diff --git a/std/git-stack/Cargo.toml b/std/git-stack/Cargo.toml
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+++ b/std/git-stack/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "git-stack"
+version = "0.0.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[lib]
+name = "git_stack"
+path = "src/objects.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+conversation-protocol = { path = "conversation-protocol" }
+caos = { path = "caos" }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+conversation-protocol = { path = "conversation-protocol", features = ["memory-store"] }
+
+[profile.dev.package."*"]
+opt-level = 2
+
+[profile.dev.build-override]
+opt-level = 0
diff --git a/std/git-stack/src/objects.rs b/std/git-stack/src/objects.rs
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+++ b/std/git-stack/src/objects.rs
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+//! Individual Git objects over the server API; no checkout or closure fetch.
+use conversation_protocol::v3::tree::{
+    encode_commit_bytes, encode_tree_bytes, is_canonical_tree_order, parse_commit_bytes,
+    parse_tree_bytes,
+};
+use conversation_protocol::v3::{CommitInfo, ObjectStore, Oid, Signature, StoreError, TreeEntry};
+use std::cell::RefCell;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+pub struct RemoteStore {
+    transport: caos::HttpTransport,
+    objects: RefCell<HashMap<Oid, (String, Vec<u8>)>>,
+}
+
+impl RemoteStore {
+    pub fn from_env() -> Result<Self, String> {
+        Ok(Self {
+            transport: caos::HttpTransport::from_env()?,
+            objects: RefCell::new(HashMap::new()),
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn read(&self, oid: &Oid, expected: &'static str) -> Result<Vec<u8>, StoreError> {
+        use caos::Transport;
+        if !self.objects.borrow().contains_key(oid) {
+            let object = self
+                .transport
+                .get_object(oid.as_str())
+                .map_err(StoreError::Other)?;
+            self.objects.borrow_mut().insert(oid.clone(), object);
+        }
+        let objects = self.objects.borrow();
+        let (kind, bytes) = &objects[oid];
+        if kind != expected {
+            return Err(StoreError::WrongType {
+                oid: oid.clone(),
+                expected,
+            });
+        }
+        Ok(bytes.clone())
+    }
+
+    fn write(&mut self, kind: &str, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Oid, StoreError> {
+        use caos::Transport;
+        let id = self
+            .transport
+            .put_object(kind, bytes)
+            .map_err(StoreError::Other)?;
+        let oid = Oid::parse(&id.to_string(), "stored object").map_err(StoreError::Other)?;
+        self.objects
+            .get_mut()
+            .insert(oid.clone(), (kind.into(), bytes.to_vec()));
+        Ok(oid)
+    }
+}
+
+impl ObjectStore for RemoteStore {
+    fn read_blob(&self, oid: &Oid) -> Result<Vec<u8>, StoreError> {
+        self.read(oid, "blob")
+    }
+
+    fn read_tree(&self, oid: &Oid) -> Result<Vec<TreeEntry>, StoreError> {
+        parse_tree_bytes(oid, &self.read(oid, "tree")?)
+    }
+
+    fn read_commit(&self, oid: &Oid) -> Result<CommitInfo, StoreError> {
+        parse_commit_bytes(oid, &self.read(oid, "commit")?)
+    }
+
+    fn write_blob(&mut self, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Oid, StoreError> {
+        self.write("blob", bytes)
+    }
+
+    fn write_tree(&mut self, entries: &[TreeEntry]) -> Result<Oid, StoreError> {
+        if !is_canonical_tree_order(entries) {
+            return Err(StoreError::Other(
+                "tree entries are not in canonical order".into(),
+            ));
+        }
+        self.write("tree", &encode_tree_bytes(entries))
+    }
+
+    fn write_commit(&mut self, commit: &CommitInfo) -> Result<Oid, StoreError> {
+        self.write("commit", &encode_commit_bytes(commit))
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn parse_signature(value: &str) -> Result<Signature, String> {
+    let invalid = || "signature must be Name <email> <unix-seconds> <+/-HHMM>".to_owned();
+    if value.contains(['\n', '\r', '\0']) {
+        return Err(invalid());
+    }
+    let (name, rest) = value.rsplit_once(" <").ok_or_else(invalid)?;
+    let (email, rest) = rest.split_once("> ").ok_or_else(invalid)?;
+    let (time, offset) = rest.split_once(' ').ok_or_else(invalid)?;
+    if name.is_empty()
+        || email.is_empty()
+        || name.contains(['<', '>'])
+        || email.contains(['<', '>'])
+        || offset.len() != 5
+        || !matches!(offset.as_bytes()[0], b'+' | b'-')
+        || !offset.as_bytes()[1..].iter().all(u8::is_ascii_digit)
+    {
+        return Err(invalid());
+    }
+    Ok(Signature {
+        name: name.into(),
+        email: email.into(),
+        time: time.parse().map_err(|_| invalid())?,
+        offset: offset.into(),
+    })
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn commit_serialization_preserves_raw_messages_and_empty_tree() {
+        let tree = conversation_protocol::v3::oid::empty_tree();
+        assert_eq!(encode_tree_bytes(&[]), Vec::<u8>::new());
+        let author = parse_signature("A <a@example.com> 1 +0000").unwrap();
+        let info = CommitInfo {
+            tree: tree.clone(),
+            parents: vec![],
+            author: author.clone(),
+            committer: author,
+            extra_headers: b"encoding ISO-8859-1\n".to_vec(),
+            message: b"caf\xe9\n".to_vec(),
+        };
+        let bytes = encode_commit_bytes(&info);
+        assert_eq!(parse_commit_bytes(&tree, &bytes).unwrap(), info);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn signatures_are_explicit_and_cannot_inject_headers() {
+        let parsed = parse_signature("A Person <a@example.com> 123 -0530").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(parsed.name, "A Person");
+        assert_eq!(parsed.time, 123);
+        assert_eq!(parsed.offset, "-0530");
+        for bad in [
+            "A <a> 1",
+            "A <a> now +0000",
+            "A <a> 1 UTC",
+            "A <a> 1 +0000\nparent bad",
+        ] {
+            assert!(parse_signature(bad).is_err());
+        }
+    }
+}