diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 453ee81..cc54c43 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -587,6 +587,7 @@ pub fn build_exe(
     check_exe.root_module.addImport("input", input_mod);
     check_exe.root_module.addImport("syntax", syntax_mod);
     check_exe.root_module.addImport("color", color_mod);
+    check_exe.root_module.addImport("bin_path", bin_path_mod);
     check_exe.root_module.addImport("version", b.createModule(.{ .root_source_file = version_file }));
     check_exe.root_module.addImport("version_info", b.createModule(.{ .root_source_file = version_info_file }));
     check_step.dependOn(&check_exe.step);
diff --git a/src/git.zig b/src/git.zig
index b2b4626..80413ae 100644
--- a/src/git.zig
+++ b/src/git.zig
@@ -3,30 +3,101 @@ const tp = @import("thespian");
 const shell = @import("shell");
 const bin_path = @import("bin_path");
 
+pub const Error = error{ OutOfMemory, GitNotFound, GitCallFailed };
+
+const log_execute = false;
+
+pub fn workspace_path() Error!void {
+    const fn_name = @src().fn_name;
+    try git(.{ "rev-parse", "--show-toplevel" }, struct {
+        fn result(parent: tp.pid_ref, output: []const u8) void {
+            var it = std.mem.splitScalar(u8, output, '\n');
+            while (it.next()) |branch| if (branch.len > 0)
+                parent.send(.{ module_name, fn_name, branch }) catch {};
+        }
+    }.result, exit_null_on_error(fn_name));
+}
+
+pub fn current_branch() Error!void {
+    const fn_name = @src().fn_name;
+    try git(.{ "rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD" }, struct {
+        fn result(parent: tp.pid_ref, output: []const u8) void {
+            var it = std.mem.splitScalar(u8, output, '\n');
+            while (it.next()) |branch| if (branch.len > 0)
+                parent.send(.{ module_name, fn_name, branch }) catch {};
+        }
+    }.result, exit_null_on_error(fn_name));
+}
+
+fn git(
+    cmd: anytype,
+    out: OutputHandler,
+    exit: ExitHandler,
+) Error!void {
+    return git_err(cmd, out, noop, exit);
+}
+
+fn git_err(
+    cmd: anytype,
+    out: OutputHandler,
+    err: OutputHandler,
+    exit: ExitHandler,
+) Error!void {
+    const cbor = @import("cbor");
+    const git_binary = get_git() orelse return error.GitNotFound;
+    var buf: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(u8) = .empty;
+    const writer = buf.writer(allocator);
+    switch (@typeInfo(@TypeOf(cmd))) {
+        .@"struct" => |info| if (info.is_tuple) {
+            try cbor.writeArrayHeader(writer, info.fields.len + 1);
+            try cbor.writeValue(writer, git_binary);
+            inline for (info.fields) |f|
+                try cbor.writeValue(writer, @field(cmd, f.name));
+            return shell.execute(allocator, .{ .buf = buf.items }, .{
+                .out = to_shell_output_handler(out),
+                .err = to_shell_output_handler(err),
+                .exit = exit,
+                .log_execute = log_execute,
+            }) catch error.GitCallFailed;
+        },
+        else => {},
+    }
+    @compileError("git command should be a tuple: " ++ @typeName(@TypeOf(cmd)));
+}
+
+fn exit_null_on_error(comptime tag: []const u8) shell.ExitHandler {
+    return struct {
+        fn exit(_: usize, parent: tp.pid_ref, _: []const u8, _: []const u8, exit_code: i64) void {
+            if (exit_code > 0)
+                parent.send(.{ module_name, tag, null }) catch {};
+        }
+    }.exit;
+}
+
+const OutputHandler = fn (parent: tp.pid_ref, output: []const u8) void;
+const ExitHandler = shell.ExitHandler;
+
+fn to_shell_output_handler(handler: anytype) shell.OutputHandler {
+    return struct {
+        fn out(_: usize, parent: tp.pid_ref, _: []const u8, output: []const u8) void {
+            handler(parent, output);
+        }
+    }.out;
+}
+
+fn noop(_: tp.pid_ref, _: []const u8) void {}
+
 var git_path: ?struct {
     path: ?[:0]const u8 = null,
 } = null;
 
+const allocator = std.heap.c_allocator;
+
 fn get_git() ?[]const u8 {
     if (git_path) |p| return p.path;
-    const path = bin_path.find_binary_in_path(std.heap.c_allocator, "git") catch null;
+    const path = bin_path.find_binary_in_path(allocator, module_name) catch null;
     git_path = .{ .path = path };
     return path;
 }
 
-pub fn get_current_branch(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !void {
-    const git_binary = get_git() orelse return error.GitBinaryNotFound;
-    const git_current_branch_cmd = tp.message.fmt(.{ git_binary, "rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD" });
-    const handlers = struct {
-        fn out(_: usize, parent: tp.pid_ref, _: []const u8, output: []const u8) void {
-            var it = std.mem.splitScalar(u8, output, '\n');
-            while (it.next()) |branch| if (branch.len > 0)
-                parent.send(.{ "git", "current_branch", branch }) catch {};
-        }
-    };
-    try shell.execute(allocator, git_current_branch_cmd, .{
-        .out = handlers.out,
-        .err = shell.log_err_handler,
-        .exit = shell.log_exit_err_handler,
-    });
-}
+const module_name = @typeName(@This());
diff --git a/src/shell.zig b/src/shell.zig
index c4ee5ca..5a8424d 100644
--- a/src/shell.zig
+++ b/src/shell.zig
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ pub const Handlers = struct {
     out: *const OutputHandler,
     err: ?*const OutputHandler = null,
     exit: *const ExitHandler = log_exit_handler,
+    log_execute: bool = true,
 };
 
 pub fn execute(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, argv: tp.message, handlers: Handlers) Error!void {
@@ -185,7 +186,8 @@ const Process = struct {
         _ = tp.set_trap(true);
         var buf: [1024]u8 = undefined;
         const json = self.argv.to_json(&buf) catch |e| return tp.exit_error(e, @errorReturnTrace());
-        self.logger.print("shell: execute {s}", .{json});
+        if (self.handlers.log_execute)
+            self.logger.print("shell: execute {s}", .{json});
         self.sp = tp.subprocess.init(self.allocator, self.argv, module_name, self.stdin_behavior) catch |e| return tp.exit_error(e, @errorReturnTrace());
         tp.receive(&self.receiver);
     }
diff --git a/src/tui/mode/mini/goto.zig b/src/tui/mode/mini/goto.zig
index d5023c7..ec18e48 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/mini/goto.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/mini/goto.zig
@@ -131,4 +131,9 @@ const cmds = struct {
         self.goto();
     }
     pub const mini_mode_insert_bytes_meta: Meta = .{ .arguments = &.{.string} };
+
+    pub fn mini_mode_paste(self: *Self, ctx: Ctx) Result {
+        return mini_mode_insert_bytes(self, ctx);
+    }
+    pub const mini_mode_paste_meta: Meta = .{ .arguments = &.{.string} };
 };
diff --git a/src/tui/status/branch.zig b/src/tui/status/branch.zig
index 86b7295..6f1ffa5 100644
--- a/src/tui/status/branch.zig
+++ b/src/tui/status/branch.zig
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const tp = @import("thespian");
-const cbor = @import("cbor");
 
 const EventHandler = @import("EventHandler");
 const Plane = @import("renderer").Plane;
@@ -18,14 +17,19 @@ branch: ?[]const u8 = null,
 
 const Self = @This();
 
-pub fn create(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, parent: Plane, _: ?EventHandler, _: ?[]const u8) @import("widget.zig").CreateError!Widget {
+pub fn create(
+    allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
+    parent: Plane,
+    _: ?EventHandler,
+    _: ?[]const u8,
+) @import("widget.zig").CreateError!Widget {
     const self: *Self = try allocator.create(Self);
     self.* = .{
         .allocator = allocator,
         .plane = try Plane.init(&(Widget.Box{}).opts(@typeName(Self)), parent),
     };
     try tui.message_filters().add(MessageFilter.bind(self, receive_git));
-    git.get_current_branch(self.allocator) catch {};
+    git.workspace_path() catch {};
     return Widget.to(self);
 }
 
@@ -36,13 +40,28 @@ pub fn deinit(self: *Self, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) void {
 }
 
 fn receive_git(self: *Self, _: tp.pid_ref, m: tp.message) MessageFilter.Error!bool {
+    return if (try match(m.buf, .{ "git", more }))
+        self.process_git(m)
+    else
+        false;
+}
+
+fn process_git(
+    self: *Self,
+    m: tp.message,
+) MessageFilter.Error!bool {
     var branch: []const u8 = undefined;
-    if (try cbor.match(m.buf, .{ "git", "current_branch", tp.extract(&branch) })) {
+    if (try match(m.buf, .{ any, "workspace_path", null_ })) {
+        self.branch = try self.allocator.dupe(u8, "null");
+    } else if (try match(m.buf, .{ any, "workspace_path", string })) {
+        git.current_branch() catch {};
+    } else if (try match(m.buf, .{ any, "current_branch", extract(&branch) })) {
         if (self.branch) |p| self.allocator.free(p);
         self.branch = try self.allocator.dupe(u8, branch);
-        return true;
+    } else {
+        return false;
     }
-    return false;
+    return true;
 }
 
 pub fn layout(self: *Self) Widget.Layout {
@@ -66,3 +85,12 @@ pub fn render(self: *Self, theme: *const Widget.Theme) bool {
     _ = self.plane.print("{s} {s}", .{ branch_symbol, branch }) catch {};
     return false;
 }
+
+const match = cbor.match;
+const more = cbor.more;
+const null_ = cbor.null_;
+const string = cbor.string;
+const extract = cbor.extract;
+const any = cbor.any;
+
+const cbor = @import("cbor");