diff --git a/libexec/portzap/commands/portzap-clone b/libexec/portzap/commands/portzap-clone
index 5ec255e..79776f5 100755
--- a/libexec/portzap/commands/portzap-clone
+++ b/libexec/portzap/commands/portzap-clone
@@ -5,17 +5,13 @@ set -e
 # variables
 localbase=${LOCALBASE:-$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")"/../../..)}
 libexec="${localbase}"/libexec/portzap
+git="${libexec}"/utils/git/run
 giturl=$1
 gitdir=$2
 branch=$3
 
 ##
 # functions
-git()
-{
-    "${libexec}"/utils/gitexec "${1}"
-}
-
 printok() {
     "${libexec}"/utils/printok "${1}"
 }
@@ -41,8 +37,8 @@ if [ -e "${gitdir}/.git" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-git clone "${giturl}" "${gitdir}"
+"${git}" clone "${giturl}" "${gitdir}"
 cd "${gitdir}"
-git config core.filemode off
-git checkout -t origin/"${branch}"
+"${git}" config core.filemode off
+"${git}" checkout -t origin/"${branch}"
 printok "clone complete"
diff --git a/libexec/portzap/commands/portzap-install b/libexec/portzap/commands/portzap-install
index 2160c79..4963858 100755
--- a/libexec/portzap/commands/portzap-install
+++ b/libexec/portzap/commands/portzap-install
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ set -e
 localbase=${LOCALBASE:-$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")"/../../..)}
 libexec="${localbase}"/libexec/portzap
 mode=u=rwX,g=rX,o=
+git="${libexec}"/utils/git/run
 gitdir=$1
 installdir=$2
 revfile=$3
@@ -15,8 +16,8 @@ revfile=$3
 perform_update()
 {
     rev=$(cat "${revfile}")
-    add=$("${libexec}"/utils/git-changed-files "${gitdir}" "${rev}")
-    del=$("${libexec}"/utils/git-removed-files "${gitdir}" "${rev}")
+    add=$("${libexec}"/utils/git/get-changed-files "${gitdir}" "${rev}")
+    del=$("${libexec}"/utils/git/get-removed-files "${gitdir}" "${rev}")
     for file in ${del}; do
         target="${installdir}/${file}"
         parent=$(dirname "${target}")
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-umask ${mode}
+umask "${mode}"
 cd "${gitdir}"
 run_install "-d" "${installdir}"
 chmod ${mode} "${installdir}"
@@ -81,5 +82,5 @@ if [ -e "${revfile}" ]; then
 else
     perform_install
 fi
-"${libexec}"/utils/git-rev "${gitdir}" > "${revfile}"
+"${git}" rev-parse HEAD > "${revfile}"
 printok "install complete"
diff --git a/libexec/portzap/commands/portzap-pull b/libexec/portzap/commands/portzap-pull
index 9bd7786..27b4c1a 100755
--- a/libexec/portzap/commands/portzap-pull
+++ b/libexec/portzap/commands/portzap-pull
@@ -5,15 +5,11 @@ set -e
 # variables
 localbase=${LOCALBASE:-$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")"/../../..)}
 libexec="${localbase}"/libexec/portzap
+git="${libexec}"/utils/git/run
 gitdir=$1
 
 ##
 # functions
-git()
-{
-    "${libexec}"/utils/git "${@}"
-}
-
 printok() {
     "${libexec}"/utils/printok "${1}"
 }
@@ -40,6 +36,6 @@ if [ ! -e "${gitdir}/.git" ]; then
 fi
 
 cd "${gitdir}"
-branch=$(gitexec "branch --show-current")
-gitexec "pull --rebase origin ${branch}"
+branch=$("${git}" branch --show-current)
+"${git}"  pull --rebase origin "${branch}"
 printok "pull complete"
diff --git a/libexec/portzap/utils/git-changed-files b/libexec/portzap/utils/git-changed-files
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d1fcf7..0000000
--- a/libexec/portzap/utils/git-changed-files
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-set -e
-
-##
-# variables
-localbase=${LOCALBASE:-$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")"/../../..)}
-libexec="${localbase}"/libexec/portzap
-gitdir=$1
-commit=$2
-
-##
-# functions
-diff()
-{
-    "${libexec}"/utils/gitdiff ${@}
-}
-
-##
-# main
-cd "${gitdir}"
-diff "--name-only" "--diff-filter=A" "${commit}" "HEAD"
-diff "--name-only" "--diff-filter=M" "${commit}" "HEAD"
diff --git a/libexec/portzap/utils/git-removed-files b/libexec/portzap/utils/git-removed-files
deleted file mode 100644
index 158f73b..0000000
--- a/libexec/portzap/utils/git-removed-files
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-set -e
-
-##
-# variables
-localbase=${LOCALBASE:-$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")"/../../..)}
-libexec="${localbase}"/libexec/portzap
-gitdir=$1
-commit=$2
-
-##
-# functions
-diff()
-{
-    "${libexec}"/utils/gitdiff ${@}
-}
-
-##
-# main
-cd "${gitdir}"
-diff "--name-only" "--diff-filter=D" "${commit}" "HEAD"
diff --git a/libexec/portzap/utils/git-rev b/libexec/portzap/utils/git-rev
deleted file mode 100644
index 045e4bd..0000000
--- a/libexec/portzap/utils/git-rev
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-set -e
-
-##
-# variables
-localbase=${LOCALBASE:-$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")"/../../..)}
-libexec="${localbase}"/libexec/portzap
-gitdir=$1
-
-##
-# functions
-gitexec()
-{
-    "${libexec}"/utils/gitexec "${1}"
-}
-
-##
-# main
-cd "${gitdir}"
-gitexec "rev-parse HEAD"
diff --git a/libexec/portzap/utils/git/get-changed-files b/libexec/portzap/utils/git/get-changed-files
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c64d41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libexec/portzap/utils/git/get-changed-files
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+##
+# variables
+localbase=${LOCALBASE:-$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")"/../../../..)}
+libexec="${localbase}"/libexec/portzap
+git="${libexec}"/utils/git/run
+gitdir=$1
+commit=$2
+
+##
+# main
+cd "${gitdir}"
+"${git}" diff -l0 --name-only --diff-filter=A "${commit}" "HEAD"
+"${git}" diff -l0 --name-only --diff-filter=M "${commit}" "HEAD"
diff --git a/libexec/portzap/utils/git/get-removed-files b/libexec/portzap/utils/git/get-removed-files
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ad32dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libexec/portzap/utils/git/get-removed-files
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+##
+# variables
+localbase=${LOCALBASE:-$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")"/../../../..)}
+libexec="${localbase}"/libexec/portzap
+git="${libexec}"/utils/git/run
+gitdir=$1
+commit=$2
+
+##
+# main
+cd "${gitdir}"
+"${git}" diff -l0 --name-only --diff-filter=D "${commit}" "HEAD"
diff --git a/libexec/portzap/utils/git b/libexec/portzap/utils/git/run
similarity index 70%
rename from libexec/portzap/utils/git
rename to libexec/portzap/utils/git/run
index decaea3..92da168 100644
--- a/libexec/portzap/utils/git
+++ b/libexec/portzap/utils/git/run
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ mode=u=rwX,g=rX,o=
 # main
 doas -n \
      -u _portzap \
-     /bin/sh -c "umask ${mode}; ${git} ${1}"
+     /bin/sh -c "umask ${mode}; ${git} ${*}"
diff --git a/libexec/portzap/utils/gitdiff b/libexec/portzap/utils/gitdiff
deleted file mode 100644
index afb2a29..0000000
--- a/libexec/portzap/utils/gitdiff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-set -e
-
-##
-# variables
-localbase=${LOCALBASE:-$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")"/../../..)}
-libexec="${localbase}"/libexec/portzap
-
-##
-# main
-"${libexec}"/utils/gitexec diff -l0 ${@}
diff --git a/share/portzap/RELNOTES b/share/portzap/RELNOTES
index e4b1a0e..e1acade 100644
--- a/share/portzap/RELNOTES
+++ b/share/portzap/RELNOTES
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 v?.?.?
 
+| Replace utils/gitexec with utils/git/run
+  After this change, we talk to git via utils/git/run
+
+| Add utils/git
+  A dedicated directory for git-related scripts
+
 | Remove "set -x"
   After this change, portzap emits less output