diff --git a/bin/git-issue b/bin/git-issue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d82f6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/git-issue
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!perl
+# ABSTRACT: subcommand to git for issue management
+# PODNAME: git-issue
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Try::Tiny;
+use App::Git::IssueManager;
+
+App::Git::IssueManager->new_with_command()->run;
diff --git a/lib/App/Git/IssueManager.pm b/lib/App/Git/IssueManager.pm
index 5baa73d..9fd8921 100644
--- a/lib/App/Git/IssueManager.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Git/IssueManager.pm
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 package App::Git::IssueManager;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+use Moose;
+use MooseX::App qw(Color BashCompletion);
+
+# the version of the module
+our $VERSION = '0.1';
 
 
-  1;
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+GIT IssueManager
+
+Manages issues within your repository using a "issues" branch.
+
+=cut
+
+1;
diff --git a/lib/App/Git/IssueManager/Add.pm b/lib/App/Git/IssueManager/Add.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9a04dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/App/Git/IssueManager/Add.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package App::Git::IssueManager::Add;
+#ABSTRACT: class implementing the add issue command of the GIT IssueManager
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use MooseX::App::Command;
+extends qw(App::Git::IssueManager);
+use Git::RepositoryHL;
+use Git::IssueManager;
+use Git::IssueManager::Issue;
+use App::Git::IssueManager::Config;
+use File::Temp qw/ tempfile/;
+use File::Slurp;
+use Term::ANSIColor;
+use Try::Tiny;
+
+
+command_short_description 'create an issue within a project';
+command_usage 'git issue add -s Humbug';
+
+option 'subject' => (
+          is                => 'ro',
+          isa               => 'Str',
+          required          => 1,
+          documentation     => q[the subject/title of the issue],
+          cmd_aliases       => [qw(s)]
+);
+
+option 'priority' => (
+          is                => 'ro',
+          isa               => 'Str',
+          required          => 0,
+          documentation     => q[the priority of the issue (low, medium, high, urgent)],
+          cmd_aliases       => [qw(p)],
+          default           => "low"
+);
+
+option 'severity' => (
+          is                => 'ro',
+          isa               => 'Str',
+          required          => 0,
+          documentation     => q[the severity of the issue (low, medium, high, critical)],
+          cmd_aliases       => [qw(e)],
+          default           => "low"
+);
+
+option 'type' => (
+          is                => 'ro',
+          isa               => 'Str',
+          required          => 0,
+          documentation     => q[the type of the issue (bug, security-bug, improvement, feature, task)],
+          cmd_aliases       => [qw(t)],
+          default           => "bug"
+);
+
+
+
+
+sub run
+{
+  my $self        = shift;
+  my $manager     = Git::IssueManager->new(repository=>Git::RepositoryHL->new(git_dir=> "."));
+  if (!$manager->ready)
+  {
+    print("IssueManager not initialized yet. Please call \"init\" command to do so.");
+    exit(-1);
+  }
+  my ($fh, $filename) = tempfile();
+  close($fh);
+
+  my $config=App::Git::IssueManager::Config->new(confname => 'config');
+  my $editor = $config->get(key=>"core.editor") || ENV{'EDITOR'} || "vim";
+
+  system($editor . " " .$filename);
+
+  my $text = read_file($filename);
+
+  my $issue       = Git::IssueManager::Issue->new(subject => $self->subject);
+  $issue->description($text);
+  $issue->priority($self->priority);
+  $issue->severity($self->severity);
+  $issue->type($self->type);
+  $manager->add($issue);
+}
+
+1;
diff --git a/lib/App/Git/IssueManager/Config.pm b/lib/App/Git/IssueManager/Config.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f633b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/App/Git/IssueManager/Config.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package App::Git::IssueManager::Config;
+#ABSTRACT: Class for using gits configuration file for the IssueManager App
+use Moose;
+extends 'Config::GitLike';
+use Config::GitLike;
+
+sub dir_file
+{
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  return "config";
+}
+
+
+sub global_file
+{
+  my $self = shift;
+
+  return "";
+}
+
+
+sub user_file
+{
+  my $self  = shift;
+
+  return "~/.gitconfig";
+}
+
+1;
diff --git a/lib/App/Git/IssueManager/Get.pm b/lib/App/Git/IssueManager/Get.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c0cfc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/App/Git/IssueManager/Get.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package App::Git::IssueManager::Get;
+#ABSTRACT: class implementing the get issue command of the GIT IssueManager
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use MooseX::App::Command;
+extends qw(App::Git::IssueManager);
+use Git::RepositoryHL;
+use Git::IssueManager;
+use Git::IssueManager::Issue;
+
+use Term::ANSIColor;
+use Try::Tiny;
+
+
+command_short_description 'get an issue of a repository identified by the given id';
+command_usage 'git issue get -i TST-a34df432';
+
+option 'id' => (
+          is                => 'ro',
+          isa               => 'Str',
+          required          => 1,
+          documentation     => q[the id of the issue],
+          cmd_aliases       => [qw(i)]
+);
+
+sub run
+{
+  my $self        = shift;
+  my $manager     = Git::IssueManager->new(repository=>Git::RepositoryHL->new(git_dir=> "."));
+  if (!$manager->ready)
+  {
+    print("IssueManager not initialized yet. Please call \"init\" command to do so.");
+    exit(-1);
+  }
+
+  my $issue=$manager->get($self->id);
+
+  printf("%20s: %30s\n", "ID", $issue->id);
+  printf("%20s: %30s\n", "Subject", $issue->subject);
+  printf("%20s: %30s\n", "Type", $issue->type);
+  printf("%20s: %30s\n", "Priority", $issue->priority);
+  printf("%20s: %30s\n", "Severity", $issue->severity);
+  printf("%20s: %30s\n", "Creation Date", $issue->creation_date()->ymd()." ".$issue->creation_date->hms());
+  printf("%20s: %30s\n", "Author", $issue->author);
+  printf("%20s: %30s\n", "Author Email", $issue->author_email);
+  printf("%20s: %30s\n", "Status", $issue->status);
+  if ($issue->status eq "closed")
+  {
+  printf("%20s: %30s\n", "Closed Date", $issue->closed_date()->ymd()." ".$issue->closed_date->hms());
+  }
+  printf("%20s: %30s\n", "Substatus", $issue->substatus);
+  printf("%20s: %30s\n", "Comment", $issue->comment);
+  printf("%20s: %30s\n", "Tags", join(",", @{$issue->tags}));
+  printf("%20s: %30s\n", "Assignee", $issue->worker);
+  printf("%20s: %30s\n", "Assignee Email", $issue->worker_email);
+  printf("%20s: %30s\n", "Last Change Date", $issue->last_change_date()->ymd()." ".$issue->last_change_date->hms());
+  printf("%20s: \n %s\n", "Description",$issue->description);
+}
+
+1;
diff --git a/lib/App/Git/IssueManager/Init.pm b/lib/App/Git/IssueManager/Init.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec3a20d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/App/Git/IssueManager/Init.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package App::Git::IssueManager::Init;
+#ABSTRACT: class implementing the init command of the GIT IssueManager
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use MooseX::App::Command;
+extends qw(App::Git::IssueManager);
+use Git::RepositoryHL;
+use Git::IssueManager;
+use Git::IssueManager::Issue;
+
+use Term::ANSIColor;
+use Try::Tiny;
+
+
+command_short_description 'initialize IssueManager in the current git repository';
+command_usage 'git issue init -t TST';
+
+option 'tag' => (
+          is                => 'ro',
+          isa               => 'Str',
+          required          => 1,
+          documentation     => q[the tag to prepend in front of issue ids (eg. TST-ab5436fe, TST is the tag)],
+          cmd_aliases       => [qw(t)]
+);
+
+
+sub run
+{
+  my $self        = shift;
+
+  my $manager     = Git::IssueManager->new(repository=>Git::RepositoryHL->new(git_dir=> "."));
+  if (!$manager->ready)
+  {
+    $manager->init($self->tag);
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    die("IssueManager already initialized");
+  }
+
+}
+
+1;
diff --git a/lib/App/Git/IssueManager/List.pm b/lib/App/Git/IssueManager/List.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ce0ffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/App/Git/IssueManager/List.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package App::Git::IssueManager::List;
+#ABSTRACT: class implementing the add issue command of the GIT IssueManager
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use MooseX::App::Command;
+extends qw(App::Git::IssueManager);
+use Git::RepositoryHL;
+use Git::IssueManager;
+use Git::IssueManager::Issue;
+
+use Term::ANSIColor;
+use Try::Tiny;
+
+
+command_short_description 'list issues of a repository';
+command_usage 'git issue list';
+
+
+option 'use_color' => (
+          is                => 'ro',
+          isa               => 'Bool',
+          required          => 0,
+          documentation     => q[use anso color to highlight critical issues],
+          cmd_aliases       => [qw(color)],
+          default           => 1
+);
+
+sub run
+{
+  my $self        = shift;
+  my $manager     = Git::IssueManager->new(repository=>Git::RepositoryHL->new(git_dir=> "."));
+  if (!$manager->ready)
+  {
+    print("IssueManager not initialized yet. Please call \"init\" command to do so.");
+    exit(-1);
+  }
+
+  my @issues=$manager->list();
+  print color('reset');
+
+  for my $i (@issues)
+  {
+    if ($self->use_color && ($i->priority eq "high" || $i->priority eq "urgent" || $i->severity eq "hight" || $i->severity eq "critical"))
+    {
+      print color('bold red');
+    }
+    elsif ($self->use_color && ($i->priority eq "medium" || $i->severity eq "medium"))
+    {
+      print color('bold yellow');
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      print color('reset');
+    }
+    printf("%20s\t%15s\t%50s\t%10s\t%10s\t%20s\n", $i->id, $i->type, $i->subject, $i->priority, $i->severity,
+                  $i->creation_date->ymd() . " " . $i->creation_date->hms());
+  }
+  print color('reset');
+}
+
+1;