diff --git a/codex-rs/Cargo.lock b/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
index ff7bc426..55515f76 100644
--- a/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
+++ b/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "codex-common",
  "codex-core",
- "codex-git-apply",
+ "codex-git",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tempfile",
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "chrono",
  "codex-backend-client",
- "codex-git-apply",
+ "codex-git",
  "diffy",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "codex-apply-patch",
  "codex-async-utils",
  "codex-file-search",
- "codex-git-tooling",
+ "codex-git",
  "codex-keyring-store",
  "codex-otel",
  "codex-protocol",
@@ -1202,20 +1202,13 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "codex-git-apply"
-version = "0.0.0"
-dependencies = [
- "once_cell",
- "regex",
- "tempfile",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "codex-git-tooling"
+name = "codex-git"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "assert_matches",
+ "once_cell",
  "pretty_assertions",
+ "regex",
  "schemars 0.8.22",
  "serde",
  "tempfile",
@@ -1346,7 +1339,7 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64",
- "codex-git-tooling",
+ "codex-git",
  "codex-utils-image",
  "icu_decimal",
  "icu_locale_core",
diff --git a/codex-rs/Cargo.toml b/codex-rs/Cargo.toml
index f9d0865f..79ad9a6d 100644
--- a/codex-rs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codex-rs/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ members = [
     "execpolicy",
     "keyring-store",
     "file-search",
-    "git-tooling",
     "linux-sandbox",
     "login",
     "mcp-server",
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ members = [
     "stdio-to-uds",
     "otel",
     "tui",
-    "git-apply",
+    "utils/git",
     "utils/cache",
     "utils/image",
     "utils/json-to-toml",
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ codex-core = { path = "core" }
 codex-exec = { path = "exec" }
 codex-feedback = { path = "feedback" }
 codex-file-search = { path = "file-search" }
-codex-git-tooling = { path = "git-tooling" }
+codex-git = { path = "utils/git" }
 codex-keyring-store = { path = "keyring-store" }
 codex-linux-sandbox = { path = "linux-sandbox" }
 codex-login = { path = "login" }
diff --git a/codex-rs/chatgpt/Cargo.toml b/codex-rs/chatgpt/Cargo.toml
index 0a317086..c46046b1 100644
--- a/codex-rs/chatgpt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codex-rs/chatgpt/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ codex-core = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
-codex-git-apply = { path = "../git-apply" }
+codex-git = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/codex-rs/chatgpt/src/apply_command.rs b/codex-rs/chatgpt/src/apply_command.rs
index e1289c21..ffd460e2 100644
--- a/codex-rs/chatgpt/src/apply_command.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/chatgpt/src/apply_command.rs
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ pub async fn apply_diff_from_task(
 
 async fn apply_diff(diff: &str, cwd: Option<PathBuf>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let cwd = cwd.unwrap_or(std::env::current_dir().unwrap_or_else(|_| std::env::temp_dir()));
-    let req = codex_git_apply::ApplyGitRequest {
+    let req = codex_git::ApplyGitRequest {
         cwd,
         diff: diff.to_string(),
         revert: false,
         preflight: false,
     };
-    let res = codex_git_apply::apply_git_patch(&req)?;
+    let res = codex_git::apply_git_patch(&req)?;
     if res.exit_code != 0 {
         anyhow::bail!(
             "Git apply failed (applied={}, skipped={}, conflicts={})\nstdout:\n{}\nstderr:\n{}",
diff --git a/codex-rs/cloud-tasks-client/Cargo.toml b/codex-rs/cloud-tasks-client/Cargo.toml
index ca45b6e1..58dfea73 100644
--- a/codex-rs/cloud-tasks-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codex-rs/cloud-tasks-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 thiserror = "2.0.12"
 codex-backend-client = { path = "../backend-client", optional = true }
-codex-git-apply = { path = "../git-apply" }
+codex-git = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/codex-rs/cloud-tasks-client/src/http.rs b/codex-rs/cloud-tasks-client/src/http.rs
index 912681cd..57d39b7b 100644
--- a/codex-rs/cloud-tasks-client/src/http.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/cloud-tasks-client/src/http.rs
@@ -362,13 +362,13 @@ mod api {
                 });
             }
 
-            let req = codex_git_apply::ApplyGitRequest {
+            let req = codex_git::ApplyGitRequest {
                 cwd: std::env::current_dir().unwrap_or_else(|_| std::env::temp_dir()),
                 diff: diff.clone(),
                 revert: false,
                 preflight,
             };
-            let r = codex_git_apply::apply_git_patch(&req)
+            let r = codex_git::apply_git_patch(&req)
                 .map_err(|e| CloudTaskError::Io(format!("git apply failed to run: {e}")))?;
 
             let status = if r.exit_code == 0 {
diff --git a/codex-rs/cloud-tasks-client/src/lib.rs b/codex-rs/cloud-tasks-client/src/lib.rs
index 1c5a01e2..a723512f 100644
--- a/codex-rs/cloud-tasks-client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/cloud-tasks-client/src/lib.rs
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ pub use mock::MockClient;
 #[cfg(feature = "online")]
 pub use http::HttpClient;
 
-// Reusable apply engine now lives in the shared crate `codex-git-apply`.
+// Reusable apply engine now lives in the shared crate `codex-git`.
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/Cargo.toml b/codex-rs/core/Cargo.toml
index 3fc6ccd0..921ca284 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codex-rs/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ codex-app-server-protocol = { workspace = true }
 codex-apply-patch = { workspace = true }
 codex-async-utils = { workspace = true }
 codex-file-search = { workspace = true }
-codex-git-tooling = { workspace = true }
+codex-git = { workspace = true }
 codex-keyring-store = { workspace = true }
 codex-otel = { workspace = true, features = ["otel"] }
 codex-protocol = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/conversation_history.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/conversation_history.rs
index 9c724df6..9c9e4889 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/conversation_history.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/conversation_history.rs
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ fn is_api_message(message: &ResponseItem) -> bool {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use codex_git_tooling::GhostCommit;
+    use codex_git::GhostCommit;
     use codex_protocol::models::ContentItem;
     use codex_protocol::models::FunctionCallOutputPayload;
     use codex_protocol::models::LocalShellAction;
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/tasks/ghost_snapshot.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/tasks/ghost_snapshot.rs
index f421a91e..93830a30 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/tasks/ghost_snapshot.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/tasks/ghost_snapshot.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ use crate::state::TaskKind;
 use crate::tasks::SessionTask;
 use crate::tasks::SessionTaskContext;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use codex_git_tooling::CreateGhostCommitOptions;
-use codex_git_tooling::GitToolingError;
-use codex_git_tooling::create_ghost_commit;
+use codex_git::CreateGhostCommitOptions;
+use codex_git::GitToolingError;
+use codex_git::create_ghost_commit;
 use codex_protocol::models::ResponseItem;
 use codex_protocol::user_input::UserInput;
 use codex_utils_readiness::Readiness;
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/tasks/undo.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/tasks/undo.rs
index e834eea0..9862a7ec 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/tasks/undo.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/tasks/undo.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use crate::state::TaskKind;
 use crate::tasks::SessionTask;
 use crate::tasks::SessionTaskContext;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use codex_git_tooling::restore_ghost_commit;
+use codex_git::restore_ghost_commit;
 use codex_protocol::models::ResponseItem;
 use codex_protocol::user_input::UserInput;
 use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
diff --git a/codex-rs/git-apply/Cargo.toml b/codex-rs/git-apply/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c17ccc3..00000000
--- a/codex-rs/git-apply/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "codex-git-apply"
-version = { workspace = true }
-edition = "2024"
-
-[lib]
-name = "codex_git_apply"
-path = "src/lib.rs"
-
-[lints]
-workspace = true
-
-[dependencies]
-once_cell = "1"
-regex = "1"
-tempfile = "3"
-
diff --git a/codex-rs/git-tooling/README.md b/codex-rs/git-tooling/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 8833fc58..00000000
--- a/codex-rs/git-tooling/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# codex-git-tooling
-
-Helpers for interacting with git.
-
-```rust,no_run
-use std::path::Path;
-
-use codex_git_tooling::{create_ghost_commit, restore_ghost_commit, CreateGhostCommitOptions};
-
-let repo = Path::new("/path/to/repo");
-
-// Capture the current working tree as an unreferenced commit.
-let ghost = create_ghost_commit(&CreateGhostCommitOptions::new(repo))?;
-
-// Later, undo back to that state.
-restore_ghost_commit(repo, &ghost)?;
-```
-
-Pass a custom message with `.message("…")` or force-include ignored files with
-`.force_include(["ignored.log".into()])`.
diff --git a/codex-rs/protocol/Cargo.toml b/codex-rs/protocol/Cargo.toml
index 3258a984..f04f33bd 100644
--- a/codex-rs/protocol/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codex-rs/protocol/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-codex-git-tooling = { workspace = true }
+codex-git = { workspace = true }
 
 base64 = { workspace = true }
 codex-utils-image = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/codex-rs/protocol/src/models.rs b/codex-rs/protocol/src/models.rs
index a91cef1d..96f17bab 100644
--- a/codex-rs/protocol/src/models.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/protocol/src/models.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use serde::ser::Serializer;
 use ts_rs::TS;
 
 use crate::user_input::UserInput;
-use codex_git_tooling::GhostCommit;
+use codex_git::GhostCommit;
 use codex_utils_image::error::ImageProcessingError;
 use schemars::JsonSchema;
 
diff --git a/codex-rs/git-tooling/Cargo.toml b/codex-rs/utils/git/Cargo.toml
similarity index 86%
rename from codex-rs/git-tooling/Cargo.toml
rename to codex-rs/utils/git/Cargo.toml
index c30d58de..072587bd 100644
--- a/codex-rs/git-tooling/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codex-rs/utils/git/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,27 +1,25 @@
 [package]
-name = "codex-git-tooling"
+name = "codex-git"
 version.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 readme = "README.md"
 
-[lib]
-name = "codex_git_tooling"
-path = "src/lib.rs"
+[lints]
+workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-tempfile = { workspace = true }
-thiserror = { workspace = true }
-walkdir = { workspace = true }
+once_cell = "1"
+regex = "1"
 schemars = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
+tempfile = { workspace = true }
+thiserror = { workspace = true }
 ts-rs = { workspace = true, features = [
     "uuid-impl",
     "serde-json-impl",
     "no-serde-warnings",
 ] }
-
-[lints]
-workspace = true
+walkdir = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert_matches = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/codex-rs/utils/git/README.md b/codex-rs/utils/git/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5bcc6dcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codex-rs/utils/git/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# codex-git
+
+Helpers for interacting with git, including patch application and worktree
+snapshot utilities.
+
+```rust,no_run
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use codex_git::{
+    apply_git_patch, create_ghost_commit, restore_ghost_commit, ApplyGitRequest,
+    CreateGhostCommitOptions,
+};
+
+let repo = Path::new("/path/to/repo");
+
+// Apply a patch (omitted here) to the repository.
+let request = ApplyGitRequest {
+    cwd: repo.to_path_buf(),
+    diff: String::from("...diff contents..."),
+    revert: false,
+    preflight: false,
+};
+let result = apply_git_patch(&request)?;
+
+// Capture the current working tree as an unreferenced commit.
+let ghost = create_ghost_commit(&CreateGhostCommitOptions::new(repo))?;
+
+// Later, undo back to that state.
+restore_ghost_commit(repo, &ghost)?;
+```
+
+Pass a custom message with `.message("…")` or force-include ignored files with
+`.force_include(["ignored.log".into()])`.
diff --git a/codex-rs/git-apply/src/lib.rs b/codex-rs/utils/git/src/apply.rs
similarity index 95%
rename from codex-rs/git-apply/src/lib.rs
rename to codex-rs/utils/git/src/apply.rs
index 5d146312..c9e85032 100644
--- a/codex-rs/git-apply/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/utils/git/src/apply.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+//! Helpers for applying unified diffs using the system `git` binary.
+//!
+//! The entry point is [`apply_git_patch`], which writes a diff to a temporary
+//! file, shells out to `git apply` with the right flags, and then parses the
+//! command’s output into structured details. Callers can opt into dry-run
+//! mode via [`ApplyGitRequest::preflight`] and inspect the resulting paths to
+//! learn what would change before applying for real.
+
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use regex::Regex;
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
@@ -5,6 +13,7 @@ use std::io;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
+/// Parameters for invoking [`apply_git_patch`].
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct ApplyGitRequest {
     pub cwd: PathBuf,
@@ -13,6 +22,7 @@ pub struct ApplyGitRequest {
     pub preflight: bool,
 }
 
+/// Result of running [`apply_git_patch`], including paths gleaned from stdout/stderr.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct ApplyGitResult {
     pub exit_code: i32,
@@ -24,6 +34,10 @@ pub struct ApplyGitResult {
     pub cmd_for_log: String,
 }
 
+/// Apply a unified diff to the target repository by shelling out to `git apply`.
+///
+/// When [`ApplyGitRequest::preflight`] is `true`, this behaves like `git apply --check` and
+/// leaves the working tree untouched while still parsing the command output for diagnostics.
 pub fn apply_git_patch(req: &ApplyGitRequest) -> io::Result<ApplyGitResult> {
     let git_root = resolve_git_root(&req.cwd)?;
 
@@ -176,6 +190,7 @@ fn render_command_for_log(cwd: &Path, git_cfg: &[String], args: &[String]) -> St
     )
 }
 
+/// Collect every path referenced by the diff headers inside `diff --git` sections.
 pub fn extract_paths_from_patch(diff_text: &str) -> Vec<String> {
     static RE: Lazy<Regex> = Lazy::new(|| {
         Regex::new(r"(?m)^diff --git a/(.*?) b/(.*)$")
@@ -199,6 +214,7 @@ pub fn extract_paths_from_patch(diff_text: &str) -> Vec<String> {
     set.into_iter().collect()
 }
 
+/// Stage only the files that actually exist on disk for the given diff.
 pub fn stage_paths(git_root: &Path, diff: &str) -> io::Result<()> {
     let paths = extract_paths_from_patch(diff);
     let mut existing: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
@@ -225,6 +241,7 @@ pub fn stage_paths(git_root: &Path, diff: &str) -> io::Result<()> {
 
 // ============ Parser ported from VS Code (TS) ============
 
+/// Parse `git apply` output into applied/skipped/conflicted path groupings.
 pub fn parse_git_apply_output(
     stdout: &str,
     stderr: &str,
diff --git a/codex-rs/git-tooling/src/errors.rs b/codex-rs/utils/git/src/errors.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from codex-rs/git-tooling/src/errors.rs
rename to codex-rs/utils/git/src/errors.rs
diff --git a/codex-rs/git-tooling/src/ghost_commits.rs b/codex-rs/utils/git/src/ghost_commits.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from codex-rs/git-tooling/src/ghost_commits.rs
rename to codex-rs/utils/git/src/ghost_commits.rs
diff --git a/codex-rs/git-tooling/src/lib.rs b/codex-rs/utils/git/src/lib.rs
similarity index 90%
rename from codex-rs/git-tooling/src/lib.rs
rename to codex-rs/utils/git/src/lib.rs
index e6e53924..cf2887aa 100644
--- a/codex-rs/git-tooling/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/utils/git/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 use std::fmt;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
+mod apply;
 mod errors;
 mod ghost_commits;
 mod operations;
 mod platform;
 
+pub use apply::ApplyGitRequest;
+pub use apply::ApplyGitResult;
+pub use apply::apply_git_patch;
+pub use apply::extract_paths_from_patch;
+pub use apply::parse_git_apply_output;
+pub use apply::stage_paths;
 pub use errors::GitToolingError;
 pub use ghost_commits::CreateGhostCommitOptions;
 pub use ghost_commits::create_ghost_commit;
diff --git a/codex-rs/git-tooling/src/operations.rs b/codex-rs/utils/git/src/operations.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from codex-rs/git-tooling/src/operations.rs
rename to codex-rs/utils/git/src/operations.rs
diff --git a/codex-rs/git-tooling/src/platform.rs b/codex-rs/utils/git/src/platform.rs
similarity index 89%
rename from codex-rs/git-tooling/src/platform.rs
rename to codex-rs/utils/git/src/platform.rs
index 06feff75..41d4e2ea 100644
--- a/codex-rs/git-tooling/src/platform.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/utils/git/src/platform.rs
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ pub fn create_symlink(
 }
 
 #[cfg(not(any(unix, windows)))]
-compile_error!("codex-git-tooling symlink support is only implemented for Unix and Windows");
+compile_error!("codex-git symlink support is only implemented for Unix and Windows");