diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4a1957a..ed0d945 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ Memo organizes is structured through topics which are folders in `~/memo`.
 ## Features
 
 * add text to a topic to memorize it
+* remote topics
 * search for strings in your memo-database
 * copy/import files to topic folder.
+* git support
 
 ## Run
 
@@ -19,7 +21,8 @@ Memo organizes is structured through topics which are folders in `~/memo`.
 * tree
 * ack
 * man
-* pandoc
+* git
+* pandoc (optional)
 
 ## Installation
 
diff --git a/completion/bash/memo.sh b/completion/bash/memo.sh
index 7702050..360f375 100644
--- a/completion/bash/memo.sh
+++ b/completion/bash/memo.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ _memo(){
     local cur opt prev
 
     MEMO_FOLDER="${MEMO_DIR:-$HOME/memo}"
-    opts="add copy search show list"
+    opts="add rm copy search show list"
 
     COMPREPLY=()
     cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
diff --git a/completion/zsh/_memo b/completion/zsh/_memo
index adc3d06..5cc918e 100755
--- a/completion/zsh/_memo
+++ b/completion/zsh/_memo
@@ -7,18 +7,23 @@ function _memo {
   _arguments \
     "1:action:((
       add\:'add a text to a topic'
+      rm\:'delete a topic folder with all its content'
       copy\:'copy a file to a topic'
       search\:'search for text in all topics'
       show\:'show a topic'
       edit\:'edit a topic'
       list\:'print a list of all topics'
+      git\:'run git command'
     ))" \
     "*::arg:->args"
 
   case $line[1] in
-    add|copy|show|edit)
+    add|rm|copy|show|edit)
       _memo_topics
       ;;
+    git)
+      _git
+      ;;
     *)
       ;;
   esac
@@ -31,3 +36,17 @@ function _memo_topics {
   compadd -X "A vailable Topics" $topics
 }
 
+function _git {
+  local -a subcommands
+  subcommands=(
+  "init:Initialize git repository"
+  "status:Status of git repository"
+  "push:Push to remote repository"
+  "pull:Pull from remote repository"
+  "config:Show git config"
+  "log:Show git log"
+  "reflog:Show git reflog"
+  )
+  _describe -t commands 'git' subcommands
+}
+
diff --git a/doc/memo.1 b/doc/memo.1
index 054f273..e4c029f 100644
--- a/doc/memo.1
+++ b/doc/memo.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" Text automatically generated by txt2man
-.TH memo 1 "17 May 2018" "doc" "Linux Reference Manual"
+.TH memo 1 "10 August 2018" "doc" "Linux Reference Manual"
 .SH NAME
 \fBmemo
 \fB
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ adds text to the memo.md in the topic folder.
 if text is not given it will read from stdin.
 .TP
 .B
+rm <topic>
+remove $MEMO_DIR/topic folder with all it's content.
+.TP
+.B
 copy <topic> <file-to-copy>
 copy a file to the topic folder.
 .TP
@@ -49,6 +53,11 @@ opens your favorite editor to edit the \fBmemo\fP topic
 .B
 list
 prints a list of all topics.
+.TP
+.B
+git <command>
+run git command in $MEMO_DIR.
+Once $MEMO_DIR is a git repository all \fBmemo\fP commands create commits.
 .RE
 .PP
 
@@ -91,5 +100,13 @@ Copy the "Invoice.pdf" file to the "lawsuit" topic.
 .fam C
     $> memo copy lawsuit ~/Downloads/Invoice.pdf
 
+.fam T
+.fi
+Make $MEMO_DIR a git repository. 
+.PP
+.nf
+.fam C
+    $> memo git init
+
 
 
diff --git a/doc/memo.txt b/doc/memo.txt
index 942cac8..0a141a0 100644
--- a/doc/memo.txt
+++ b/doc/memo.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ COMMANDS
   add <topic> [text]      adds text to the memo.md in the topic folder.
                           if text is not given it will read from stdin.
 
+  rm <topic>    remove $MEMO_DIR/topic folder with all it's content.
+
   copy <topic> <file-to-copy>     copy a file to the topic folder.
 
   search <term-to-search>         search for a term in $MEMO_DIR using ack.
@@ -28,6 +30,9 @@ COMMANDS
 
   list            prints a list of all topics.
 
+  git <command>   run git command in $MEMO_DIR.
+                  Once $MEMO_DIR is a git repository all memo commands create commits.
+
 
 
 CONFIGURATION
@@ -54,5 +59,9 @@ EXAMPLE
 
     $> memo copy lawsuit ~/Downloads/Invoice.pdf
 
+  Make $MEMO_DIR a git repository. 
+
+    $> memo git init
+
 
 
diff --git a/memo b/memo
index 203802a..c344591 100755
--- a/memo
+++ b/memo
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@
 ack_cmd=ack
 man_cmd=man
 tree_cmd=tree
+git_cmd=git
 # comment pandoc_cmd to fall back to cat
 pandoc_cmd=pandoc
 
+
 # Script
 
 MEMO_FOLDER="${MEMO_DIR:-$HOME/memo}"
@@ -37,13 +39,72 @@ function precondition::provide_topic(){
     fi
 }
 
+#
+# git commands
+#
 
+IS_GIT_REPO=0
+# check if it is a gitrepository
+# use the IS_GIT_REPO variable to
+# verify later if it is a git repo
+function git:status(){
+  cd ${MEMO_FOLDER}
+  ${git_cmd} status &> /dev/null
+  if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]
+  then
+    IS_GIT_REPO=1
+  else
+    IS_GIT_REPO=0
+  fi
+}
+
+# run before commit
+function git:add_all_topics(){
+  if [[ ${IS_GIT_REPO} -eq 1 ]]
+  then
+    cd ${MEMO_FOLDER}
+    ${git_cmd} add .
+  fi
+}
+
+# make a commit
+function git:commit(){
+  local message="${1:-blind commit}"
+  if [[ ${IS_GIT_REPO} -eq 1 ]]
+  then
+    cd ${MEMO_FOLDER}
+    ${git_cmd} commit -m "${message}"
+  fi
+}
+
+function git:run_command(){
+  cd ${MEMO_FOLDER}
+  ${git_cmd} $@
+}
+
+#
+# remove command
+#
+
+function remove_topic (){
+    topic_name=$1
+    #precondition::provide_topic ${topic_name}
+    topic_path=${MEMO_FOLDER}/${topic_name}
+
+    if [[ -d ${topic_path} ]]
+    then
+        rm -rf ${topic_path}
+    fi
+
+    git:add_all_topics
+    git:commit "edit : ${topic_name}"
+}
 
 #
 # edit command
 #
 
-function edit_memo() {
+function edit_topic () {
     topic_name=$1
     precondition::provide_topic ${topic_name}
     topic_path=${MEMO_FOLDER}/${topic_name}
@@ -56,6 +117,8 @@ function edit_memo() {
 
     ${EDITOR} ${topic_file}
 
+    git:add_all_topics
+    git:commit "edit : ${topic_name}"
 }
 
 #
@@ -83,6 +146,9 @@ EOF
         cat >>${topic_file} -
     fi
 
+    git:add_all_topics
+    git:commit "add : ${topic_name}"
+
 }
 
 
@@ -118,6 +184,9 @@ function copy_file(){
     echo "copy '${path}' to '${topic_name}'"
     cp -r "${path}" ${topic_path}/
 
+    git:add_all_topics
+    git:commit "copy $( dirname ${path} ): ${topic_name}"
+
 }
 
 
@@ -224,6 +293,9 @@ Commands:
     so piping is possible.
     Example: cat file.txt | memo add topic
 
+  rm <topic>
+    remove ${MEMO_FOLDER}/<topic> (with all its content)
+
   copy <topic> <file to copy>
     copy a file to ${MEMO_FOLDER}/<topic>/
 
@@ -241,6 +313,9 @@ Commands:
   list
     prints a list of all topics
 
+  git <command>
+    run git <command> in ${MEMO_FOLDER}
+
 EOF
 }
 
@@ -254,6 +329,7 @@ command=$1
 shift
 
 precondition::provide_memo_folder
+git:status
 
 case $command in
     add) add_memo $@
@@ -268,11 +344,17 @@ case $command in
         show_topic $@
         ;;
     edit)
-        edit_memo $@
+        edit_topic $@
         ;;
     list)
         list_topics
         ;;
+    git)
+        git:run_command $@
+        ;;
+    rm)
+        remove_topic $@
+        ;;
     *) show_help
        ;;
 esac