diff --git a/src/commands/diffDirectory.ts b/src/commands/diffDirectory.ts
index 10ff4ac..499e4db 100644
--- a/src/commands/diffDirectory.ts
+++ b/src/commands/diffDirectory.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 'use strict';
+import { Iterables } from '../system';
 import { TextEditor, Uri, window } from 'vscode';
 import { ActiveEditorCommand, Commands } from './commands';
 import { GitService } from '../gitService';
 import { Logger } from '../logger';
+import { CommandQuickPickItem, BranchesQuickPick } from '../quickPicks';
 
 export class DiffDirectoryCommand extends ActiveEditorCommand {
 
@@ -20,8 +22,18 @@ export class DiffDirectoryCommand extends ActiveEditorCommand {
             if (!repoPath) return window.showWarningMessage(`Unable to open directory diff`);
 
             if (!shaOrBranch1) {
-                //window.showQuickPick()
-                return undefined;
+                const branches = await this.git.getBranches(repoPath);
+                const current = Iterables.find(branches, _ => _.current);
+
+                const pick = await BranchesQuickPick.show(branches, `Compare ${current.name} to \u2026`);
+                if (!pick) return undefined;
+
+                if (pick instanceof CommandQuickPickItem) {
+                    return pick.execute();
+                }
+
+                shaOrBranch1 = pick.branch.name;
+                if (!shaOrBranch1) return undefined;
             }
 
             this.git.openDirectoryDiff(repoPath, shaOrBranch1, shaOrBranch2);
diff --git a/src/commands/diffWithBranch.ts b/src/commands/diffWithBranch.ts
index 5b97b3d..c994a42 100644
--- a/src/commands/diffWithBranch.ts
+++ b/src/commands/diffWithBranch.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export class DiffWithBranchCommand extends ActiveEditorCommand {
         const gitUri = await GitUri.fromUri(uri, this.git);
 
         const branches = await this.git.getBranches(gitUri.repoPath);
-        const pick = await BranchesQuickPick.show(branches, gitUri, goBackCommand);
+        const pick = await BranchesQuickPick.show(branches, `Compare ${path.basename(gitUri.fsPath)} to \u2026`, goBackCommand);
         if (!pick) return undefined;
 
         if (pick instanceof CommandQuickPickItem) {
diff --git a/src/quickPicks/branches.ts b/src/quickPicks/branches.ts
index 6a17272..2686463 100644
--- a/src/quickPicks/branches.ts
+++ b/src/quickPicks/branches.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 import { QuickPickItem, QuickPickOptions, window } from 'vscode';
-import { GitBranch, GitUri } from '../gitService';
+import { GitBranch } from '../gitService';
 import { CommandQuickPickItem, getQuickPickIgnoreFocusOut } from './quickPicks';
-import * as path from 'path';
 
 export class BranchQuickPickItem implements QuickPickItem {
 
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ export class BranchQuickPickItem implements QuickPickItem {
 
 export class BranchesQuickPick {
 
-    static async show(branches: GitBranch[], uri: GitUri, goBackCommand?: CommandQuickPickItem): Promise<BranchQuickPickItem | CommandQuickPickItem | undefined> {
+    static async show(branches: GitBranch[], placeHolder: string, goBackCommand?: CommandQuickPickItem): Promise<BranchQuickPickItem | CommandQuickPickItem | undefined> {
 
         const items = branches.map(_ => new BranchQuickPickItem(_)) as (BranchQuickPickItem | CommandQuickPickItem)[];
 
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ export class BranchesQuickPick {
 
         const pick = await window.showQuickPick(items,
             {
-                placeHolder: `Compare ${path.basename(uri.fsPath)} to \u2026`,
+                placeHolder: placeHolder,
                 ignoreFocusOut: getQuickPickIgnoreFocusOut()
             } as QuickPickOptions);
         if (!pick) return undefined;