diff --git a/GitTester.java b/GitTester.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d4251f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/GitTester.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class GitTester {
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
+		GitWrapper gw = new GitWrapper();
+        gw.add("myProgram/hello.txt");
+        gw.add("myProgram/inner/world.txt");
+        gw.commit("John Doe", "Initial commit");
+        gw.checkout("74d475aeeced024a5e9984b7a6f5e0ffd091ccbc");
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/GitWrapper.java b/GitWrapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d78c5ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/GitWrapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+public class GitWrapper {
+
+    /**
+     * Initializes a new Git repository.
+     * This should create the necessary directory structure
+     * and initial files required for a Git repository.
+     * This should create the initial commit and update HEAD accordingly
+     */
+    public void init() throws IOException {
+        GPTester.reset();
+        initializeGit.initialize();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Stages a file for the next commit.
+     *
+     * @param filePath The path to the file to be staged.
+     */
+    public void add(String filePath) throws Exception {
+        String contents = Files.readString(Path.of(filePath));
+        initializeGit.addToIndex(initializeGit.SHA1Hash(contents), filePath);
+        initializeGit.createBLOB(contents);
+        initializeGit.generateWorkingList();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a commit with the given author and message.
+     * It should capture the current state of the repository,
+     * update the HEAD, and return the commit hash.
+     *
+     * @param author  The name of the author making the commit.
+     * @param message The commit message describing the changes.
+     * @return The SHA1 hash of the new commit.
+     */
+    public String commit(String author, String message) throws IOException {
+        return initializeGit.commit(author, message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * EXTRA CREDIT: Checks out a specific commit given its hash.
+     * This should update the working directory to match the
+     * state of the repository at that commit.
+     *
+     * @param commitHash The SHA1 hash of the commit to check out.
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public void checkout(String commitHash) throws IOException { // chatGPT
+        Path commitPath = Path.of("git/objects", commitHash);
+        if (!Files.exists(commitPath)) {
+            System.out.println("Commit not found: " + commitHash);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Step 1: read commit file and extract tree hash
+        String commitContents = Files.readString(commitPath);
+        String treeLine = Arrays.stream(commitContents.split("\n"))
+                .filter(line -> line.startsWith("tree:"))
+                .findFirst()
+                .orElseThrow(() -> new IOException("No tree found in commit"));
+        String treeHash = treeLine.substring(treeLine.indexOf(":") + 2).trim();
+
+        // Step 2: read tree object
+        Path treePath = Path.of("git/objects", treeHash);
+        if (!Files.exists(treePath)) {
+            throw new IOException("Tree object not found: " + treeHash);
+        }
+        String treeContents = Files.readString(treePath);
+
+        // Step 3: clear working directory (optional: skip .git folder)
+        try (var paths = Files.walk(Path.of("."))) {
+            paths.filter(Files::isRegularFile)
+                    .filter(p -> !p.startsWith("git"))
+                    .forEach(p -> {
+                        try {
+                            Files.delete(p);
+                        } catch (IOException e) {
+                            System.err.println("Could not delete: " + p);
+                        }
+                    });
+        }
+
+        // Step 4: restore each file from blobs listed in tree
+        for (String line : treeContents.split("\n")) {
+            if (line.isBlank())
+                continue;
+            String[] parts = line.split(":");
+            if (parts.length != 2)
+                continue;
+
+            String filePath = parts[0].trim();
+            String blobHash = parts[1].trim();
+
+            Path blobPath = Path.of("git/objects", blobHash);
+            if (!Files.exists(blobPath)) {
+                System.err.println("Missing blob: " + blobHash);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            String blobContents = Files.readString(blobPath);
+            Path dest = Path.of(filePath);
+            if (dest.getParent() != null) {
+                Files.createDirectories(dest.getParent());
+            }
+            Files.writeString(dest, blobContents);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 022db1b..94df3b4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 # git-project-Ellie
+10/7/2025
+
+This project does not contain createTree() or createWorkingList() functionality
+
 initializeGit.java
     initialize()
         initaializes all parts of the repository in one method.
@@ -27,4 +31,7 @@ GPTester.java
     verifyAll()
         returns true if all directories (git and objects) and files (index and HEAD) exist.
     reset()
-        deletes all files in the git and objects directories first, then deletes the now empty directories.
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+        deletes all files in the git and objects directories first, then deletes the now empty directories.
+
+10/9/2025 I added the commit method and the wrapper class for the tester. 
+Also added missing createTree() and generateWorkingList() functionality
diff --git a/initializeGit.java b/initializeGit.java
index 56de568..a0517b4 100644
--- a/initializeGit.java
+++ b/initializeGit.java
@@ -4,35 +4,46 @@
 import java.io.IOError;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.nio.file.FileAlreadyExistsException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
 import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 public class initializeGit {
     public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
-        // initialize();
+        initialize();
         // System.out.println("testing SHA1");
         // System.out.println(SHA1Hash("HELLO"));
-        // createBLOB("hello");
-        // createBLOB("Hi");
-        // System.out.println("SHA1 of hell0: " + SHA1Hash("hello"));
-        // System.out.println(blobExists(SHA1Hash("hello")));
-        // System.out.println(blobExists(SHA1Hash("Hi")));
-        // deleteAllBlobs();
-        // System.out.println(blobExists(SHA1Hash("hello")));
-        // System.out.println(blobExists(SHA1Hash("Hi")));
+        createBLOB("hello");
+        createBLOB("Hi");
+        System.out.println("SHA1 of hell0: " + SHA1Hash("hello"));
+        System.out.println(blobExists(SHA1Hash("hello")));
+        System.out.println(blobExists(SHA1Hash("Hi")));
+        deleteAllBlobs();
+        System.out.println(blobExists(SHA1Hash("hello")));
+        System.out.println(blobExists(SHA1Hash("Hi")));
 
         // 2.4.1 Testing
         String one = "hi";
         String two = "hello";
         String three = "hi hello";
+        String four = "hello";
 
         createBLOB(one);
         createBLOB(two);
         createBLOB(three);
+        createBLOB(four);
 
         addToIndex(SHA1Hash(one), "hi.txt");
         addToIndex(SHA1Hash(two), "hello.txt");
         addToIndex(SHA1Hash(three), "hihello.txt");
+        addToIndex(SHA1Hash(four), "hello");
+        resetAllFiles();
 
         // resetAllFiles();
     }
@@ -134,4 +145,185 @@ public static void resetAllFiles() throws IOException {
         br.write("");
         br.close();
     }
+
+    public static String commit(String author, String message) throws IOException {
+        String contents = "tree: ";
+        String workingListSha = Files.readString(Path.of("git/objects/workinglist")); //edit path name
+        workingListSha = workingListSha.substring(workingListSha.indexOf(" ") + 1);
+        workingListSha = workingListSha.substring(0, workingListSha.indexOf(" "));
+        String parent = Files.readString(Path.of("git/HEAD"));
+        contents = contents.concat(workingListSha + "\nparent: " + parent + "\nauthor: " + author + "\ndate: ");
+        LocalDate date = LocalDate.now();
+        String dateStr = date.toString();
+        String year = dateStr.substring(0, dateStr.indexOf("-"));
+        dateStr = dateStr.substring(dateStr.indexOf("-") + 1);
+        String month = dateStr.substring(0, dateStr.indexOf("-"));
+        dateStr = dateStr.substring(dateStr.indexOf("-") + 1);
+        if (dateStr.charAt(0) == '0') {
+            dateStr = dateStr.substring(1);
+        }
+        int m = Integer.parseInt(month);
+        String fm = "";
+        switch (m) {
+            case 1:
+                fm = "Jan";
+                break;
+            case 2:
+                fm = "Feb";
+                break;
+            case 3:
+                fm = "Mar";
+                break;
+            case 4:
+                fm = "Apr";
+                break;
+            case 5:
+                fm = "May";
+                break;
+            case 6:
+                fm = "Jun";
+                break;
+            case 7:
+                fm = "Jul";
+                break;
+            case 8:
+                fm = "Aug";
+                break;
+            case 9:
+                fm = "Sep";
+                break;
+            case 10:
+                fm = "Oct";
+                break;
+            case 11:
+                fm = "Nov";
+                break;
+            default:
+                fm = "Dec";
+        }
+        contents = contents.concat(fm + " " + dateStr + ", " + year + "\nmessage: " + message);
+        Path p = Path.of("git/objects/tempCommit");
+        Files.createFile(p);
+        Files.writeString(p, contents);
+        String commitSha = SHA1Hash(p.toString());
+        Files.move(p, Path.of("git/objects/" + commitSha));
+        Files.writeString(Path.of("git/HEAD"), commitSha);
+        return ("git/objects/" + commitSha);
+    }
+
+    public static String createTree(String path) throws Exception {
+        return createTree(path, 0, false);
+    }
+
+    public static String createTree(String path, int tempCount) throws Exception {
+        return createTree(path, tempCount, false);
+    }
+
+    public static String createTree(String path, boolean working) throws Exception {
+        return createTree(path, 0, working);
+    }
+
+    public static String createTree(String path, int tempCount, boolean working) throws Exception {
+        Path parameterPath = Path.of(path);
+        // Stream<Path> streamOne = Files.walk(parameterPath);
+        // for (Path p : (Iterable<Path>) streamOne::iterator) {
+        //     if (checkPath(path, p.toString())) {
+        //         continue;
+        //     }
+        //     System.out.println(p.toString());
+        // }
+        // System.out.println(" ");
+        // streamOne.close();
+        // return "";
+        Stream<Path> streamTwo = Files.walk(parameterPath);
+        boolean isFirst = true;
+        Path treePath = Path.of("git/objects/temporary" + String.valueOf(tempCount));
+        Files.createFile(treePath);
+        for (Path p : (Iterable<Path>) streamTwo::iterator) {
+            if (isFirst) {
+                isFirst = false;
+                continue;
+            }
+            String dsStr = p.toString();
+            if (dsStr.indexOf("DS_Store") != -1) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (checkPath(path, dsStr)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (working && notInIndex(p)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (Files.isDirectory(p)) {
+                tempCount++;
+                String workingSha = createTree(p.toString(), tempCount);
+                if (Files.size(treePath) != 0) {
+                    Files.writeString(treePath, "\n", StandardOpenOption.APPEND);
+                }
+                Files.writeString(treePath, "tree " + SHA1Hash("git/objects/" + workingSha) + " " + p.toString(),
+                        StandardOpenOption.APPEND);
+            } else {
+                if (Files.size(treePath) != 0) {
+                    Files.writeString(treePath, "\n", StandardOpenOption.APPEND);
+                }
+                Files.writeString(treePath, "blob " + SHA1Hash(p.toString()) + " " + p.toString(),
+                        StandardOpenOption.APPEND);
+                if (!working) {
+                    createBLOB(p.toString());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        // streamOne.close();
+        streamTwo.close();
+        String shaOne = SHA1Hash(treePath.toString());
+        try {
+            Files.move(treePath, Path.of("git/objects/" + shaOne));
+        } catch (FileAlreadyExistsException e) {
+            Files.delete(treePath);
+        }
+        return shaOne;
+    }
+
+    public static boolean checkPath(String enclose, String inside) {
+        try {
+            inside = inside.substring(enclose.length() + 1);
+            return (inside.indexOf("/") != -1);
+        } catch (StringIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static boolean notInIndex(Path path) throws IOException {
+        List<String> entireIndex = Files.readAllLines(Path.of("git/index"));
+        String all = "";
+        for (String s : entireIndex) {
+            all = all.concat(s);
+        }
+        return (all.indexOf(path.toString()) == -1);
+    }
+
+    public static boolean generateWorkingList() throws Exception {
+        List<String> all = Files.readAllLines(Path.of("git/index"));
+        String first;
+        if (all.size() != 0) {
+            first = all.get(0);
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        }
+        first = first.substring(first.indexOf(" ") + 1, first.indexOf("/"));
+        Path p = Path.of("git/objects/workinglist");
+        try {
+            Files.createFile(p);
+        } catch (FileAlreadyExistsException e) {
+            
+        }
+        Files.writeString(p, "tree " + createTree(first, true) + " " + first);
+        String shaOne = SHA1Hash("git/objects/workinglist");
+        Files.writeString(p, "tree " + shaOne + " (root)");
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public static String readFile(String path) throws IOException {
+        return Files.readString(Path.of(path));
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/myProgram/hello.txt b/myProgram/hello.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f15bc78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/myProgram/hello.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Wazzup
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diff --git a/myProgram/inner/world.txt b/myProgram/inner/world.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64613de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/myProgram/inner/world.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Aiden is here
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