diff --git a/.woodpecker/integration.yml b/.woodpecker/integration.yml
index f6df423..025fa7d 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/integration.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/integration.yml
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ steps:
     image: rust
     environment:
       - "FORGEJO_API_CI_INSTANCE_URL=http://forgejo-testing:3000/"
-      - FORGEJO_API_CI_TOKEN=0889eabbb0006f15be4af017c4e0d3f51df78f98
+      - FORGEJO_API_CI_TOKEN=3226a46b52e29804bfb9b8ba21a5f91291fb86eb
     commands:
       - cargo test
 
 services:
   forgejo-testing:
-    image: code.cartoon-aa.xyz/cyborus/ci-forgejo
+    image: code.cartoon-aa.xyz/cyborus/ci-forgejo:1.21.2-0
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 436e2be..61464a5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ version = "1.0.83"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f1174fb0b6ec23863f8b971027804a42614e347eafb0a95bf0b12cdae21fc4d0"
 dependencies = [
- "jobserver",
  "libc",
 ]
 
@@ -171,9 +170,9 @@ name = "forgejo-api"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "eyre",
- "git2",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "soft_assert",
  "thiserror",
  "time",
@@ -235,21 +234,6 @@ version = "0.28.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6fb8d784f27acf97159b40fc4db5ecd8aa23b9ad5ef69cdd136d3bc80665f0c0"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "git2"
-version = "0.18.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fbf97ba92db08df386e10c8ede66a2a0369bd277090afd8710e19e38de9ec0cd"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.4.1",
- "libc",
- "libgit2-sys",
- "log",
- "openssl-probe",
- "openssl-sys",
- "url",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "h2"
 version = "0.3.21"
@@ -384,15 +368,6 @@ version = "1.0.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "af150ab688ff2122fcef229be89cb50dd66af9e01a4ff320cc137eecc9bacc38"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "jobserver"
-version = "0.1.27"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8c37f63953c4c63420ed5fd3d6d398c719489b9f872b9fa683262f8edd363c7d"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.65"
@@ -414,46 +389,6 @@ version = "0.2.150"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "89d92a4743f9a61002fae18374ed11e7973f530cb3a3255fb354818118b2203c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "libgit2-sys"
-version = "0.16.1+1.7.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f2a2bb3680b094add03bb3732ec520ece34da31a8cd2d633d1389d0f0fb60d0c"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
- "libssh2-sys",
- "libz-sys",
- "openssl-sys",
- "pkg-config",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "libssh2-sys"
-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2dc8a030b787e2119a731f1951d6a773e2280c660f8ec4b0f5e1505a386e71ee"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
- "libz-sys",
- "openssl-sys",
- "pkg-config",
- "vcpkg",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "libz-sys"
-version = "1.1.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d97137b25e321a73eef1418d1d5d2eda4d77e12813f8e6dead84bc52c5870a7b"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
- "pkg-config",
- "vcpkg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
 version = "0.4.11"
@@ -478,6 +413,16 @@ version = "0.3.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6877bb514081ee2a7ff5ef9de3281f14a4dd4bceac4c09388074a6b5df8a139a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mime_guess"
+version = "2.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4192263c238a5f0d0c6bfd21f336a313a4ce1c450542449ca191bb657b4642ef"
+dependencies = [
+ "mime",
+ "unicase",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "miniz_oxide"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -652,6 +597,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "log",
  "mime",
+ "mime_guess",
  "native-tls",
  "once_cell",
  "percent-encoding",
@@ -996,6 +942,15 @@ version = "0.2.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3528ecfd12c466c6f163363caf2d02a71161dd5e1cc6ae7b34207ea2d42d81ed"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicase"
+version = "2.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f7d2d4dafb69621809a81864c9c1b864479e1235c0dd4e199924b9742439ed89"
+dependencies = [
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-bidi"
 version = "0.3.13"
@@ -1035,6 +990,12 @@ version = "0.2.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "version_check"
+version = "0.9.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "want"
 version = "0.3.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6989702..eb21559 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-reqwest = { version = "0.11.18", features = ["json"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.11.18", features = ["json", "multipart"] }
 soft_assert = "0.1.1"
 thiserror = "1.0.43"
 tokio = { version = "1.29.1", features = ["net"] }
 url = { version = "2.4.0", features = ["serde"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.168", features = ["derive"] }
 time = { version = "0.3.22", features = ["parsing", "serde", "formatting"] }
+serde_json = "1.0.108"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 eyre = "0.6.9"
 tokio = { version = "1.29.1", features = ["net", "fs", "rt", "macros"] }
-git2 = "0.18.1"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index a6a7daf..bb0bd74 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -30,28 +30,18 @@ pub enum ForgejoError {
     HostRequired,
     #[error("scheme must be http or https")]
     HttpRequired,
-    #[error("{0}")] // for some reason, you can't use `source` and `transparent` together
-    ReqwestError(#[source] reqwest::Error),
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    ReqwestError(#[from] reqwest::Error),
     #[error("API key should be ascii")]
     KeyNotAscii,
     #[error("the response from forgejo was not properly structured")]
-    BadStructure(#[source] reqwest::Error),
+    BadStructure(#[source] serde_json::Error, String),
     #[error("unexpected status code {} {}", .0.as_u16(), .0.canonical_reason().unwrap_or(""))]
     UnexpectedStatusCode(StatusCode),
     #[error("{} {}: {}", .0.as_u16(), .0.canonical_reason().unwrap_or(""), .1)]
     ApiError(StatusCode, String),
 }
 
-impl From<reqwest::Error> for ForgejoError {
-    fn from(e: reqwest::Error) -> Self {
-        if e.is_decode() {
-            ForgejoError::BadStructure(e)
-        } else {
-            ForgejoError::ReqwestError(e)
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 impl Forgejo {
     pub fn new(api_key: &str, url: Url) -> Result<Self, ForgejoError> {
         Self::with_user_agent(api_key, url, "forgejo-api-rs")
@@ -98,6 +88,12 @@ impl Forgejo {
         self.execute_str(request).await
     }
 
+    async fn get_exists(&self, path: &str) -> Result<bool, ForgejoError> {
+        let url = self.url.join("api/v1/").unwrap().join(path).unwrap();
+        let request = self.client.get(url).build()?;
+        self.execute_exists(request).await
+    }
+
     async fn post<T: Serialize, U: DeserializeOwned>(
         &self,
         path: &str,
@@ -108,13 +104,13 @@ impl Forgejo {
         self.execute(request).await
     }
 
-    async fn post_form<T: Serialize, U: DeserializeOwned>(
+    async fn post_multipart<T: DeserializeOwned>(
         &self,
         path: &str,
-        body: &T,
-    ) -> Result<U, ForgejoError> {
+        body: reqwest::multipart::Form,
+    ) -> Result<T, ForgejoError> {
         let url = self.url.join("api/v1/").unwrap().join(path).unwrap();
-        let request = self.client.post(url).form(body).build()?;
+        let request = self.client.post(url).multipart(body).build()?;
         self.execute(request).await
     }
 
@@ -128,6 +124,16 @@ impl Forgejo {
         self.execute_str(request).await
     }
 
+    async fn post_unit<T: Serialize>(
+        &self,
+        path: &str,
+        body: &T,
+    ) -> Result<(), ForgejoError> {
+        let url = self.url.join("api/v1/").unwrap().join(path).unwrap();
+        let request = self.client.post(url).json(body).build()?;
+        self.execute_unit(request).await
+    }
+
     async fn post_raw(
         &self,
         path: &str,
@@ -141,7 +147,7 @@ impl Forgejo {
     async fn delete(&self, path: &str) -> Result<(), ForgejoError> {
         let url = self.url.join("api/v1/").unwrap().join(path).unwrap();
         let request = self.client.delete(url).build()?;
-        self.execute(request).await
+        self.execute_unit(request).await
     }
 
     async fn patch<T: Serialize, U: DeserializeOwned>(
@@ -163,10 +169,14 @@ impl Forgejo {
     async fn execute<T: DeserializeOwned>(&self, request: Request) -> Result<T, ForgejoError> {
         let response = self.client.execute(request).await?;
         match response.status() {
-            status if status.is_success() => Ok(response.json::<T>().await?),
+            status if status.is_success() => {
+                let body = response.text().await?;
+                let out = serde_json::from_str(&body).map_err(|e| ForgejoError::BadStructure(e, body))?;
+                Ok(out)
+            },
             status if status.is_client_error() => Err(ForgejoError::ApiError(
                 status,
-                response.json::<ErrorMessage>().await?.message,
+                response.json::<ErrorMessage>().await?.message.unwrap_or_else(|| String::from("[no message]")),
             )),
             status => Err(ForgejoError::UnexpectedStatusCode(status)),
         }
@@ -179,7 +189,20 @@ impl Forgejo {
             status if status.is_success() => Ok(response.text().await?),
             status if status.is_client_error() => Err(ForgejoError::ApiError(
                 status,
-                response.json::<ErrorMessage>().await?.message,
+                response.json::<ErrorMessage>().await?.message.unwrap_or_else(|| String::from("[no message]")),
+            )),
+            status => Err(ForgejoError::UnexpectedStatusCode(status)),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Like `execute`, but returns unit.
+    async fn execute_unit(&self, request: Request) -> Result<(), ForgejoError> {
+        let response = self.client.execute(request).await?;
+        match response.status() {
+            status if status.is_success() => Ok(()),
+            status if status.is_client_error() => Err(ForgejoError::ApiError(
+                status,
+                response.json::<ErrorMessage>().await?.message.unwrap_or_else(|| String::from("[no message]")),
             )),
             status => Err(ForgejoError::UnexpectedStatusCode(status)),
         }
@@ -192,11 +215,32 @@ impl Forgejo {
     ) -> Result<Option<T>, ForgejoError> {
         let response = self.client.execute(request).await?;
         match response.status() {
-            status if status.is_success() => Ok(Some(response.json::<T>().await?)),
+            status if status.is_success() => {
+                let body = response.text().await?;
+                let out = serde_json::from_str(&body).map_err(|e| ForgejoError::BadStructure(e, body))?;
+                Ok(out)
+            },
             StatusCode::NOT_FOUND => Ok(None),
             status if status.is_client_error() => Err(ForgejoError::ApiError(
                 status,
-                response.json::<ErrorMessage>().await?.message,
+                response.json::<ErrorMessage>().await?.message.unwrap_or_else(|| String::from("[no message]")),
+            )),
+            status => Err(ForgejoError::UnexpectedStatusCode(status)),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Like `execute`, but returns `false` on 404.
+    async fn execute_exists(
+        &self,
+        request: Request,
+    ) -> Result<bool, ForgejoError> {
+        let response = self.client.execute(request).await?;
+        match response.status() {
+            status if status.is_success() => Ok(true),
+            StatusCode::NOT_FOUND => Ok(false),
+            status if status.is_client_error() => Err(ForgejoError::ApiError(
+                status,
+                response.json::<ErrorMessage>().await?.message.unwrap_or_else(|| String::from("[no message]")),
             )),
             status => Err(ForgejoError::UnexpectedStatusCode(status)),
         }
@@ -205,7 +249,7 @@ impl Forgejo {
 
 #[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
 struct ErrorMessage {
-    message: String,
+    message: Option<String>,
     // intentionally ignored, no need for now
     // url: Url
 }
diff --git a/src/repository.rs b/src/repository.rs
index 0564f5d..8b063a0 100644
--- a/src/repository.rs
+++ b/src/repository.rs
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@ impl Forgejo {
     }
 
     pub async fn is_merged(&self, owner: &str, repo: &str, pr: u64) -> Result<bool, ForgejoError> {
-        self.get_opt::<()>(&format!("repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pr}/merge"))
-            .await
-            .map(|o| o.is_some())
+        self.get_exists(&format!("repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pr}/merge")).await
     }
 
     pub async fn merge_pr(
@@ -44,7 +42,7 @@ impl Forgejo {
         pr: u64,
         opts: MergePullRequestOption,
     ) -> Result<(), ForgejoError> {
-        self.post(&format!("repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pr}/merge"), &opts)
+        self.post_unit(&format!("repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pr}/merge"), &opts)
             .await
     }
 
@@ -142,11 +140,12 @@ impl Forgejo {
         repo: &str,
         id: u64,
         name: &str,
-        file: &[u8],
+        file: Vec<u8>,
     ) -> Result<Attachment, ForgejoError> {
-        self.post_form(
+        self.post_multipart(
             &format!("repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{id}/assets?name={name}"),
-            &file,
+            reqwest::multipart::Form::new()
+                .part("attachment", reqwest::multipart::Part::bytes(file).file_name("file").mime_str("*/*").unwrap()),
         )
         .await
     }
@@ -352,17 +351,17 @@ pub struct PullRequest {
     pub is_locked: bool,
     pub labels: Vec<Label>,
     pub merge_base: String,
-    pub merge_commit_sha: String,
+    pub merge_commit_sha: Option<String>,
     pub mergeable: bool,
     pub merged: bool,
     #[serde(with = "time::serde::rfc3339::option")]
     pub merged_at: Option<time::OffsetDateTime>,
-    pub merged_by: User,
-    pub milestone: Milestone,
+    pub merged_by: Option<User>,
+    pub milestone: Option<Milestone>,
     pub number: u64,
     pub patch_url: Url,
     pub pin_order: u64,
-    pub requested_reviewers: Vec<User>,
+    pub requested_reviewers: Option<Vec<User>>,
     pub state: State,
     pub title: String,
     #[serde(with = "time::serde::rfc3339")]
diff --git a/tests/ci_test.rs b/tests/ci_test.rs
index 08ee904..52e5efe 100644
--- a/tests/ci_test.rs
+++ b/tests/ci_test.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use forgejo_api::Forgejo;
-use eyre::{eyre, ensure};
+use eyre::{eyre, ensure, WrapErr};
 
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn ci() -> eyre::Result<()> {
@@ -9,13 +9,20 @@ async fn ci() -> eyre::Result<()> {
 
     let mut results = Vec::new();
 
-    results.push(user(&api).await.map_err(|e| eyre!("user error: {e}")));
-    results.push(repo(&api).await.map_err(|e| eyre!("repo error: {e}")));
+    results.push(user(&api).await.wrap_err("user error"));
+    results.push(repo(&api).await.wrap_err("repo error"));
 
     let mut errors = 0;
-    for res in results.into_iter().filter_map(Result::err) {
+    for report in results.into_iter().filter_map(Result::err) {
         errors += 1;
-        println!("{res}");
+        for (i, err) in report.chain().enumerate() {
+            println!("{i}. {err}");
+            if let Some(err) = err.downcast_ref::<forgejo_api::ForgejoError>() {
+                if let forgejo_api::ForgejoError::BadStructure(_, body) = err {
+                    println!("BODY: {body}");
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
     if errors > 0 {
         eyre::bail!("test failed");
@@ -45,19 +52,19 @@ async fn user(api: &forgejo_api::Forgejo) -> eyre::Result<()> {
 
 async fn repo(api: &forgejo_api::Forgejo) -> eyre::Result<()> {
     tokio::fs::create_dir("/test_repo").await?;
-    let local_repo = git2::Repository::init("/test_repo")?;
+    let git = || {
+        let mut cmd = std::process::Command::new("git");
+        cmd.current_dir("/test_repo");
+        cmd
+    };
+    let _ = git().args(["config", "--global", "init.defaultBranch", "main"]).status()?;
+    let _ = git().args(["init"]).status()?;
+    let _ = git().args(["config", "user.name", "TestingAdmin"]).status()?;
+    let _ = git().args(["config", "user.email", "admin@noreply.example.org"]).status()?;
     tokio::fs::write("/test_repo/README.md", "# Test\nThis is a test repo").await?;
+    let _ = git().args(["add", "."]).status()?;
+    let _ = git().args(["commit", "-m", "initial commit"]).status()?;
 
-    let mut index = local_repo.index()?;
-    index.add_all(["."], git2::IndexAddOption::DEFAULT, None)?;
-    index.write()?;
-    let tree = local_repo.find_tree(index.write_tree().unwrap())?;
-    let author = git2::Signature::now("TestingAdmin", "admin@noreply.example.org").unwrap();
-    let commit_oid = local_repo.commit(None, &author, &author, "bibblybeebly", &tree, &[])?;
-    let branch = local_repo.branch("main", &local_repo.find_commit(commit_oid).unwrap(), true)?;
-    let branch_ref = branch.into_reference();
-    let branch_ref_name = branch_ref.name().ok_or_else(|| eyre!("branch name not found"))?;
-    local_repo.set_head(branch_ref_name)?;
 
     let repo_opt = forgejo_api::CreateRepoOption {
         auto_init: false,
@@ -73,36 +80,22 @@ async fn repo(api: &forgejo_api::Forgejo) -> eyre::Result<()> {
         trust_model: forgejo_api::TrustModel::Default,
     };
     let remote_repo = api.create_repo(repo_opt).await?;
+    ensure!(remote_repo.has_pull_requests, "repo does not accept pull requests");
     ensure!(remote_repo.owner.login == "TestingAdmin", "repo owner is not \"TestingAdmin\"");
     ensure!(remote_repo.name == "test", "repo owner is not \"test\"");
+    tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(3)).await;
 
-    let mut callbacks = git2::RemoteCallbacks::new();
-    callbacks.credentials(|_url, _username_from_url, _allowed_types| {
-        git2::Cred::userpass_plaintext("TestingAdmin", "password")
-    });
-    let mut push_options = git2::PushOptions::new();
-    push_options.remote_callbacks(callbacks);
-    let mut origin = local_repo.remote("origin", remote_repo.clone_url.as_str())?;
-    origin.push(&[branch_ref_name], Some(&mut push_options))?;
+    let mut remote_url = remote_repo.clone_url.clone();
+    remote_url.set_username("TestingAdmin").unwrap();
+    remote_url.set_password(Some("password")).unwrap();
+    let _ = git().args(["remote", "add", "origin", remote_url.as_str()]).status()?;
+    let _ = git().args(["push", "-u", "origin", "main"]).status()?;
 
+    let _ = git().args(["switch", "-c", "test"]).status()?;
     tokio::fs::write("/test_repo/example.rs", "fn add_one(x: u32) -> u32 { x + 1 }").await?;
-    let mut index = local_repo.index()?;
-    index.add_all(["."], git2::IndexAddOption::DEFAULT, None)?;
-    index.write()?;
-    let tree = local_repo.find_tree(index.write_tree().unwrap())?;
-    let commit_oid = local_repo.commit(None, &author, &author, "egg", &tree, &[])?;
-    let branch = local_repo.branch("test", &local_repo.find_commit(commit_oid).unwrap(), true)?;
-    let branch_ref = branch.into_reference();
-    let branch_ref_name = branch_ref.name().ok_or_else(|| eyre!("branch name not found"))?;
-    local_repo.set_head(branch_ref_name)?;
-
-    let mut callbacks = git2::RemoteCallbacks::new();
-    callbacks.credentials(|_url, _username_from_url, _allowed_types| {
-        git2::Cred::userpass_plaintext("TestingAdmin", "password")
-    });
-    let mut push_options = git2::PushOptions::new();
-    push_options.remote_callbacks(callbacks);
-    origin.push(&[branch_ref_name], Some(&mut push_options)).map_err(|e| eyre!("failed to push branch, {e}"))?;
+    let _ = git().args(["add", "."]).status()?;
+    let _ = git().args(["commit", "-m", "egg"]).status()?;
+    let _ = git().args(["push", "-u", "origin", "test"]).status()?;
 
     let pr_opt = forgejo_api::CreatePullRequestOption {
         assignee: None,
@@ -115,8 +108,9 @@ async fn repo(api: &forgejo_api::Forgejo) -> eyre::Result<()> {
         milestone: None,
         title: "test pr".into(),
     };
-    let pr = api.create_pr("TestingAdmin", "test", pr_opt).await.map_err(|e| eyre!("couldn't create pr, {e}"))?;
-    let is_merged = api.is_merged("TestingAdmin", "test", pr.number).await.map_err(|e| eyre!("couldn't find unmerged pr {}, {}", pr.number, e))?;
+    let pr = api.create_pr("TestingAdmin", "test", pr_opt).await.wrap_err("couldn't create pr")?;
+    tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(3)).await;
+    let is_merged = api.is_merged("TestingAdmin", "test", pr.number).await.wrap_err_with(|| eyre!("couldn't find unmerged pr {}", pr.number))?;
     ensure!(!is_merged, "pr should not yet be merged");
     let merge_opt = forgejo_api::MergePullRequestOption {
         act: forgejo_api::MergePrAction::Merge,
@@ -128,9 +122,46 @@ async fn repo(api: &forgejo_api::Forgejo) -> eyre::Result<()> {
         head_commit_id: None,
         merge_when_checks_succeed: None,
     };
-    api.merge_pr("TestingAdmin", "test", pr.number, merge_opt).await.map_err(|e| eyre!("couldn't merge pr {}, {}", pr.number, e))?;
-    let is_merged = api.is_merged("TestingAdmin", "test", pr.number).await.map_err(|e| eyre!("couldn't find merged pr {}, {}", pr.number, e))?;
+    api.merge_pr("TestingAdmin", "test", pr.number, merge_opt).await.wrap_err_with(|| eyre!("couldn't merge pr {}", pr.number))?;
+    let is_merged = api.is_merged("TestingAdmin", "test", pr.number).await.wrap_err_with(|| eyre!("couldn't find merged pr {}", pr.number))?;
     ensure!(is_merged, "pr should be merged");
+    let _ = git().args(["fetch"]).status()?;
+    let _ = git().args(["pull"]).status()?;
+
+    ensure!(api.get_releases("TestingAdmin", "test", forgejo_api::ReleaseQuery::default()).await.wrap_err("releases list not found")?.is_empty(), "there should be no releases yet");
+
+    let tag_opt = forgejo_api::CreateTagOption {
+        message: Some("This is a tag!".into()),
+        tag_name: "v1.0".into(),
+        target: None,
+    };
+    api.create_tag("TestingAdmin", "test", tag_opt).await.wrap_err("failed to create tag")?;
+
+    let release_opt = forgejo_api::CreateReleaseOption {
+        body: "This is a release!".into(),
+        draft: true,
+        name: "v1.0".into(),
+        prerelease: false,
+        tag_name: "v1.0".into(),
+        target_commitish: None,
+    };
+    let release = api.create_release("TestingAdmin", "test", release_opt).await.wrap_err("failed to create release")?;
+    let edit_release = forgejo_api::EditReleaseOption {
+        draft: Some(false),
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    api.edit_release("TestingAdmin", "test", release.id, edit_release).await.wrap_err("failed to edit release")?;
+
+    let release_by_tag = api.get_release_by_tag("TestingAdmin", "test", "v1.0").await.wrap_err("failed to find release")?;
+    let release_latest = api.latest_release("TestingAdmin", "test").await.wrap_err("failed to find latest release")?;
+    ensure!(release_by_tag == release_latest, "releases not equal");
+
+    let attachment = api.create_release_attachment("TestingAdmin", "test", release.id, "test.txt", b"This is a file!".to_vec()).await.wrap_err("failed to create release attachment")?;
+    api.delete_release_attachment("TestingAdmin", "test", release.id, attachment.id).await.wrap_err("failed to deleted attachment")?;
+
+    api.delete_release("TestingAdmin", "test", release.id).await.wrap_err("failed to delete release")?;
+
+    api.delete_tag("TestingAdmin", "test", "v1.0").await.wrap_err("failed to delete release")?;
 
     Ok(())
 }