(ctx *context.Context) {
 	langs, err := ctx.Repo.Repository.GetTopLanguageStats(5)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/routers/web/web.go b/routers/web/web.go
index e12552f4d4..01d90d206f 100644
--- a/routers/web/web.go
+++ b/routers/web/web.go
@@ -995,6 +995,9 @@ func RegisterRoutes(m *web.Route) {
 		m.Get("/commit/{sha:([a-f0-9]{7,40})}.{ext:patch|diff}",
 			repo.MustBeNotEmpty, reqRepoCodeReader, repo.RawDiff)
 	}, ignSignIn, context.RepoAssignment, context.UnitTypes())
+
+	m.Post("/{username}/{reponame}/lastcommit/*", ignSignInAndCsrf, context.RepoAssignment, context.UnitTypes(), context.RepoRefByType(context.RepoRefCommit), reqRepoCodeReader, repo.LastCommit)
+
 	m.Group("/{username}/{reponame}", func() {
 		m.Get("/stars", repo.Stars)
 		m.Get("/watchers", repo.Watchers)
diff --git a/templates/repo/view_list.tmpl b/templates/repo/view_list.tmpl
index fc66fb6b2d..3e7bcbe505 100644
--- a/templates/repo/view_list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/view_list.tmpl
@@ -1,36 +1,40 @@
-<table id="repo-files-table" class="ui single line table">
+<table id="repo-files-table" class="ui single line table" data-last-commit-loader-url="{{.LastCommitLoaderURL}}">
 	<thead>
 		<tr class="commit-list">
-			<th colspan="2">
-				{{if .LatestCommitUser}}
-					{{avatar .LatestCommitUser 24}}
-					{{if .LatestCommitUser.FullName}}
-						<a href="{{AppSubUrl}}/{{.LatestCommitUser.Name}}"><strong>{{.LatestCommitUser.FullName}}</strong></a>
-					{{else}}
-						<a href="{{AppSubUrl}}/{{.LatestCommitUser.Name}}"><strong>{{if .LatestCommit.Author}}{{.LatestCommit.Author.Name}}{{else}}{{.LatestCommitUser.Name}}{{end}}</strong></a>
-					{{end}}
+			<th colspan="2" {{if not .LatestCommit}}class="notready"{{end}}>
+				{{if not .LatestCommit}}
+					<div class="ui active tiny slow centered inline">…</div>
 				{{else}}
-					{{if .LatestCommit.Author}}
-						{{avatarByEmail .LatestCommit.Author.Email .LatestCommit.Author.Name 24}}
-						<strong>{{.LatestCommit.Author.Name}}</strong>
-					{{end}}
-				{{end}}
-				<a rel="nofollow" class="ui sha label {{if .LatestCommit.Signature}} isSigned {{if .LatestCommitVerification.Verified }} isVerified{{if eq .LatestCommitVerification.TrustStatus "trusted"}}{{else if eq .LatestCommitVerification.TrustStatus "untrusted"}}Untrusted{{else}}Unmatched{{end}}{{else if .LatestCommitVerification.Warning}} isWarning{{end}}{{end}}" href="{{.RepoLink}}/commit/{{.LatestCommit.ID}}">
-					<span class="shortsha">{{ShortSha .LatestCommit.ID.String}}</span>
-					{{if .LatestCommit.Signature}}
-						{{template "repo/shabox_badge" dict "root" $ "verification" .LatestCommitVerification}}
+					{{if .LatestCommitUser}}
+						{{avatar .LatestCommitUser 24}}
+						{{if .LatestCommitUser.FullName}}
+							<a href="{{AppSubUrl}}/{{.LatestCommitUser.Name}}"><strong>{{.LatestCommitUser.FullName}}</strong></a>
+						{{else}}
+							<a href="{{AppSubUrl}}/{{.LatestCommitUser.Name}}"><strong>{{if .LatestCommit.Author}}{{.LatestCommit.Author.Name}}{{else}}{{.LatestCommitUser.Name}}{{end}}</strong></a>
+						{{end}}
+					{{else}}
+						{{if .LatestCommit.Author}}
+							{{avatarByEmail .LatestCommit.Author.Email .LatestCommit.Author.Name 24}}
+							<strong>{{.LatestCommit.Author.Name}}</strong>
+						{{end}}
 					{{end}}
-				</a>
-				{{template "repo/commit_statuses" dict "Status" .LatestCommitStatus "Statuses" .LatestCommitStatuses "root" $}}
-				{{ $commitLink:= printf "%s/commit/%s" .RepoLink .LatestCommit.ID }}
-				<span class="grey commit-summary" title="{{.LatestCommit.Summary}}"><span class="message-wrapper">{{RenderCommitMessageLinkSubject .LatestCommit.Message $.RepoLink $commitLink $.Repository.ComposeMetas}}</span>
-				{{if IsMultilineCommitMessage .LatestCommit.Message}}
-					<button class="basic compact mini ui icon button commit-button"><i class="ellipsis horizontal icon"></i></button>
-					<pre class="commit-body" style="display: none;">{{RenderCommitBody .LatestCommit.Message $.RepoLink $.Repository.ComposeMetas}}</pre>
+					<a rel="nofollow" class="ui sha label {{if .LatestCommit.Signature}} isSigned {{if .LatestCommitVerification.Verified }} isVerified{{if eq .LatestCommitVerification.TrustStatus "trusted"}}{{else if eq .LatestCommitVerification.TrustStatus "untrusted"}}Untrusted{{else}}Unmatched{{end}}{{else if .LatestCommitVerification.Warning}} isWarning{{end}}{{end}}" href="{{.RepoLink}}/commit/{{.LatestCommit.ID}}">
+						<span class="shortsha">{{ShortSha .LatestCommit.ID.String}}</span>
+						{{if .LatestCommit.Signature}}
+							{{template "repo/shabox_badge" dict "root" $ "verification" .LatestCommitVerification}}
+						{{end}}
+					</a>
+					{{template "repo/commit_statuses" dict "Status" .LatestCommitStatus "Statuses" .LatestCommitStatuses "root" $}}
+					{{ $commitLink:= printf "%s/commit/%s" .RepoLink .LatestCommit.ID }}
+					<span class="grey commit-summary" title="{{.LatestCommit.Summary}}"><span class="message-wrapper">{{RenderCommitMessageLinkSubject .LatestCommit.Message $.RepoLink $commitLink $.Repository.ComposeMetas}}</span>
+						{{if IsMultilineCommitMessage .LatestCommit.Message}}
+							<button class="basic compact mini ui icon button commit-button"><i class="ellipsis horizontal icon"></i></button>
+							<pre class="commit-body" style="display: none;">{{RenderCommitBody .LatestCommit.Message $.RepoLink $.Repository.ComposeMetas}}</pre>
+						{{end}}
+					</span>
 				{{end}}
-				</span>
 			</th>
-			<th class="text grey right age">{{if .LatestCommit.Author}}{{TimeSince .LatestCommit.Author.When $.Lang}}{{end}}</th>
+			<th class="text grey right age">{{if .LatestCommit}}{{if .LatestCommit.Author}}{{TimeSince .LatestCommit.Author.When $.Lang}}{{end}}{{end}}</th>
 		</tr>
 	</thead>
 	<tbody>
@@ -43,7 +47,7 @@
 			{{$entry := $item.Entry}}
 			{{$commit := $item.Commit}}
 			{{$subModuleFile := $item.SubModuleFile}}
-			<tr>
+			<tr data-entryname="{{$entry.Name}}" data-ready="{{if $commit}}true{{else}}false{{end}}" class="{{if not $commit}}not{{end}}ready entry">
 				<td class="name four wide">
 					<span class="truncate">
 						{{if $entry.IsSubModule}}
@@ -75,10 +79,14 @@
 				</td>
 				<td class="message nine wide">
 					<span class="truncate">
-						<a href="{{$.RepoLink}}/commit/{{$commit.ID}}" title="{{$commit.Summary}}">{{$commit.Summary | RenderEmoji}}</a>
+						{{if $commit}}
+							<a href="{{$.RepoLink}}/commit/{{$commit.ID}}" title="{{$commit.Summary}}">{{$commit.Summary | RenderEmoji}}</a>
+						{{else}}
+							<div class="ui active tiny slow centered inline">…</div>
+						{{end}}
 					</span>
 				</td>
-				<td class="text right age three wide">{{TimeSince $commit.Committer.When $.Lang}}</td>
+				<td class="text right age three wide">{{if $commit}}{{TimeSince $commit.Committer.When $.Lang}}{{end}}</td>
 			</tr>
 		{{end}}
 	</tbody>
diff --git a/web_src/js/features/lastcommitloader.js b/web_src/js/features/lastcommitloader.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..964255f229
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web_src/js/features/lastcommitloader.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+const {csrf} = window.config;
+
+export async function initLastCommitLoader() {
+  const entryMap = {};
+
+  const entries = $('table#repo-files-table tr.notready')
+    .map((_, v) => {
+      entryMap[$(v).attr('data-entryname')] = $(v);
+      return $(v).attr('data-entryname');
+    })
+    .get();
+
+  if (entries.length === 0) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const lastCommitLoaderURL = $('table#repo-files-table').data('lastCommitLoaderUrl');
+
+  if (entries.length > 200) {
+    $.post(lastCommitLoaderURL, {
+      _csrf: csrf,
+    }, (data) => {
+      $('table#repo-files-table').replaceWith(data);
+    });
+    return;
+  }
+
+  $.post(lastCommitLoaderURL, {
+    _csrf: csrf,
+    'f': entries,
+  }, (data) => {
+    $(data).find('tr').each((_, row) => {
+      if (row.className === 'commit-list') {
+        $('table#repo-files-table .commit-list').replaceWith(row);
+        return;
+      }
+      entryMap[$(row).attr('data-entryname')].replaceWith(row);
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/web_src/js/index.js b/web_src/js/index.js
index 4fda303a3c..d6787e89bf 100644
--- a/web_src/js/index.js
+++ b/web_src/js/index.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import initTableSort from './features/tablesort.js';
 import {createCodeEditor, createMonaco} from './features/codeeditor.js';
 import {initMarkupAnchors} from './markup/anchors.js';
 import {initNotificationsTable, initNotificationCount} from './features/notification.js';
+import {initLastCommitLoader} from './features/lastcommitloader.js';
 import {initStopwatch} from './features/stopwatch.js';
 import {showLineButton} from './code/linebutton.js';
 import {initMarkupContent, initCommentContent} from './markup/content.js';
@@ -2864,6 +2865,7 @@ $(document).ready(async () => {
   initContextPopups();
   initTableSort();
   initNotificationsTable();
+  initLastCommitLoader();
   initPullRequestMergeInstruction();
   initFileViewToggle();
   initReleaseEditor();