diff --git a/benchmark-new/benchmark.py b/benchmark-new/benchmark.py
index 750334f0f..2834dacb6 100755
--- a/benchmark-new/benchmark.py
+++ b/benchmark-new/benchmark.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ def main():
 		config = yaml.load(stream, Loader = yaml.CLoader)
 
 	benchmarkRepository = BenchmarkRepository(config["repository"])
+	benchmarkRepository.writeStatus("test status")
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 	main()
diff --git a/benchmark-new/benchmark_repository.py b/benchmark-new/benchmark_repository.py
index 57502aebf..e96687afa 100755
--- a/benchmark-new/benchmark_repository.py
+++ b/benchmark-new/benchmark_repository.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import os
 import pygit2
 import shutil
 import sys
+import time
 
 def printProgressBar(title, value, total, overwrite = False):
 	terminalSize = shutil.get_terminal_size((80, 20))
@@ -27,6 +28,13 @@ def printCloneProgress(transferProgress):
 def printFetchProgress(transferProgress):
 	printProgressBar("Updating the repository", transferProgress.received_objects, transferProgress.total_objects, overwrite = True)
 
+def printPushProgress(transferProgress):
+	printProgressBar("Pushing changes to the repository", transferProgress.received_objects, transferProgress.total_objects, overwrite = True)
+
+def checkPushAccepted(refname, message):
+	if message is not None:
+		raise Exception("couldn’t push {} to the remote: {}".format(refname, message))
+
 class BenchmarkRepository:
 	def __init__(self, config):
 		self.basePath = config["basePath"]
@@ -37,6 +45,7 @@ class BenchmarkRepository:
 		self.userSigningKey = config["userSigningKey"] if "userSigningKey" in config else None
 		self.branches = config["branches"] if "branches" in config else {"master": "master", "results": "results", "config": "config", "status": "status"}
 		self.statusLogSize = config["statusLogSize"]
+		self.worktrees = {}
 
 		remoteUser = pygit2.credentials.KeypairFromAgent(self.remoteUser)
 		callbacks = pygit2.RemoteCallbacks(credentials = remoteUser)
@@ -62,13 +71,11 @@ class BenchmarkRepository:
 			try:
 				for branchName in ["results", "config", "status"]:
 					print("Updating branch {}".format(branchName))
-					worktree = self.repository.lookup_worktree(branchName)
-					worktree = pygit2.Repository(worktree.path)
+					worktree = pygit2.Repository(self.repository.lookup_worktree(branchName).path)
+					self.worktrees[branchName] = worktree
 					self.forceUpdateBranch(branchName, worktree)
 			except pygit2.GitError:
 				raise Exception("Worktrees are not properly set up")
-
-			print(list(self.repository.branches))
 		else:
 			callbacks.transfer_progress = printCloneProgress
 
@@ -79,16 +86,62 @@ class BenchmarkRepository:
 
 			for branchName in ["results", "config", "status"]:
 				print("Preparing branch {}".format(branchName))
-				worktree = self.repository.add_worktree(branchName, self.branchDir(branchName))
-				worktree = pygit2.Repository(worktree.path)
-				remoteReference = worktree.lookup_reference("refs/remotes/origin/{}".format(self.branches[branchName]))
-				localReference = worktree.create_reference("refs/heads/{}".format(branchName), remoteReference.resolve().target)
+				worktree = pygit2.Repository(self.repository.add_worktree(branchName, self.branchDir(branchName)).path)
+				self.worktrees[branchName] = worktree
+				remoteReference = worktree.lookup_reference(self.remoteBranchReference(branchName))
+				localReference = worktree.create_reference(self.localBranchReference(branchName), remoteReference.resolve().target)
 				self.forceUpdateBranch(branchName, worktree)
 
+	def path(self, branchName, path):
+		return os.path.join(self.branchDir(branchName), path)
+
 	def branchDir(self, branchName):
 		return os.path.join(self.basePath, branchName)
 
+	def localBranchReference(self, branchName):
+		return "refs/heads/{}".format(branchName)
+
+	def remoteBranchReference(self, branchName):
+		return "refs/remotes/origin/{}".format(self.branches[branchName])
+
 	def forceUpdateBranch(self, branchName, worktree):
-		worktree.checkout("refs/heads/{}".format(branchName), strategy = pygit2.GIT_CHECKOUT_FORCE | pygit2.GIT_CHECKOUT_RECREATE_MISSING)
-		#remoteReference = worktree.lookup_reference("refs/remotes/origin/{}".format(self.branches[branchName]))
-		#worktree.reset(remoteReference.target, pygit2.GIT_RESET_HARD)
+		remoteReference = worktree.lookup_reference(self.remoteBranchReference(branchName))
+		localReference = worktree.lookup_reference(self.localBranchReference(branchName))
+		localReference.set_target(remoteReference.resolve().target)
+		worktree.checkout(self.localBranchReference(branchName), strategy = pygit2.GIT_CHECKOUT_FORCE | pygit2.GIT_CHECKOUT_RECREATE_MISSING)
+
+	def commit(self, branchName, message, files):
+		worktree = self.worktrees[branchName]
+		index = worktree.index
+
+		for file in files:
+			index.add(file)
+
+		tree = index.write_tree()
+		author = pygit2.Signature(self.userName, self.userEMail)
+		worktree.create_commit(self.localBranchReference(branchName), author, author, message, tree, [worktree.head.peel().hex])
+
+	def push(self, branchName):
+		printProgressBar("Pushing changes to the repository", 0, 1)
+		remoteUser = pygit2.credentials.KeypairFromAgent(self.remoteUser)
+		callbacks = pygit2.RemoteCallbacks(credentials = remoteUser)
+		callbacks.transfer_progress = printPushProgress
+		callbacks.push_update_reference = checkPushAccepted
+		self.repository.remotes["origin"].push(["+{}:{}".format(self.localBranchReference(branchName), "refs/heads/{}".format(self.branches[branchName]))], callbacks = callbacks)
+		printProgressBar("Pushing changes to the repository", 1, 1, overwrite = True)
+
+	def writeStatus(self, message):
+		statusFilePath = self.path("status", "status.log")
+
+		if os.path.exists(statusFilePath):
+			with open(statusFilePath, "r") as statusFile:
+				# add the previous status messages, but trancate them
+				content = statusFile.readlines()[0:(self.statusLogSize - 1)]
+		else:
+			content = ""
+
+		with open(statusFilePath, "w") as statusFile:
+			print("{}\t{}\n{}".format(time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z"), message, "".join(content)), file = statusFile, end = "")
+
+		self.commit("status", "test status", ["status.log"])
+		self.push("status")
diff --git a/benchmark-new/config.yml b/benchmark-new/config.yml
index 333c499ae..845def1b7 100644
--- a/benchmark-new/config.yml
+++ b/benchmark-new/config.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ repository:
   # data branches
   branches:
     master: master
-    results: test-results
-    config: test-config
-    status: test-status
+    results: new-results
+    config: new-config
+    status: new-status
   # the maximum size of the status log in lines
   statusLogSize: 100