diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ReceiveCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ReceiveCommand.java
index 60ebeabd9..da19f4c04 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ReceiveCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ReceiveCommand.java
@@ -43,8 +43,13 @@
 
 package org.eclipse.jgit.transport;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
+
+import org.eclipse.jgit.JGitText;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Ref;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.RefUpdate;
 
 /**
  * A command being processed by {@link ReceivePack}.
@@ -213,6 +218,47 @@ public class ReceiveCommand {
 		message = m;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Execute this command during a receive-pack session.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Sets the status of the command as a side effect.
+	 *
+	 * @param rp
+	 *            receive-pack session.
+	 */
+	public void execute(final ReceivePack rp) {
+		try {
+			final RefUpdate ru = rp.getRepository().updateRef(getRefName());
+			ru.setRefLogIdent(rp.getRefLogIdent());
+			switch (getType()) {
+			case DELETE:
+				if (!ObjectId.zeroId().equals(getOldId())) {
+					// We can only do a CAS style delete if the client
+					// didn't bork its delete request by sending the
+					// wrong zero id rather than the advertised one.
+					//
+					ru.setExpectedOldObjectId(getOldId());
+				}
+				ru.setForceUpdate(true);
+				setResult(ru.delete(rp.getRevWalk()));
+				break;
+
+			case CREATE:
+			case UPDATE:
+			case UPDATE_NONFASTFORWARD:
+				ru.setForceUpdate(rp.isAllowNonFastForwards());
+				ru.setExpectedOldObjectId(getOldId());
+				ru.setNewObjectId(getNewId());
+				ru.setRefLogMessage("push", true);
+				setResult(ru.update(rp.getRevWalk()));
+				break;
+			}
+		} catch (IOException err) {
+			setResult(Result.REJECTED_OTHER_REASON, MessageFormat.format(
+					JGitText.get().lockError, err.getMessage()));
+		}
+	}
+
 	void setRef(final Ref r) {
 		ref = r;
 	}
@@ -221,6 +267,38 @@ public class ReceiveCommand {
 		type = t;
 	}
 
+	private void setResult(final RefUpdate.Result r) {
+		switch (r) {
+		case NOT_ATTEMPTED:
+			setResult(Result.NOT_ATTEMPTED);
+			break;
+
+		case LOCK_FAILURE:
+		case IO_FAILURE:
+			setResult(Result.LOCK_FAILURE);
+			break;
+
+		case NO_CHANGE:
+		case NEW:
+		case FORCED:
+		case FAST_FORWARD:
+			setResult(Result.OK);
+			break;
+
+		case REJECTED:
+			setResult(Result.REJECTED_NONFASTFORWARD);
+			break;
+
+		case REJECTED_CURRENT_BRANCH:
+			setResult(Result.REJECTED_CURRENT_BRANCH);
+			break;
+
+		default:
+			setResult(Result.REJECTED_OTHER_REASON, r.name());
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
 		return getType().name() + ": " + getOldId().name() + " "
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ReceivePack.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ReceivePack.java
index 04f8946b2..0bf84efd4 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ReceivePack.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/ReceivePack.java
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectInserter;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.PersonIdent;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ProgressMonitor;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Ref;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.RefUpdate;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config.SectionParser;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.ObjectWalk;
@@ -1056,76 +1055,11 @@ public class ReceivePack {
 		updating.beginTask(JGitText.get().updatingReferences, toApply.size());
 		for (ReceiveCommand cmd : toApply) {
 			updating.update(1);
-			execute(cmd);
+			cmd.execute(this);
 		}
 		updating.endTask();
 	}
 
-	private void execute(final ReceiveCommand cmd) {
-		try {
-			final RefUpdate ru = db.updateRef(cmd.getRefName());
-			ru.setRefLogIdent(getRefLogIdent());
-			switch (cmd.getType()) {
-			case DELETE:
-				if (!ObjectId.zeroId().equals(cmd.getOldId())) {
-					// We can only do a CAS style delete if the client
-					// didn't bork its delete request by sending the
-					// wrong zero id rather than the advertised one.
-					//
-					ru.setExpectedOldObjectId(cmd.getOldId());
-				}
-				ru.setForceUpdate(true);
-				status(cmd, ru.delete(walk));
-				break;
-
-			case CREATE:
-			case UPDATE:
-			case UPDATE_NONFASTFORWARD:
-				ru.setForceUpdate(isAllowNonFastForwards());
-				ru.setExpectedOldObjectId(cmd.getOldId());
-				ru.setNewObjectId(cmd.getNewId());
-				ru.setRefLogMessage("push", true);
-				status(cmd, ru.update(walk));
-				break;
-			}
-		} catch (IOException err) {
-			cmd.setResult(Result.REJECTED_OTHER_REASON, MessageFormat.format(
-					JGitText.get().lockError, err.getMessage()));
-		}
-	}
-
-	private void status(final ReceiveCommand cmd, final RefUpdate.Result result) {
-		switch (result) {
-		case NOT_ATTEMPTED:
-			cmd.setResult(Result.NOT_ATTEMPTED);
-			break;
-
-		case LOCK_FAILURE:
-		case IO_FAILURE:
-			cmd.setResult(Result.LOCK_FAILURE);
-			break;
-
-		case NO_CHANGE:
-		case NEW:
-		case FORCED:
-		case FAST_FORWARD:
-			cmd.setResult(Result.OK);
-			break;
-
-		case REJECTED:
-			cmd.setResult(Result.REJECTED_NONFASTFORWARD);
-			break;
-
-		case REJECTED_CURRENT_BRANCH:
-			cmd.setResult(Result.REJECTED_CURRENT_BRANCH);
-			break;
-
-		default:
-			cmd.setResult(Result.REJECTED_OTHER_REASON, result.name());
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
 	private List<ReceiveCommand> filterCommands(final Result want) {
 		final List<ReceiveCommand> r = new ArrayList<ReceiveCommand>(commands
 				.size());