diff --git a/abcclassroom/git.py b/abcclassroom/git.py
index bfaec74..184f8ca 100644
--- a/abcclassroom/git.py
+++ b/abcclassroom/git.py
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def init_and_commit(directory, custom_message=False):
     # Running git init on an existing repo is safe, so no need
     # to check anything first
     git_init(directory)
-    print("running init", directory)
+    print("Initializing", directory, "directory for you now.")
     _master_branch_to_main(directory)
     if repo_changed(directory):
         message = "Initial commit"
diff --git a/abcclassroom/tests/test_git.py b/abcclassroom/tests/test_git.py
index 6058b37..840cb36 100644
--- a/abcclassroom/tests/test_git.py
+++ b/abcclassroom/tests/test_git.py
@@ -46,6 +46,21 @@ def example_student_repo(tmpdir):
     return repo_dir
 
 
+@pytest.fixture()
+def example_student_repo_git(tmpdir, example_student_repo):
+    """A fixture with an initialized git repo"""
+
+    import contextlib
+
+    # Create the repo dir
+    repo_path = example_student_repo
+    with open(os.devnull, "w") as f, contextlib.redirect_stdout(f):
+        # This just suppresses print messages so we aren't getting extra
+        # stdout to weed through
+        abcgit.init_and_commit(repo_path)
+    return repo_path
+
+
 # TODO: add an  actual check here for the standard out
 def test_check_git_ssh_pass():
     """When ssh is setup correctly, the check should run and pass with no
@@ -177,6 +192,46 @@ def test_clone_repo_bad_repo(
     )
 
 
+# TODO: I'm not sure there is any point of failure here because this doesn't
+# check
+# that the remote is valid in the function. is that ok?
+def test_add_remote(tmpdir, example_student_repo_git):
+    """Function that tests the add remote correctly adds a new remote to a
+    git repo"""
+
+    repo_path = example_student_repo_git
+    abcgit.add_remote(
+        directory=repo_path,
+        organization="demo-org",
+        remote_repo="student-repo",
+    )
+    # Now check that setting the remote worked
+    ret = abcgit._call_git("remote", "-v", directory=repo_path)
+    assert ret.stdout.startswith(
+        "origin\tgit@github.com:demo-org/student-repo.git (fetch)"
+    )
+
+
+# Test repo changed
+def test_repo_changed(tmpdir, example_student_repo_git):
+    """Should return True if the repo is dirty"""
+    repo_path = example_student_repo_git
+    # Make that puppy dirty / change stuff
+    a_file = Path(repo_path, "README.md")
+    a_file.write_text("Some new text in the readme")
+    ret = abcgit.repo_changed(directory=repo_path)
+    assert ret
+
+
+# TODO this test and the above could be in the same test fun. not sure what
+#  best practice is here
+def test_repo_clean(tmpdir, example_student_repo_git):
+    """Should return True if the repo is dirty"""
+    repo_path = example_student_repo_git
+    ret = abcgit.repo_changed(directory=repo_path)
+    assert ret is False
+
+
 # TODO here we are calling git and it works. This makes me think that call
 #  git doesn't need to be mocked at all and we can assume that the user has
 #  git setup.