diff --git a/src/utils/utils.test.ts b/src/utils/utils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..125e3be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/utils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import { after, before } from 'node:test';
+import { strictEqual, throws } from 'assert';
+
+import promiseSpawn from '@npmcli/promise-spawn';
+import sinon from 'sinon';
+import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+
+import {
+    buildTypedDirectory,
+    checkNull,
+    createFileSystemObject,
+    focusFileExplorer,
+    runCommand,
+} from './utils';
+
+describe('Utils Tests', () => {
+    before(() => {
+        (promiseSpawn as unknown as jest.Mock).mockReset();
+        // swap the showErrorMessage function with a console.error
+        vscode.window.showErrorMessage = <T>(
+            message: string,
+            ...items: T[]
+        ): Thenable<T | undefined> => {
+            console.error(message);
+            return Promise.resolve(undefined);
+        };
+    });
+
+    after(() => {
+        vscode.window.showInformationMessage('Test end!');
+    });
+
+    describe('checkNull', () => {
+        it('should return the value if not null', () => {
+            const result = checkNull('test', 'Error message');
+            strictEqual(result, 'test');
+        });
+
+        it('should throw an error if value is null', () => {
+            throws(() => checkNull(null, 'Error message'), /Error message/);
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('buildTypedDirectory', () => {
+        it('should return a typed directory object', async () => {
+            const uri = vscode.Uri.file('/path/to/dir');
+            const statStub = sinon.stub(vscode.workspace.fs, 'stat').resolves({
+                type: vscode.FileType.Directory,
+                ctime: 0,
+                mtime: 0,
+                size: 0,
+            });
+            const result = await buildTypedDirectory(uri);
+            strictEqual(result.name, 'dir');
+            strictEqual(result.path, '/path/to/dir');
+            strictEqual(result.type, vscode.FileType.Directory);
+            statStub.restore();
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('createFileSystemObject', () => {
+        it('should create a FileSystemObject', () => {
+            const uri = vscode.Uri.file('/path/to/file');
+            const result = createFileSystemObject('folder', vscode.FileType.File, uri, true);
+            strictEqual(result.resourceUri.path, '/path/to/file');
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('focusFileExplorer', () => {
+        it('should execute revealInExplorer command', () => {
+            const uri = vscode.Uri.file('/path/to/file');
+            const executeCommandStub = sinon.stub(vscode.commands, 'executeCommand');
+            focusFileExplorer(uri);
+            strictEqual(executeCommandStub.calledWith('revealInExplorer', uri), true);
+            executeCommandStub.restore();
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('runCommand', () => {
+        before(() => {
+            vscode.window.showErrorMessage = <T>(
+                message: string,
+                ...items: T[]
+            ): Thenable<T | undefined> => {
+                console.error(message);
+                return Promise.resolve(undefined);
+            };
+        });
+
+        it('should return stdout on success', async () => {
+            const result = await runCommand('git', ['status'], '.');
+            // result.startsWith('On branch');
+        });
+    });
+});
diff --git a/src/utils/utils.ts b/src/utils/utils.ts
index 533afc8..1048c5f 100644
--- a/src/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/utils.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
 
+import promiseSpawn from '@npmcli/promise-spawn';
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 
 import { FileSystemObject } from '../types/FileSystemObject';
 import type { ITypedDirectory } from '../types/TypedDirectory';
 
+export function checkNull<T>(value: T | null | undefined, errorMessage: string): T {
+    if (value == null) {
+        vscode.window.showErrorMessage(errorMessage);
+        throw new Error(errorMessage);
+    }
+    return value;
+}
+
 export async function buildTypedDirectory(
     uri: vscode.Uri,
     name?: string,
@@ -32,3 +41,19 @@ export function createFileSystemObject(
 export function focusFileExplorer(uri: vscode.Uri) {
     vscode.commands.executeCommand('revealInExplorer', uri);
 }
+
+export async function runCommand(
+    cmdPath: string,
+    safeArgs: string[],
+    repoPath: string,
+): Promise<string> {
+    try {
+        const res = await promiseSpawn(cmdPath, safeArgs, { cwd: repoPath });
+        return res.stdout;
+    } catch (error: any) {
+        vscode.window.showErrorMessage(
+            `Error calling command "${cmdPath} ${safeArgs.join(' ')}" : ${error.message} - ${error.stderr}`,
+        );
+        throw error;
+    }
+}