diff --git a/DevTools/HackStudio/Git/GitRepo.cpp b/DevTools/HackStudio/Git/GitRepo.cpp
index 3461dacbf2..96b370e568 100644
--- a/DevTools/HackStudio/Git/GitRepo.cpp
+++ b/DevTools/HackStudio/Git/GitRepo.cpp
@@ -129,4 +129,23 @@ bool GitRepo::commit(const String& message)
 {
     return !command({ "commit", "-m", message }).is_null();
 }
+
+Optional<String> GitRepo::original_file_content(const LexicalPath& file) const
+{
+    return command({ "show", String::format("HEAD:%s", file.string().characters()) });
+}
+
+Optional<String> GitRepo::unstaged_diff(const LexicalPath& file) const
+{
+    return command({ "diff", file.string().characters() });
+}
+
+bool GitRepo::is_tracked(const LexicalPath& file) const
+{
+    auto res = command({ "ls-files", file.string() });
+    if (res.is_null())
+        return false;
+    return !res.is_empty();
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/DevTools/HackStudio/Git/GitRepo.h b/DevTools/HackStudio/Git/GitRepo.h
index 5f17e46dcb..03037b224a 100644
--- a/DevTools/HackStudio/Git/GitRepo.h
+++ b/DevTools/HackStudio/Git/GitRepo.h
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ public:
     bool stage(const LexicalPath& file);
     bool unstage(const LexicalPath& file);
     bool commit(const String& message);
+    Optional<String> original_file_content(const LexicalPath& file) const;
+    Optional<String> unstaged_diff(const LexicalPath& file) const;
+    bool is_tracked(const LexicalPath& file) const;
 
 private:
     static String command_wrapper(const Vector<String>& command_parts, const LexicalPath& chdir);