diff --git a/wakatime/base.py b/wakatime/base.py
index c49b81a..6138337 100644
--- a/wakatime/base.py
+++ b/wakatime/base.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from .offlinequeue import Queue
 from .packages import argparse
 from .packages import simplejson as json
 from .packages.requests.exceptions import RequestException
-from .project import find_project
+from .project import get_project_info
 from .session_cache import SessionCache
 from .stats import get_file_stats
 try:
@@ -443,20 +443,12 @@ def main(argv=None):
         stats = get_file_stats(args.targetFile, notfile=args.notfile,
                                lineno=args.lineno, cursorpos=args.cursorpos)
 
-        project = None
+        project, branch = None, None
         if not args.notfile:
-            project = find_project(args.targetFile, configs=configs)
-        branch = None
-        project_name = args.project
-        if project:
-            branch = project.branch()
-            if not project_name:
-                project_name = project.name()
-        if not project_name:
-            project_name = args.alternate_project
+            project, branch = get_project_info(configs=configs, args=args)
 
         kwargs = vars(args)
-        kwargs['project'] = project_name
+        kwargs['project'] = project
         kwargs['branch'] = branch
         kwargs['stats'] = stats
 
diff --git a/wakatime/project.py b/wakatime/project.py
index 949a76d..bb8b503 100644
--- a/wakatime/project.py
+++ b/wakatime/project.py
@@ -15,30 +15,70 @@ from .projects.git import Git
 from .projects.mercurial import Mercurial
 from .projects.projectmap import ProjectMap
 from .projects.subversion import Subversion
-from .projects.wakatime import WakaTime
+from .projects.wakatime_project_file import WakaTimeProjectFile
 
 
 log = logging.getLogger('WakaTime')
 
 
 # List of plugin classes to find a project for the current file path.
-# Project plugins will be processed with priority in the order below.
-PLUGINS = [
-    WakaTime,
+CONFIG_PLUGINS = [
+    WakaTimeProjectFile,
     ProjectMap,
+]
+REV_CONTROL_PLUGINS = [
     Git,
     Mercurial,
     Subversion,
 ]
 
 
-def find_project(path, configs=None):
-    for plugin in PLUGINS:
-        plugin_name = plugin.__name__.lower()
-        plugin_configs = None
-        if configs and configs.has_section(plugin_name):
-            plugin_configs = dict(configs.items(plugin_name))
-        project = plugin(path, configs=plugin_configs)
+def get_project_info(configs=None, args=None):
+    """Find the current project and branch.
+
+    First looks for a .wakatime-project file. Second, uses the --project arg.
+    Third, uses the folder name from a revision control repository. Last, uses
+    the --alternate-project arg.
+
+    Returns a project, branch tuple.
+    """
+
+    project_name, branch_name = None, None
+
+    for plugin_cls in CONFIG_PLUGINS:
+
+        plugin_name = plugin_cls.__name__.lower()
+        plugin_configs = get_configs_for_plugin(plugin_name, configs)
+
+        project = plugin_cls(args.targetFile, configs=plugin_configs)
         if project.process():
-            return project
+            project_name = project.name()
+            branch_name = project.branch()
+            break
+
+    if project_name is None:
+        project_name = args.project
+
+    if project_name is None or branch_name is None:
+
+        for plugin_cls in REV_CONTROL_PLUGINS:
+
+            plugin_name = plugin_cls.__name__.lower()
+            plugin_configs = get_configs_for_plugin(plugin_name, configs)
+
+            project = plugin_cls(args.targetFile, configs=plugin_configs)
+            if project.process():
+                project_name = project_name or project.name()
+                branch_name = branch_name or project.branch()
+                break
+
+    if project_name is None:
+        project_name = args.alternate_project
+
+    return project_name, branch_name
+
+
+def get_configs_for_plugin(plugin_name, configs):
+    if configs and configs.has_section(plugin_name):
+        return dict(configs.items(plugin_name))
     return None
diff --git a/wakatime/projects/wakatime.py b/wakatime/projects/wakatime_project_file.py
similarity index 92%
rename from wakatime/projects/wakatime.py
rename to wakatime/projects/wakatime_project_file.py
index 41ec0d6..97a4652 100644
--- a/wakatime/projects/wakatime.py
+++ b/wakatime/projects/wakatime_project_file.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
-    wakatime.projects.wakatime
-    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+    wakatime.projects.wakatime_project_file
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
     Information from a .wakatime-project file about the project for
     a given file. First line of .wakatime-project sets the project
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from ..compat import u, open
 log = logging.getLogger('WakaTime')
 
 
-class WakaTime(BaseProject):
+class WakaTimeProjectFile(BaseProject):
 
     def process(self):
         self.config = self._find_config(self.path)