diff --git a/workflow-pr/submodules.go b/bots-common/submodules.go
similarity index 99%
rename from workflow-pr/submodules.go
rename to bots-common/submodules.go
index 841c7f9..06bf910 100644
--- a/workflow-pr/submodules.go
+++ b/bots-common/submodules.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package main
+package common
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
diff --git a/workflow-pr/submodules_test.go b/bots-common/submodules_test.go
similarity index 87%
rename from workflow-pr/submodules_test.go
rename to bots-common/submodules_test.go
index b9cc44b..2281e1b 100644
--- a/workflow-pr/submodules_test.go
+++ b/bots-common/submodules_test.go
@@ -1,28 +1,30 @@
-package main
+package common_test
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+
+	"src.opensuse.org/autogits/common"
 )
 
 func TestSubmodulesParsing(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name      string
 		file      string
-		subs      []Submodule
+		subs      []common.Submodule
 		has_error bool
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "Empty submodules file",
 			file: "",
-			subs: []Submodule{},
+			subs: []common.Submodule{},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Empty single submodule",
 			file: "[submodule \"Foo\"]",
-			subs: []Submodule{
+			subs: []common.Submodule{
 				{Name: "Foo"},
 			},
 		},
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ func TestSubmodulesParsing(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "Submodule with one entry",
 			file: "[submodule \"libfoo\"]\npath = foo\n\n",
-			subs: []Submodule{
+			subs: []common.Submodule{
 				{
 					Name: "libfoo",
 					Path: "foo",
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ func TestSubmodulesParsing(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "Submodules with funny entries entries",
 			file: "[submodule \"libfoo\"]\npath = foo [ bar  \n\n       [ submodule \"test \"   ]\npath=ma  ma\nurl= safe",
-			subs: []Submodule{
+			subs: []common.Submodule{
 				{
 					Name: "libfoo",
 					Path: "foo [ bar",
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ func TestSubmodulesParsing(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "Submodule with valid entries",
 			file: "[submodule \"libfoo\"]\npath=foo\nurl=goo\nupdate=none\nbranch=test\nignore=all\nshallow=true",
-			subs: []Submodule{
+			subs: []common.Submodule{
 				{
 					Name:    "libfoo",
 					Path:    "foo",
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ func TestSubmodulesParsing(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			mods, err := ParseSubmodulesFile(strings.NewReader(test.file))
+			mods, err := common.ParseSubmodulesFile(strings.NewReader(test.file))
 			if test.has_error {
 				if err == nil {
 					t.Error("Expected an error")
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ func TestSubmodulesParsing(t *testing.T) {
 func TestSubmodulesWriting(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name      string
-		subs      []Submodule
+		subs      []common.Submodule
 		output    []byte
 		has_error bool
 	}{
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ func TestSubmodulesWriting(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name: "single submodule",
-			subs: []Submodule{
+			subs: []common.Submodule{
 				{
 					Name: "foo",
 					Url:  "bar",
@@ -143,7 +145,7 @@ func TestSubmodulesWriting(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name: "empty name submodule",
-			subs: []Submodule{
+			subs: []common.Submodule{
 				{
 					Name: "foo",
 					Url:  "bar",
@@ -154,7 +156,7 @@ func TestSubmodulesWriting(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name: "submodule with all the things",
-			subs: []Submodule{
+			subs: []common.Submodule{
 				{
 					Name: "foo",
 					Url:  "bar",
@@ -176,7 +178,7 @@ func TestSubmodulesWriting(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			out := bytes.Buffer{}
-			if err := WriteSubmodules(test.subs, &out); err != nil {
+			if err := common.WriteSubmodules(test.subs, &out); err != nil {
 				if !test.has_error {
 					t.Error(err)
 				}
diff --git a/workflow-pr/pr.go b/workflow-pr/pr.go
index bcb1ffd..a9921ed 100644
--- a/workflow-pr/pr.go
+++ b/workflow-pr/pr.go
@@ -262,15 +262,15 @@ func (rs *PRSet) Merge() error {
 					return fmt.Errorf("Failed fetching data during .gitmodules merge resoulution: %w", err)
 				}
 
-				subs1, err := ParseSubmodulesFile(strings.NewReader(s1))
+				subs1, err := common.ParseSubmodulesFile(strings.NewReader(s1))
 				if err != nil {
 					return fmt.Errorf("Failed parsing submodule file [%s] in merge: %w", s.States[0], err)
 				}
-				subs2, err := ParseSubmodulesFile(strings.NewReader(s2))
+				subs2, err := common.ParseSubmodulesFile(strings.NewReader(s2))
 				if err != nil {
 					return fmt.Errorf("Failed parsing submodule file [%s] in merge: %w", s.States[0], err)
 				}
-				subs3, err := ParseSubmodulesFile(strings.NewReader(s3))
+				subs3, err := common.ParseSubmodulesFile(strings.NewReader(s3))
 				if err != nil {
 					return fmt.Errorf("Failed parsing submodule file [%s] in merge: %w", s.States[0], err)
 				}
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func (rs *PRSet) Merge() error {
 				// this will update submodules
 				mergedSubs := slices.Concat(subs1, subs2, subs3)
 
-				var filteredSubs []Submodule = make([]Submodule, 0, max(len(subs1), len(subs2), len(subs3)))
+				var filteredSubs []common.Submodule = make([]common.Submodule, 0, max(len(subs1), len(subs2), len(subs3)))
 			nextSub:
 				for subName := range submodules {
 
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ func (rs *PRSet) Merge() error {
 				if err != nil {
 					return fmt.Errorf("Can't open .gitmodules for writing: %w", err)
 				}
-				if err = WriteSubmodules(filteredSubs, out); err != nil {
+				if err = common.WriteSubmodules(filteredSubs, out); err != nil {
 					return fmt.Errorf("Can't write .gitmodules: %w", err)
 				}
 				if out.Close(); err != nil {