diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cccf63c..5e63b89 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+- Adds a new `Active Repository` node to `Repository View` of the `GitLens` view -- closes [#224](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/224)
+  - Automatically updates to track the repository of the active editor
+  - Only visible if there is more than 1 repository within the workspace
+
 ## [6.4.0] - 2017-12-12
 ### Added
 - Adds `gitlens.keymap` setting to specify the keymap to use for GitLens shortcut keys -- closes [#104](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/104)
diff --git a/src/views/activeRepositoryNode.ts b/src/views/activeRepositoryNode.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc793b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/views/activeRepositoryNode.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+'use strict';
+import { Functions } from '../system';
+import { TextEditor, TreeItem, TreeItemCollapsibleState, window } from 'vscode';
+import { ExplorerNode } from './explorerNode';
+import { GitExplorer } from './gitExplorer';
+import { GitUri } from '../gitService';
+import { RepositoryNode } from './repositoryNode';
+
+export class ActiveRepositoryNode extends ExplorerNode {
+
+    private _repositoryNode: RepositoryNode | undefined;
+
+    constructor(
+        private readonly explorer: GitExplorer
+    ) {
+        super(undefined!);
+
+        explorer.context.subscriptions.push(
+            window.onDidChangeActiveTextEditor(Functions.debounce(this.onActiveEditorChanged, 500), this)
+        );
+
+        this.onActiveEditorChanged(window.activeTextEditor);
+    }
+
+    dispose() {
+        super.dispose();
+
+        if (this._repositoryNode !== undefined) {
+            this._repositoryNode.dispose();
+            this._repositoryNode = undefined;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private async onActiveEditorChanged(editor: TextEditor | undefined) {
+        let changed = false;
+
+        try {
+            const repoPath = await this.explorer.git.getActiveRepoPath(editor);
+            if (repoPath === undefined) {
+                if (this._repositoryNode !== undefined) {
+                    changed = true;
+
+                    this._repositoryNode.dispose();
+                    this._repositoryNode = undefined;
+                }
+
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (this._repositoryNode !== undefined && this._repositoryNode.repo.path === repoPath) return;
+
+            const repo = await this.explorer.git.getRepository(repoPath);
+            if (repo === undefined) {
+                if (this._repositoryNode !== undefined) {
+                    changed = true;
+
+                    this._repositoryNode.dispose();
+                    this._repositoryNode = undefined;
+                }
+
+                return;
+            }
+
+            changed = true;
+            if (this._repositoryNode !== undefined) {
+                this._repositoryNode.dispose();
+            }
+
+            this._repositoryNode = new RepositoryNode(GitUri.fromRepoPath(repo.path), repo, this.explorer, true);
+        }
+        finally {
+            if (changed) {
+                this.explorer.refreshNode(this);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    async getChildren(): Promise<ExplorerNode[]> {
+        return this._repositoryNode !== undefined
+            ? this._repositoryNode.getChildren()
+            : [];
+    }
+
+    getTreeItem(): TreeItem {
+        return this._repositoryNode !== undefined
+            ? this._repositoryNode.getTreeItem()
+            : new TreeItem('No active repository', TreeItemCollapsibleState.None);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/views/branchesNode.ts b/src/views/branchesNode.ts
index f2ab9d2..783a7cc 100644
--- a/src/views/branchesNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/branchesNode.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ export class BranchesNode extends ExplorerNode {
         constructor(
             uri: GitUri,
             private readonly repo: Repository,
-            private readonly explorer: GitExplorer
+            private readonly explorer: GitExplorer,
+            private readonly active: boolean = false
         ) {
             super(uri);
         }
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@ export class BranchesNode extends ExplorerNode {
         }
 
         async getTreeItem(): Promise<TreeItem> {
-            const item = new TreeItem(`Branches`, TreeItemCollapsibleState.Expanded);
+            // HACK: Until https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/30918 is fixed
+            const item = new TreeItem(`Branches`, this.active ? TreeItemCollapsibleState.Expanded : TreeItemCollapsibleState.Collapsed);
 
             const remotes = await this.repo.getRemotes();
             item.contextValue = (remotes !== undefined && remotes.length > 0)
diff --git a/src/views/explorerNodes.ts b/src/views/explorerNodes.ts
index 1b3ddd9..3448e20 100644
--- a/src/views/explorerNodes.ts
+++ b/src/views/explorerNodes.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 export * from './explorerNode';
+export * from './activeRepositoryNode';
 export * from './branchesNode';
 export * from './branchHistoryNode';
 export * from './commitFileNode';
diff --git a/src/views/gitExplorer.ts b/src/views/gitExplorer.ts
index 9f6dc0d..dcc739f 100644
--- a/src/views/gitExplorer.ts
+++ b/src/views/gitExplorer.ts
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export class GitExplorer implements TreeDataProvider<ExplorerNode> {
 
                 if (repositories.length === 1) {
                     const repo = repositories[0];
-                    return new RepositoryNode(GitUri.fromRepoPath(repo.path), repo, this);
+                    return new RepositoryNode(GitUri.fromRepoPath(repo.path), repo, this, true);
                 }
 
                 return new RepositoriesNode(repositories, this);
diff --git a/src/views/repositoriesNode.ts b/src/views/repositoriesNode.ts
index 3566351..c27a9fa 100644
--- a/src/views/repositoriesNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/repositoriesNode.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 import { TreeItem, TreeItemCollapsibleState } from 'vscode';
+import { ActiveRepositoryNode } from './activeRepositoryNode';
 import { ExplorerNode, ResourceType } from './explorerNode';
 import { GitExplorer } from './gitExplorer';
 import { GitUri, Repository } from '../gitService';
@@ -20,6 +21,11 @@ export class RepositoriesNode extends ExplorerNode {
         this.children = this.repositories
             .sort((a, b) => a.index - b.index)
             .map(repo => new RepositoryNode(GitUri.fromRepoPath(repo.path), repo, this.explorer));
+
+        if (this.children.length > 1) {
+            this.children.splice(0, 0, new ActiveRepositoryNode(this.explorer));
+        }
+
         return this.children;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/views/repositoryNode.ts b/src/views/repositoryNode.ts
index 5203132..a340763 100644
--- a/src/views/repositoryNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/repositoryNode.ts
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ export class RepositoryNode extends ExplorerNode {
 
     constructor(
         uri: GitUri,
-        private readonly repo: Repository,
-        private readonly explorer: GitExplorer
+        readonly repo: Repository,
+        private readonly explorer: GitExplorer,
+        private readonly active: boolean = false
     ) {
         super(uri);
     }
@@ -26,8 +27,8 @@ export class RepositoryNode extends ExplorerNode {
         this.updateSubscription();
 
         this.children = [
-            new StatusNode(this.uri, this.repo, this, this.explorer),
-            new BranchesNode(this.uri, this.repo, this.explorer),
+            new StatusNode(this.uri, this.repo, this, this.explorer, this.active),
+            new BranchesNode(this.uri, this.repo, this.explorer, this.active),
             new RemotesNode(this.uri, this.repo, this.explorer),
             new StashesNode(this.uri, this.repo, this.explorer)
         ];
@@ -37,7 +38,11 @@ export class RepositoryNode extends ExplorerNode {
     getTreeItem(): TreeItem {
         this.updateSubscription();
 
-        const item = new TreeItem(`Repository ${Strings.pad(GlyphChars.Dash, 1, 1)} ${this.repo.formattedName || this.uri.repoPath}`, TreeItemCollapsibleState.Expanded);
+        const label = this.active
+            ? `Active Repository ${Strings.pad(GlyphChars.Dash, 1, 1)} ${this.repo.formattedName || this.uri.repoPath}`
+            : `${this.repo.formattedName || this.uri.repoPath}`;
+
+        const item = new TreeItem(label, this.active ? TreeItemCollapsibleState.Expanded : TreeItemCollapsibleState.Collapsed);
         item.contextValue = ResourceType.Repository;
         return item;
     }
diff --git a/src/views/statusNode.ts b/src/views/statusNode.ts
index 18e8393..9d7760b 100644
--- a/src/views/statusNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/statusNode.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ export class StatusNode extends ExplorerNode {
         uri: GitUri,
         private readonly repo: Repository,
         private readonly parent: ExplorerNode,
-        private readonly explorer: GitExplorer
+        private readonly explorer: GitExplorer,
+        private readonly active: boolean = false
     ) {
         super(uri);
     }
@@ -93,7 +94,16 @@ export class StatusNode extends ExplorerNode {
             label = `${status.branch} ${hasWorkingChanges ? 'has uncommitted changes' : this.includeWorkingTree ? 'has no changes' : 'has nothing to commit'}`;
         }
 
-        const item = new TreeItem(label, (hasChildren || hasWorkingChanges) ? TreeItemCollapsibleState.Expanded : TreeItemCollapsibleState.None);
+        let state: TreeItemCollapsibleState;
+        if (hasChildren || hasWorkingChanges) {
+            // HACK: Until https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/30918 is fixed
+            state = this.active ? TreeItemCollapsibleState.Expanded : TreeItemCollapsibleState.Collapsed;
+        }
+        else {
+            state = TreeItemCollapsibleState.None;
+        }
+
+        const item = new TreeItem(label, state);
         item.contextValue = ResourceType.Status;
 
         item.iconPath = {