diff --git a/app/classes/git/Repository.js b/app/classes/git/Repository.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7069a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/classes/git/Repository.js
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+const { Injectable } = require('flitter-di')
+const UniversalPath = require('../logical/UniversalPath')
+
+class Repository extends Injectable {
+    static fromString(string) {
+        const path = UniversalPath.fromString(string)
+        return new this(path)
+    }
+
+    constructor(root_path) {
+        super()
+        this._host = root_path.host
+        this._path = root_path
+    }
+
+    async is_repo() {
+        const git_dir = await this._path.child('.git')
+        await git_dir.classify()
+        return git_dir.is_directory()
+    }
+
+    async init() {
+        if ( !(await this.is_repo()) ) {
+            await this._path.classify()
+            if ( !this._path.is_valid() ) await this._path.touch(true)
+            await this._git_cmd(`init`)
+        }
+    }
+
+    async destroy() {
+        const git_dir = await this._path.child('.git')
+        await git_dir.unlink()
+    }
+
+    async clone(from) {
+        await this._path.classify()
+        if ( !this._path.is_valid() ) await this._path.touch(true)
+        await this._git_cmd(`clone ${from} ${this._path.path}`)
+    }
+
+    async stage(...blobs) {
+        await this._git_cmd(`add ${blobs.map(x => '"'+x+'"').join(' ')}`)
+    }
+
+    async unstage(...blobs) {
+        await this._git_cmd(`reset ${blobs.map(x => '"'+x+'"').join(' ')}`)
+    }
+
+    async commit(message) {
+        await this._git_cmd(`commit -m "${message}"`)
+    }
+
+    async tag(label) {
+        await this._git_cmd(`tag "${label}"`)
+    }
+
+    async push(target = false, ref = false) {
+        await this._git_cmd(`push${target ? ' '+target : ''}${ref ? ' '+ref : ''} --tags`)
+    }
+
+    async checkout(ref = 'master') {
+        await this._git_cmd(`checkout "${ref}"`)
+    }
+
+    async stash() {
+        await this._git_cmd(`stash`)
+    }
+
+    async _git_cmd(command) {
+        const cd_cmd = await this._host.get_directory_change_command(this._path)
+        const cmd = `${cd_cmd} && git ${command}`
+        return this._host.run(cmd)
+    }
+}
+
+module.exports = exports = Repository
diff --git a/app/classes/logical/UniversalPath.js b/app/classes/logical/UniversalPath.js
index 4cdc485..3799891 100644
--- a/app/classes/logical/UniversalPath.js
+++ b/app/classes/logical/UniversalPath.js
@@ -65,10 +65,16 @@ class UniversalPath extends Injectable {
 
     async parent() {
         await this.classify()
-        if ( this.is_directory() ) return path.resolve(this.path, '..')
+        if ( this.is_directory() ) return path.join(this.path, '..')
         return this.directory()
     }
 
+    async child(subpath) {
+        await this.classify()
+        if ( !this.is_directory() ) throw new Error('Cannot get sub-path: not a directory: '+this.path)
+        return this.constructor.fromString(path.join(String(this), subpath))
+    }
+
     name() {
         return path.basename(this.path)
     }
diff --git a/app/classes/logical/error/FilesystemResourceNotFoundError.js b/app/classes/logical/error/FilesystemResourceNotFoundError.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f773b7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/classes/logical/error/FilesystemResourceNotFoundError.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class FilesystemResourceNotFoundError extends Error {
+
+}
+
+module.exports = exports = FilesystemResourceNotFoundError
diff --git a/app/classes/metal/Host.js b/app/classes/metal/Host.js
index f9955b6..77faefe 100644
--- a/app/classes/metal/Host.js
+++ b/app/classes/metal/Host.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const { Injectable } = require('flitter-di')
 const ImplementationError = require('libflitter/errors/ImplementationError')
 const PermissionDeniedError = require('../logical/error/PermissionDeniedError')
 const CommandNotFoundError = require('../logical/error/CommandNotFoundError')
+const FilesystemResourceNotFoundError = require('../logical/error/FilesystemResourceNotFoundError')
 const uuid = require('uuid/v4')
 const UniversalPath = require('../logical/UniversalPath')
 const SystemMetrics = require('../logical/SystemMetrics')
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ class Host extends Injectable {
         const result = await this.execute(command)
         if ( result.exit_code !== 0 || result.clean_out.length < 1 ) {
             const E = this._get_result_error_class(result)
-            throw new E('Unable to get line output from command: '+command)
+            throw new E('Unable to get line output from command: '+command+'\n'+result.clean_err)
         }
         return this.utility.infer(result.clean_out[0].trim())
     }
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ class Host extends Injectable {
         const result = await this.execute(command)
         if ( result.exit_code !== 0 ) {
             const E = this._get_result_error_class(result)
-            throw new E('Unable to run command: '+command)
+            throw new E('Unable to run command: '+command+'\n'+result.clean_err)
         }
         return result
     }
@@ -218,6 +219,13 @@ class Host extends Injectable {
             'command not found',
         ]
 
+        const resource_not_found = [
+            'no such file',
+            'no such directory',
+            'no such file or directory',
+            'no such directory or file',
+        ]
+
         for ( const phrase of access_denied_phrases ) {
             if ( both.includes(phrase) ) return PermissionDeniedError
         }
@@ -226,6 +234,10 @@ class Host extends Injectable {
             if ( both.includes(phrase) ) return CommandNotFoundError
         }
 
+        for ( const phrase of resource_not_found ) {
+            if ( both.includes(phrase) ) return FilesystemResourceNotFoundError
+        }
+
         return Error
     }
 }