diff --git a/lib/homesick.rb b/lib/homesick.rb
index e2abdb1..f9a1359 100644
--- a/lib/homesick.rb
+++ b/lib/homesick.rb
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ class Homesick < Thor
   autoload :Shell, 'homesick/shell'
   autoload :Actions, 'homesick/actions'
   autoload :Version, 'homesick/version'
+  autoload :Utils, 'homesick/utils'
 
   include Thor::Actions
   include Homesick::Actions
   include Homesick::Version
+  include Homesick::Utils
 
   add_runtime_options!
 
@@ -338,199 +340,4 @@ class Homesick < Thor
   def version
     say Homesick::Version::STRING
   end
-
-  protected
-
-  def home_dir
-    @home_dir ||= Pathname.new(ENV['HOME'] || '~').expand_path
-  end
-
-  def repos_dir
-    @repos_dir ||= home_dir.join('.homesick', 'repos').expand_path
-  end
-
-  def castle_dir(name)
-    repos_dir.join(name, 'home')
-  end
-
-  def check_castle_existance(name, action)
-    unless castle_dir(name).exist?
-      say_status :error,
-                 "Could not #{action} #{name}, expected #{castle_dir(name)} exist and contain dotfiles",
-                 :red
-
-      exit(1)
-    end
-  end
-
-  def all_castles
-    dirs = Pathname.glob("#{repos_dir}/**/.git", File::FNM_DOTMATCH)
-    # reject paths that lie inside another castle, like git submodules
-    dirs.reject do |dir|
-      dirs.any? do |other|
-        dir != other && dir.fnmatch(other.parent.join('*').to_s)
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  def inside_each_castle(&block)
-    all_castles.each do |git_dir|
-      castle = git_dir.dirname
-      Dir.chdir castle do # so we can call git config from the right contxt
-        yield castle
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  def update_castle(castle)
-    check_castle_existance(castle, 'pull')
-    inside repos_dir.join(castle) do
-      git_pull
-      git_submodule_init
-      git_submodule_update
-    end
-  end
-
-  def commit_castle(castle, message)
-    check_castle_existance(castle, 'commit')
-    inside repos_dir.join(castle) do
-      git_commit_all message: message
-    end
-  end
-
-  def push_castle(castle)
-    check_castle_existance(castle, 'push')
-    inside repos_dir.join(castle) do
-      git_push
-    end
-  end
-
-  def subdir_file(castle)
-    repos_dir.join(castle, SUBDIR_FILENAME)
-  end
-
-  def subdirs(castle)
-    subdir_filepath = subdir_file(castle)
-    subdirs = []
-    if subdir_filepath.exist?
-      subdir_filepath.readlines.each do |subdir|
-        subdirs.push(subdir.chomp)
-      end
-    end
-    subdirs
-  end
-
-  def subdir_add(castle, path)
-    subdir_filepath = subdir_file(castle)
-    File.open(subdir_filepath, 'a+') do |subdir|
-      subdir.puts path unless subdir.readlines.reduce(false) do |memo, line|
-        line.eql?("#{path}\n") || memo
-      end
-    end
-
-    inside castle_dir(castle) do
-      git_add subdir_filepath
-    end
-  end
-
-  def subdir_remove(castle, path)
-    subdir_filepath = subdir_file(castle)
-    if subdir_filepath.exist?
-      lines = IO.readlines(subdir_filepath).delete_if do |line|
-        line == "#{path}\n"
-      end
-      File.open(subdir_filepath, 'w') { |manfile| manfile.puts lines }
-    end
-
-    inside castle_dir(castle) do
-      git_add subdir_filepath
-    end
-  end
-
-  def move_dir_contents(target, dir_path)
-    child_files = dir_path.children
-    child_files.each do |child|
-
-      target_path = target.join(child.basename)
-      if target_path.exist?
-        if more_recent?(child, target_path) && target.file?
-          target_path.delete
-          mv child, target
-        end
-        next
-      end
-
-      mv child, target
-    end
-  end
-
-  def more_recent?(first, second)
-    first_p = Pathname.new(first)
-    second_p = Pathname.new(second)
-    first_p.mtime > second_p.mtime && !first_p.symlink?
-  end
-
-  def collision_accepted?
-    options[:force] || shell.file_collision(destination) { source }
-  end
-
-  def each_file(castle, basedir, subdirs)
-    absolute_basedir = Pathname.new(basedir).expand_path
-    inside basedir do
-      files = Pathname.glob('{.*,*}').reject do |a|
-        ['.', '..'].include?(a.to_s)
-      end
-      files.each do |path|
-        absolute_path = path.expand_path
-        castle_home = castle_dir(castle)
-
-        # make ignore dirs
-        ignore_dirs = []
-        subdirs.each do |subdir|
-          # ignore all parent of each line in subdir file
-          Pathname.new(subdir).ascend do |p|
-            ignore_dirs.push(p)
-          end
-        end
-
-        # ignore dirs written in subdir file
-        matched = false
-        ignore_dirs.uniq.each do |ignore_dir|
-          if absolute_path == castle_home.join(ignore_dir)
-            matched = true
-            break
-          end
-        end
-        next if matched
-
-        relative_dir = absolute_basedir.relative_path_from(castle_home)
-        home_path = home_dir.join(relative_dir).join(path)
-
-        yield(absolute_path, home_path)
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  def unsymlink_each(castle, basedir, subdirs)
-    each_file(castle, basedir, subdirs) do |absolute_path, home_path|
-      rm_link home_path
-    end
-  end
-
-  def symlink_each(castle, basedir, subdirs)
-    each_file(castle, basedir, subdirs) do |absolute_path, home_path|
-      ln_s absolute_path, home_path
-    end
-  end
-
-  def setup_castle(path)
-    if path.join('.gitmodules').exist?
-      inside path do
-        git_submodule_init
-        git_submodule_update
-      end
-    end
-
-    rc(path)
-  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/homesick/utils.rb b/lib/homesick/utils.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37244f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/homesick/utils.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
+class Homesick
+  # Various utility methods that are used by Homesick
+  module Utils
+    protected
+
+    def home_dir
+      @home_dir ||= Pathname.new(ENV['HOME'] || '~').expand_path
+    end
+
+    def repos_dir
+      @repos_dir ||= home_dir.join('.homesick', 'repos').expand_path
+    end
+
+    def castle_dir(name)
+      repos_dir.join(name, 'home')
+    end
+
+    def check_castle_existance(name, action)
+      unless castle_dir(name).exist?
+        say_status :error,
+                   "Could not #{action} #{name}, expected #{castle_dir(name)} exist and contain dotfiles",
+                   :red
+        exit(1)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def all_castles
+      dirs = Pathname.glob("#{repos_dir}/**/.git", File::FNM_DOTMATCH)
+      # reject paths that lie inside another castle, like git submodules
+      dirs.reject do |dir|
+        dirs.any? do |other|
+          dir != other && dir.fnmatch(other.parent.join('*').to_s)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def inside_each_castle(&block)
+      all_castles.each do |git_dir|
+        castle = git_dir.dirname
+        Dir.chdir castle do # so we can call git config from the right contxt
+          yield castle
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def update_castle(castle)
+      check_castle_existance(castle, 'pull')
+      inside repos_dir.join(castle) do
+        git_pull
+        git_submodule_init
+        git_submodule_update
+      end
+    end
+
+    def commit_castle(castle, message)
+      check_castle_existance(castle, 'commit')
+      inside repos_dir.join(castle) do
+        git_commit_all message: message
+      end
+    end
+
+    def push_castle(castle)
+      check_castle_existance(castle, 'push')
+      inside repos_dir.join(castle) do
+        git_push
+      end
+    end
+
+    def subdir_file(castle)
+      repos_dir.join(castle, SUBDIR_FILENAME)
+    end
+
+    def subdirs(castle)
+      subdir_filepath = subdir_file(castle)
+      subdirs = []
+      if subdir_filepath.exist?
+        subdir_filepath.readlines.each do |subdir|
+          subdirs.push(subdir.chomp)
+        end
+      end
+      subdirs
+    end
+
+    def subdir_add(castle, path)
+      subdir_filepath = subdir_file(castle)
+      File.open(subdir_filepath, 'a+') do |subdir|
+        subdir.puts path unless subdir.readlines.reduce(false) do |memo, line|
+          line.eql?("#{path}\n") || memo
+        end
+      end
+
+      inside castle_dir(castle) do
+        git_add subdir_filepath
+      end
+    end
+
+    def subdir_remove(castle, path)
+      subdir_filepath = subdir_file(castle)
+      if subdir_filepath.exist?
+        lines = IO.readlines(subdir_filepath).delete_if do |line|
+          line == "#{path}\n"
+        end
+        File.open(subdir_filepath, 'w') { |manfile| manfile.puts lines }
+      end
+
+      inside castle_dir(castle) do
+        git_add subdir_filepath
+      end
+    end
+
+    def move_dir_contents(target, dir_path)
+      child_files = dir_path.children
+      child_files.each do |child|
+
+        target_path = target.join(child.basename)
+        if target_path.exist?
+          if more_recent?(child, target_path) && target.file?
+            target_path.delete
+            mv child, target
+          end
+          next
+        end
+
+        mv child, target
+      end
+    end
+
+    def more_recent?(first, second)
+      first_p = Pathname.new(first)
+      second_p = Pathname.new(second)
+      first_p.mtime > second_p.mtime && !first_p.symlink?
+    end
+
+    def collision_accepted?
+      options[:force] || shell.file_collision(destination) { source }
+    end
+
+    def each_file(castle, basedir, subdirs)
+      absolute_basedir = Pathname.new(basedir).expand_path
+      inside basedir do
+        files = Pathname.glob('{.*,*}').reject do |a|
+          ['.', '..'].include?(a.to_s)
+        end
+        files.each do |path|
+          absolute_path = path.expand_path
+          castle_home = castle_dir(castle)
+
+          # make ignore dirs
+          ignore_dirs = []
+          subdirs.each do |subdir|
+            # ignore all parent of each line in subdir file
+            Pathname.new(subdir).ascend do |p|
+              ignore_dirs.push(p)
+            end
+          end
+
+          # ignore dirs written in subdir file
+          matched = false
+          ignore_dirs.uniq.each do |ignore_dir|
+            if absolute_path == castle_home.join(ignore_dir)
+              matched = true
+              break
+            end
+          end
+          next if matched
+
+          relative_dir = absolute_basedir.relative_path_from(castle_home)
+          home_path = home_dir.join(relative_dir).join(path)
+
+          yield(absolute_path, home_path)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def unsymlink_each(castle, basedir, subdirs)
+      each_file(castle, basedir, subdirs) do |absolute_path, home_path|
+        rm_link home_path
+      end
+    end
+
+    def symlink_each(castle, basedir, subdirs)
+      each_file(castle, basedir, subdirs) do |absolute_path, home_path|
+        ln_s absolute_path, home_path
+      end
+    end
+
+    def setup_castle(path)
+      if path.join('.gitmodules').exist?
+        inside path do
+          git_submodule_init
+          git_submodule_update
+        end
+      end
+
+      rc(path)
+    end
+  end
+end