diff --git a/crates/gitforge/src/errors.rs b/crates/gitforge/src/errors.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index e8de262d..00000000
--- a/crates/gitforge/src/errors.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-use git_next_config::BranchName;
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub enum ForgeFileError {
-    NotFound(String),
-    ParseContent,
-    DecodeFromBase64,
-    DecodeFromUtf8,
-    UnknownEncoding(String),
-    NotFile(String),
-    Unknown(String),
-}
-impl std::error::Error for ForgeFileError {}
-impl std::fmt::Display for ForgeFileError {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        match self {
-            Self::NotFound(file_path) => write!(f, "File not found: {file_path}"),
-            Self::NotFile(file_path) => write!(f, "Not a file: {file_path}"),
-            Self::DecodeFromBase64 => write!(f, "Unable to decode from base64"),
-            Self::DecodeFromUtf8 => write!(f, "Unable to decode from UTF-8"),
-            Self::UnknownEncoding(encoding) => write!(f, "Unknown file encoding: {encoding}"),
-            Self::ParseContent => write!(f, "Unable to parse file contents"),
-            Self::Unknown(status) => write!(f, "Unknown error (status: {status})"),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub enum ForgeBranchError {
-    NotFound(BranchName),
-    NoneFound,
-}
-impl std::error::Error for ForgeBranchError {}
-impl std::fmt::Display for ForgeBranchError {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        match self {
-            Self::NotFound(branch_name) => write!(f, "Branch not found: {branch_name}"),
-            Self::NoneFound => write!(f, "Unable to find any branches"),
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/crates/gitforge/src/forgejo/branch/get_all.rs b/crates/gitforge/src/forgejo/branch/get_all.rs
index 1ff449d5..4ac166eb 100644
--- a/crates/gitforge/src/forgejo/branch/get_all.rs
+++ b/crates/gitforge/src/forgejo/branch/get_all.rs
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@ use git_next_git::RepoDetails;
 use kxio::network::{self, Network};
 use tracing::error;
 
-use crate::ForgeBranchError;
-
 pub async fn get_all(
     repo_details: &RepoDetails,
     net: &Network,
-) -> Result<Vec<BranchName>, ForgeBranchError> {
+) -> Result<Vec<BranchName>, crate::branch::Error> {
     let hostname = &repo_details.forge.hostname();
     let repo_path = &repo_details.repo_path;
     use secrecy::ExposeSecret;
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ pub async fn get_all(
     let result = net.get::<Vec<Branch>>(request).await;
     let response = result.map_err(|e| {
         error!(?e, "Failed to list branches");
-        ForgeBranchError::NoneFound // BranchListNotAvailable
+        crate::branch::Error::NoneFound // BranchListNotAvailable
     })?;
     let branches = response
         .response_body()
diff --git a/crates/gitforge/src/forgejo/file.rs b/crates/gitforge/src/forgejo/file.rs
index a199a827..623d0176 100644
--- a/crates/gitforge/src/forgejo/file.rs
+++ b/crates/gitforge/src/forgejo/file.rs
@@ -3,14 +3,12 @@ use git_next_git::RepoDetails;
 use kxio::network::{self, Network};
 use tracing::{error, warn};
 
-use crate::ForgeFileError;
-
 pub(super) async fn contents_get(
     repo_details: &RepoDetails,
     net: &Network,
     branch: &BranchName,
     file_path: &str,
-) -> Result<String, ForgeFileError> {
+) -> Result<String, crate::file::Error> {
     let hostname = &repo_details.forge.hostname();
     let repo_path = &repo_details.repo_path;
     let api_token = &repo_details.forge.token();
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ pub(super) async fn contents_get(
     let result = net.get::<ForgeContentsResponse>(request).await;
     let response = result.map_err(|e| {
         warn!(?e, "");
-        ForgeFileError::NotFound(file_path.to_string())
+        crate::file::Error::NotFound(file_path.to_string())
     })?;
     let status = response.status_code();
     let contents = match response.response_body() {
@@ -41,29 +39,30 @@ pub(super) async fn contents_get(
             // we need to decode (see encoding field) the value of 'content' from the response
             match body.content_type {
                 ForgeContentsType::File => decode_config(body),
-                _ => Err(ForgeFileError::NotFile(file_path.to_string())),
+                _ => Err(crate::file::Error::NotFile(file_path.to_string())),
             }
         }
         None => {
             error!(%status, "Failed to fetch repo config file");
-            Err(ForgeFileError::Unknown(status.to_string()))
+            Err(crate::file::Error::Unknown(status.to_string()))
         }
     }?;
     Ok(contents)
 }
 
-fn decode_config(body: ForgeContentsResponse) -> Result<String, ForgeFileError> {
+fn decode_config(body: ForgeContentsResponse) -> Result<String, crate::file::Error> {
     use base64::Engine;
     match body.encoding.as_str() {
         "base64" => {
             let decoded = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD
                 .decode(body.content)
-                .map_err(|_| ForgeFileError::DecodeFromBase64)?;
-            let decoded = String::from_utf8(decoded).map_err(|_| ForgeFileError::DecodeFromUtf8)?;
+                .map_err(|_| crate::file::Error::DecodeFromBase64)?;
+            let decoded =
+                String::from_utf8(decoded).map_err(|_| crate::file::Error::DecodeFromUtf8)?;
 
             Ok(decoded)
         }
-        encoding => Err(ForgeFileError::UnknownEncoding(encoding.to_string())),
+        encoding => Err(crate::file::Error::UnknownEncoding(encoding.to_string())),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/gitforge/src/forgejo/mod.rs b/crates/gitforge/src/forgejo/mod.rs
index b0e4dc54..a37a14b8 100644
--- a/crates/gitforge/src/forgejo/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/gitforge/src/forgejo/mod.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use git_next_git::{self as git, GitRef, RepoDetails, Repository};
 use kxio::network::{self, Network};
 use tracing::{error, info, warn};
 
-use crate::{validation, CommitStatus, ForgeBranchError, ForgeFileError};
+use crate::{validation, CommitStatus};
 
 struct ForgeJo;
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ impl super::ForgeLike for ForgeJoEnv {
         "forgejo".to_string()
     }
 
-    async fn branches_get_all(&self) -> Result<Vec<BranchName>, ForgeBranchError> {
+    async fn branches_get_all(&self) -> Result<Vec<BranchName>, crate::branch::Error> {
         branch::get_all(&self.repo_details, &self.net).await
     }
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ impl super::ForgeLike for ForgeJoEnv {
         &self,
         branch: &BranchName,
         file_path: &str,
-    ) -> Result<String, ForgeFileError> {
+    ) -> Result<String, crate::file::Error> {
         file::contents_get(&self.repo_details, &self.net, branch, file_path).await
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/gitforge/src/lib.rs b/crates/gitforge/src/lib.rs
index 343fa881..d07d931a 100644
--- a/crates/gitforge/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/gitforge/src/lib.rs
@@ -16,22 +16,19 @@ mod mock_forge;
 mod types;
 pub use types::*;
 
-mod errors;
-pub use errors::*;
-
 #[async_trait::async_trait]
 pub trait ForgeLike {
     fn name(&self) -> String;
 
     /// Returns a list of all branches in the repo.
-    async fn branches_get_all(&self) -> Result<Vec<BranchName>, ForgeBranchError>;
+    async fn branches_get_all(&self) -> Result<Vec<BranchName>, branch::Error>;
 
     /// Returns the contents of the file.
     async fn file_contents_get(
         &self,
         branch: &BranchName,
         file_path: &str,
-    ) -> Result<String, ForgeFileError>;
+    ) -> Result<String, file::Error>;
 
     /// Assesses the relative positions of the main, next and dev branch and updates their
     /// positions as needed.
@@ -96,6 +93,38 @@ impl std::ops::Deref for Forge {
     }
 }
 
+pub mod branch {
+    #[derive(Debug, derive_more::Display)]
+    pub enum Error {
+        #[display("Branch not found: {}", 0)]
+        NotFound(git_next_config::BranchName),
+        #[display("Unable to find any branches")]
+        NoneFound,
+    }
+    impl std::error::Error for Error {}
+}
+
+pub mod file {
+    #[derive(Debug, derive_more::Display)]
+    pub enum Error {
+        #[display("File not found: {}", 0)]
+        NotFound(String),
+        #[display("Unable to parse file contents")]
+        ParseContent,
+        #[display("Unable to decode from base64")]
+        DecodeFromBase64,
+        #[display("Unable to decoce from UTF-8")]
+        DecodeFromUtf8,
+        #[display("Unknown file encoding: {}", 0)]
+        UnknownEncoding(String),
+        #[display("Not a file: {}", 0)]
+        NotFile(String),
+        #[display("Unknown error (status: {})", 0)]
+        Unknown(String),
+    }
+    impl std::error::Error for Error {}
+}
+
 pub mod validation {
     use git_next_config::BranchName;
     use git_next_git as git;
diff --git a/crates/gitforge/src/mock_forge.rs b/crates/gitforge/src/mock_forge.rs
index 31455d80..b324cb56 100644
--- a/crates/gitforge/src/mock_forge.rs
+++ b/crates/gitforge/src/mock_forge.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use git::OpenRepository;
 use git_next_config::{BranchName, GitDir, RepoConfig};
 use git_next_git::{self as git, GitRef};
 
-use crate::{validation, CommitStatus, ForgeBranchError, ForgeFileError};
+use crate::{branch, file, validation, CommitStatus};
 
 struct MockForge;
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ impl super::ForgeLike for MockForgeEnv {
         "mock".to_string()
     }
 
-    async fn branches_get_all(&self) -> Result<Vec<BranchName>, ForgeBranchError> {
+    async fn branches_get_all(&self) -> Result<Vec<BranchName>, branch::Error> {
         todo!()
     }
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ impl super::ForgeLike for MockForgeEnv {
         &self,
         _branch: &BranchName,
         _file_path: &str,
-    ) -> Result<String, ForgeFileError> {
+    ) -> Result<String, file::Error> {
         todo!()
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/repo-actor/src/load.rs b/crates/repo-actor/src/load.rs
index 06ad4794..a27c3bc6 100644
--- a/crates/repo-actor/src/load.rs
+++ b/crates/repo-actor/src/load.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use git_next_config::{self as config, BranchName, RepoConfig};
 use git_next_git::RepoDetails;
 use tracing::error;
 
-use crate::gitforge::{self, ForgeFileError};
+use crate::gitforge;
 
 pub async fn load(details: &RepoDetails, forge: &gitforge::Forge) -> Result<RepoConfig, Error> {
     let contents = forge
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ pub async fn load(details: &RepoDetails, forge: &gitforge::Forge) -> Result<Repo
 
 #[derive(Debug, derive_more::From, derive_more::Display)]
 pub enum Error {
-    File(ForgeFileError),
+    File(gitforge::file::Error),
     Config(config::server::Error),
     Toml(toml::de::Error),
-    Forge(gitforge::ForgeBranchError),
+    Forge(gitforge::branch::Error),
     BranchNotFound(BranchName),
 }