---
title: "Without the facade — Git for Laravel | Roundly"
description: "Inject GitManager instead of calling the facade, or drop to the flat Provider methods the handles wrap — same code, same fake."
url: https://roundly-consulting.com/open-source/docs/git-for-laravel/without-facade
language: en
---

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# Without the facade

The facade is the recommended default, not the only way in. There are three equivalent entry points, and they all run the same code:

- The Git facade — the shortest form, used throughout these docs.
- The manager — RoundlyConsulting\\Git\\GitManager, the container singleton and the facade root. Inject it through the constructor for the same API with an explicit dependency and no static calls.
- The driver layer — the flat, path-taking methods of the Interfaces\\Provider contract that every handle method delegates to. It is the contract every driver implements and the fake doubles.

## Injecting the manager

```php
use RoundlyConsulting\Git\GitManager;

final class ShipRelease
{
    public function __construct(private GitManager $git) {}

    public function __invoke(string $repository, int $number): string
    {
        return $this->git->github()->repo($repository)->pullRequest($number)->merge();
    }
}
```

Git::fake() swaps the injected instance too — GitFake extends GitManager, so a class that type-hints the manager receives the recording fake in tests rather than a TypeError.

## No action classes

Git is a remote-API client, so there are no action classes: the drivers are the use cases. The handles are thin — every handle method is the matching flat method on the driver with the path filled in — so you can also call that layer directly:

```php
use RoundlyConsulting\Git\Enums\MergeMethod;
use RoundlyConsulting\Git\GitManager;

$github = app(GitManager::class)->github();

$github->mergePullRequest('acme/app', 12, MergeMethod::Squash); // same call as ->repo()->pullRequest(12)->merge()
$github->contents('acme/app', 'README.md', ref: 'main');        // same call as ->repo()->contents()
$github->listInstallations();                                   // same call as ->installations()->all()
```

## Handle method → driver method

| Handle method | Driver method (Provider contract) |
| --- | --- |
| `repo($p)->get()` | `repository($p)` |
| `repo($p)->branches() / createBranch()` | `branches($p) / createBranch($p, NewBranch)` |
| `repo($p)->commit($sha) / commits()` | `commit($p, $sha) / commits($p)` |
| `repo($p)->pullRequests() / createPullRequest()` | `pullRequests($p) / createPullRequest($p, NewPullRequest)` |
| `repo($p)->issues() / issue($n) / comment()` | `issues($p) / issue($p, $n) / comment($p, NewComment)` |
| `repo($p)->tags() / createTag()` | `tags($p) / createTag($p, NewTag)` |
| `repo($p)->releases() / release() / createRelease()` | `releases($p) / release($p, $tagOrId) / createRelease($p, NewRelease)` |
| `repo($p)->contents() / createFile() / updateFile()` | `contents($p, $file, $ref) / createFile($p, NewFile) / updateFile($p, UpdatedFile)` |
| `repo($p)->compare() / contributors() / languages()` | `compare($p, $base, $head) / contributors($p) / languages($p)` |
| `repo($p)->branch($name) / activity()` | `branch($p, $name) / activity($p, $ref, $perPage, $cursor)` |
| `repo($p)->actions()->dispatch() / runs() / run()` | `dispatchWorkflow($p, NewWorkflowDispatch) / workflowRuns($p, $workflow) / workflowRun($p, $id)` |
| `repo($p)->actions()->jobs() / cancel()` | `workflowJobs($p, $runId) / cancelWorkflowRun($p, $runId)` |
| `repo($p)->webhooks()->register() / all() / delete()` | `createWebhook($p, NewWebhook) / listWebhooks($p) / deleteWebhook($p, $id)` |
| `repo($p)->cloneUrl()` | `cloneUrlForRepository($p, $username, $credentials)` |
| `pullRequest($n)->get() / close()` | `pullRequest($p, $n) / closePullRequest($p, $n)` |
| `pullRequest($n)->merge() / approve()` | `mergePullRequest($p, $n, …) / approvePullRequest($p, $n, $body)` |
| `pullRequest($n)->review() / reviews()` | `reviewPullRequest($p, $n, NewReview) / pullRequestReviews($p, $n)` |
| `pullRequest($n)->comment($body)` | `comment($p, new NewComment($n, $body, CommentTarget::PullRequest))` |
| `installations()->all() / find($id)` | `listInstallations() / installation($id)` |
| `installations()->forOrganization() / forUser()` | `organizationInstallation($org) / userInstallation($login)` |
| `installations()->installUrl($state)` | `installUrl($state)` |

The flat driver methods run the same scope checks as the handles, so they refuse the same out-of-scope paths. The fake records every call under the driver method it reached, whichever layer you called.

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