diff --git a/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/command/HgLogCommand.java b/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/command/HgLogCommand.java
index fa9b2e7b6386..68267124998b 100644
--- a/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/command/HgLogCommand.java
+++ b/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/command/HgLogCommand.java
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ public class HgLogCommand {
   }
 
   @Nullable
-  private HgCommandResult execute(@NotNull VirtualFile repo, @NotNull String template, int limit, HgFile hgFile,
-                                  @Nullable List<String> argsForCmd) {
+  public HgCommandResult execute(@NotNull VirtualFile repo, @NotNull String template, int limit, HgFile hgFile,
+                                 @Nullable List<String> argsForCmd) {
     List<String> arguments = new LinkedList<String>();
     if (myIncludeRemoved) {
       // There is a bug in mercurial that causes --follow --removed <file> to cause
diff --git a/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/log/HgLogProvider.java b/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/log/HgLogProvider.java
index 0b878919bf9f..fb3f17d34a63 100644
--- a/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/log/HgLogProvider.java
+++ b/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/log/HgLogProvider.java
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ public class HgLogProvider implements VcsLogProvider {
   @NotNull
   @Override
   public Collection<String> getContainingBranches(@NotNull VirtualFile root, @NotNull Hash commitHash) throws VcsException {
-    return ContainerUtil.emptyList(); // TODO
+    return HgHistoryUtil.getDescendingHeadsOfBranches(myProject, root, commitHash);
   }
 
   private static String prepareParameter(String paramName, String value) {
diff --git a/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/util/HgHistoryUtil.java b/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/util/HgHistoryUtil.java
index c042945b5321..c7a93a262caf 100644
--- a/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/util/HgHistoryUtil.java
+++ b/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/util/HgHistoryUtil.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.zmlx.hg4idea.*;
 import org.zmlx.hg4idea.action.HgCommandResultNotifier;
 import org.zmlx.hg4idea.command.HgLogCommand;
 import org.zmlx.hg4idea.execution.HgCommandException;
+import org.zmlx.hg4idea.execution.HgCommandResult;
 import org.zmlx.hg4idea.log.HgContentRevisionFactory;
 import org.zmlx.hg4idea.provider.HgCommittedChangeList;
 
@@ -205,4 +206,29 @@ public class HgHistoryUtil {
     }
     return hashArgs;
   }
+
+  @NotNull
+  public static Collection<String> getDescendingHeadsOfBranches(@NotNull Project project, @NotNull VirtualFile root, @NotNull Hash hash)
+    throws VcsException {
+    //hg log -r "descendants(659db54c1b6865c97c4497fa867194bcd759ca76) and head() " --template "{branch} {bookmarks}\n"
+    Set<String> branchHeads = new HashSet<String>();
+    List<String> params = new ArrayList<String>();
+    params.add("-r");
+    params.add("descendants(" + hash.asString() + ") and head()");
+    HgFile hgFile = new HgFile(root, VcsUtil.getFilePath(root.getPath()));
+    HgLogCommand hgLogCommand = new HgLogCommand(project);
+    hgLogCommand.setLogFile(false);
+    String template = HgChangesetUtil.makeTemplate("{branch}", "{bookmarks}");
+    HgCommandResult logResult = hgLogCommand.execute(root, template, -1, hgFile, params);
+    if (logResult == null || logResult.getExitValue() != 0) {
+      throw new VcsException("Couldn't get commit details: log command execution error.");
+    }
+    String output = logResult.getRawOutput();
+    String[] changeSets = output.split(HgChangesetUtil.CHANGESET_SEPARATOR);
+    for (String line : changeSets) {
+      String[] attributes = line.split(HgChangesetUtil.ITEM_SEPARATOR);
+      branchHeads.addAll(Arrays.asList(attributes));
+    }
+    return branchHeads;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/hg4idea/testSrc/hg4idea/test/history/HgLogHistoryTest.java b/plugins/hg4idea/testSrc/hg4idea/test/history/HgLogHistoryTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3c215aefbf9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/hg4idea/testSrc/hg4idea/test/history/HgLogHistoryTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2013 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package hg4idea.test.history;
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.VcsException;
+import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.VcsTestUtil;
+import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
+import com.intellij.vcs.log.Hash;
+import com.intellij.vcs.log.impl.HashImpl;
+import hg4idea.test.HgPlatformTest;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.zmlx.hg4idea.util.HgHistoryUtil;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import static com.intellij.openapi.vcs.Executor.cd;
+import static com.intellij.openapi.vcs.Executor.echo;
+import static com.intellij.openapi.vcs.Executor.touch;
+import static hg4idea.test.HgExecutor.hg;
+
+/**
+ * @author Nadya Zabrodina
+ */
+public class HgLogHistoryTest extends HgPlatformTest {
+
+  @Override
+  public void setUp() throws Exception {
+    super.setUp();
+    createBookmarksAndBranches(myRepository);
+  }
+
+  public void testContainedInBranchesInLogInfos() throws VcsException {
+    Hash testHashForFirstCommit = HashImpl.build("0");
+    Collection<String> branches = HgHistoryUtil.getDescendingHeadsOfBranches(myProject, myRepository, testHashForFirstCommit);
+    //B_Bookmark should not be listed - it is inactive and not head//
+    VcsTestUtil.assertEqualCollections(branches, Arrays.asList("default", "branchA", "branchB", "A_BookMark", "C_BookMark"));
+  }
+
+  private static void createBookmarksAndBranches(@NotNull VirtualFile repositoryRoot) {
+    cd(repositoryRoot);
+    hg("bookmark A_BookMark");
+    hg("tag tag1");
+    String aFile = "A.txt";
+    touch(aFile, "base");
+    hg("add " + aFile);
+    hg("commit -m 'create file'");
+    hg("branch branchA");
+    hg("tag tag2");
+    echo(aFile, " modify with a");
+    hg("commit -m 'create branchA'");
+    hg("bookmark B_BookMark --inactive");
+    echo(aFile, " modify with AA");
+    hg("commit -m 'modify branchA'");
+    hg("up default");
+    hg("branch branchB");
+    hg("tag -l localTag");
+    echo(aFile, " modify with b");
+    hg("commit -m 'modify file in branchB'");
+    hg("bookmark C_BookMark");
+    hg("up branchA");
+  }
+}