diff --git a/doc/NERDTree.txt b/doc/NERDTree.txt
index 48b56b4..b86cdf1 100644
--- a/doc/NERDTree.txt
+++ b/doc/NERDTree.txt
@@ -107,6 +107,14 @@ The following features and functionality are provided by the NERD tree:
         :NERDTree /home/marty/vim7/src
         :NERDTree foo   (foo is the name of a bookmark)
 <
+:NERDTreeVCS [<start-directory> | <bookmark>]                     *:NERDTreeVCS*
+    Like |:NERDTree|, but searches up the directory tree to find the top of
+    the version control system repository, and roots the NERD tree there. It
+    works with Git, Subversion, Mercurial, Bazaar, and Darcs repositories. A
+    couple of examples: >
+        :NERDTreeVCS /home/marty/nerdtree/doc  (opens /home/marty/nerdtree)
+        :NERDTreeVCS              (opens root of repository containing CWD)
+<
 :NERDTreeFromBookmark <bookmark>                         *:NERDTreeFromBookmark*
     Opens a fresh NERD tree with the root initialized to the dir for
     <bookmark>.  The only reason to use this command over :NERDTree is for
diff --git a/lib/nerdtree/creator.vim b/lib/nerdtree/creator.vim
index 78dfd9e..1afd056 100644
--- a/lib/nerdtree/creator.vim
+++ b/lib/nerdtree/creator.vim
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function! s:Creator._broadcastInitEvent()
     silent doautocmd User NERDTreeInit
 endfunction
 
-" FUNCTION: s:Creator.BufNamePrefix() {{{2
+" FUNCTION: s:Creator.BufNamePrefix() {{{1
 function! s:Creator.BufNamePrefix()
     return 'NERD_tree_'
 endfunction
diff --git a/nerdtree_plugin/vcs.vim b/nerdtree_plugin/vcs.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c30579a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nerdtree_plugin/vcs.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+" ============================================================================
+" File:        vcs.vim
+" Description: NERDTree plugin that provides a command to open on the root of
+"              a version control system repository.
+" Maintainer:  Phil Runninger
+" License:     This program is free software. It comes without any warranty,
+"              to the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute
+"              it and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You
+"              Want To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar.
+"              See http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.
+"
+" ============================================================================
+command! -n=? -complete=dir -bar NERDTreeVCS :call <SID>CreateTabTreeVCS('<args>')
+
+" FUNCTION: s:CreateTabTreeVCS(a:name) {{{1
+function! s:CreateTabTreeVCS(name)
+    let l:path = g:NERDTreeCreator._pathForString(a:name)
+    let l:path = s:FindParentVCSRoot(l:path)
+    call g:NERDTreeCreator.createTabTree(empty(l:path) ? "" : l:path._str())
+endfunction
+
+" FUNCTION: s:FindParentVCSRoot(a:path) {{{1
+" Finds the root version control system folder of the given path. If a:path is
+" not part of a repository, return the original path.
+function! s:FindParentVCSRoot(path)
+    let l:path = a:path
+    while !empty(l:path) &&
+        \ l:path._str() !~ '^\(\a:\\\|\/\)$' &&
+        \ !isdirectory(l:path._str() . '/.git') &&
+        \ !isdirectory(l:path._str() . '/.svn') &&
+        \ !isdirectory(l:path._str() . '/.hg') &&
+        \ !isdirectory(l:path._str() . '/.bzr') &&
+        \ !isdirectory(l:path._str() . '/_darcs')
+        let l:path = l:path.getParent()
+    endwhile
+    return (empty(l:path) || l:path._str() =~ '^\(\a:\\\|\/\)$') ? a:path : l:path
+endfunction
+