diff --git a/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/GitDashBoard.hs b/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/GitDashBoard.hs
index 83484be7..35e769f9 100644
--- a/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/GitDashBoard.hs
+++ b/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/GitDashBoard.hs
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@ import HBS2.Polling
 import HBS2.Peer.RPC.API.Storage
 import HBS2.Peer.RPC.Client.StorageClient
 
-import HBS2.Git.Data.Tx.Git
-import HBS2.Git.Data.RepoHead
-import HBS2.Git.Local
-import HBS2.Git.Local.CLI
-
 import HBS2.Git.Web.Assets
 import HBS2.Git.DashBoard.State
 import HBS2.Git.DashBoard.State.Index
@@ -309,45 +304,6 @@ runDashboardWeb wo = do
         lift $ html =<< renderTextT (repoCommit style lww hash)
 
 
-gitShowTree :: (DashBoardPerks m, MonadReader DashBoardEnv m)
-            => LWWRefKey 'HBS2Basic
-            -> GitHash
-            -> m [(GitObjectType, GitHash, Text)]
-gitShowTree what hash  = do
-  path <- repoDataPath what
-  let cmd = [qc|git --git-dir {path} ls-tree {show $ pretty hash}|]
-
-  -- FIXME: extract-method
-  gitRunCommand cmd
-    >>= orThrowUser ("can't read git repo" <+> pretty path)
-    <&> LBS8.lines
-    <&> fmap LBS8.words
-    <&> mapMaybe \case
-         [_,tp,h,name] -> do
-            (,,) <$> fromStringMay (LBS8.unpack tp)
-                 <*> fromStringMay (LBS8.unpack h)
-                 <*> pure (fromString (LBS8.unpack name))
-
-         _          -> Nothing
-
-
-gitShowRefs :: (DashBoardPerks m, MonadReader DashBoardEnv m) => LWWRefKey 'HBS2Basic -> m [(GitRef, GitHash)]
-gitShowRefs what = do
-  path <- repoDataPath what
-  let cmd = [qc|git --git-dir {path} show-ref|]
-
-  sto <- asks _sto
-
-  fromMaybe mempty <$> runMaybeT do
-
-    (_,hd) <- lift (selectRepoList (mempty & set repoListByLww (Just what) & set repoListLimit (Just 1)))
-                <&> listToMaybe
-                >>= toMPlus
-                <&> rlRepoTx
-                >>= readRepoHeadFromTx sto . coerce
-                >>= toMPlus
-
-    pure $ view repoHeadRefs hd
 
 
 runScotty :: DashBoardPerks m => DashBoardM m ()
diff --git a/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/src/HBS2/Git/DashBoard/State.hs b/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/src/HBS2/Git/DashBoard/State.hs
index c1ddb9db..9de7579a 100644
--- a/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/src/HBS2/Git/DashBoard/State.hs
+++ b/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/src/HBS2/Git/DashBoard/State.hs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import HBS2.Git.DashBoard.Types
 
 import HBS2.Hash
 
+import HBS2.Git.Data.RepoHead
 import HBS2.Git.Data.Tx.Git
 import HBS2.Git.Local
 import HBS2.Git.Local.CLI
@@ -704,6 +705,47 @@ buildCommitTreeIndex dir = do
         insertProcessed hkey
 
 
+gitShowTree :: (DashBoardPerks m, MonadReader DashBoardEnv m)
+            => LWWRefKey 'HBS2Basic
+            -> GitHash
+            -> m [(GitObjectType, GitHash, Text)]
+gitShowTree what hash  = do
+  path <- repoDataPath what
+  let cmd = [qc|git --git-dir {path} ls-tree {show $ pretty hash}|]
+
+  -- FIXME: extract-method
+  gitRunCommand cmd
+    <&> fromRight mempty
+    <&> LBS8.lines
+    <&> fmap LBS8.words
+    <&> mapMaybe \case
+         [_,tp,h,name] -> do
+            (,,) <$> fromStringMay (LBS8.unpack tp)
+                 <*> fromStringMay (LBS8.unpack h)
+                 <*> pure (fromString (LBS8.unpack name))
+
+         _          -> Nothing
 
 
+gitShowRefs :: (DashBoardPerks m, MonadReader DashBoardEnv m)
+            => LWWRefKey 'HBS2Basic
+            -> m [(GitRef, GitHash)]
+
+gitShowRefs what = do
+  path <- repoDataPath what
+  let cmd = [qc|git --git-dir {path} show-ref|]
+
+  sto <- asks _sto
+
+  fromMaybe mempty <$> runMaybeT do
+
+    (_,hd) <- lift (selectRepoList (mempty & set repoListByLww (Just what) & set repoListLimit (Just 1)))
+                <&> listToMaybe
+                >>= toMPlus
+                <&> rlRepoTx
+                >>= readRepoHeadFromTx sto . coerce
+                >>= toMPlus
+
+    pure $ view repoHeadRefs hd
+