diff --git a/status.go b/status.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76e4c70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/status.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	git "github.com/libgit2/git2go/v30"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+type RepoStatus int
+
+const (
+	StatusOk RepoStatus = iota
+	StatusUntrackedFiles
+	StatusUncommittedChanges
+	StatusUnknown
+)
+
+func GetStatus(path string) (RepoStatus, error) {
+	repo, err := git.OpenRepository(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return StatusUnknown, errors.Wrap(err, "failed opening repository")
+	}
+
+	_, err = statusEntries(repo)
+	return StatusOk, nil
+}
+
+func statusEntries(repo *git.Repository) ([]git.StatusEntry, error) {
+	opts := &git.StatusOptions{
+		Show:  git.StatusShowIndexAndWorkdir,
+		Flags: git.StatusOptIncludeUntracked,
+	}
+
+	status, err := repo.StatusList(opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed getting repository status")
+	}
+
+	entryCount, err := status.EntryCount()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed getting repository status count")
+	}
+
+	var entries []git.StatusEntry
+	for i := 0; i < entryCount; i++ {
+		entry, err := status.ByIndex(i)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed getting repository status entry")
+		}
+
+		entries = append(entries, entry)
+	}
+
+	return entries, nil
+}
diff --git a/status_test.go b/status_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2f513f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/status_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	git "github.com/libgit2/git2go/v30"
+)
+
+func TestStatusEntriesWithEmptyRepo(t *testing.T) {
+	repo, err := newTestRepo()
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+	defer cleanupRepo(t, repo)
+
+	entries, err := statusEntries(repo)
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+
+	if len(entries) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Empty repo should have no status entries")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStatusEntriesWithSingleUnstagedFile(t *testing.T) {
+	repo, err := newTestRepo()
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+	defer cleanupRepo(t, repo)
+
+	err = createFile(repo, "SomeFile")
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+
+	entries, err := statusEntries(repo)
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+
+	if len(entries) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("Repo with single unstaged file should have only one status entry")
+	}
+
+	if entries[0].Status != git.StatusWtNew {
+		t.Errorf("Invalid status, got %d; want %d", entries[0].Status, git.StatusWtNew)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStatusEntriesWithSingleStagedFile(t *testing.T) {
+	repo, err := newTestRepo()
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+	defer cleanupRepo(t, repo)
+
+	err = createFile(repo, "SomeFile")
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+	err = stageFile(repo, "SomeFile")
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+
+	entries, err := statusEntries(repo)
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+
+	if len(entries) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("Repo with single staged file should have only one status entry")
+	}
+
+	if entries[0].Status != git.StatusIndexNew {
+		t.Errorf("Invalid status, got %d; want %d", entries[0].Status, git.StatusIndexNew)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStatusEntriesWithSingleCommit(t *testing.T) {
+	repo, err := newTestRepo()
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+	defer cleanupRepo(t, repo)
+
+	err = createFile(repo, "SomeFile")
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+	err = stageFile(repo, "SomeFile")
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+	err = createCommit(repo, "Initial commit")
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+
+	entries, err := statusEntries(repo)
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+
+	if len(entries) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Repo with no uncommitted files should have no status entries")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStatusEntriesWithMultipleCommits(t *testing.T) {
+	repo, err := newTestRepo()
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+	defer cleanupRepo(t, repo)
+
+	err = createFile(repo, "SomeFile")
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+	err = stageFile(repo, "SomeFile")
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+	err = createCommit(repo, "Initial commit")
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+
+	err = createFile(repo, "AnotherFile")
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+	err = stageFile(repo, "AnotherFile")
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+	err = createCommit(repo, "Second commit")
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+
+	entries, err := statusEntries(repo)
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+
+	if len(entries) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Repo with no uncommitted files should have no status entries")
+	}
+}