diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/git.test.ts b/packages/cli-node/src/git/git.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/cli/src/lib/git.test.ts
rename to packages/cli-node/src/git/git.test.ts
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/git.ts b/packages/cli-node/src/git/git.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from packages/cli/src/lib/git.ts
rename to packages/cli-node/src/git/git.ts
index c0b50f5140..74127eae38 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/git.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-node/src/git/git.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import { assertError, ForwardedError } from '@backstage/errors';
 import { execFile as execFileCb } from 'child_process';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
-import { paths } from './paths';
+import { paths } from '../paths';
 
 const execFile = promisify(execFileCb);
 
diff --git a/packages/cli-node/src/git/index.ts b/packages/cli-node/src/git/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d962f57258
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli-node/src/git/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+export { listChangedFiles, readFileAtRef } from './git';
diff --git a/packages/cli-node/src/run.ts b/packages/cli-node/src/run.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e924b5c5b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli-node/src/run.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { execFile as execFileCb } from 'child_process';
+import { promisify } from 'util';
+
+export const execFile = promisify(execFileCb);