diff --git a/src/GitS-Core.package/GSBrowser.class/instance/revealActiveTreeMember.st b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSBrowser.class/instance/revealActiveTreeMember.st
index 4d78e79c..ec6e834f 100644
--- a/src/GitS-Core.package/GSBrowser.class/instance/revealActiveTreeMember.st
+++ b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSBrowser.class/instance/revealActiveTreeMember.st
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ui
 revealActiveTreeMember
 	self activeRefTreeMember ifNotNil: [ | path |
-		path := self activeRefTreeMember withAllParents allButFirst.
+		path := self activeRefTreeMember withAllUncompressedParents allButFirst.
 		self changed: {#openPath}, (path collect: #label)].
 	self changed: #activeRefTreeMember.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/GitS-Core.package/GSBrowser.class/methodProperties.json b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSBrowser.class/methodProperties.json
index 09aa06cc..de7e173a 100644
--- a/src/GitS-Core.package/GSBrowser.class/methodProperties.json
+++ b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSBrowser.class/methodProperties.json
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 		"refTreeRoots" : "mad 12/16/2024 21:55",
 		"refsChanged" : "mad 12/16/2024 20:45",
 		"reopen" : "mad 1/15/2025 18:56",
-		"revealActiveTreeMember" : "mad 12/23/2024 20:04",
+		"revealActiveTreeMember" : "mad 1/18/2025 15:49",
 		"unitOfWork" : "mad 9/19/2023 12:37",
 		"update:" : "mad 12/21/2024 20:47",
 		"updateRefTree" : "mad 12/16/2024 22:13",
diff --git a/src/GitS-Core.package/GSRefTreeMember.class/instance/compressible.st b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSRefTreeMember.class/instance/compressible.st
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71975f9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSRefTreeMember.class/instance/compressible.st
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+compressing
+compressible
+	self subclassResponsibility.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/GitS-Core.package/GSRefTreeMember.class/instance/withAllUncompressedParents.st b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSRefTreeMember.class/instance/withAllUncompressedParents.st
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..336f0a0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSRefTreeMember.class/instance/withAllUncompressedParents.st
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+accessing
+withAllUncompressedParents
+	^ self withAllParents reject: #willCompress
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/GitS-Core.package/GSRefTreeMember.class/methodProperties.json b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSRefTreeMember.class/methodProperties.json
index e23132bf..3ad8399d 100644
--- a/src/GitS-Core.package/GSRefTreeMember.class/methodProperties.json
+++ b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSRefTreeMember.class/methodProperties.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 		"children:" : "mad 12/16/2024 21:41",
 		"compressed" : "mad 1/15/2025 17:33",
 		"compressedChildren" : "mad 1/15/2025 17:30",
+		"compressible" : "mad 1/18/2025 15:50",
 		"ensure:" : "mad 1/15/2025 17:54",
 		"findRef:ifFound:ifNone:" : "mad 1/17/2025 11:11",
 		"findRef:ifNone:" : "mad 1/17/2025 11:12",
@@ -25,5 +26,6 @@
 		"wants:" : "mad 1/15/2025 17:55",
 		"willCompress" : "mad 1/15/2025 17:27",
 		"withAllParents" : "mad 12/16/2024 23:09",
+		"withAllUncompressedParents" : "mad 1/18/2025 15:49",
 		"workingCopy" : "mad 10/9/2024 23:31",
 		"workingCopy:" : "mad 10/9/2024 23:32" } }
diff --git a/src/GitS-Core.package/GSRefWrapper.class/instance/compressible.st b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSRefWrapper.class/instance/compressible.st
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..28a30111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSRefWrapper.class/instance/compressible.st
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+as yet unclassified
+compressible
+	^ false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/GitS-Core.package/GSRefWrapper.class/methodProperties.json b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSRefWrapper.class/methodProperties.json
index 4acf8774..1f5966ca 100644
--- a/src/GitS-Core.package/GSRefWrapper.class/methodProperties.json
+++ b/src/GitS-Core.package/GSRefWrapper.class/methodProperties.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 		"children" : "mad 10/10/2024 01:08",
 		"children:" : "mad 12/16/2024 21:41",
 		"compressed" : "mad 1/15/2025 17:33",
+		"compressible" : "mad 1/18/2025 15:50",
 		"ensure:" : "mad 1/15/2025 13:46",
 		"isActive" : "mad 12/17/2024 19:24",
 		"isRef" : "mad 10/9/2024 23:33",