diff --git a/src/common.rs b/src/common.rs
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+use colored::Colorize;
+
+pub enum ExitCode {
+  ParseError = 2,
+  FilesystemError = 3,
+  RepositoryError = 4,
+  RemoteError = 5,
+  PushError = 6,
+  FetchError = 7,
+  ConfigError = 8,
+  HaltError = 130,
+}
+
+pub struct ReturnData {
+  pub code: ExitCode,
+  pub msg: String,
+}
+
+pub fn error(msg: String) {
+  eprintln!("{} {}", "error:".red().bold(), msg);
+}
+
+pub fn warning(msg: String) {
+  eprintln!("{} {}", "warning:".yellow().bold(), msg)
+}
+
+pub fn verbose(level: u8, msg_lvl: u8, msg: String) {
+  if level < msg_lvl {
+    return;
+  };
+  let mut prefix = String::new();
+  for _ in 0..msg_lvl {
+    prefix += "=";
+  }
+
+  prefix += "> ";
+  eprintln!("{}{}", prefix.purple().bold(), msg);
+}