diff --git a/poky/scripts/oe-git-archive b/poky/scripts/oe-git-archive
index 913291a..ab1c2b9 100755
--- a/poky/scripts/oe-git-archive
+++ b/poky/scripts/oe-git-archive
@@ -14,16 +14,10 @@
 # more details.
 #
 import argparse
-import glob
-import json
 import logging
-import math
 import os
 import re
 import sys
-from collections import namedtuple, OrderedDict
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta, tzinfo
-from operator import attrgetter
 
 # Import oe and bitbake libs
 scripts_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
@@ -34,128 +28,13 @@
 
 from oeqa.utils.git import GitRepo, GitError
 from oeqa.utils.metadata import metadata_from_bb
-
+import oeqa.utils.gitarchive as gitarchive
 
 # Setup logging
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(levelname)s: %(message)s")
 log = logging.getLogger()
 
 
-class ArchiveError(Exception):
-    """Internal error handling of this script"""
-
-
-def format_str(string, fields):
-    """Format string using the given fields (dict)"""
-    try:
-        return string.format(**fields)
-    except KeyError as err:
-        raise ArchiveError("Unable to expand string '{}': unknown field {} "
-                           "(valid fields are: {})".format(
-                               string, err, ', '.join(sorted(fields.keys()))))
-
-
-def init_git_repo(path, no_create, bare):
-    """Initialize local Git repository"""
-    path = os.path.abspath(path)
-    if os.path.isfile(path):
-        raise ArchiveError("Invalid Git repo at {}: path exists but is not a "
-                           "directory".format(path))
-    if not os.path.isdir(path) or not os.listdir(path):
-        if no_create:
-            raise ArchiveError("No git repo at {}, refusing to create "
-                               "one".format(path))
-        if not os.path.isdir(path):
-            try:
-                os.mkdir(path)
-            except (FileNotFoundError, PermissionError) as err:
-                raise ArchiveError("Failed to mkdir {}: {}".format(path, err))
-        if not os.listdir(path):
-            log.info("Initializing a new Git repo at %s", path)
-            repo = GitRepo.init(path, bare)
-    try:
-        repo = GitRepo(path, is_topdir=True)
-    except GitError:
-        raise ArchiveError("Non-empty directory that is not a Git repository "
-                           "at {}\nPlease specify an existing Git repository, "
-                           "an empty directory or a non-existing directory "
-                           "path.".format(path))
-    return repo
-
-
-def git_commit_data(repo, data_dir, branch, message, exclude, notes):
-    """Commit data into a Git repository"""
-    log.info("Committing data into to branch %s", branch)
-    tmp_index = os.path.join(repo.git_dir, 'index.oe-git-archive')
-    try:
-        # Create new tree object from the data
-        env_update = {'GIT_INDEX_FILE': tmp_index,
-                      'GIT_WORK_TREE': os.path.abspath(data_dir)}
-        repo.run_cmd('add .', env_update)
-
-        # Remove files that are excluded
-        if exclude:
-            repo.run_cmd(['rm', '--cached'] + [f for f in exclude], env_update)
-
-        tree = repo.run_cmd('write-tree', env_update)
-
-        # Create new commit object from the tree
-        parent = repo.rev_parse(branch)
-        git_cmd = ['commit-tree', tree, '-m', message]
-        if parent:
-            git_cmd += ['-p', parent]
-        commit = repo.run_cmd(git_cmd, env_update)
-
-        # Create git notes
-        for ref, filename in notes:
-            ref = ref.format(branch_name=branch)
-            repo.run_cmd(['notes', '--ref', ref, 'add',
-                          '-F', os.path.abspath(filename), commit])
-
-        # Update branch head
-        git_cmd = ['update-ref', 'refs/heads/' + branch, commit]
-        if parent:
-            git_cmd.append(parent)
-        repo.run_cmd(git_cmd)
-
-        # Update current HEAD, if we're on branch 'branch'
-        if not repo.bare and repo.get_current_branch() == branch:
-            log.info("Updating %s HEAD to latest commit", repo.top_dir)
-            repo.run_cmd('reset --hard')
-
-        return commit
-    finally:
-        if os.path.exists(tmp_index):
-            os.unlink(tmp_index)
-
-
-def expand_tag_strings(repo, name_pattern, msg_subj_pattern, msg_body_pattern,
-                       keywords):
-    """Generate tag name and message, with support for running id number"""
-    keyws = keywords.copy()
-    # Tag number is handled specially: if not defined, we autoincrement it
-    if 'tag_number' not in keyws:
-        # Fill in all other fields than 'tag_number'
-        keyws['tag_number'] = '{tag_number}'
-        tag_re = format_str(name_pattern, keyws)
-        # Replace parentheses for proper regex matching
-        tag_re = tag_re.replace('(', '\(').replace(')', '\)') + '$'
-        # Inject regex group pattern for 'tag_number'
-        tag_re = tag_re.format(tag_number='(?P<tag_number>[0-9]{1,5})')
-
-        keyws['tag_number'] = 0
-        for existing_tag in repo.run_cmd('tag').splitlines():
-            match = re.match(tag_re, existing_tag)
-
-            if match and int(match.group('tag_number')) >= keyws['tag_number']:
-                keyws['tag_number'] = int(match.group('tag_number')) + 1
-
-    tag_name = format_str(name_pattern, keyws)
-    msg_subj= format_str(msg_subj_pattern.strip(), keyws)
-    msg_body = format_str(msg_body_pattern, keyws)
-    return tag_name, msg_subj + '\n\n' + msg_body
-
-
 def parse_args(argv):
     """Parse command line arguments"""
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
@@ -217,17 +96,11 @@
         return ""
 
 def main(argv=None):
-    """Script entry point"""
     args = parse_args(argv)
     if args.debug:
         log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 
     try:
-        if not os.path.isdir(args.data_dir):
-            raise ArchiveError("Not a directory: {}".format(args.data_dir))
-
-        data_repo = init_git_repo(args.git_dir, args.no_create, args.bare)
-
         # Get keywords to be used in tag and branch names and messages
         metadata = metadata_from_bb()
         keywords = {'hostname': get_nested(metadata, ['hostname']),
@@ -236,39 +109,12 @@
                     'commit_count': get_nested(metadata, ['layers', 'meta', 'commit_count']),
                     'machine': get_nested(metadata, ['config', 'MACHINE'])}
 
-        # Expand strings early in order to avoid getting into inconsistent
-        # state (e.g. no tag even if data was committed)
-        commit_msg = format_str(args.commit_msg_subject.strip(), keywords)
-        commit_msg += '\n\n' + format_str(args.commit_msg_body, keywords)
-        branch_name = format_str(args.branch_name, keywords)
-        tag_name = None
-        if not args.no_tag and args.tag_name:
-            tag_name, tag_msg = expand_tag_strings(data_repo, args.tag_name,
-                                                   args.tag_msg_subject,
-                                                   args.tag_msg_body, keywords)
+        gitarchive.gitarchive(args.data_dir, args.git_dir, args.no_create, args.bare,
+                              args.commit_msg_subject.strip(), args.commit_msg_body, args.branch_name,
+                              args.no_tag, args.tag_name, args.tag_msg_subject, args.tag_msg_body,
+                              args.exclude, args.notes, args.push, keywords, log)
 
-        # Commit data
-        commit = git_commit_data(data_repo, args.data_dir, branch_name,
-                                 commit_msg, args.exclude, args.notes)
-
-        # Create tag
-        if tag_name:
-            log.info("Creating tag %s", tag_name)
-            data_repo.run_cmd(['tag', '-a', '-m', tag_msg, tag_name, commit])
-
-        # Push data to remote
-        if args.push:
-            cmd = ['push', '--tags']
-            # If no remote is given we push with the default settings from
-            # gitconfig
-            if args.push is not True:
-                notes_refs = ['refs/notes/' + ref.format(branch_name=branch_name)
-                                for ref, _ in args.notes]
-                cmd.extend([args.push, branch_name] + notes_refs)
-            log.info("Pushing data to remote")
-            data_repo.run_cmd(cmd)
-
-    except ArchiveError as err:
+    except gitarchive.ArchiveError as err:
         log.error(str(err))
         return 1