diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index e4b4d1e..4d8eb43 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ SOURCECRAFT_UPLOADS_REPO=rogachevegorushka/tgit-uploads
 # --- Git: коммиты в репозиторий загрузок (#7, #9) ---
 GIT_SSH_KEY_PATH=              # путь к приватному deploy-ключу бота (монтируется read-only);
                                # публичная часть — deploy key с правом записи в tgit-uploads
-UPLOADS_GIT_URL=git@ssh.sourcecraft.dev:rogachevegorushka/tgit-uploads.git
+GIT_SSH_KEY_B64=                # (secret) для Docker: тот же ключ в base64 — base64 -w0 ~/.ssh/tgit_bot_ed25519
+GIT_UPLOADS_URL=git@ssh.sourcecraft.dev:rogachevegorushka/tgit-uploads.git
+# GIT_CLONE_DIR=data/uploads   # локальный клон репозитория загрузок (в Docker — volume /data/uploads)
 
 # --- LLM (#17) ---
 LLM_PROVIDER=mock              # mock | openai_compat
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 012be5e..d8452e7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ ENV PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH" PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
 COPY --from=build /opt/venv /opt/venv
 WORKDIR /srv/tgit
 COPY config ./config
+# /data: the uploads repo clone (named volume inherits this ownership)
+RUN install -d -o tgit -g tgit /data
 USER tgit
 # Liveness: the bot touches a heartbeat file while its event loop runs (app/health.py)
 HEALTHCHECK --interval=15s --timeout=5s --start-period=20s --retries=3 CMD ["python", "-m", "app.health"]
diff --git a/app/bot/routers/commit.py b/app/bot/routers/commit.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..866f8ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/bot/routers/commit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,584 @@
+"""«📝 Коммит»: browse the uploads repo tree and collect changes into a draft (SPEC C-1…C-16). Push — #9."""
+
+import base64
+import html
+import io
+import logging
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from enum import StrEnum
+from typing import Any
+
+from aiogram import Bot, F, Router
+from aiogram.enums import ParseMode
+from aiogram.filters.callback_data import CallbackData
+from aiogram.fsm.context import FSMContext
+from aiogram.fsm.state import State, StatesGroup
+from aiogram.types import BufferedInputFile, CallbackQuery, InlineKeyboardMarkup, Message
+from aiogram.utils.keyboard import InlineKeyboardBuilder
+
+from app.bot.menu import Nav, NavAction
+from app.db.models import ChangeOp, User
+from app.repo.drafts import DraftFull, DraftService, DraftView
+from app.repo.git import Entry, GitError, UploadsRepo
+from app.repo.publisher import Publisher, PushResult, PushStatus
+from app.repo.validate import (
+    MAX_FILE_BYTES,
+    ValidationError,
+    check_content,
+    check_message,
+    check_name,
+    diff_stat,
+    is_protected,
+    join,
+    python_syntax,
+    strip_fence,
+)
+from app.texts import CommitTexts, Texts
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+PAGE_SIZE = 20
+INLINE_VIEW_LIMIT = 3500  # chars; Telegram caps a message at 4096 and <pre> markup takes some
+
+
+class Act(StrEnum):
+    OPEN = "o"
+    UP = "u"
+    PAGE = "p"
+    VIEW = "v"
+    TO_DIR = "b"
+    REPLACE = "r"
+    DELETE = "d"
+    NEW_FILE = "f"
+    NEW_DIR = "n"
+    DRAFT = "dr"
+    UNSTAGE = "x"
+    FORCE = "y"
+    FIX = "z"
+    MESSAGE = "m"
+    PUSH = "ps"
+    PUSH_GO = "pg"
+    PUSH_FORCE = "pf"
+
+
+class CommitCb(CallbackData, prefix="c"):
+    # Only an action and a small index: paths never go into callback_data (64-byte limit, ARCHITECTURE §2.1)
+    a: Act
+    i: int = 0
+
+
+class Flow(StatesGroup):
+    file_name = State()
+    dir_name = State()
+    content = State()
+    syntax = State()
+    message = State()
+
+
+class Mark(StrEnum):
+    NONE = ""
+    NEW = "new"
+    MODIFIED = "mod"
+    DELETED = "del"
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Row:
+    """A line of the directory screen: a repo entry with the draft laid over it."""
+
+    path: str
+    kind: str
+    size: int
+    mark: Mark
+
+    @property
+    def name(self) -> str:
+        return self.path.rsplit("/", 1)[-1]
+
+
+def human_size(n: int) -> str:
+    size = float(n)
+    for unit in ("Б", "КБ", "МБ"):
+        if size < 1024 or unit == "МБ":
+            return f"{size:.0f} {unit}" if unit == "Б" else f"{size:.1f} {unit}"
+        size /= 1024
+    raise AssertionError("unreachable")
+
+
+def parent(path: str) -> str:
+    return path.rsplit("/", 1)[0] if "/" in path else ""
+
+
+def overlay(path: str, entries: list[Entry], draft: DraftView | None, virtual_dirs: list[str]) -> list[Row]:
+    """Repo listing + what the draft adds, changes or deletes in this directory."""
+    changes = {c.path: c for c in draft.changes} if draft else {}
+    rows: dict[str, Row] = {}
+    for e in entries:
+        change = changes.get(e.path)
+        mark, size = Mark.NONE, e.size
+        if change is not None:
+            mark = Mark.DELETED if change.op is ChangeOp.DELETE else Mark.MODIFIED
+            if change.content is not None:
+                size = len(change.content)  # show the size the file will have after the push
+        rows[e.path] = Row(e.path, e.kind, size, mark)
+    prefix = f"{path}/" if path else ""
+    for change in changes.values():
+        if change.op is not ChangeOp.ADD or not change.path.startswith(prefix):
+            continue
+        rest = change.path[len(prefix) :]
+        if "/" in rest:  # a file deeper down: show its top folder here
+            sub = prefix + rest.split("/", 1)[0]
+            rows.setdefault(sub, Row(sub, "dir", 0, Mark.NEW))
+        else:
+            rows[change.path] = Row(change.path, "file", len(change.content or b""), Mark.NEW)
+    for vd in virtual_dirs:
+        if parent(vd) == path:
+            rows.setdefault(vd, Row(vd, "dir", 0, Mark.NEW))
+    return sorted(rows.values(), key=lambda r: (r.kind != "dir", r.name.lower()))
+
+
+def mark_prefix(t: CommitTexts, mark: Mark) -> str:
+    return {Mark.NONE: "", Mark.NEW: t.mark_new, Mark.MODIFIED: t.mark_modified, Mark.DELETED: t.mark_deleted}[mark]
+
+
+def render_dir(
+    texts: Texts, path: str, rows: list[Row], page: int, draft_count: int
+) -> tuple[str, InlineKeyboardMarkup]:
+    t = texts.commit
+    pages = max(1, -(-len(rows) // PAGE_SIZE))
+    page = min(max(page, 0), pages - 1)
+    lines = [t.title.format(path=path)]
+    if not rows:
+        lines.append(t.empty)
+    elif pages > 1:
+        lines.append(t.page.format(page=page + 1, pages=pages))
+
+    kb = InlineKeyboardBuilder()
+    start = page * PAGE_SIZE
+    shown = rows[start : start + PAGE_SIZE]
+    for index, r in enumerate(shown, start=start):
+        base = (
+            t.dir_button.format(name=r.name)
+            if r.kind == "dir"
+            else t.file_button.format(name=r.name, size=human_size(r.size))
+        )
+        kb.button(text=mark_prefix(t, r.mark) + base, callback_data=CommitCb(a=Act.OPEN, i=index))
+    sizes = [1] * len(shown)
+
+    paging: list[tuple[str, CommitCb]] = []
+    if page > 0:
+        paging.append((t.prev, CommitCb(a=Act.PAGE, i=page - 1)))
+    if page < pages - 1:
+        paging.append((t.next, CommitCb(a=Act.PAGE, i=page + 1)))
+    for text, cb in paging:
+        kb.button(text=text, callback_data=cb)
+    if paging:
+        sizes.append(len(paging))
+
+    kb.button(text=t.new_file, callback_data=CommitCb(a=Act.NEW_FILE))
+    kb.button(text=t.new_dir, callback_data=CommitCb(a=Act.NEW_DIR))
+    sizes.append(2)
+    if draft_count:
+        kb.button(text=t.draft_button.format(count=draft_count), callback_data=CommitCb(a=Act.DRAFT))
+        sizes.append(1)
+    if path:
+        kb.button(text=t.up, callback_data=CommitCb(a=Act.UP))
+        sizes.append(1)
+    kb.button(text=texts.menu.back, callback_data=Nav(action=NavAction.BACK))
+    kb.button(text=texts.menu.cancel, callback_data=Nav(action=NavAction.CANCEL))
+    sizes.append(2)
+    kb.adjust(*sizes)
+    return "\n".join(lines), kb.as_markup()
+
+
+def file_keyboard(texts: Texts) -> InlineKeyboardMarkup:
+    t = texts.commit
+    kb = InlineKeyboardBuilder()
+    kb.button(text=t.view, callback_data=CommitCb(a=Act.VIEW))
+    kb.button(text=t.replace, callback_data=CommitCb(a=Act.REPLACE))
+    kb.button(text=t.delete, callback_data=CommitCb(a=Act.DELETE))
+    kb.button(text=t.to_dir, callback_data=CommitCb(a=Act.TO_DIR))
+    kb.adjust(1, 2, 1)
+    return kb.as_markup()
+
+
+def to_dir_keyboard(texts: Texts) -> InlineKeyboardMarkup:
+    kb = InlineKeyboardBuilder()
+    kb.button(text=texts.commit.to_dir, callback_data=CommitCb(a=Act.TO_DIR))
+    return kb.as_markup()
+
+
+def build_router(
+    texts: Texts, repo: UploadsRepo, drafts: DraftService, publisher: Publisher, commit_url_template: str = ""
+) -> Router:
+    router = Router(name="commit")
+    t = texts.commit
+
+    async def dir_screen(state: FSMContext, user_id: int, path: str, page: int) -> tuple[str, InlineKeyboardMarkup]:
+        data = await state.get_data()
+        virtual: list[str] = data.get("commit_virtual", [])
+        draft = await drafts.get(user_id)
+        try:
+            entries = await repo.list_dir(path)
+        except GitError:
+            # a folder that exists only in the draft (or a virtual one) has nothing in the repo yet
+            if path not in virtual and not (draft and any(c.path.startswith(f"{path}/") for c in draft.changes)):
+                raise
+            entries = []
+        rows = overlay(path, entries, draft, virtual)
+        await state.update_data(
+            commit_path=path,
+            commit_page=page,
+            commit_rows=[[r.path, r.kind, r.size, r.mark.value] for r in rows],
+            commit_file=None,
+        )
+        return render_dir(texts, path, rows, page, len(draft.changes) if draft else 0)
+
+    async def draft_screen(state: FSMContext, user_id: int) -> tuple[str, InlineKeyboardMarkup]:
+        draft = await drafts.get(user_id)
+        changes = draft.changes if draft else []
+        await state.update_data(commit_draft=[c.path for c in changes])
+        kb = InlineKeyboardBuilder()
+        if not changes:
+            text = t.draft_empty
+        else:
+            ops = {ChangeOp.ADD: t.op_add, ChangeOp.MODIFY: t.op_modify, ChangeOp.DELETE: t.op_delete}
+            lines = [t.draft_title.format(count=len(changes)), ""]
+            lines += [f"{ops[c.op]}  /{c.path}" for c in changes]
+            message = draft.message if draft else None
+            lines += ["", t.message_current.format(message=message) if message else t.message_missing]
+            text = "\n".join(lines)
+            for i, c in enumerate(changes):
+                kb.button(
+                    text=t.unstage.format(name=c.path.rsplit("/", 1)[-1]), callback_data=CommitCb(a=Act.UNSTAGE, i=i)
+                )
+        if changes:
+            kb.button(text=t.message_button, callback_data=CommitCb(a=Act.MESSAGE))
+            if draft and draft.message:
+                kb.button(text=t.push_button, callback_data=CommitCb(a=Act.PUSH))
+        kb.button(text=t.to_dir, callback_data=CommitCb(a=Act.TO_DIR))
+        kb.adjust(1)
+        return text, kb.as_markup()
+
+    def summary(draft: DraftView) -> str:
+        ops = {ChangeOp.ADD: t.op_add, ChangeOp.MODIFY: t.op_modify, ChangeOp.DELETE: t.op_delete}
+        return "\n".join(f"{ops[c.op]}  /{c.path}" for c in draft.changes)
+
+    async def do_push(msg: Message, state: FSMContext, member: User, *, overwrite: bool) -> None:
+        draft = await drafts.get(member.tg_id)
+        if draft is None or not draft.changes or not draft.message:
+            text, kb = await draft_screen(state, member.tg_id)
+            await msg.edit_text(text, reply_markup=kb)
+            return
+        await msg.edit_text(t.pushing)
+        result: PushResult = await publisher.push(member, draft, draft.message, overwrite=overwrite)
+        match result.status:
+            case PushStatus.OK:
+                assert result.sha is not None
+                first_line = draft.message.splitlines()[0]
+                lines = [t.pushed.format(sha=result.sha[:7], message=first_line)]
+                if commit_url_template:
+                    lines.append(commit_url_template.format(sha=result.sha))
+                lines.append(t.ci_pending)
+                await msg.edit_text("\n".join(lines))
+                await publisher.record(member, result, draft.message, draft, msg.chat.id, msg.message_id)
+                await drafts.clear(member.tg_id)
+                await state.update_data(commit_virtual=[])
+            case PushStatus.CONFLICT:
+                builder = InlineKeyboardBuilder()
+                builder.button(text=t.overwrite, callback_data=CommitCb(a=Act.PUSH_FORCE))
+                builder.button(text=texts.menu.cancel, callback_data=CommitCb(a=Act.DRAFT))
+                paths = "\n".join(f"/{p}" for p in result.conflicts)
+                await msg.edit_text(t.conflict.format(paths=paths), reply_markup=builder.as_markup())
+            case PushStatus.EMPTY:
+                await drafts.clear(member.tg_id)
+                await msg.edit_text(t.push_empty)
+            case PushStatus.LIMIT:
+                await msg.edit_text(t.push_limit, reply_markup=to_dir_keyboard(texts))
+            case PushStatus.FAILED:
+                await msg.edit_text(t.push_failed, reply_markup=to_dir_keyboard(texts))
+
+    async def file_card(user_id: int, path: str, size: int, mark: Mark) -> str:
+        card = t.file_card.format(path=path, size=human_size(size))
+        if mark is Mark.NEW:
+            return f"{card}\n{t.in_draft_new}"
+        info = await repo.last_commit(path)
+        tail = (
+            t.last_commit.format(
+                sha=info.sha[:7], author=info.author, date=info.date.strftime("%d.%m.%Y %H:%M"), subject=info.subject
+            )
+            if info
+            else t.no_commits
+        )
+        note = {Mark.MODIFIED: f"\n{t.in_draft_modified}", Mark.DELETED: f"\n{t.in_draft_deleted}"}.get(mark, "")
+        return f"{card}\n{tail}{note}"
+
+    async def current_content(user_id: int, path: str) -> bytes | None:
+        """What the member sees as the file now: the draft version if there is one."""
+        draft = await drafts.get(user_id)
+        change = draft.change_for(path) if draft else None
+        if change is not None:
+            return change.content  # None for a deleted file
+        return await repo.read(path)
+
+    async def send_file(msg: Message, user_id: int, path: str) -> None:
+        content = await current_content(user_id, path)
+        if content is None:
+            return
+        try:
+            text = content.decode("utf-8")
+        except UnicodeDecodeError:
+            text = None
+        if text is not None and "\0" not in text and len(text) <= INLINE_VIEW_LIMIT:
+            await msg.answer(f"<b>/{html.escape(path)}</b>\n<pre>{html.escape(text)}</pre>", parse_mode=ParseMode.HTML)
+        else:
+            await msg.answer_document(BufferedInputFile(content, path.rsplit("/", 1)[-1]), caption=t.sent_as_file)
+
+    async def stage(message: Message, state: FSMContext, member: User, path: str, op: ChangeOp, content: bytes) -> None:
+        old = await current_content(member.tg_id, path) if op is ChangeOp.MODIFY else None
+        try:
+            await drafts.put(member.tg_id, await repo.head(), path, op, content)
+        except DraftFull:
+            await message.answer(t.draft_full)
+            return
+        if op is ChangeOp.ADD:
+            note = t.added.format(path=path)
+        else:
+            added, removed = diff_stat((old or b"").decode("utf-8", errors="replace"), content.decode("utf-8"))
+            note = t.modified.format(path=path, added=added, removed=removed)
+        data = await state.get_data()
+        # a virtual folder becomes real as soon as a file lands in it
+        virtual = [v for v in data.get("commit_virtual", []) if not path.startswith(f"{v}/")]
+        await state.set_state(None)
+        await state.update_data(commit_virtual=virtual, commit_pending=None)
+        text, kb = await dir_screen(state, member.tg_id, data.get("commit_path", ""), 0)
+        await message.answer(f"{note}\n\n{text}", reply_markup=kb)
+
+    # ---- entry point -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    @router.message(F.text == texts.menu.commit)
+    async def open_commit(message: Message, state: FSMContext, member: User) -> None:
+        await state.clear()
+        try:
+            await repo.refresh()
+            text, kb = await dir_screen(state, member.tg_id, "", 0)
+        except GitError:
+            log.exception("uploads repo unavailable")
+            await message.answer(t.unavailable)
+            return
+        await message.answer(text, reply_markup=kb)
+
+    # ---- buttons -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    @router.callback_query(CommitCb.filter())
+    async def on_action(query: CallbackQuery, callback_data: CommitCb, state: FSMContext, member: User) -> None:
+        if not isinstance(query.message, Message):
+            await query.answer()
+            return
+        msg = query.message
+        data: dict[str, Any] = await state.get_data()
+        path: str = data.get("commit_path", "")
+        rows: list[list[Any]] = data.get("commit_rows", [])
+        uid = member.tg_id
+        try:
+            match callback_data.a:
+                case Act.OPEN:
+                    if not 0 <= callback_data.i < len(rows):
+                        await query.answer()  # stale button from an older screen
+                        return
+                    target, kind, size, mark = rows[callback_data.i]
+                    if kind == "dir":
+                        await repo.refresh()
+                        text, kb = await dir_screen(state, uid, target, 0)
+                        await msg.edit_text(text, reply_markup=kb)
+                    else:
+                        await state.update_data(commit_file=target)
+                        await msg.edit_text(
+                            await file_card(uid, target, size, Mark(mark)), reply_markup=file_keyboard(texts)
+                        )
+                case Act.UP:
+                    text, kb = await dir_screen(state, uid, parent(path), 0)
+                    await msg.edit_text(text, reply_markup=kb)
+                case Act.PAGE:
+                    real = [Row(p, k, s, Mark(m)) for p, k, s, m in rows]
+                    draft = await drafts.get(uid)
+                    await state.update_data(commit_page=callback_data.i)
+                    text, kb = render_dir(texts, path, real, callback_data.i, len(draft.changes) if draft else 0)
+                    await msg.edit_text(text, reply_markup=kb)
+                case Act.TO_DIR:
+                    await state.set_state(None)
+                    text, kb = await dir_screen(state, uid, path, data.get("commit_page", 0))
+                    await msg.edit_text(text, reply_markup=kb)
+                case Act.VIEW:
+                    if data.get("commit_file"):
+                        await send_file(msg, uid, data["commit_file"])
+                case Act.NEW_FILE:
+                    await state.set_state(Flow.file_name)
+                    await msg.edit_text(t.ask_file_name.format(dir=path), reply_markup=to_dir_keyboard(texts))
+                case Act.NEW_DIR:
+                    await state.set_state(Flow.dir_name)
+                    await msg.edit_text(t.ask_dir_name.format(dir=path), reply_markup=to_dir_keyboard(texts))
+                case Act.REPLACE:
+                    target = data.get("commit_file")
+                    if not target:
+                        await query.answer()
+                        return
+                    if is_protected(target):
+                        await query.answer(t.protected, show_alert=True)
+                        return
+                    await state.set_state(Flow.content)
+                    await state.update_data(commit_target=target, commit_op=ChangeOp.MODIFY.value)
+                    await msg.edit_text(t.ask_content.format(path=target), reply_markup=to_dir_keyboard(texts))
+                case Act.DELETE:
+                    target = data.get("commit_file")
+                    if not target:
+                        await query.answer()
+                        return
+                    if is_protected(target):
+                        await query.answer(t.protected, show_alert=True)
+                        return
+                    await drafts.put(uid, await repo.head(), target, ChangeOp.DELETE, None)
+                    text, kb = await dir_screen(state, uid, path, data.get("commit_page", 0))
+                    await msg.edit_text(f"{t.deleted.format(path=target)}\n\n{text}", reply_markup=kb)
+                case Act.DRAFT:
+                    text, kb = await draft_screen(state, uid)
+                    await msg.edit_text(text, reply_markup=kb)
+                case Act.UNSTAGE:
+                    paths: list[str] = data.get("commit_draft", [])
+                    if 0 <= callback_data.i < len(paths):
+                        await drafts.drop(uid, paths[callback_data.i])
+                    text, kb = await draft_screen(state, uid)
+                    await msg.edit_text(text, reply_markup=kb)
+                case Act.FORCE:
+                    pending = data.get("commit_pending")
+                    if pending is None or await state.get_state() != Flow.syntax.state:
+                        await query.answer()
+                        return
+                    await query.answer()
+                    await stage(
+                        msg,
+                        state,
+                        member,
+                        data["commit_target"],
+                        ChangeOp(data["commit_op"]),
+                        base64.b64decode(pending),
+                    )
+                    return
+                case Act.MESSAGE:
+                    await state.set_state(Flow.message)
+                    await msg.edit_text(t.ask_message, reply_markup=to_dir_keyboard(texts))
+                case Act.PUSH:
+                    draft = await drafts.get(uid)
+                    if draft is None or not draft.changes or not draft.message:
+                        await query.answer()
+                        return
+                    builder = InlineKeyboardBuilder()
+                    builder.button(text=t.push_go, callback_data=CommitCb(a=Act.PUSH_GO))
+                    builder.button(text=texts.menu.back, callback_data=CommitCb(a=Act.DRAFT))
+                    confirm = t.push_confirm.format(summary=summary(draft), message=draft.message)
+                    await msg.edit_text(confirm, reply_markup=builder.as_markup())
+                case Act.PUSH_GO | Act.PUSH_FORCE:
+                    await query.answer()
+                    await do_push(msg, state, member, overwrite=callback_data.a is Act.PUSH_FORCE)
+                    return
+                case Act.FIX:
+                    await state.set_state(Flow.content)
+                    await state.update_data(commit_pending=None)
+                    await msg.edit_text(
+                        t.ask_content.format(path=data.get("commit_target", "")), reply_markup=to_dir_keyboard(texts)
+                    )
+        except GitError:
+            log.exception("uploads repo unavailable")
+            await query.answer(t.unavailable, show_alert=True)
+            return
+        except DraftFull:
+            await query.answer(t.draft_full, show_alert=True)
+            return
+        await query.answer()
+
+    # ---- text input --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    @router.message(Flow.file_name, F.text)
+    async def got_file_name(message: Message, state: FSMContext, member: User) -> None:
+        data = await state.get_data()
+        directory = data.get("commit_path", "")
+        try:
+            name = check_name(message.text or "")
+        except ValidationError:
+            await message.answer(t.bad_name)
+            return
+        path = join(directory, name)
+        if is_protected(path):
+            await message.answer(t.protected)
+            return
+        taken = {row[0] for row in data.get("commit_rows", [])}
+        if path in taken:
+            await message.answer(t.exists)
+            return
+        await state.set_state(Flow.content)
+        await state.update_data(commit_target=path, commit_op=ChangeOp.ADD.value)
+        await message.answer(t.ask_content.format(path=path), reply_markup=to_dir_keyboard(texts))
+
+    @router.message(Flow.dir_name, F.text)
+    async def got_dir_name(message: Message, state: FSMContext, member: User) -> None:
+        data = await state.get_data()
+        directory = data.get("commit_path", "")
+        try:
+            name = check_name(message.text or "")
+        except ValidationError:
+            await message.answer(t.bad_name)
+            return
+        path = join(directory, name)
+        if is_protected(path + "/x"):
+            await message.answer(t.protected)
+            return
+        if path in {row[0] for row in data.get("commit_rows", [])}:
+            await message.answer(t.exists)
+            return
+        await state.set_state(None)
+        await state.update_data(commit_virtual=[*data.get("commit_virtual", []), path])
+        text, kb = await dir_screen(state, member.tg_id, path, 0)
+        await message.answer(text, reply_markup=kb)
+
+    @router.message(Flow.message, F.text)
+    async def got_message(message: Message, state: FSMContext, member: User) -> None:
+        try:
+            text = check_message(message.text or "")
+        except ValidationError:
+            await message.answer(t.bad_message)
+            return
+        await drafts.set_message(member.tg_id, text)
+        await state.set_state(None)
+        screen, kb = await draft_screen(state, member.tg_id)
+        await message.answer(screen, reply_markup=kb)
+
+    @router.message(Flow.content, F.text | F.document)
+    async def got_content(message: Message, state: FSMContext, member: User, bot: Bot) -> None:
+        data = await state.get_data()
+        target: str = data["commit_target"]
+        if message.document is not None:
+            if (message.document.file_size or 0) > MAX_FILE_BYTES:
+                await message.answer(t.too_big)
+                return
+            buf = io.BytesIO()
+            await bot.download(message.document, destination=buf)
+            raw = buf.getvalue()
+        else:
+            raw = strip_fence(message.text or "").encode("utf-8")
+        try:
+            text = check_content(raw)
+        except ValidationError as e:
+            await message.answer({"too_big": t.too_big, "binary": t.binary, "encoding": t.encoding}[str(e)])
+            return
+        issue = python_syntax(target, text)
+        if issue is not None:
+            await state.set_state(Flow.syntax)
+            await state.update_data(commit_pending=base64.b64encode(raw).decode())
+            kb = InlineKeyboardBuilder()
+            kb.button(text=t.fix, callback_data=CommitCb(a=Act.FIX))
+            kb.button(text=t.force, callback_data=CommitCb(a=Act.FORCE))
+            await message.answer(t.syntax.format(line=issue.line, message=issue.message), reply_markup=kb.as_markup())
+            return
+        await stage(message, state, member, target, ChangeOp(data["commit_op"]), raw)
+
+    return router
diff --git a/app/bot/routers/common.py b/app/bot/routers/common.py
index aa960d5..809fc1a 100644
--- a/app/bot/routers/common.py
+++ b/app/bot/routers/common.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ def build_router(texts: Texts, access: AccessService) -> Router:
     router = Router(name="common")
     sections = section_by_button(texts)
     section_text = {
-        Section.COMMIT: texts.section.commit,
         Section.STATUS: texts.section.status,
         Section.LOGS: texts.section.logs,
         Section.ALERTS: texts.section.alerts,
@@ -49,7 +48,8 @@ def build_router(texts: Texts, access: AccessService) -> Router:
     async def help_(message: Message) -> None:
         await message.answer(texts.help.text)
 
-    @router.message(F.text.in_({k for k, v in sections.items() if v is not Section.MEMBERS}))
+    # Sections with their own routers (members, commit) are matched there first
+    @router.message(F.text.in_({k for k, v in sections.items() if v in section_text}))
     async def open_section(message: Message, state: FSMContext) -> None:
         await state.clear()
         await message.answer(section_text[sections[message.text or ""]], reply_markup=section_nav(texts))
diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index e0c6ecc..689f438 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -64,6 +64,24 @@ class SourceCraftSettings(BaseSettings):
     max_attempts: int = Field(default=5, ge=1)
 
 
+class GitSettings(BaseSettings):
+    model_config = SettingsConfigDict(**_ENV, env_prefix="GIT_")
+
+    # The bot's own deploy key with write access to tgit-uploads only (#7)
+    uploads_url: str = "git@ssh.sourcecraft.dev:rogachevegorushka/tgit-uploads.git"
+    ssh_key_path: Path | None = None
+    # Alternative for containers: the private key itself, base64 — a mounted host file is unreadable for the
+    # container user (uid 10001 vs the owner's 0600). Written to a private temp file at startup.
+    ssh_key_b64: SecretStr | None = None
+    branch: str = "main"
+    # Web link to a commit in the uploads repo, e.g. https://sourcecraft.dev/{repo}/commit/{sha}; empty — no link
+    commit_url_template: str = ""
+    clone_dir: Path = Path("data/uploads")
+    # Browsing re-fetches at most this often; a push always fetches first (#9)
+    fetch_interval: float = Field(default=10.0, ge=0)
+    timeout: float = Field(default=60.0, gt=0)
+
+
 class RuntimeSettings(BaseSettings):
     model_config = _ENV
 
@@ -84,4 +102,5 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     database: DatabaseSettings = Field(default_factory=DatabaseSettings)
     llm: LLMSettings = Field(default_factory=LLMSettings)
     sourcecraft: SourceCraftSettings = Field(default_factory=SourceCraftSettings)
+    git: GitSettings = Field(default_factory=GitSettings)
     runtime: RuntimeSettings = Field(default_factory=RuntimeSettings)
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index 9b1ed17..789e390 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -10,25 +10,33 @@ from app import __version__
 from app.access.service import AccessService
 from app.bot.fsm import make_storage
 from app.bot.middlewares.access import AccessMiddleware
-from app.bot.routers import common, members
+from app.bot.routers import commit, common, members
 from app.config import Settings
 from app.db.maintenance import cleanup_loop
 from app.db.migrate import upgrade
 from app.db.session import SessionMaker, make_engine, make_sessionmaker
 from app.health import heartbeat
 from app.logs_setup import setup_logging
+from app.repo.drafts import DraftService
+from app.repo.git import UploadsRepo
+from app.repo.publisher import Publisher
 from app.texts import Texts, load_texts
 
 log = logging.getLogger("tgit")
 
 
-def build_dispatcher(texts: Texts, sessions: SessionMaker, access: AccessService) -> Dispatcher:
+def build_dispatcher(
+    texts: Texts, sessions: SessionMaker, access: AccessService, repo: UploadsRepo, commit_url_template: str = ""
+) -> Dispatcher:
     dp = Dispatcher(storage=make_storage(sessions))
     gate = AccessMiddleware(access, texts)
     # Outer middleware: runs before filters, so nothing — not even a stale button — reaches a handler unchecked.
     dp.message.outer_middleware(gate)
     dp.callback_query.outer_middleware(gate)
     dp.include_router(members.build_router(texts, access))
+    dp.include_router(
+        commit.build_router(texts, repo, DraftService(sessions), Publisher(repo, sessions), commit_url_template)
+    )
     dp.include_router(common.build_router(texts, access))
     return dp
 
@@ -40,7 +48,7 @@ async def run(settings: Settings) -> None:
     sessions = make_sessionmaker(engine)
     access = AccessService(sessions, settings.access)
     await access.bootstrap_admins()
-    dp = build_dispatcher(texts, sessions, access)
+    dp = build_dispatcher(texts, sessions, access, UploadsRepo(settings.git), settings.git.commit_url_template)
     rt = settings.runtime
     background = [
         asyncio.create_task(heartbeat(rt.heartbeat_file, rt.heartbeat_interval)),
diff --git a/app/repo/__init__.py b/app/repo/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/app/repo/drafts.py b/app/repo/drafts.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81ca43e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/repo/drafts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+"""A member's draft: pending add/modify/delete changes until Push (SPEC C-14, C-15). One draft per member."""
+
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta
+
+from sqlalchemy import delete, select
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
+from sqlalchemy.orm import selectinload
+
+from app.db.models import ChangeOp, Draft, DraftChange, utcnow
+from app.db.session import SessionMaker
+
+MAX_CHANGES = 50
+
+
+class DraftFull(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Change:
+    path: str
+    op: ChangeOp
+    content: bytes | None
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class DraftView:
+    base_sha: str
+    message: str | None
+    changes: list[Change]
+
+    def change_for(self, path: str) -> Change | None:
+        return next((c for c in self.changes if c.path == path), None)
+
+
+class DraftService:
+    def __init__(
+        self, sessions: SessionMaker, ttl: timedelta = timedelta(hours=24), clock: Callable[[], datetime] = utcnow
+    ):
+        self._sessions = sessions
+        self._ttl = ttl
+        self._clock = clock
+
+    async def get(self, user_id: int) -> DraftView | None:
+        async with self._sessions() as s:
+            draft = await self._load(s, user_id)
+            if draft is None:
+                return None
+            return DraftView(
+                base_sha=draft.base_sha,
+                message=draft.message,
+                changes=[Change(c.path, c.op, c.content) for c in draft.changes],
+            )
+
+    async def put(self, user_id: int, base_sha: str, path: str, op: ChangeOp, content: bytes | None) -> None:
+        """Record a change. Deleting a file that only exists in the draft just drops it from the draft."""
+        async with self._sessions.begin() as s:
+            draft = await self._load(s, user_id)
+            if draft is None:
+                draft = Draft(
+                    user_id=user_id, base_sha=base_sha, created_at=self._clock(), expires_at=self._clock() + self._ttl
+                )
+                s.add(draft)
+            existing = next((c for c in draft.changes if c.path == path), None)
+            if existing is not None:
+                if op is ChangeOp.DELETE and existing.op is ChangeOp.ADD:
+                    draft.changes.remove(existing)
+                    return
+                # editing a file added in this draft keeps it an "add"
+                existing.op = ChangeOp.ADD if existing.op is ChangeOp.ADD and op is ChangeOp.MODIFY else op
+                existing.content = content
+            else:
+                if len(draft.changes) >= MAX_CHANGES:
+                    raise DraftFull
+                draft.changes.append(DraftChange(path=path, op=op, content=content))
+            draft.expires_at = self._clock() + self._ttl
+
+    async def drop(self, user_id: int, path: str) -> None:
+        async with self._sessions.begin() as s:
+            draft = await self._load(s, user_id)
+            if draft is None:
+                return
+            draft.changes = [c for c in draft.changes if c.path != path]
+
+    async def set_message(self, user_id: int, message: str) -> None:
+        async with self._sessions.begin() as s:
+            draft = await self._load(s, user_id)
+            if draft is not None:
+                draft.message = message
+
+    async def clear(self, user_id: int) -> None:
+        async with self._sessions.begin() as s:
+            await s.execute(delete(Draft).where(Draft.user_id == user_id))
+
+    async def _load(self, s: AsyncSession, user_id: int) -> Draft | None:
+        draft = await s.scalar(select(Draft).where(Draft.user_id == user_id).options(selectinload(Draft.changes)))
+        if draft is not None and _aware(draft.expires_at) <= self._clock():
+            await s.delete(draft)
+            await s.flush()
+            return None
+        return draft
+
+
+def _aware(value: datetime) -> datetime:
+    return value if value.tzinfo is not None else value.replace(tzinfo=UTC)
diff --git a/app/repo/git.py b/app/repo/git.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1bfeb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/repo/git.py
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+"""Local clone of the uploads repo and read-only queries against `origin/<branch>` (ARCHITECTURE §2.3).
+
+git runs as a subprocess with an argument list — never through a shell — and with the bot's own deploy key.
+"""
+
+import asyncio
+import base64
+import logging
+import os
+import tempfile
+import time
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from datetime import datetime
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Literal
+
+from app.config import GitSettings
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+EntryKind = Literal["dir", "file"]
+
+
+class GitError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Entry:
+    path: str  # repo-relative, "/"-separated
+    kind: EntryKind
+    size: int  # bytes; 0 for directories
+
+    @property
+    def name(self) -> str:
+        return self.path.rsplit("/", 1)[-1]
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class CommitInfo:
+    sha: str
+    author: str
+    date: datetime
+    subject: str
+
+
+class UploadsRepo:
+    def __init__(self, settings: GitSettings) -> None:
+        self._s = settings
+        self._dir = settings.clone_dir
+        self._lock = asyncio.Lock()
+        self._fetched_at: float | None = None
+        self._key_path = self._materialize_key()
+
+    @property
+    def branch(self) -> str:
+        return self._s.branch
+
+    @property
+    def ref(self) -> str:
+        return f"origin/{self._s.branch}"
+
+    @property
+    def path(self) -> Path:
+        return self._dir
+
+    def _materialize_key(self) -> Path | None:
+        if self._s.ssh_key_b64 is None:
+            return self._s.ssh_key_path
+        key = base64.b64decode(self._s.ssh_key_b64.get_secret_value())
+        fd, name = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix="tgit-ssh-")  # created 0600, owned by the bot's user
+        with os.fdopen(fd, "wb") as f:
+            f.write(key if key.endswith(b"\n") else key + b"\n")
+        return Path(name)
+
+    def _env(self) -> dict[str, str]:
+        env = {k: v for k, v in os.environ.items() if k in ("PATH", "HOME", "LANG", "LC_ALL", "TMPDIR")}
+        env["GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT"] = "0"
+        if self._key_path is not None:
+            known_hosts = self._dir.parent / "known_hosts"
+            env["GIT_SSH_COMMAND"] = (
+                # -F /dev/null: ignore the host's ~/.ssh/config — otherwise a personal key configured there for the
+                # same host gets offered too and silently masks a broken deploy key (happened in #7).
+                f"ssh -F /dev/null -i {self._key_path} -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -o BatchMode=yes "
+                f"-o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -o UserKnownHostsFile={known_hosts}"
+            )
+        return env
+
+    async def git(self, *args: str, cwd: Path | None = None) -> bytes:
+        proc = await asyncio.create_subprocess_exec(
+            "git",
+            *args,
+            cwd=cwd or self._dir,
+            env=self._env(),
+            stdout=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE,
+        )
+        try:
+            out, err = await asyncio.wait_for(proc.communicate(), timeout=self._s.timeout)
+        except TimeoutError:
+            proc.kill()
+            await proc.wait()
+            raise GitError(f"git {args[0]}: timeout") from None
+        if proc.returncode != 0:
+            raise GitError(f"git {args[0]}: {err.decode(errors='replace').strip()[-500:]}")
+        return out
+
+    async def ensure(self) -> None:
+        """Clone on first use; afterwards just make sure the clone is there."""
+        async with self._lock:
+            if (self._dir / ".git").is_dir():
+                return
+            self._dir.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            log.info("cloning uploads repo into %s", self._dir)
+            await self.git(
+                "clone", "--branch", self._s.branch, self._s.uploads_url, str(self._dir), cwd=self._dir.parent
+            )
+            self._fetched_at = time.monotonic()
+
+    async def refresh(self, force: bool = False) -> None:
+        """git fetch, but not more often than fetch_interval unless forced."""
+        await self.ensure()
+        async with self._lock:
+            now = time.monotonic()
+            if not force and self._fetched_at is not None and now - self._fetched_at < self._s.fetch_interval:
+                return
+            await self.git("fetch", "--prune", "origin")
+            self._fetched_at = now
+
+    async def head(self) -> str:
+        return (await self.git("rev-parse", self.ref)).decode().strip()
+
+    async def list_dir(self, path: str = "") -> list[Entry]:
+        """Directories first, then files, each alphabetically."""
+        spec = f"{self.ref}:{path}" if path else self.ref
+        try:
+            out = await self.git("ls-tree", "-z", "-l", spec)
+        except GitError as e:
+            raise GitError(f"no such directory: /{path}") from e
+        entries: list[Entry] = []
+        for record in out.split(b"\0"):
+            if not record:
+                continue
+            meta, name = record.split(b"\t", 1)
+            _mode, kind, _obj, size = meta.split()
+            full = f"{path}/{name.decode()}" if path else name.decode()
+            if kind == b"tree":
+                entries.append(Entry(full, "dir", 0))
+            elif kind == b"blob":
+                entries.append(Entry(full, "file", int(size)))
+        return sorted(entries, key=lambda e: (e.kind != "dir", e.name.lower()))
+
+    async def read(self, path: str) -> bytes:
+        return await self.git("cat-file", "blob", f"{self.ref}:{path}")
+
+    async def size(self, path: str) -> int | None:
+        try:
+            return int((await self.git("cat-file", "-s", f"{self.ref}:{path}")).decode().strip())
+        except GitError:
+            return None
+
+    async def last_commit(self, path: str) -> CommitInfo | None:
+        out = await self.git("log", "-1", "--format=%H%x00%an%x00%aI%x00%s", self.ref, "--", path)
+        if not out.strip():
+            return None
+        sha, author, date, subject = out.decode().rstrip("\n").split("\0", 3)
+        return CommitInfo(sha=sha, author=author, date=datetime.fromisoformat(date), subject=subject)
diff --git a/app/repo/publisher.py b/app/repo/publisher.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08dcfc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/repo/publisher.py
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+"""Turns a member's draft into one commit on the uploads repo's main branch (SPEC C-20…C-25, ARCHITECTURE §2.3).
+
+Pushes are serialized with a lock: two members pushing at once never fight over the shared working tree.
+"""
+
+import asyncio
+import logging
+from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from enum import StrEnum
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from sqlalchemy import func, select
+
+from app.db.models import ChangeOp, Push, User, utcnow
+from app.db.session import SessionMaker
+from app.repo.drafts import DraftView
+from app.repo.git import GitError, UploadsRepo
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+BOT_NAME = "tgit-bot"
+BOT_EMAIL = "tgit-bot@users.noreply.tgit"
+PUSHES_PER_HOUR = 20
+PUSH_ATTEMPTS = 3
+
+
+class PushStatus(StrEnum):
+    OK = "ok"
+    CONFLICT = "conflict"  # someone changed the same files in main since the draft began
+    EMPTY = "empty"  # the draft matches main already
+    LIMIT = "limit"
+    FAILED = "failed"
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class PushResult:
+    status: PushStatus
+    sha: str | None = None
+    conflicts: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+class Publisher:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        repo: UploadsRepo,
+        sessions: SessionMaker,
+        clock: Callable[[], datetime] = utcnow,
+        before_push: Callable[[], Awaitable[None]] | None = None,  # test hook: simulate a concurrent push
+    ) -> None:
+        self._repo = repo
+        self._sessions = sessions
+        self._clock = clock
+        self._before_push = before_push
+        self._lock = asyncio.Lock()
+
+    async def push(self, member: User, draft: DraftView, message: str, *, overwrite: bool = False) -> PushResult:
+        if await self._pushes_last_hour(member.tg_id) >= PUSHES_PER_HOUR:
+            return PushResult(PushStatus.LIMIT)
+        async with self._lock:
+            try:
+                return await self._push(member, draft, message, overwrite)
+            except GitError:
+                log.exception("push failed")
+                await self._reset()
+                return PushResult(PushStatus.FAILED)
+
+    async def record(
+        self, member: User, result: PushResult, message: str, draft: DraftView, chat_id: int, message_id: int
+    ) -> None:
+        assert result.sha is not None
+        async with self._sessions.begin() as s:
+            s.add(
+                Push(
+                    user_id=member.tg_id,
+                    sha=result.sha,
+                    message=message,
+                    paths=[c.path for c in draft.changes],
+                    chat_id=chat_id,
+                    message_id=message_id,
+                    created_at=self._clock(),
+                )
+            )
+
+    async def _push(self, member: User, draft: DraftView, message: str, overwrite: bool) -> PushResult:
+        repo = self._repo
+        await repo.refresh(force=True)
+        if not overwrite:
+            conflicts = await self._conflicts(draft)
+            if conflicts:
+                return PushResult(PushStatus.CONFLICT, conflicts=conflicts)
+
+        await self._reset()
+        self._apply(draft)
+        await repo.git("add", "-A")
+        try:
+            await repo.git("diff", "--cached", "--quiet")
+            return PushResult(PushStatus.EMPTY)  # exit 0: nothing staged
+        except GitError:
+            pass  # exit 1: there are changes
+
+        handle = f"@{member.username}" if member.username else member.full_name
+        full_message = f"{message.strip()}\n\nTelegram-User: {handle} ({member.tg_id})"
+        await repo.git(
+            "-c", f"user.name={BOT_NAME}", "-c", f"user.email={BOT_EMAIL}", "commit", "-q", "-m", full_message
+        )
+
+        branch = repo.branch
+        for attempt in range(1, PUSH_ATTEMPTS + 1):
+            if self._before_push is not None:
+                await self._before_push()
+            try:
+                await repo.git("push", "-q", "origin", f"HEAD:{branch}")
+                break
+            except GitError:
+                if attempt == PUSH_ATTEMPTS:
+                    raise
+                log.info("push rejected, rebasing (attempt %d)", attempt)
+                await repo.git("fetch", "-q", "origin")
+                try:
+                    await repo.git(
+                        "-c", f"user.name={BOT_NAME}", "-c", f"user.email={BOT_EMAIL}", "rebase", "-q", repo.ref
+                    )
+                except GitError:
+                    await repo.git("rebase", "--abort")
+                    return PushResult(PushStatus.CONFLICT, conflicts=await self._conflicts(draft))
+        sha = (await repo.git("rev-parse", "HEAD")).decode().strip()
+        return PushResult(PushStatus.OK, sha=sha)
+
+    async def _conflicts(self, draft: DraftView) -> list[str]:
+        try:
+            out = await self._repo.git("diff", "--name-only", draft.base_sha, self._repo.ref)
+        except GitError:
+            return [c.path for c in draft.changes]  # base unknown (e.g. history rewritten): be safe
+        changed = set(out.decode().splitlines())
+        return [c.path for c in draft.changes if c.path in changed]
+
+    async def _reset(self) -> None:
+        repo = self._repo
+        await repo.git("checkout", "-q", "-B", repo.branch, repo.ref)
+        await repo.git("reset", "-q", "--hard", repo.ref)
+        await repo.git("clean", "-q", "-fdx")
+
+    def _apply(self, draft: DraftView) -> None:
+        root = self._repo.path.resolve()
+        for change in draft.changes:
+            target = (root / change.path).resolve()
+            if root not in target.parents:  # validated earlier; this is the last line of defence
+                raise GitError(f"path escapes the repo: {change.path}")
+            if change.op is ChangeOp.DELETE:
+                target.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+                _prune_empty_dirs(target.parent, root)
+            else:
+                target.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+                target.write_bytes(change.content or b"")
+
+    async def _pushes_last_hour(self, user_id: int) -> int:
+        async with self._sessions() as s:
+            count = await s.scalar(
+                select(func.count())
+                .select_from(Push)
+                .where(Push.user_id == user_id, Push.created_at > self._clock() - timedelta(hours=1))
+            )
+            return count or 0
+
+
+def _prune_empty_dirs(directory: Path, root: Path) -> None:
+    while directory != root and directory.is_dir() and not any(directory.iterdir()):
+        directory.rmdir()
+        directory = directory.parent
diff --git a/app/repo/validate.py b/app/repo/validate.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c28f28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/repo/validate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+"""Checks for names and file contents before anything goes into a draft (SPEC C-10, C-12, C-16). No code runs here."""
+
+import ast
+import difflib
+import re
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+MAX_FILE_BYTES = 100 * 1024
+NAME = re.compile(r"^[A-Za-z0-9._-]{1,100}$")
+# Bot users can't touch the CI of the uploads repo or its helper scripts (SPEC C-16, ADR-014)
+PROTECTED_PREFIXES = (".sourcecraft/", ".tgit/", ".git/")
+PROTECTED_FILES = {"ruff.toml"}
+_FENCE = re.compile(r"^\s*```[\w+-]*[ \t]*\n(.*?)\n?```\s*$", re.DOTALL)
+
+
+class ValidationError(ValueError):
+    pass
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class SyntaxIssue:
+    line: int
+    message: str
+
+
+def check_name(name: str) -> str:
+    name = name.strip()
+    if not NAME.match(name) or name in {".", ".."}:
+        raise ValidationError("name")
+    return name
+
+
+def is_protected(path: str) -> bool:
+    return path in PROTECTED_FILES or any(path.startswith(p) or path + "/" == p for p in PROTECTED_PREFIXES)
+
+
+def join(directory: str, name: str) -> str:
+    return f"{directory}/{name}" if directory else name
+
+
+def strip_fence(text: str) -> str:
+    """Code pasted as a Telegram message often comes wrapped in ``` — keep only what's inside."""
+    match = _FENCE.match(text)
+    return match.group(1) if match else text
+
+
+def check_content(data: bytes) -> str:
+    """Size, encoding, NUL bytes. Returns the decoded text."""
+    if len(data) > MAX_FILE_BYTES:
+        raise ValidationError("too_big")
+    if b"\0" in data:
+        raise ValidationError("binary")
+    try:
+        return data.decode("utf-8")
+    except UnicodeDecodeError:
+        raise ValidationError("encoding") from None
+
+
+def python_syntax(path: str, text: str) -> SyntaxIssue | None:
+    if not path.endswith(".py"):
+        return None
+    try:
+        ast.parse(text, filename=path)
+    except SyntaxError as e:
+        return SyntaxIssue(line=e.lineno or 0, message=e.msg)
+    return None
+
+
+def diff_stat(old: str, new: str) -> tuple[int, int]:
+    added = removed = 0
+    for line in difflib.ndiff(old.splitlines(), new.splitlines()):
+        if line.startswith("+ "):
+            added += 1
+        elif line.startswith("- "):
+            removed += 1
+    return added, removed
+
+
+def check_message(message: str) -> str:
+    message = message.strip()
+    if not 1 <= len(message) <= 200 or len(message.splitlines()[0]) > 72:
+        raise ValidationError("message")
+    return message
diff --git a/app/texts.py b/app/texts.py
index 2494222..803e65a 100644
--- a/app/texts.py
+++ b/app/texts.py
@@ -54,12 +54,81 @@ class MembersTexts(_Strict):
     invite_caption: str
 
 
+class CommitTexts(_Strict):
+    title: str
+    empty: str
+    page: str
+    up: str
+    prev: str
+    next: str
+    dir_button: str
+    file_button: str
+    new_file: str
+    new_dir: str
+    file_card: str
+    last_commit: str
+    no_commits: str
+    view: str
+    replace: str
+    delete: str
+    to_dir: str
+    soon: str
+    unavailable: str
+    sent_as_file: str
+    ask_file_name: str
+    ask_dir_name: str
+    bad_name: str
+    exists: str
+    protected: str
+    ask_content: str
+    too_big: str
+    binary: str
+    encoding: str
+    syntax: str
+    fix: str
+    force: str
+    added: str
+    modified: str
+    deleted: str
+    draft_button: str
+    draft_title: str
+    draft_empty: str
+    unstage: str
+    draft_full: str
+    in_draft_new: str
+    in_draft_modified: str
+    in_draft_deleted: str
+    mark_new: str
+    mark_modified: str
+    mark_deleted: str
+    op_add: str
+    op_modify: str
+    op_delete: str
+    message_button: str
+    message_current: str
+    message_missing: str
+    ask_message: str
+    bad_message: str
+    push_button: str
+    push_confirm: str
+    push_go: str
+    pushing: str
+    pushed: str
+    ci_pending: str
+    conflict: str
+    overwrite: str
+    push_empty: str
+    push_limit: str
+    push_failed: str
+
+
 class Texts(_Strict):
     menu: MenuTexts
     start: StartTexts
     help: HelpTexts
     section: SectionTexts
     members: MembersTexts
+    commit: CommitTexts
 
 
 def load_texts(config_dir: Path) -> Texts:
diff --git a/config/texts.yaml b/config/texts.yaml
index 96984b1..7df9dd1 100644
--- a/config/texts.yaml
+++ b/config/texts.yaml
@@ -52,3 +52,83 @@ members:
     {link}
 
     Одноразовое, действует до {expires} UTC.
+
+commit:
+  title: "📝 Коммит · /{path}"
+  empty: "Папка пуста."
+  page: "Стр. {page} из {pages}"
+  up: "⬆️ Вверх"
+  prev: "◀️"
+  next: "▶️"
+  dir_button: "📁 {name}"
+  file_button: "📄 {name} · {size}"
+  new_file: "➕ Новый файл"
+  new_dir: "📁 Новая папка"
+  file_card: |-
+    📄 /{path}
+    Размер: {size}
+  last_commit: |-
+    Последний коммит: {sha} · {author} · {date}
+    {subject}
+  no_commits: "Коммитов по файлу нет."
+  view: "👁 Показать"
+  replace: "✏️ Заменить"
+  delete: "🗑 Удалить"
+  to_dir: "⬅️ К папке"
+  soon: "Будет в следующей версии."
+  unavailable: "Репозиторий загрузок недоступен, попробуйте через минуту."
+  sent_as_file: "Файл большой или бинарный — отправил документом."
+  ask_file_name: "Имя нового файла в /{dir} (латиница, цифры, «.», «_», «-»):"
+  ask_dir_name: "Имя новой папки в /{dir}:"
+  bad_name: "Недопустимое имя: латиница, цифры, «.», «_», «-», до 100 символов. Пришлите другое."
+  exists: "Такое имя уже есть в этой папке. Пришлите другое."
+  protected: "Это служебный путь репозитория — из бота его менять нельзя."
+  ask_content: "Пришлите содержимое /{path} — текстом сообщения или файлом (до 100 КБ)."
+  too_big: "Больше 100 КБ — не принимаю."
+  binary: "Похоже на бинарный файл — принимаю только текст."
+  encoding: "Файл не в кодировке UTF-8."
+  syntax: "⚠️ Синтаксическая ошибка, строка {line}: {message}"
+  fix: "✏️ Исправить"
+  force: "Всё равно добавить"
+  added: "🆕 /{path} — добавлен в черновик."
+  modified: "✏️ /{path} — в черновике: +{added} −{removed}."
+  deleted: "🗑 /{path} — в черновике на удаление."
+  draft_button: "🧾 Черновик · {count}"
+  draft_title: "🧾 Черновик · изменений: {count}"
+  draft_empty: "Черновик пуст."
+  unstage: "↩️ убрать {name}"
+  draft_full: "В черновике уже 50 изменений — запушьте или уберите лишнее."
+  in_draft_new: "В черновике: новый файл."
+  in_draft_modified: "В черновике: изменён."
+  in_draft_deleted: "В черновике: удалён."
+  mark_new: "🆕 "
+  mark_modified: "✏️ "
+  mark_deleted: "🗑 "
+  op_add: "A"
+  op_modify: "M"
+  op_delete: "D"
+  message_button: "💬 Сообщение коммита"
+  message_current: "💬 {message}"
+  message_missing: "💬 Сообщение коммита не задано."
+  ask_message: "Сообщение коммита: до 200 символов, первая строка — до 72."
+  bad_message: "Сообщение: 1–200 символов, первая строка — до 72. Пришлите другое."
+  push_button: "🚀 Push"
+  push_confirm: |-
+    Запушить в main?
+
+    {summary}
+
+    💬 {message}
+  push_go: "✅ Запушить"
+  pushing: "⏳ Пушу…"
+  pushed: "✅ Запушено: {sha} — {message}"
+  ci_pending: "⏳ CI…"
+  conflict: |-
+    ⚠️ Пока вы готовили черновик, в main изменились те же файлы:
+    {paths}
+
+    Перезаписать их вашей версией?
+  overwrite: "Перезаписать"
+  push_empty: "В main уже всё так же — коммитить нечего. Черновик очищен."
+  push_limit: "Лимит — 20 пушей в час. Попробуйте позже."
+  push_failed: "Не удалось запушить: репозиторий недоступен. Черновик сохранён — попробуйте позже."
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 34dc5ff..3639ecc 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ services:
     env_file: .env
     environment:
       DATABASE_URL: postgresql+asyncpg://tgit:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-tgit}@postgres:5432/tgit
+      GIT_CLONE_DIR: /data/uploads
+    volumes:
+      - uploads:/data
     depends_on:
       postgres:
         condition: service_healthy
@@ -37,3 +40,4 @@ services:
 
 volumes:
   pgdata:
+  uploads:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dee183b..dd0ca9b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ extend-exclude = [".claude", "docs"]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
 select = ["E", "F", "I", "B", "UP", "SIM", "ASYNC", "RUF"]
+# Russian UI texts, commit messages and comments are normal here, not homoglyph attacks
+ignore = ["RUF001", "RUF002", "RUF003"]
 
 [tool.mypy]
 python_version = "3.12"
diff --git a/tests/bot/test_commit.py b/tests/bot/test_commit.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e04cc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bot/test_commit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import pytest
+from aiogram.methods import AnswerCallbackQuery, EditMessageText, SendDocument, SendMessage
+from aiogram.types import InlineKeyboardMarkup
+
+from app.access.service import AccessService
+from app.bot.routers.commit import Act, CommitCb, human_size
+from app.db.session import SessionMaker
+from app.main import build_dispatcher
+from app.repo.git import UploadsRepo
+from app.texts import Texts
+from tests.conftest import ADMIN
+from tests.fakes import TgClient
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def tg(texts: Texts, sessions: SessionMaker, access: AccessService, repo: UploadsRepo) -> TgClient:
+    return TgClient(build_dispatcher(texts, sessions, access, repo))
+
+
+def labels(markup: object) -> list[str]:
+    assert isinstance(markup, InlineKeyboardMarkup)
+    return [b.text for row in markup.inline_keyboard for b in row]
+
+
+def cb(action: Act, i: int = 0) -> str:
+    return CommitCb(a=action, i=i).pack()
+
+
+async def test_root_listing(tg: TgClient, texts: Texts) -> None:
+    await tg.send(ADMIN, texts.menu.commit)
+
+    [reply] = tg.session.sent(SendMessage)
+    assert reply.text == texts.commit.title.format(path="")
+    got = labels(reply.reply_markup)
+    assert got[:4] == ["📁 docs", "📁 many", "📁 services", "📄 README.md · 10 Б"]
+    assert texts.commit.up not in got  # already at the root
+
+
+async def test_open_dir_then_file_card_then_back(tg: TgClient, texts: Texts) -> None:
+    await tg.send(ADMIN, texts.menu.commit)
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.OPEN, 2))  # services
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.OPEN, 0))  # services/hello
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.OPEN, 0))  # services/hello/main.py
+
+    hello_dir, hello_sub, card = tg.session.sent(EditMessageText)
+    assert hello_dir.text == texts.commit.title.format(path="services")
+    assert texts.commit.up in labels(hello_dir.reply_markup)
+    assert hello_sub.text == texts.commit.title.format(path="services/hello")
+    assert card.text.startswith("📄 /services/hello/main.py") and "init" in card.text
+    assert labels(card.reply_markup) == [
+        texts.commit.view,
+        texts.commit.replace,
+        texts.commit.delete,
+        texts.commit.to_dir,
+    ]
+
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.TO_DIR))
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.UP))
+    *_, back_to_dir, up = tg.session.sent(EditMessageText)
+    assert back_to_dir.text == texts.commit.title.format(path="services/hello")
+    assert up.text == texts.commit.title.format(path="services")
+
+
+async def test_view_text_inline_and_binary_as_document(tg: TgClient, texts: Texts) -> None:
+    await tg.send(ADMIN, texts.menu.commit)
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.OPEN, 0))  # docs
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.OPEN, 1))  # мои заметки.md
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.VIEW))
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.TO_DIR))
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.OPEN, 0))  # logo.bin
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.VIEW))
+
+    inline = [m for m in tg.session.sent(SendMessage) if m.parse_mode == "HTML"]
+    assert len(inline) == 1 and "<pre>привет\n</pre>" in inline[0].text
+    [doc] = tg.session.sent(SendDocument)
+    assert doc.caption == texts.commit.sent_as_file
+
+
+async def test_pagination(tg: TgClient, texts: Texts) -> None:
+    await tg.send(ADMIN, texts.menu.commit)
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.OPEN, 1))  # many: 25 files
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.PAGE, 1))
+
+    first, second = tg.session.sent(EditMessageText)
+    assert texts.commit.page.format(page=1, pages=2) in first.text
+    assert labels(first.reply_markup)[0].startswith("📄 f00.txt") and texts.commit.next in labels(first.reply_markup)
+    assert labels(second.reply_markup)[0].startswith("📄 f20.txt") and texts.commit.prev in labels(second.reply_markup)
+
+
+async def test_stale_button_is_ignored(tg: TgClient, texts: Texts) -> None:
+    await tg.send(ADMIN, texts.menu.commit)
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.OPEN, 99))
+
+    [stale] = tg.session.sent(AnswerCallbackQuery)
+    assert stale.text is None
+    assert tg.session.sent(EditMessageText) == []
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(("n", "text"), [(10, "10 Б"), (2048, "2.0 КБ"), (5 * 1024 * 1024, "5.0 МБ")])
+def test_human_size(n: int, text: str) -> None:
+    assert human_size(n) == text
diff --git a/tests/bot/test_commit_edit.py b/tests/bot/test_commit_edit.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47601f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bot/test_commit_edit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+import pytest
+from aiogram.methods import AnswerCallbackQuery, EditMessageText, SendMessage
+from aiogram.types import InlineKeyboardMarkup
+
+from app.access.service import AccessService
+from app.bot.routers.commit import Act, CommitCb
+from app.db.session import SessionMaker
+from app.main import build_dispatcher
+from app.repo.git import UploadsRepo
+from app.texts import Texts
+from tests.conftest import ADMIN
+from tests.fakes import TgClient
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def tg(texts: Texts, sessions: SessionMaker, access: AccessService, repo: UploadsRepo) -> TgClient:
+    return TgClient(build_dispatcher(texts, sessions, access, repo))
+
+
+def cb(action: Act, i: int = 0) -> str:
+    return CommitCb(a=action, i=i).pack()
+
+
+def labels(markup: object) -> list[str]:
+    assert isinstance(markup, InlineKeyboardMarkup)
+    return [b.text for row in markup.inline_keyboard for b in row]
+
+
+def last_text(tg: TgClient) -> SendMessage:
+    return tg.session.sent(SendMessage)[-1]
+
+
+async def to_hello(tg: TgClient, texts: Texts) -> None:
+    await tg.send(ADMIN, texts.menu.commit)
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.OPEN, 2))  # services
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.OPEN, 0))  # services/hello
+
+
+async def test_new_file_from_fenced_text(tg: TgClient, texts: Texts) -> None:
+    await to_hello(tg, texts)
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.NEW_FILE))
+    await tg.send(ADMIN, "utils.py")
+    await tg.send(ADMIN, "```python\ndef add(a, b):\n    return a + b\n```")
+
+    reply = last_text(tg)
+    assert reply.text.startswith(texts.commit.added.format(path="services/hello/utils.py"))
+    got = labels(reply.reply_markup)
+    assert "🆕 📄 utils.py · 31 Б" in got  # fence stripped, no trailing newline
+    assert texts.commit.draft_button.format(count=1) in got
+
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.OPEN, 1))  # utils.py (main.py is 0)
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.VIEW))
+    view = last_text(tg)
+    assert "def add(a, b):" in view.text and "```" not in view.text
+
+
+async def test_replace_with_document_shows_diff(tg: TgClient, texts: Texts) -> None:
+    await to_hello(tg, texts)
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.OPEN, 0))  # main.py
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.REPLACE))
+    await tg.send_document(ADMIN, "main.py", b"print('hello')\nprint('bye')\n")
+
+    reply = last_text(tg)
+    assert reply.text.startswith(texts.commit.modified.format(path="services/hello/main.py", added=1, removed=0))
+    assert "✏️ 📄 main.py · 28 Б" in labels(reply.reply_markup)
+
+
+async def test_delete_marks_and_draft_lists(tg: TgClient, texts: Texts) -> None:
+    await tg.send(ADMIN, texts.menu.commit)
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.OPEN, 3))  # README.md
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.DELETE))
+    deleted = tg.session.sent(EditMessageText)[-1]
+    assert deleted.text.startswith(texts.commit.deleted.format(path="README.md"))
+    assert "🗑 📄 README.md · 10 Б" in labels(deleted.reply_markup)
+
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.DRAFT))
+    draft = tg.session.sent(EditMessageText)[-1]
+    assert "D  /README.md" in draft.text
+
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.UNSTAGE, 0))
+    assert tg.session.sent(EditMessageText)[-1].text == texts.commit.draft_empty
+
+
+async def test_syntax_error_force_or_fix(tg: TgClient, texts: Texts) -> None:
+    await to_hello(tg, texts)
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.NEW_FILE))
+    await tg.send(ADMIN, "bad.py")
+    await tg.send(ADMIN, "def f(:\n    pass")
+
+    warn = last_text(tg)
+    assert warn.text.startswith("⚠️") and "1" in warn.text
+    assert labels(warn.reply_markup) == [texts.commit.fix, texts.commit.force]
+
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.FIX))
+    assert tg.session.sent(EditMessageText)[-1].text == texts.commit.ask_content.format(path="services/hello/bad.py")
+    await tg.send(ADMIN, "def f(:\n    pass")
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.FORCE))
+    assert last_text(tg).text.startswith(texts.commit.added.format(path="services/hello/bad.py"))
+
+
+async def test_virtual_folder_becomes_real_with_a_file(tg: TgClient, texts: Texts) -> None:
+    await tg.send(ADMIN, texts.menu.commit)
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.OPEN, 2))  # services
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.NEW_DIR))
+    await tg.send(ADMIN, "api")
+    inside = last_text(tg)
+    assert inside.text == f"{texts.commit.title.format(path='services/api')}\n{texts.commit.empty}"
+
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.NEW_FILE))
+    await tg.send(ADMIN, "main.py")
+    await tg.send(ADMIN, "print('api')")
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.UP))
+
+    services = tg.session.sent(EditMessageText)[-1]
+    assert "🆕 📁 api" in labels(services.reply_markup)
+
+
+async def test_names_rejected(tg: TgClient, texts: Texts) -> None:
+    await tg.send(ADMIN, texts.menu.commit)
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.NEW_FILE))
+    for bad in ["../etc", "README.md", "ruff.toml"]:
+        await tg.send(ADMIN, bad)
+
+    assert [m.text for m in tg.session.sent(SendMessage)][-3:] == [
+        texts.commit.bad_name,
+        texts.commit.exists,
+        texts.commit.protected,
+    ]
+
+
+async def test_binary_document_rejected(tg: TgClient, texts: Texts) -> None:
+    await to_hello(tg, texts)
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.NEW_FILE))
+    await tg.send(ADMIN, "img.png")
+    await tg.send_document(ADMIN, "img.png", b"\x89PNG\x00\x00")
+
+    assert last_text(tg).text == texts.commit.binary
+
+
+async def test_draft_survives_a_restart(
+    texts: Texts, sessions: SessionMaker, access: AccessService, repo: UploadsRepo
+) -> None:
+    first = TgClient(build_dispatcher(texts, sessions, access, repo))
+    await first.send(ADMIN, texts.menu.commit)
+    await first.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.OPEN, 3))
+    await first.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.DELETE))
+
+    second = TgClient(build_dispatcher(texts, sessions, access, repo))  # same DB, new bot process
+    await second.send(ADMIN, texts.menu.commit)
+    assert texts.commit.draft_button.format(count=1) in labels(second.session.sent(SendMessage)[-1].reply_markup)
+
+
+async def test_protected_file_cannot_be_replaced(tg: TgClient, texts: Texts, repo: UploadsRepo) -> None:
+    await tg.send(ADMIN, texts.menu.commit)
+    # fake a card for a protected path via FSM: open README then rewrite the selection
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.OPEN, 3))
+    state = tg.dp.fsm.get_context(tg.bot, chat_id=ADMIN, user_id=ADMIN)
+    await state.update_data(commit_file=".sourcecraft/ci.yaml")
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.REPLACE))
+
+    answer = tg.session.sent(AnswerCallbackQuery)[-1]
+    assert answer.text == texts.commit.protected and answer.show_alert
diff --git a/tests/bot/test_commit_push.py b/tests/bot/test_commit_push.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..158e7bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bot/test_commit_push.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+from aiogram.methods import EditMessageText, SendMessage
+from aiogram.types import InlineKeyboardMarkup
+
+from app.access.service import AccessService
+from app.bot.routers.commit import Act, CommitCb
+from app.db.session import SessionMaker
+from app.main import build_dispatcher
+from app.repo.git import UploadsRepo
+from app.texts import Texts
+from tests.conftest import ADMIN, git
+from tests.fakes import TgClient
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def tg(texts: Texts, sessions: SessionMaker, access: AccessService, repo: UploadsRepo) -> TgClient:
+    return TgClient(build_dispatcher(texts, sessions, access, repo, "https://example.test/commit/{sha}"))
+
+
+def cb(action: Act, i: int = 0) -> str:
+    return CommitCb(a=action, i=i).pack()
+
+
+def labels(markup: object) -> list[str]:
+    assert isinstance(markup, InlineKeyboardMarkup)
+    return [b.text for row in markup.inline_keyboard for b in row]
+
+
+async def test_message_then_push_lands_in_remote(tg: TgClient, texts: Texts, remote: Path, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    t = texts.commit
+    await tg.send(ADMIN, texts.menu.commit)
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.NEW_FILE))
+    await tg.send(ADMIN, "notes.txt")
+    await tg.send(ADMIN, "привет из телеграма")
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.DRAFT))
+    draft = tg.session.sent(EditMessageText)[-1]
+    assert t.message_missing in draft.text and t.push_button not in labels(draft.reply_markup)
+
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.MESSAGE))
+    await tg.send(ADMIN, "x" * 80)  # first line too long
+    assert tg.session.sent(SendMessage)[-1].text == t.bad_message
+    await tg.send(ADMIN, "docs: заметки")
+    with_message = tg.session.sent(SendMessage)[-1]
+    assert t.message_current.format(message="docs: заметки") in with_message.text
+    assert t.push_button in labels(with_message.reply_markup)
+
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.PUSH))
+    assert tg.session.sent(EditMessageText)[-1].text.startswith("Запушить в main?")
+    await tg.press(ADMIN, cb(Act.PUSH_GO))
+
+    pushing, done = tg.session.sent(EditMessageText)[-2:]
+    assert pushing.text == t.pushing
+    assert done.text.startswith("✅ Запушено: ") and "docs: заметки" in done.text
+    assert "https://example.test/commit/" in done.text and done.text.endswith(t.ci_pending)
+
+    clone = tmp_path / "verify"
+    git(tmp_path, "clone", "-q", str(remote), str(clone))
+    assert (clone / "notes.txt").read_text(encoding="utf-8") == "привет из телеграма"
+
+    # the draft is gone after a push
+    tg.session.requests.clear()
+    await tg.send(ADMIN, texts.menu.commit)
+    assert not any(label.startswith("🧾") for label in labels(tg.session.sent(SendMessage)[-1].reply_markup))
diff --git a/tests/bot/test_common.py b/tests/bot/test_common.py
index 2ca8df1..1ceb285 100644
--- a/tests/bot/test_common.py
+++ b/tests/bot/test_common.py
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@ from app.access.service import AccessService
 from app.bot.menu import Nav, NavAction
 from app.db.session import SessionMaker
 from app.main import build_dispatcher
+from app.repo.git import UploadsRepo
 from app.texts import Texts
 from tests.conftest import ADMIN, OUTSIDER
 from tests.fakes import TgClient
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def tg(texts: Texts, sessions: SessionMaker, access: AccessService) -> TgClient:
-    return TgClient(build_dispatcher(texts, sessions, access))
+def tg(texts: Texts, sessions: SessionMaker, access: AccessService, repo: UploadsRepo) -> TgClient:
+    return TgClient(build_dispatcher(texts, sessions, access, repo))
 
 
 def buttons(markup: ReplyKeyboardMarkup) -> list[str]:
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ async def test_outsider_stale_button_is_swallowed(tg: TgClient) -> None:
     assert len(tg.session.sent(AnswerCallbackQuery)) == 1
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("section", ["commit", "status", "logs", "alerts"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("section", ["status", "logs", "alerts"])
 async def test_menu_button_opens_section_with_nav(tg: TgClient, texts: Texts, section: str) -> None:
     await tg.send(ADMIN, getattr(texts.menu, section))
 
diff --git a/tests/bot/test_members.py b/tests/bot/test_members.py
index 5e5cfd5..7daef29 100644
--- a/tests/bot/test_members.py
+++ b/tests/bot/test_members.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from app.access.service import AccessService
 from app.bot.routers.members import MembersAction, MembersCb
 from app.db.session import SessionMaker
 from app.main import build_dispatcher
+from app.repo.git import UploadsRepo
 from app.texts import Texts
 from tests.conftest import ADMIN
 from tests.fakes import TgClient
@@ -16,8 +17,8 @@ NEWBIE = 3003
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def tg(texts: Texts, sessions: SessionMaker, access: AccessService) -> TgClient:
-    return TgClient(build_dispatcher(texts, sessions, access))
+def tg(texts: Texts, sessions: SessionMaker, access: AccessService, repo: UploadsRepo) -> TgClient:
+    return TgClient(build_dispatcher(texts, sessions, access, repo))
 
 
 async def invite_token(tg: TgClient) -> str:
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 856c49d..7b57b81 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import subprocess
 from collections.abc import AsyncIterator
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -5,9 +6,10 @@ import pytest
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncEngine
 
 from app.access.service import AccessService
-from app.config import AccessSettings, RuntimeSettings, Settings, TelegramSettings
+from app.config import AccessSettings, GitSettings, RuntimeSettings, Settings, TelegramSettings
 from app.db.migrate import upgrade
 from app.db.session import SessionMaker, make_engine, make_sessionmaker
+from app.repo.git import UploadsRepo
 from app.texts import Texts, load_texts
 
 ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
@@ -48,3 +50,44 @@ async def access(sessions: SessionMaker, settings: Settings) -> AccessService:
     service = AccessService(sessions, settings.access)
     await service.bootstrap_admins()
     return service
+
+
+def git(cwd: Path, *args: str) -> str:
+    env = {
+        "GIT_AUTHOR_NAME": "Тест",
+        "GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL": "t@t",
+        "GIT_COMMITTER_NAME": "Тест",
+        "GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL": "t@t",
+        "PATH": "/usr/bin:/bin",
+        "HOME": str(cwd),
+    }
+    return subprocess.run(["git", *args], cwd=cwd, env=env, check=True, capture_output=True, text=True).stdout
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def remote(tmp_path: Path) -> Path:
+    """A bare 'SourceCraft' repo: services/hello, a file with a space and Cyrillic, a binary, 25 files in one dir."""
+    work = tmp_path / "seed"
+    work.mkdir()
+    git(work, "init", "-q", "-b", "main")
+    (work / "services" / "hello").mkdir(parents=True)
+    (work / "services" / "hello" / "main.py").write_text("print('hello')\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    (work / "README.md").write_text("# uploads\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    git(work, "add", "-A")
+    git(work, "commit", "-q", "-m", "init")
+    (work / "docs").mkdir()
+    (work / "docs" / "мои заметки.md").write_text("привет\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    (work / "docs" / "logo.bin").write_bytes(b"\x00\x01\x02binary")
+    (work / "many").mkdir()
+    for i in range(25):
+        (work / "many" / f"f{i:02}.txt").write_text(str(i), encoding="utf-8")
+    git(work, "add", "-A")
+    git(work, "commit", "-q", "-m", "docs and many")
+    bare = tmp_path / "remote.git"
+    git(tmp_path, "clone", "-q", "--bare", str(work), str(bare))
+    return bare
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def repo(remote: Path, tmp_path: Path) -> UploadsRepo:
+    return UploadsRepo(GitSettings(uploads_url=str(remote), clone_dir=tmp_path / "clone", fetch_interval=0))
diff --git a/tests/fakes.py b/tests/fakes.py
index f03867d..a563e04 100644
--- a/tests/fakes.py
+++ b/tests/fakes.py
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ from typing import Any
 
 from aiogram import Bot, Dispatcher
 from aiogram.client.session.base import BaseSession
-from aiogram.methods import EditMessageText, GetMe, SendMessage, SendPhoto, TelegramMethod
+from aiogram.methods import EditMessageText, GetFile, GetMe, SendMessage, SendPhoto, TelegramMethod
 from aiogram.methods.base import TelegramType
-from aiogram.types import Chat, Message, Update, User
+from aiogram.types import Chat, File, Message, Update, User
 
 BOT_TOKEN = "42:TEST-TOKEN"
 
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class FakeSession(BaseSession):
         super().__init__()
         self.requests: list[TelegramMethod[Any]] = []
         self._ids = count(1000)
+        self.files: dict[str, bytes] = {}  # file_id -> content, for documents users "upload"
 
     async def make_request(
         self,
@@ -27,6 +28,10 @@ class FakeSession(BaseSession):
         timeout: int | None = None,  # noqa: ASYNC109 - signature fixed by aiogram BaseSession
     ) -> TelegramType:
         self.requests.append(method)
+        if isinstance(method, GetFile):
+            return File(  # type: ignore[return-value]
+                file_id=method.file_id, file_unique_id=method.file_id, file_path=f"documents/{method.file_id}"
+            )
         if isinstance(method, GetMe):
             return User(id=42, is_bot=True, first_name="tgit", username="tgit_test_bot")  # type: ignore[return-value]
         if isinstance(method, SendPhoto):
@@ -54,9 +59,9 @@ class FakeSession(BaseSession):
         timeout: int = 30,  # noqa: ASYNC109 - signature fixed by aiogram BaseSession
         chunk_size: int = 65536,
         raise_for_status: bool = True,
-    ) -> AsyncGenerator[bytes, None]:  # pragma: no cover - not used
-        raise NotImplementedError
-        yield b""
+    ) -> AsyncGenerator[bytes, None]:
+        file_id = url.rsplit("/", 1)[-1]
+        yield self.files[file_id]
 
     async def close(self) -> None:
         pass
@@ -92,6 +97,18 @@ class TgClient:
             message["entities"] = [{"type": "bot_command", "offset": 0, "length": len(cmd)}]
         await self._feed({"message": message})
 
+    async def send_document(self, tg_id: int, name: str, content: bytes) -> None:
+        file_id = f"doc{next(self._message_ids)}"
+        self.session.files[file_id] = content
+        message = {
+            "message_id": next(self._message_ids),
+            "date": int(datetime.now(UTC).timestamp()),
+            "chat": {"id": tg_id, "type": "private"},
+            "from": self.user(tg_id),
+            "document": {"file_id": file_id, "file_unique_id": file_id, "file_name": name, "file_size": len(content)},
+        }
+        await self._feed({"message": message})
+
     async def press(self, tg_id: int, data: str, message_text: str = "section") -> None:
         callback = {
             "id": str(next(self._update_ids)),
diff --git a/tests/repo/__init__.py b/tests/repo/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/repo/test_drafts.py b/tests/repo/test_drafts.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5802d4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/repo/test_drafts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta
+
+import pytest
+
+from app.db.models import ChangeOp, User
+from app.db.session import SessionMaker
+from app.repo.drafts import MAX_CHANGES, DraftFull, DraftService
+
+UID = 7
+SHA = "a" * 40
+
+
+class Clock:
+    now = datetime(2026, 10, 15, tzinfo=UTC)
+
+    def __call__(self) -> datetime:
+        return self.now
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+async def svc(sessions: SessionMaker) -> DraftService:
+    async with sessions.begin() as s:
+        s.add(User(tg_id=UID, full_name="u"))
+    return DraftService(sessions, clock=Clock())
+
+
+async def test_put_get_and_order(svc: DraftService) -> None:
+    await svc.put(UID, SHA, "b.py", ChangeOp.ADD, b"b")
+    await svc.put(UID, "other-sha", "a.py", ChangeOp.MODIFY, b"a")
+
+    draft = await svc.get(UID)
+    assert draft is not None and draft.base_sha == SHA  # base fixed when the draft started
+    assert [(c.path, c.op) for c in draft.changes] == [("b.py", ChangeOp.ADD), ("a.py", ChangeOp.MODIFY)]
+
+
+async def test_editing_a_new_file_keeps_it_added_and_deleting_it_drops_it(svc: DraftService) -> None:
+    await svc.put(UID, SHA, "n.py", ChangeOp.ADD, b"1")
+    await svc.put(UID, SHA, "n.py", ChangeOp.MODIFY, b"2")
+    draft = await svc.get(UID)
+    assert draft is not None and draft.changes[0].op is ChangeOp.ADD and draft.changes[0].content == b"2"
+
+    await svc.put(UID, SHA, "n.py", ChangeOp.DELETE, None)
+    draft = await svc.get(UID)
+    assert draft is not None and draft.changes == []
+
+
+async def test_drop_message_clear(svc: DraftService) -> None:
+    await svc.put(UID, SHA, "a.py", ChangeOp.ADD, b"1")
+    await svc.put(UID, SHA, "b.py", ChangeOp.DELETE, None)
+    await svc.drop(UID, "a.py")
+    await svc.set_message(UID, "feat: x")
+
+    draft = await svc.get(UID)
+    assert draft is not None and [c.path for c in draft.changes] == ["b.py"] and draft.message == "feat: x"
+    await svc.clear(UID)
+    assert await svc.get(UID) is None
+
+
+async def test_expired_draft_is_gone(svc: DraftService) -> None:
+    await svc.put(UID, SHA, "a.py", ChangeOp.ADD, b"1")
+    Clock.now += timedelta(hours=25)
+    try:
+        assert await svc.get(UID) is None
+    finally:
+        Clock.now -= timedelta(hours=25)
+
+
+async def test_draft_size_limit(svc: DraftService) -> None:
+    for i in range(MAX_CHANGES):
+        await svc.put(UID, SHA, f"f{i}.py", ChangeOp.ADD, b"")
+    with pytest.raises(DraftFull):
+        await svc.put(UID, SHA, "one-more.py", ChangeOp.ADD, b"")
diff --git a/tests/repo/test_git.py b/tests/repo/test_git.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98a0be4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/repo/test_git.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+from app.repo.git import GitError, UploadsRepo
+from tests.conftest import git
+
+
+async def test_clone_and_list_root_dirs_first(repo: UploadsRepo) -> None:
+    await repo.refresh()
+
+    entries = await repo.list_dir()
+    assert [(e.name, e.kind) for e in entries] == [
+        ("docs", "dir"),
+        ("many", "dir"),
+        ("services", "dir"),
+        ("README.md", "file"),
+    ]
+    assert entries[-1].size == len("# uploads\n")
+
+
+async def test_unicode_and_spaces_in_names(repo: UploadsRepo) -> None:
+    await repo.refresh()
+
+    names = [e.path for e in await repo.list_dir("docs")]
+    assert names == ["docs/logo.bin", "docs/мои заметки.md"]
+    assert (await repo.read("docs/мои заметки.md")).decode() == "привет\n"
+
+
+async def test_last_commit_per_path(repo: UploadsRepo) -> None:
+    await repo.refresh()
+
+    hello = await repo.last_commit("services/hello/main.py")
+    docs = await repo.last_commit("docs/logo.bin")
+    assert hello is not None and hello.subject == "init" and hello.author == "Тест"
+    assert docs is not None and docs.subject == "docs and many" and len(docs.sha) == 40
+
+
+async def test_missing_dir_is_an_error(repo: UploadsRepo) -> None:
+    await repo.refresh()
+    with pytest.raises(GitError, match="no such directory"):
+        await repo.list_dir("nope")
+
+
+async def test_refresh_sees_new_commits_and_respects_interval(repo: UploadsRepo, remote: Path, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    await repo.refresh()
+    before = await repo.head()
+
+    other = tmp_path / "other"
+    git(tmp_path, "clone", "-q", str(remote), str(other))
+    (other / "new.txt").write_text("x", encoding="utf-8")
+    git(other, "add", "-A")
+    git(other, "commit", "-q", "-m", "new")
+    git(other, "push", "-q", "origin", "main")
+
+    await repo.refresh()
+    assert await repo.head() != before
+    assert "new.txt" in [e.name for e in await repo.list_dir()]
+
+
+async def test_fetch_is_throttled(remote: Path, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    from app.config import GitSettings
+
+    throttled = UploadsRepo(GitSettings(uploads_url=str(remote), clone_dir=tmp_path / "c2", fetch_interval=3600))
+    await throttled.refresh()
+    head = await throttled.head()
+    other = tmp_path / "o2"
+    git(tmp_path, "clone", "-q", str(remote), str(other))
+    (other / "x.txt").write_text("x", encoding="utf-8")
+    git(other, "add", "-A")
+    git(other, "commit", "-q", "-m", "x")
+    git(other, "push", "-q", "origin", "main")
+
+    await throttled.refresh()
+    assert await throttled.head() == head  # within the interval: no fetch
+    await throttled.refresh(force=True)
+    assert await throttled.head() != head
+
+
+async def test_unreachable_remote(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    from app.config import GitSettings
+
+    broken = UploadsRepo(GitSettings(uploads_url=str(tmp_path / "missing.git"), clone_dir=tmp_path / "c3"))
+    with pytest.raises(GitError, match="clone"):
+        await broken.refresh()
diff --git a/tests/repo/test_publisher.py b/tests/repo/test_publisher.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bdf7e08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/repo/test_publisher.py
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+from datetime import timedelta
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+from sqlalchemy import select
+
+from app.access.service import AccessService
+from app.db.models import ChangeOp, Push, User, utcnow
+from app.db.session import SessionMaker
+from app.repo.drafts import Change, DraftView
+from app.repo.git import UploadsRepo
+from app.repo.publisher import PUSHES_PER_HOUR, Publisher, PushStatus
+from tests.conftest import ADMIN, git
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+async def member(access: AccessService) -> User:
+    user = await access.get_member(ADMIN)
+    assert user is not None
+    return user
+
+
+def remote_log(remote: Path, tmp_path: Path, name: str = "check") -> tuple[Path, str]:
+    clone = tmp_path / name
+    git(tmp_path, "clone", "-q", str(remote), str(clone))
+    return clone, git(clone, "log", "-1", "--format=%an <%ae>%n%B")
+
+
+def foreign_commit(remote: Path, tmp_path: Path, path: str, text: str, name: str) -> None:
+    other = tmp_path / name
+    git(tmp_path, "clone", "-q", str(remote), str(other))
+    target = other / path
+    target.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    target.write_text(text, encoding="utf-8")
+    git(other, "add", "-A")
+    git(other, "commit", "-q", "-m", f"foreign {path}")
+    git(other, "push", "-q", "origin", "main")
+
+
+async def draft_on(repo: UploadsRepo, *changes: Change) -> DraftView:
+    await repo.refresh(force=True)
+    return DraftView(base_sha=await repo.head(), message=None, changes=list(changes))
+
+
+async def test_push_applies_changes_with_trailer(
+    repo: UploadsRepo, sessions: SessionMaker, member: User, remote: Path, tmp_path: Path
+) -> None:
+    draft = await draft_on(
+        repo,
+        Change("services/hello/utils.py", ChangeOp.ADD, b"X = 1\n"),
+        Change("services/hello/main.py", ChangeOp.MODIFY, b"print('v2')\n"),
+        Change("docs/logo.bin", ChangeOp.DELETE, None),
+        Change("docs/мои заметки.md", ChangeOp.DELETE, None),
+    )
+    publisher = Publisher(repo, sessions)
+
+    result = await publisher.push(member, draft, "feat: v2\n\nподробности")
+
+    assert result.status is PushStatus.OK and result.sha is not None
+    clone, log = remote_log(remote, tmp_path)
+    assert log.startswith("tgit-bot <tgit-bot@users.noreply.tgit>\nfeat: v2\n\nподробности\n\nTelegram-User: ")
+    assert f"({ADMIN})" in log
+    assert (clone / "services/hello/utils.py").read_text() == "X = 1\n"
+    assert (clone / "services/hello/main.py").read_text() == "print('v2')\n"
+    assert not (clone / "docs").exists()  # both files gone → the folder is gone too
+    assert git(clone, "rev-parse", "HEAD").strip() == result.sha
+
+
+async def test_nothing_to_commit(repo: UploadsRepo, sessions: SessionMaker, member: User) -> None:
+    draft = await draft_on(repo, Change("README.md", ChangeOp.MODIFY, b"# uploads\n"))
+
+    assert (await Publisher(repo, sessions).push(member, draft, "noop")).status is PushStatus.EMPTY
+
+
+async def test_conflict_then_overwrite(
+    repo: UploadsRepo, sessions: SessionMaker, member: User, remote: Path, tmp_path: Path
+) -> None:
+    draft = await draft_on(repo, Change("README.md", ChangeOp.MODIFY, b"mine\n"))
+    foreign_commit(remote, tmp_path, "README.md", "theirs\n", "other")
+    publisher = Publisher(repo, sessions)
+
+    conflict = await publisher.push(member, draft, "edit readme")
+    assert conflict.status is PushStatus.CONFLICT and conflict.conflicts == ["README.md"]
+
+    forced = await publisher.push(member, draft, "edit readme", overwrite=True)
+    assert forced.status is PushStatus.OK
+    clone, _ = remote_log(remote, tmp_path)
+    assert (clone / "README.md").read_text() == "mine\n"
+
+
+async def test_unrelated_change_in_main_is_not_a_conflict(
+    repo: UploadsRepo, sessions: SessionMaker, member: User, remote: Path, tmp_path: Path
+) -> None:
+    draft = await draft_on(repo, Change("a.txt", ChangeOp.ADD, b"a"))
+    foreign_commit(remote, tmp_path, "b.txt", "b", "other")
+
+    assert (await Publisher(repo, sessions).push(member, draft, "add a")).status is PushStatus.OK
+    clone, _ = remote_log(remote, tmp_path)
+    assert (clone / "a.txt").exists() and (clone / "b.txt").exists()
+
+
+async def test_rejected_push_is_rebased(
+    repo: UploadsRepo, sessions: SessionMaker, member: User, remote: Path, tmp_path: Path
+) -> None:
+    raced = False
+
+    async def someone_pushes_first() -> None:
+        nonlocal raced
+        if not raced:
+            raced = True
+            foreign_commit(remote, tmp_path, "race.txt", "r", "racer")
+
+    draft = await draft_on(repo, Change("mine.txt", ChangeOp.ADD, b"m"))
+    result = await Publisher(repo, sessions, before_push=someone_pushes_first).push(member, draft, "add mine")
+
+    assert result.status is PushStatus.OK and raced
+    clone, log = remote_log(remote, tmp_path)
+    assert "add mine" in log and (clone / "race.txt").exists() and (clone / "mine.txt").exists()
+
+
+async def test_path_escape_is_refused(repo: UploadsRepo, sessions: SessionMaker, member: User, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    draft = await draft_on(repo, Change("../evil.txt", ChangeOp.ADD, b"x"))
+
+    assert (await Publisher(repo, sessions).push(member, draft, "evil")).status is PushStatus.FAILED
+    assert not (tmp_path / "evil.txt").exists()
+
+
+async def test_rate_limit_and_record(repo: UploadsRepo, sessions: SessionMaker, member: User) -> None:
+    publisher = Publisher(repo, sessions)
+    draft = await draft_on(repo, Change("x.txt", ChangeOp.ADD, b"x"))
+    result = await publisher.push(member, draft, "x")
+    await publisher.record(member, result, "x", draft, chat_id=ADMIN, message_id=77)
+
+    async with sessions() as s:
+        push = await s.scalar(select(Push))
+        assert push is not None and push.sha == result.sha and push.paths == ["x.txt"] and push.message_id == 77
+        for i in range(PUSHES_PER_HOUR):
+            s.add(
+                Push(user_id=ADMIN, sha=f"{i:040d}", message="m", chat_id=1, created_at=utcnow() - timedelta(minutes=1))
+            )
+        await s.commit()
+
+    assert (await publisher.push(member, draft, "y")).status is PushStatus.LIMIT
diff --git a/tests/repo/test_validate.py b/tests/repo/test_validate.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c48fdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/repo/test_validate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import pytest
+
+from app.repo.validate import (
+    ValidationError,
+    check_content,
+    check_name,
+    diff_stat,
+    is_protected,
+    join,
+    python_syntax,
+    strip_fence,
+)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("name", ["main.py", "a-b_c.1", ".gitignore", "X" * 100])
+def test_good_names(name: str) -> None:
+    assert check_name(f"  {name} ") == name
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("name", ["", ".", "..", "a/b", "привет.py", "a b", "X" * 101, "a;rm"])
+def test_bad_names(name: str) -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+        check_name(name)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("path", "protected"),
+    [
+        (".sourcecraft/ci.yaml", True),
+        (".tgit/x.py", True),
+        ("ruff.toml", True),
+        (".sourcecraft", True),
+        ("services/a/ruff.toml", False),
+        ("README.md", False),
+        ("services/a/main.py", False),
+    ],
+)
+def test_protected_paths(path: str, protected: bool) -> None:
+    assert is_protected(path) is protected
+
+
+def test_join() -> None:
+    assert join("", "a.py") == "a.py" and join("s/x", "a.py") == "s/x/a.py"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("text", "expected"),
+    [
+        ("```python\nprint(1)\n```", "print(1)"),
+        ("```\na\nb\n```", "a\nb"),
+        ("print(1)", "print(1)"),
+        ("x ``` y", "x ``` y"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_strip_fence(text: str, expected: str) -> None:
+    assert strip_fence(text) == expected
+
+
+def test_content_checks() -> None:
+    assert check_content("привет".encode()) == "привет"
+    for data, reason in [(b"a\0b", "binary"), (b"\xff\xfe", "encoding"), (b"x" * (100 * 1024 + 1), "too_big")]:
+        with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match=reason):
+            check_content(data)
+
+
+def test_python_syntax_only_for_py() -> None:
+    issue = python_syntax("a.py", "def f(:\n    pass\n")
+    assert issue is not None and issue.line == 1
+    assert python_syntax("a.py", "x = 1\n") is None
+    assert python_syntax("a.txt", "def f(:") is None
+
+
+def test_diff_stat() -> None:
+    assert diff_stat("a\nb\nc", "a\nB\nc\nd") == (2, 1)