diff --git a/app/controllers/blame_controller.rb b/app/controllers/blame_controller.rb
index 37d7245c..76caa4a6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/blame_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/blame_controller.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ class BlameController < ProjectResourceController
   before_filter :authorize_code_access!
   before_filter :require_non_empty_project
 
-  before_filter :assign_ref_vars
-
   def show
     @repo = @project.repo
     @blame = Grit::Blob.blame(@repo, @commit.id, @path)
diff --git a/app/controllers/blob_controller.rb b/app/controllers/blob_controller.rb
index d4a45d95..530b72fe 100644
--- a/app/controllers/blob_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/blob_controller.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ class BlobController < ProjectResourceController
   before_filter :authorize_code_access!
   before_filter :require_non_empty_project
 
-  before_filter :assign_ref_vars
-
   def show
     if @tree.is_blob?
       send_data(
diff --git a/app/controllers/edit_tree_controller.rb b/app/controllers/edit_tree_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aae983aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/edit_tree_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# Controller for edit a repository's file
+class EditTreeController < ProjectResourceController
+  include ExtractsPath
+
+  # Authorize
+  before_filter :authorize_read_project!
+  before_filter :authorize_code_access!
+  before_filter :require_non_empty_project
+
+  before_filter :edit_requirements, only: [:edit, :update]
+
+  def show
+    @last_commit = @project.repository.last_commit_for(@ref, @path).sha
+  end
+
+  def update
+    edit_file_action = Gitlab::Satellite::EditFileAction.new(current_user, @project, @ref, @path)
+    updated_successfully = edit_file_action.commit!(
+      params[:content],
+      params[:commit_message],
+      params[:last_commit]
+    )
+
+    if updated_successfully
+      redirect_to project_tree_path(@project, @id), notice: "Your changes have been successfully commited"
+    else
+      flash[:notice] = "Your changes could not be commited, because the file has been changed"
+      render :edit
+    end
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def edit_requirements
+    unless @tree.is_blob? && @tree.text?
+      redirect_to project_tree_path(@project, @id), notice: "You can only edit text files"
+    end
+
+    allowed = if project.protected_branch? @ref
+                can?(current_user, :push_code_to_protected_branches, project)
+              else
+                can?(current_user, :push_code, project)
+              end
+
+    return access_denied! unless allowed
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/controllers/tree_controller.rb b/app/controllers/tree_controller.rb
index 2151bd7c..a03ea3ff 100644
--- a/app/controllers/tree_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/tree_controller.rb
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ class TreeController < ProjectResourceController
   before_filter :authorize_code_access!
   before_filter :require_non_empty_project
 
-  before_filter :assign_ref_vars
-  before_filter :edit_requirements, only: [:edit, :update]
-
   def show
     @hex_path  = Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(@path)
     @logs_path = logs_file_project_ref_path(@project, @ref, @path)
@@ -20,40 +17,4 @@ class TreeController < ProjectResourceController
       format.js { no_cache_headers }
     end
   end
-
-  def edit
-    @last_commit = @project.repository.last_commit_for(@ref, @path).sha
-  end
-
-  def update
-    edit_file_action = Gitlab::Satellite::EditFileAction.new(current_user, @project, @ref, @path)
-    updated_successfully = edit_file_action.commit!(
-      params[:content],
-      params[:commit_message],
-      params[:last_commit]
-    )
-
-    if updated_successfully
-      redirect_to project_tree_path(@project, @id), notice: "Your changes have been successfully commited"
-    else
-      flash[:notice] = "Your changes could not be commited, because the file has been changed"
-      render :edit
-    end
-  end
-
-  private
-
-  def edit_requirements
-    unless @tree.is_blob? && @tree.text?
-      redirect_to project_tree_path(@project, @id), notice: "You can only edit text files"
-    end
-
-    allowed = if project.protected_branch? @ref
-                can?(current_user, :push_code_to_protected_branches, project)
-              else
-                can?(current_user, :push_code, project)
-              end
-
-    return access_denied! unless allowed
-  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/tree/edit.html.haml b/app/views/edit_tree/show.html.haml
similarity index 93%
rename from app/views/tree/edit.html.haml
rename to app/views/edit_tree/show.html.haml
index 81918e50..211396ba 100644
--- a/app/views/tree/edit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/edit_tree/show.html.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .file-editor
-  = form_tag(project_tree_path(@project, @id), method: :put, class: "form-horizontal") do
+  = form_tag(project_edit_tree_path(@project, @id), method: :put, class: "form-horizontal") do
     .file_holder
       .file_title
         %i.icon-file
diff --git a/app/views/tree/_blob_actions.html.haml b/app/views/tree/_blob_actions.html.haml
index 0bde968d..1d55a4ff 100644
--- a/app/views/tree/_blob_actions.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/tree/_blob_actions.html.haml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .btn-group.tree-btn-group
   -# only show edit link for text files
   - if @tree.text?
-    = link_to "edit", edit_project_tree_path(@project, @id), class: "btn btn-tiny", disabled: !allowed_tree_edit?
+    = link_to "edit", project_edit_tree_path(@project, @id), class: "btn btn-tiny", disabled: !allowed_tree_edit?
   = link_to "raw", project_blob_path(@project, @id), class: "btn btn-tiny", target: "_blank"
   -# only show normal/blame view links for text files
   - if @tree.text?
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 0028baf8..fafaef84 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ Gitlab::Application.routes.draw do
   #
   resources :projects, constraints: { id: /(?:[a-zA-Z.0-9_\-]+\/)?[a-zA-Z.0-9_\-]+/ }, except: [:new, :create, :index], path: "/" do
     resources :blob,    only: [:show], constraints: {id: /.+/}
-    resources :tree,    only: [:show, :edit, :update], constraints: {id: /.+/}
+    resources :tree,    only: [:show], constraints: {id: /.+/, format: /(html|js)/ }
+    resources :edit_tree,    only: [:show, :update], constraints: {id: /.+/}, path: 'edit'
     resources :commit,  only: [:show], constraints: {id: /[[:alnum:]]{6,40}/}
     resources :commits, only: [:show], constraints: {id: /(?:[^.]|\.(?!atom$))+/, format: /atom/}
     resources :compare, only: [:index, :create]
diff --git a/lib/extracts_path.rb b/lib/extracts_path.rb
index 66b2f450..351fc2f2 100644
--- a/lib/extracts_path.rb
+++ b/lib/extracts_path.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module ExtractsPath
 
   included do
     if respond_to?(:before_filter)
-      before_filter :assign_ref_vars, only: [:show]
+      before_filter :assign_ref_vars
     end
   end
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ module ExtractsPath
   #   extract_ref("v2.0.0/README.md")
   #   # => ['v2.0.0', 'README.md']
   #
-  #   extract_ref('/gitlab/vagrant/tree/master/app/models/project.rb')
+  #   extract_ref('master/app/models/project.rb')
   #   # => ['master', 'app/models/project.rb']
   #
   #   extract_ref('issues/1234/app/models/project.rb')
@@ -45,22 +45,12 @@ module ExtractsPath
   #
   # Returns an Array where the first value is the tree-ish and the second is the
   # path
-  def extract_ref(input)
+  def extract_ref(id)
     pair = ['', '']
 
     return pair unless @project
 
-    # Remove relative_url_root from path
-    input.gsub!(/^#{Gitlab.config.gitlab.relative_url_root}/, "")
-    # Remove project, actions and all other staff from path
-    input.gsub!(/^\/#{Regexp.escape(@project.path_with_namespace)}/, "")
-    input.gsub!(/^\/(tree|commits|blame|blob|refs|graph)\//, "") # remove actions
-    input.gsub!(/\?.*$/, "") # remove stamps suffix
-    input.gsub!(/.atom$/, "") # remove rss feed
-    input.gsub!(/.json$/, "") # remove json suffix
-    input.gsub!(/\/edit$/, "") # remove edit route part
-
-    if input.match(/^([[:alnum:]]{40})(.+)/)
+    if id.match(/^([[:alnum:]]{40})(.+)/)
       # If the ref appears to be a SHA, we're done, just split the string
       pair = $~.captures
     else
@@ -68,7 +58,6 @@ module ExtractsPath
       # branches and tags
 
       # Append a trailing slash if we only get a ref and no file path
-      id = input
       id += '/' unless id.ends_with?('/')
 
       valid_refs = @project.repository.ref_names
@@ -105,11 +94,9 @@ module ExtractsPath
   # Automatically renders `not_found!` if a valid tree path could not be
   # resolved (e.g., when a user inserts an invalid path or ref).
   def assign_ref_vars
-    path = CGI::unescape(request.fullpath.dup)
+    @id = params[:id]
 
-    @ref, @path = extract_ref(path)
-
-    @id = File.join(@ref, @path)
+    @ref, @path = extract_ref(@id)
 
     # It is used "@project.repository.commits(@ref, @path, 1, 0)",
     # because "@project.repository.commit(@ref)" returns wrong commit when @ref is tag name.
diff --git a/spec/lib/extracts_path_spec.rb b/spec/lib/extracts_path_spec.rb
index ee20ae79..aac72c63 100644
--- a/spec/lib/extracts_path_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/extracts_path_spec.rb
@@ -54,47 +54,5 @@ describe ExtractsPath do
         extract_ref('stable/CHANGELOG').should == ['stable', 'CHANGELOG']
       end
     end
-
-    context "with a fullpath" do
-      it "extracts a valid branch" do
-        extract_ref('/gitlab/gitlab-ci/tree/foo/bar/baz/CHANGELOG').should == ['foo/bar/baz', 'CHANGELOG']
-      end
-
-      it "extracts a valid tag" do
-        extract_ref('/gitlab/gitlab-ci/tree/v2.0.0/CHANGELOG').should == ['v2.0.0', 'CHANGELOG']
-      end
-
-      it "extracts a valid commit SHA" do
-        extract_ref('/gitlab/gitlab-ci/tree/f4b14494ef6abf3d144c28e4af0c20143383e062/CHANGELOG').should ==
-          ['f4b14494ef6abf3d144c28e4af0c20143383e062', 'CHANGELOG']
-      end
-
-      it "extracts a timestamp" do
-        extract_ref('/gitlab/gitlab-ci/tree/v2.0.0/CHANGELOG?_=12354435').should == ['v2.0.0', 'CHANGELOG']
-      end
-    end
-
-    context "with a fullpath and a relative_url_root" do
-      before do
-        Gitlab.config.gitlab.stub(relative_url_root: '/relative')
-      end
-
-      it "extracts a valid branch with relative_url_root" do
-        extract_ref('/relative/gitlab/gitlab-ci/tree/foo/bar/baz/CHANGELOG').should == ['foo/bar/baz', 'CHANGELOG']
-      end
-
-      it "extracts a valid tag" do
-        extract_ref('/relative/gitlab/gitlab-ci/tree/v2.0.0/CHANGELOG').should == ['v2.0.0', 'CHANGELOG']
-      end
-
-      it "extracts a valid commit SHA" do
-        extract_ref('/relative/gitlab/gitlab-ci/tree/f4b14494ef6abf3d144c28e4af0c20143383e062/CHANGELOG').should ==
-          ['f4b14494ef6abf3d144c28e4af0c20143383e062', 'CHANGELOG']
-      end
-
-      it "extracts a timestamp" do
-        extract_ref('/relative/gitlab/gitlab-ci/tree/v2.0.0/CHANGELOG?_=12354435').should == ['v2.0.0', 'CHANGELOG']
-      end
-    end
   end
 end