diff --git a/src/main/java/com/neo4j/sandbox/Config.java b/src/main/java/com/neo4j/sandbox/Config.java
index b67db67..3c52743 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/neo4j/sandbox/Config.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/neo4j/sandbox/Config.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package com.neo4j.sandbox;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.neo4j.sandbox.git.GitCli;
+import com.neo4j.sandbox.git.GitOperations;
 import org.asciidoctor.Asciidoctor;
 import org.asciidoctor.jruby.internal.JRubyAsciidoctor;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
@@ -18,4 +20,9 @@ public ObjectMapper objectMapper() {
     public Asciidoctor asciidoctor() {
         return Asciidoctor.Factory.create();
     }
+
+    @Bean
+    public GitOperations gitCli() {
+        return new GitCli();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/neo4j/sandbox/git/CommitException.java b/src/main/java/com/neo4j/sandbox/git/CommitException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..580cd46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/neo4j/sandbox/git/CommitException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package com.neo4j.sandbox.git;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public final class CommitException extends IOException {
+
+    public CommitException(IOException exception) {
+        super(exception);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/neo4j/sandbox/git/GitCli.java b/src/main/java/com/neo4j/sandbox/git/GitCli.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7fd675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/neo4j/sandbox/git/GitCli.java
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+package com.neo4j.sandbox.git;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+@Service
+public class GitCli implements GitOperations {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GitCli.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public void clone(Path cloneLocation, String repositoryUri, String token) throws IOException {
+        File workingDirectory = cloneLocation.toFile();
+        workingDirectory.mkdirs();
+        String tokenUri = withToken(repositoryUri, token);
+        executeCommand(workingDirectory, "git", "clone", tokenUri, ".");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void checkoutNewBranch(Path cloneLocation, String branchName) throws IOException {
+        executeCommand(cloneLocation.toFile(), "git", "checkout", "-b", branchName);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void commitAll(Path cloneLocation, String message) throws IOException {
+        File workingDirectory = cloneLocation.toFile();
+        executeCommand(workingDirectory, "git", "add", "--all");
+        try {
+            executeCommand(workingDirectory, "git", "commit", "-m", message);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new CommitException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void push(Path cloneLocation, String token, String remote, String branch) throws IOException {
+        try {
+            executeCommand(cloneLocation.toFile(), "git", "push", remote, branch);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new PushException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String currentBranch(Path cloneLocation) throws IOException {
+        String[] command = new String[]{"git", "symbolic-ref", "HEAD"};
+        Process process = runProcess(cloneLocation.toFile(), command);
+        assertSuccessfulExitCode(process, command);
+        String stdout = stdout(process).trim();
+        return stdout.substring(stdout.lastIndexOf("/") + 1);
+    }
+
+    private static void executeCommand(File workingDirectory, String... commands) throws IOException {
+        Process process = runProcess(workingDirectory, commands);
+        assertSuccessfulExitCode(process, commands);
+    }
+
+    private static Process runProcess(File workingDirectory, String... commands) throws IOException {
+        String command = String.join(" ", commands);
+        ProcessBuilder processBuilder = new ProcessBuilder(commands);
+        processBuilder.directory(workingDirectory);
+        Process process = processBuilder.start();
+        waitForProcess(command, process);
+        return process;
+    }
+
+    private static void assertSuccessfulExitCode(Process process, String[] commands) throws IOException {
+        int exitStatus = process.exitValue();
+        String command = String.join(" ", commands);
+        LOGGER.trace("Git command {} exited with status code {}", command, exitStatus);
+        if (exitStatus != 0) {
+            String error = combinedOutputs(process);
+            throw new IOException(
+                    String.format("Expected Git operation %s to succeed but got exit status %d. See error below%n%s",
+                            command, exitStatus, error));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void waitForProcess(String command, Process process) throws IOException {
+        try {
+            if (!process.waitFor(1, TimeUnit.MINUTES)) {
+                throw new IOException(String.format("Could not perform Git operation %s in less than 1 minute", command));
+            }
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            throw new IOException(String.format("Interrupted while performing Git operation %s. See error below%n%s", command, e));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static String combinedOutputs(Process process) throws IOException {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        builder.append(String.format("Error stream%n"));
+        builder.append(stderr(process));
+        builder.append("\n");
+        builder.append(String.format("Output stream%n"));
+        builder.append(stdout(process));
+        builder.append("\n");
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+
+    private static String stdout(Process process) throws IOException {
+        return new String(process.getInputStream().readAllBytes(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    }
+
+    private static String stderr(Process process) throws IOException {
+        return new String(process.getErrorStream().readAllBytes(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    }
+
+    private static String withToken(String repositoryUri, String token) {
+        return repositoryUri.replaceFirst("(https?)://", String.format("$1://%s@", token));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/neo4j/sandbox/git/PushException.java b/src/main/java/com/neo4j/sandbox/git/PushException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..904153a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/neo4j/sandbox/git/PushException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package com.neo4j.sandbox.git;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public final class PushException extends IOException {
+
+    public PushException(IOException exception) {
+        super(exception);
+    }
+}