diff --git a/internal/git/git.go b/internal/git/git.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..929179ae
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+++ b/internal/git/git.go
@@ -0,0 +1,341 @@
+package git
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/tcnksm/go-gitconfig"
+	"github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab"
+	"glab/internal/config"
+	"glab/internal/run"
+	"log"
+	"net/url"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func GetRepo() string {
+	gitRemoteVar, err := gitconfig.Local("remote." + config.GetEnv("GIT_REMOTE_URL_VAR") + ".url")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Could not find remote url for gitlab. Run git config init")
+	}
+	repo, err := getRepoNameWithNamespace(gitRemoteVar)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	return repo
+}
+
+func getRepoNameWithNamespace(remoteURL string) (string, error)  {
+	parts := strings.Split(remoteURL, "//")
+
+	if len(parts) == 1 {
+		// scp-like short syntax (e.g. git@gitlab.com...)
+		part := parts[0]
+		parts = strings.Split(part, ":")
+	} else if len(parts) == 2 {
+		// every other protocol syntax (e.g. ssh://, http://, git://)
+		part := parts[1]
+		parts = strings.SplitN(part, "/", 2)
+	} else {
+		return "", errors.New("cannot parse remote: " + config.GetEnv("GIT_REMOTE_URL_VAR") + " url: "+ remoteURL)
+	}
+
+	if len(parts) != 2 {
+		return "", errors.New("cannot parse remote: " + config.GetEnv("GIT_REMOTE_URL_VAR") + " url: "+ remoteURL)
+	}
+	repo := parts[1]
+	repo = strings.TrimSuffix(repo, ".git")
+	return repo, nil
+}
+
+// InitGitlabClient : creates client
+func InitGitlabClient() (*gitlab.Client, string) {
+	git, err := gitlab.NewClient(config.GetEnv("GITLAB_TOKEN"), gitlab.WithBaseURL(strings.TrimRight(config.GetEnv("GITLAB_URI"), "/")+"/api/v4"))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to create client: %v", err)
+	}
+	return git, strings.ReplaceAll(GetRepo(), "-", "%2D")
+}
+
+// ErrNotOnAnyBranch indicates that the users is in detached HEAD state
+var ErrNotOnAnyBranch = errors.New("git: not on any branch")
+
+// Ref represents a git commit reference
+type Ref struct {
+	Hash string
+	Name string
+}
+
+// TrackingRef represents a ref for a remote tracking branch
+type TrackingRef struct {
+	RemoteName string
+	BranchName string
+}
+
+func (r TrackingRef) String() string {
+	return "refs/remotes/" + r.RemoteName + "/" + r.BranchName
+}
+
+// ShowRefs resolves fully-qualified refs to commit hashes
+func ShowRefs(ref ...string) ([]Ref, error) {
+	args := append([]string{"show-ref", "--verify", "--"}, ref...)
+	showRef := exec.Command("git", args...)
+	output, err := run.PrepareCmd(showRef).Output()
+
+	var refs []Ref
+	for _, line := range outputLines(output) {
+		parts := strings.SplitN(line, " ", 2)
+		if len(parts) < 2 {
+			continue
+		}
+		refs = append(refs, Ref{
+			Hash: parts[0],
+			Name: parts[1],
+		})
+	}
+
+	return refs, err
+}
+
+// CurrentBranch reads the checked-out branch for the git repository
+func CurrentBranch() (string, error) {
+	refCmd := GitCommand("symbolic-ref", "--quiet", "--short", "HEAD")
+
+	output, err := run.PrepareCmd(refCmd).Output()
+	if err == nil {
+		// Found the branch name
+		return firstLine(output), nil
+	}
+
+	var cmdErr *run.CmdError
+	if errors.As(err, &cmdErr) {
+		if cmdErr.Stderr.Len() == 0 {
+			// Detached head
+			return "", ErrNotOnAnyBranch
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Unknown error
+	return "", err
+}
+
+func listRemotes() ([]string, error) {
+	remoteCmd := exec.Command("git", "remote", "-v")
+	output, err := run.PrepareCmd(remoteCmd).Output()
+	return outputLines(output), err
+}
+
+func Config(name string) (string, error) {
+	configCmd := exec.Command("git", "config", name)
+	output, err := run.PrepareCmd(configCmd).Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("unknown config key: %s", name)
+	}
+
+	return firstLine(output), nil
+
+}
+
+var GitCommand = func(args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
+	return exec.Command("git", args...)
+}
+
+func UncommittedChangeCount() (int, error) {
+	statusCmd := GitCommand("status", "--porcelain")
+	output, err := run.PrepareCmd(statusCmd).Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	lines := strings.Split(string(output), "\n")
+
+	count := 0
+
+	for _, l := range lines {
+		if l != "" {
+			count++
+		}
+	}
+
+	return count, nil
+}
+
+type Commit struct {
+	Sha   string
+	Title string
+}
+
+func Commits(baseRef, headRef string) ([]*Commit, error) {
+	logCmd := GitCommand(
+		"-c", "log.ShowSignature=false",
+		"log", "--pretty=format:%H,%s",
+		"--cherry", fmt.Sprintf("%s...%s", baseRef, headRef))
+	output, err := run.PrepareCmd(logCmd).Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return []*Commit{}, err
+	}
+
+	commits := []*Commit{}
+	sha := 0
+	title := 1
+	for _, line := range outputLines(output) {
+		split := strings.SplitN(line, ",", 2)
+		if len(split) != 2 {
+			continue
+		}
+		commits = append(commits, &Commit{
+			Sha:   split[sha],
+			Title: split[title],
+		})
+	}
+
+	if len(commits) == 0 {
+		return commits, fmt.Errorf("could not find any commits between %s and %s", baseRef, headRef)
+	}
+
+	return commits, nil
+}
+
+func CommitBody(sha string) (string, error) {
+	showCmd := GitCommand("-c", "log.ShowSignature=false", "show", "-s", "--pretty=format:%b", sha)
+	output, err := run.PrepareCmd(showCmd).Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return string(output), nil
+}
+
+// Push publishes a git ref to a remote and sets up upstream configuration
+func Push(remote string, ref string) error {
+	pushCmd := GitCommand("push", "--set-upstream", remote, ref)
+	pushCmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	pushCmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	return run.PrepareCmd(pushCmd).Run()
+}
+
+type BranchConfig struct {
+	RemoteName string
+	RemoteURL  *url.URL
+	MergeRef   string
+}
+
+// ReadBranchConfig parses the `branch.BRANCH.(remote|merge)` part of git config
+func ReadBranchConfig(branch string) (cfg BranchConfig) {
+	prefix := regexp.QuoteMeta(fmt.Sprintf("branch.%s.", branch))
+	configCmd := GitCommand("config", "--get-regexp", fmt.Sprintf("^%s(remote|merge)$", prefix))
+	output, err := run.PrepareCmd(configCmd).Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	for _, line := range outputLines(output) {
+		parts := strings.SplitN(line, " ", 2)
+		if len(parts) < 2 {
+			continue
+		}
+		keys := strings.Split(parts[0], ".")
+		switch keys[len(keys)-1] {
+		case "remote":
+			if strings.Contains(parts[1], ":") {
+				u, err := ParseURL(parts[1])
+				if err != nil {
+					continue
+				}
+				cfg.RemoteURL = u
+			} else if !isFilesystemPath(parts[1]) {
+				cfg.RemoteName = parts[1]
+			}
+		case "merge":
+			cfg.MergeRef = parts[1]
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func DeleteLocalBranch(branch string) error {
+	branchCmd := GitCommand("branch", "-D", branch)
+	err := run.PrepareCmd(branchCmd).Run()
+	return err
+}
+
+func HasLocalBranch(branch string) bool {
+	configCmd := GitCommand("rev-parse", "--verify", "refs/heads/"+branch)
+	_, err := run.PrepareCmd(configCmd).Output()
+	return err == nil
+}
+
+func CheckoutBranch(branch string) error {
+	configCmd := GitCommand("checkout", branch)
+	err := run.PrepareCmd(configCmd).Run()
+	return err
+}
+
+func parseCloneArgs(extraArgs []string) (args []string, target string) {
+	args = extraArgs
+
+	if len(args) > 0 {
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(args[0], "-") {
+			target, args = args[0], args[1:]
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func RunClone(cloneURL string, args []string) (target string, err error) {
+	cloneArgs, target := parseCloneArgs(args)
+
+	cloneArgs = append(cloneArgs, cloneURL)
+
+	// If the args contain an explicit target, pass it to clone
+	//    otherwise, parse the URL to determine where git cloned it to so we can return it
+	if target != "" {
+		cloneArgs = append(cloneArgs, target)
+	} else {
+		target = path.Base(strings.TrimSuffix(cloneURL, ".git"))
+	}
+
+	cloneArgs = append([]string{"clone"}, cloneArgs...)
+
+	cloneCmd := GitCommand(cloneArgs...)
+	cloneCmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
+	cloneCmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	cloneCmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+
+	err = run.PrepareCmd(cloneCmd).Run()
+	return
+}
+
+func AddUpstreamRemote(upstreamURL, cloneDir string) error {
+	cloneCmd := GitCommand("-C", cloneDir, "remote", "add", "-f", "upstream", upstreamURL)
+	cloneCmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	cloneCmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	return run.PrepareCmd(cloneCmd).Run()
+}
+
+func isFilesystemPath(p string) bool {
+	return p == "." || strings.HasPrefix(p, "./") || strings.HasPrefix(p, "/")
+}
+
+// ToplevelDir returns the top-level directory path of the current repository
+func ToplevelDir() (string, error) {
+	showCmd := exec.Command("git", "rev-parse", "--show-toplevel")
+	output, err := run.PrepareCmd(showCmd).Output()
+	return firstLine(output), err
+
+}
+
+func outputLines(output []byte) []string {
+	lines := strings.TrimSuffix(string(output), "\n")
+	return strings.Split(lines, "\n")
+
+}
+
+func firstLine(output []byte) string {
+	if i := bytes.IndexAny(output, "\n"); i >= 0 {
+		return string(output)[0:i]
+	}
+	return string(output)
+}
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diff --git a/internal/git/url.go b/internal/git/url.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8f9e039
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/git/url.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package git
+
+import (
+	"net/url"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var (
+	protocolRe = regexp.MustCompile("^[a-zA-Z_+-]+://")
+)
+
+// ParseURL normalizes git remote urls
+func ParseURL(rawURL string) (u *url.URL, err error) {
+	if !protocolRe.MatchString(rawURL) &&
+		strings.Contains(rawURL, ":") &&
+		// not a Windows path
+		!strings.Contains(rawURL, "\\") {
+		rawURL = "ssh://" + strings.Replace(rawURL, ":", "/", 1)
+	}
+
+	u, err = url.Parse(rawURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if u.Scheme == "git+ssh" {
+		u.Scheme = "ssh"
+	}
+
+	if u.Scheme != "ssh" {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if strings.HasPrefix(u.Path, "//") {
+		u.Path = strings.TrimPrefix(u.Path, "/")
+	}
+
+	if idx := strings.Index(u.Host, ":"); idx >= 0 {
+		u.Host = u.Host[0:idx]
+	}
+
+	return
+}
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