diff --git a/rhodecode/controllers/home.py b/rhodecode/controllers/home.py
--- a/rhodecode/controllers/home.py
+++ b/rhodecode/controllers/home.py
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ class HomeController(BaseController):
                                            .render(repo_name, _=_, h=h, c=c))
             atom_lnk = lambda repo_name: (template.get_def("atom")
                                            .render(repo_name, _=_, h=h, c=c))
+            tip = lambda repo_name, cs_cache: (template.get_def("revision")
+                                    .render(repo_name,
+                                            cs_cache.get('revision'),
+                                            cs_cache.get('raw_id'),
+                                            cs_cache.get('author'),
+                                            cs_cache.get('message'), _=_, h=h,
+                                            c=c))
 
             def desc(desc):
                 if c.visual.stylify_metatags:
@@ -90,6 +97,7 @@ class HomeController(BaseController):
                     "name": repo_lnk(repo.repo_name, repo.repo_type,
                                      repo.private, repo.fork),
                     "last_change": last_change(repo.last_db_change),
+                    "tip": tip(repo.repo_name, repo.changeset_cache),
                     "desc": desc(repo.description),
                     "owner": h.person(repo.user.username),
                     "rss": rss_lnk(repo.repo_name),
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/base.py b/rhodecode/lib/base.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/base.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/base.py
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ class BaseRepoController(BaseController)
             dbr = c.rhodecode_db_repo = Repository.get_by_repo_name(c.repo_name)
             c.rhodecode_repo = c.rhodecode_db_repo.scm_instance
             # update last change according to VCS data
-            dbr.update_last_change(c.rhodecode_repo.last_change)
+            dbr.update_changeset_cache(dbr.get_changeset())
             if c.rhodecode_repo is None:
                 log.error('%s this repository is present in database but it '
                           'cannot be created as an scm instance', c.repo_name)
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/dbmigrate/versions/010_version_1_5_2.py b/rhodecode/lib/dbmigrate/versions/010_version_1_5_2.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/dbmigrate/versions/010_version_1_5_2.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/dbmigrate/versions/010_version_1_5_2.py
@@ -28,6 +28,23 @@ def upgrade(migrate_engine):
     tbl = UserIpMap.__table__
     tbl.create()
 
+    #==========================================================================
+    # REPOSITORIES
+    #==========================================================================
+    from rhodecode.lib.dbmigrate.schema.db_1_5_0 import Repository
+    tbl = Repository.__table__
+    changeset_cache = Column("changeset_cache", LargeBinary(), nullable=True)
+    # create username column
+    changeset_cache.create(table=tbl)
+
+    #fix cache data
+    _Session = Session()
+    ## after adding that column fix all usernames
+    repositories = _Session.query(Repository).all()
+    for entry in repositories:
+        entry.update_changeset_cache()
+    _Session.commit()
+
 
 def downgrade(migrate_engine):
     meta = MetaData()
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/update_repoinfo.py b/rhodecode/lib/update_repoinfo.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/update_repoinfo.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/update_repoinfo.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ from os.path import dirname as dn, join 
 from rhodecode.model import init_model
 from rhodecode.lib.utils2 import engine_from_config, safe_str
 from rhodecode.model.db import RhodeCodeUi, Repository
+from rhodecode.lib.vcs.backends.base import EmptyChangeset
 
 
 #to get the rhodecode import
@@ -73,9 +74,9 @@ class UpdateCommand(BasePasterCommand):
         else:
             repo_list = Repository.getAll()
         for repo in repo_list:
-            last_change = (repo.scm_instance.last_change if repo.scm_instance
-                           else datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(0))
-            repo.update_last_change(last_change)
+            last_cs = (repo.scm_instance.get_changeset() if repo.scm_instance
+                           else EmptyChangeset())
+            repo.update_changeset_cache(last_cs)
 
     def update_parser(self):
         self.parser.add_option('--update-only',
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/utils.py b/rhodecode/lib/utils.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/utils.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/utils.py
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ def repo2db_mapper(initial_repo_list, re
             # installed
             if new_repo.repo_type == 'git':
                 ScmModel().install_git_hook(new_repo.scm_instance)
+            new_repo.update_changeset_cache()
         elif install_git_hook:
             if db_repo.repo_type == 'git':
                 ScmModel().install_git_hook(db_repo.scm_instance)
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/base.py b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/base.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/base.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/base.py
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ class BaseChangeset(object):
         return dict(
             short_id=self.short_id,
             raw_id=self.raw_id,
+            revision=self.revision,
             message=self.message,
             date=self.date,
             author=self.author,
diff --git a/rhodecode/model/db.py b/rhodecode/model/db.py
--- a/rhodecode/model/db.py
+++ b/rhodecode/model/db.py
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ class Repository(Base, BaseModel):
     landing_rev = Column("landing_revision", String(255, convert_unicode=False, assert_unicode=None), nullable=False, unique=False, default=None)
     enable_locking = Column("enable_locking", Boolean(), nullable=False, unique=None, default=False)
     _locked = Column("locked", String(255, convert_unicode=False, assert_unicode=None), nullable=True, unique=False, default=None)
-    #changeset_cache = Column("changeset_cache", LargeBinary(), nullable=False) #JSON data
+    _changeset_cache = Column("changeset_cache", LargeBinary(), nullable=True) #JSON data
 
     fork_id = Column("fork_id", Integer(), ForeignKey('repositories.repo_id'), nullable=True, unique=False, default=None)
     group_id = Column("group_id", Integer(), ForeignKey('groups.group_id'), nullable=True, unique=False, default=None)
@@ -717,6 +717,24 @@ class Repository(Base, BaseModel):
         else:
             self._locked = None
 
+    @hybrid_property
+    def changeset_cache(self):
+        from rhodecode.lib.vcs.backends.base import EmptyChangeset
+        dummy = EmptyChangeset().__json__()
+        if not self._changeset_cache:
+            return dummy
+        try:
+            return json.loads(self._changeset_cache)
+        except TypeError:
+            return dummy
+
+    @changeset_cache.setter
+    def changeset_cache(self, val):
+        try:
+            self._changeset_cache = json.dumps(val)
+        except:
+            log.error(traceback.format_exc())
+
     @classmethod
     def url_sep(cls):
         return URL_SEP
@@ -914,12 +932,30 @@ class Repository(Base, BaseModel):
         cs = self.get_changeset(self.landing_rev) or self.get_changeset()
         return cs
 
-    def update_last_change(self, last_change=None):
-        if last_change is None:
-            last_change = datetime.datetime.now()
-        if self.updated_on is None or self.updated_on != last_change:
-            log.debug('updated repo %s with new date %s' % (self, last_change))
+    def update_changeset_cache(self, cs_cache=None):
+        """
+        Update cache of last changeset for repository, keys should be::
+
+            short_id
+            raw_id
+            revision
+            message
+            date
+            author
+
+        :param cs_cache:
+        """
+        from rhodecode.lib.vcs.backends.base import BaseChangeset
+        if cs_cache is None:
+            cs_cache = self.get_changeset()
+        if isinstance(cs_cache, BaseChangeset):
+            cs_cache = cs_cache.__json__()
+
+        if cs_cache != self.changeset_cache:
+            last_change = cs_cache.get('date') or self.last_change
+            log.debug('updated repo %s with new cs cache %s' % (self, cs_cache))
             self.updated_on = last_change
+            self.changeset_cache = cs_cache
             Session().add(self)
             Session().commit()
 
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/index_base.html b/rhodecode/templates/index_base.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/index_base.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/index_base.html
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@
                {key:"name"},
                {key:"desc"},
                {key:"last_change"},
+               {key: "tip"},
                {key:"owner"},
                {key:"rss"},
                {key:"atom"},
@@ -266,6 +267,8 @@
             {key:"desc",label:"${_('Description')}",sortable:true},
             {key:"last_change",label:"${_('Last Change')}",sortable:true,
                 sortOptions: { sortFunction: ageSort }},
+            {key:"tip",label:"${_('Tip')}",sortable:true,
+                sortOptions: { sortFunction: revisionSort }},                
             {key:"owner",label:"${_('Owner')}",sortable:true},
             {key:"rss",label:"",sortable:false},
             {key:"atom",label:"",sortable:false},
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ verbosity=2
 with-pylons=test.ini
 detailed-errors=1
 nologcapture=1
-#pdb=1
-#pdb-failures=1
+pdb=1
+pdb-failures=1
 
 # Babel configuration
 [compile_catalog]