diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 091df9ce3..7eebd43bf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2336,7 +2336,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "gitbutler-project",
  "gitbutler-testsupport",
  "gitbutler-user",
+ "log",
  "resolve-path",
+ "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-branch/src/assets.rs b/crates/gitbutler-branch/src/assets.rs
index 712a5cd9d..94516c884 100644
--- a/crates/gitbutler-branch/src/assets.rs
+++ b/crates/gitbutler-branch/src/assets.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
 use futures::future::join_all;
-use gitbutler_core::virtual_branches::Author;
 use gitbutler_user as users;
 use std::{collections::HashMap, path, sync, time::Duration};
 use url::Url;
 
 use crate::{
+    author::Author,
     base::BaseBranch,
     remote::{RemoteBranchData, RemoteCommit},
     VirtualBranch, VirtualBranchCommit,
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-core/src/virtual_branches/author.rs b/crates/gitbutler-branch/src/author.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/gitbutler-core/src/virtual_branches/author.rs
rename to crates/gitbutler-branch/src/author.rs
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-branch/src/lib.rs b/crates/gitbutler-branch/src/lib.rs
index 19c681c17..4c2feb000 100644
--- a/crates/gitbutler-branch/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/gitbutler-branch/src/lib.rs
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ pub mod files;
 pub mod remote;
 
 pub mod conflicts;
+
+mod author;
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-branch/src/remote.rs b/crates/gitbutler-branch/src/remote.rs
index 0c9ec5df4..77e8a6671 100644
--- a/crates/gitbutler-branch/src/remote.rs
+++ b/crates/gitbutler-branch/src/remote.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ use gitbutler_repo::{LogUntil, RepoActions, RepositoryExt};
 use serde::Serialize;
 
 use gitbutler_core::git::{self, CommitExt};
-use gitbutler_core::virtual_branches::{target, Author};
+use gitbutler_core::virtual_branches::target;
+
+use crate::author::Author;
 
 // this struct is a mapping to the view `RemoteBranch` type in Typescript
 // found in src-tauri/src/routes/repo/[project_id]/types.ts
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-branch/src/virtual.rs b/crates/gitbutler-branch/src/virtual.rs
index 97c25e2c4..d9b58607f 100644
--- a/crates/gitbutler-branch/src/virtual.rs
+++ b/crates/gitbutler-branch/src/virtual.rs
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ use diffy::{apply_bytes as diffy_apply, Line, Patch};
 use git2::build::TreeUpdateBuilder;
 use git2::ErrorCode;
 use git2_hooks::HookResult;
-use gitbutler_core::virtual_branches::Author;
 use hex::ToHex;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
+use crate::author::Author;
 use crate::conflicts::{self, RepoConflicts};
 use crate::integration::{get_integration_commiter, get_workspace_head};
 use crate::remote::{branch_to_remote_branch, RemoteBranch};
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-core/src/lib.rs b/crates/gitbutler-core/src/lib.rs
index 7faa57f0e..f787c9cf8 100644
--- a/crates/gitbutler-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/gitbutler-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
     clippy::too_many_lines
 )]
 
-pub mod askpass;
 pub mod dedup;
 pub mod error;
 pub mod fs;
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-core/src/virtual_branches/mod.rs b/crates/gitbutler-core/src/virtual_branches/mod.rs
index 45d884d67..b6519ce4c 100644
--- a/crates/gitbutler-core/src/virtual_branches/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/gitbutler-core/src/virtual_branches/mod.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ pub mod branch;
 pub use branch::{Branch, BranchId};
 pub mod target;
 
-mod author;
-pub use author::Author;
-
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 lazy_static! {
     pub static ref GITBUTLER_INTEGRATION_REFERENCE: crate::git::LocalRefname =
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-repo/Cargo.toml b/crates/gitbutler-repo/Cargo.toml
index a35f23f90..a25ac102f 100644
--- a/crates/gitbutler-repo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/gitbutler-repo/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ tokio = { workspace = true, features = [ "rt-multi-thread", "rt", "macros" ] }
 gitbutler-git.workspace = true
 tracing = "0.1.40"
 tempfile = "3.10"
+serde = { workspace = true, features = ["std"]}
+log = "^0.4"
 thiserror.workspace = true
 resolve-path = "0.1.0"
 gitbutler-command-context.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-core/src/askpass.rs b/crates/gitbutler-repo/src/askpass.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from crates/gitbutler-core/src/askpass.rs
rename to crates/gitbutler-repo/src/askpass.rs
index b0a31a37e..0864eff96 100644
--- a/crates/gitbutler-core/src/askpass.rs
+++ b/crates/gitbutler-repo/src/askpass.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::{collections::HashMap, path::Path, sync::Arc};
 use serde::Serialize;
 use tokio::sync::{oneshot, Mutex};
 
-use crate::{id::Id, virtual_branches::BranchId};
+use gitbutler_core::{id::Id, virtual_branches::BranchId};
 
 static mut GLOBAL_ASKPASS_BROKER: Option<AskpassBroker> = None;
 
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-repo/src/lib.rs b/crates/gitbutler-repo/src/lib.rs
index 9916b9958..97c86a54b 100644
--- a/crates/gitbutler-repo/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/gitbutler-repo/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ pub mod credentials;
 mod config;
 
 pub use config::Config;
+
+pub mod askpass;
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-repo/src/repository.rs b/crates/gitbutler-repo/src/repository.rs
index f5ae59318..0a7afaf69 100644
--- a/crates/gitbutler-repo/src/repository.rs
+++ b/crates/gitbutler-repo/src/repository.rs
@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@ use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
 
 use gitbutler_command_context::ProjectRepo;
 use gitbutler_core::{
-    askpass,
     error::Code,
     git::{self, CommitHeadersV2},
     ssh,
     virtual_branches::{Branch, BranchId},
 };
 
-use crate::Config;
+use crate::{askpass, Config};
 use gitbutler_project::AuthKey;
 
 use crate::{credentials::Helper, RepositoryExt};
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-tauri/src/askpass.rs b/crates/gitbutler-tauri/src/askpass.rs
index 9bc3e7bb0..64513d60e 100644
--- a/crates/gitbutler-tauri/src/askpass.rs
+++ b/crates/gitbutler-tauri/src/askpass.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 pub mod commands {
-    use gitbutler_core::{
-        askpass::{self, AskpassRequest},
-        id::Id,
-    };
+    use gitbutler_core::id::Id;
+    use gitbutler_repo::askpass::{self, AskpassRequest};
 
     #[tauri::command(async)]
     #[tracing::instrument(skip(response))]
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-tauri/src/main.rs b/crates/gitbutler-tauri/src/main.rs
index 297d837f2..3d0c1d13b 100644
--- a/crates/gitbutler-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/gitbutler-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ fn main() {
                     // SAFETY(qix-): This is safe because we're initializing the askpass broker here,
                     // SAFETY(qix-): before any other threads would ever access it.
                     unsafe {
-                        gitbutler_core::askpass::init({
+                        gitbutler_repo::askpass::init({
                             let handle = app_handle.clone();
                             move |event| {
                                 handle.emit_all("git_prompt", event).expect("tauri event emission doesn't fail in practice")