diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index f5082f626a8ba89f6ae7a08c7a241781b5e9f7ed..535b59caa39843a8fabe91e10e92817a66733b06 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ gem "browser"
 
 # Extracting information from a git repository
 # Provide access to Gitlab::Git library
-gem "gitlab_git", '~> 7.1.13'
+gem "gitlab_git", '~> 7.2.0'
 
 # Ruby/Rack Git Smart-HTTP Server Handler
 # GitLab fork with a lot of changes (improved thread-safety, better memory usage etc)
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index cc373f5a0d7dd3e79bea5956d78b5a7a7e3d1e1a..3d21dff2990121f178445cde80dde80a3fe3c8c4 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ GEM
       mime-types (~> 1.19)
     gitlab_emoji (0.1.0)
       gemojione (~> 2.0)
-    gitlab_git (7.1.13)
+    gitlab_git (7.2.0)
       activesupport (~> 4.0)
       charlock_holmes (~> 0.6)
       gitlab-linguist (~> 3.0)
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   gitlab-grack (~> 2.0.2)
   gitlab-linguist (~> 3.0.1)
   gitlab_emoji (~> 0.1)
-  gitlab_git (~> 7.1.13)
+  gitlab_git (~> 7.2.0)
   gitlab_meta (= 7.0)
   gitlab_omniauth-ldap (= 1.2.1)
   gollum-lib (~> 4.0.2)
diff --git a/app/models/repository.rb b/app/models/repository.rb
index 1b8c74028d9aa1f6d27bab3717f972a488566d3b..c55805032818a53505f1d1c0b8951b9a3ab60f9b 100644
--- a/app/models/repository.rb
+++ b/app/models/repository.rb
@@ -370,6 +370,31 @@ class Repository
     @root_ref ||= raw_repository.root_ref
   end
 
+  def commit_file(user, path, content, message, ref)
+    path[0] = '' if path[0] == '/'
+
+    author = {
+      email: user.email,
+      name: user.name,
+      time: Time.now
+    }
+
+    options = {}
+    options[:committer] = author
+    options[:author] = author
+    options[:commit] = {
+      message: message,
+      branch: ref
+    }
+
+    options[:file] = {
+      content: content,
+      path: path
+    }
+
+    Gitlab::Git::Blob.commit(raw_repository, options)
+  end
+
   private
 
   def cache
diff --git a/app/services/files/create_service.rb b/app/services/files/create_service.rb
index 23833aa78ec81e14cea22f95933f5064f1aabd32..c0cf59563267daf3e2f0d1897335d428bab9bf4f 100644
--- a/app/services/files/create_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/files/create_service.rb
@@ -33,14 +33,24 @@ module Files
         end
       end
 
+      if params[:encoding] == 'base64'
+        new_file_action = Gitlab::Satellite::NewFileAction.new(current_user, project, ref, file_path)
+        created_successfully = new_file_action.commit!(
+          params[:content],
+          params[:commit_message],
+          params[:encoding],
+          params[:new_branch]
+        )
+      else
+        created_successfull = repository.commit_file(
+          current_user,
+          file_path,
+          params[:content],
+          params[:commit_message],
+          params[:new_branch] || ref
+        )
+      end
 
-      new_file_action = Gitlab::Satellite::NewFileAction.new(current_user, project, ref, file_path)
-      created_successfully = new_file_action.commit!(
-        params[:content],
-        params[:commit_message],
-        params[:encoding],
-        params[:new_branch]
-      )
 
       if created_successfully
         success
diff --git a/app/services/files/update_service.rb b/app/services/files/update_service.rb
index 0724d3ae6347b1150c0c40f81cb36fbdb7c9dea8..5efd43d16ceb3d5ad141733496282503050fb7c8 100644
--- a/app/services/files/update_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/files/update_service.rb
@@ -19,13 +19,23 @@ module Files
         return error("You can only edit text files")
       end
 
-      edit_file_action = Gitlab::Satellite::EditFileAction.new(current_user, project, ref, path)
-      edit_file_action.commit!(
-        params[:content],
-        params[:commit_message],
-        params[:encoding],
-        params[:new_branch]
-      )
+      if params[:encoding] == 'base64'
+        edit_file_action = Gitlab::Satellite::EditFileAction.new(current_user, project, ref, path)
+        edit_file_action.commit!(
+          params[:content],
+          params[:commit_message],
+          params[:encoding],
+          params[:new_branch]
+        )
+      else
+        repository.commit_file(
+          current_user,
+          path,
+          params[:content],
+          params[:commit_message],
+          params[:new_branch] || ref
+        )
+      end
 
       success
     rescue Gitlab::Satellite::CheckoutFailed => ex