diff --git a/cmd/config.go b/cmd/config.go
index 5b2bcdd..1c0786c 100644
--- a/cmd/config.go
+++ b/cmd/config.go
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-const LOCAL_TRANSPORT_IDENTITY string = "local"
-
-const DEFAULT_INITIAL_REPL_POLICY = InitialReplPolicyMostRecent
-
 type Pool struct {
 	Name      string
 	Transport Transport
@@ -42,22 +38,15 @@ type SSHTransport struct {
 	ConnLogWriteFile     string `mapstructure:"connlog_write_file"`
 }
 
-type InitialReplPolicy string
-
-const (
-	InitialReplPolicyMostRecent InitialReplPolicy = "most_recent"
-	InitialReplPolicyAll        InitialReplPolicy = "all"
-)
-
 type Push struct {
 	To                *Pool
 	Datasets          []zfs.DatasetPath
-	InitialReplPolicy InitialReplPolicy
+	InitialReplPolicy rpc.InitialReplPolicy
 }
 type Pull struct {
 	From              *Pool
 	Mapping           zfs.DatasetMapping
-	InitialReplPolicy InitialReplPolicy
+	InitialReplPolicy rpc.InitialReplPolicy
 }
 type ClientMapping struct {
 	From    string
@@ -131,8 +120,8 @@ func parsePools(v interface{}) (pools []Pool, err error) {
 	pools = make([]Pool, len(asList))
 	for i, p := range asList {
 
-		if p.Name == LOCAL_TRANSPORT_IDENTITY {
-			err = errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("pool name '%s' reserved for local pulls", LOCAL_TRANSPORT_IDENTITY))
+		if p.Name == rpc.LOCAL_TRANSPORT_IDENTITY {
+			err = errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("pool name '%s' reserved for local pulls", rpc.LOCAL_TRANSPORT_IDENTITY))
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -207,7 +196,7 @@ func parsePushs(v interface{}, pl poolLookup) (p []Push, err error) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if push.InitialReplPolicy, err = parseInitialReplPolicy(e.InitialReplPolicy, DEFAULT_INITIAL_REPL_POLICY); err != nil {
+		if push.InitialReplPolicy, err = parseInitialReplPolicy(e.InitialReplPolicy, rpc.DEFAULT_INITIAL_REPL_POLICY); err != nil {
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -235,7 +224,7 @@ func parsePulls(v interface{}, pl poolLookup) (p []Pull, err error) {
 
 		var fromPool *Pool
 
-		if e.From == LOCAL_TRANSPORT_IDENTITY {
+		if e.From == rpc.LOCAL_TRANSPORT_IDENTITY {
 			fromPool = &Pool{
 				Name:      "local",
 				Transport: LocalTransport{},
@@ -252,7 +241,7 @@ func parsePulls(v interface{}, pl poolLookup) (p []Pull, err error) {
 		if pull.Mapping, err = parseComboMapping(e.Mapping); err != nil {
 			return
 		}
-		if pull.InitialReplPolicy, err = parseInitialReplPolicy(e.InitialReplPolicy, DEFAULT_INITIAL_REPL_POLICY); err != nil {
+		if pull.InitialReplPolicy, err = parseInitialReplPolicy(e.InitialReplPolicy, rpc.DEFAULT_INITIAL_REPL_POLICY); err != nil {
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -262,7 +251,7 @@ func parsePulls(v interface{}, pl poolLookup) (p []Pull, err error) {
 	return
 }
 
-func parseInitialReplPolicy(v interface{}, defaultPolicy InitialReplPolicy) (p InitialReplPolicy, err error) {
+func parseInitialReplPolicy(v interface{}, defaultPolicy rpc.InitialReplPolicy) (p rpc.InitialReplPolicy, err error) {
 	s, ok := v.(string)
 	if !ok {
 		goto err
@@ -272,9 +261,9 @@ func parseInitialReplPolicy(v interface{}, defaultPolicy InitialReplPolicy) (p I
 	case s == "":
 		p = defaultPolicy
 	case s == "most_recent":
-		p = InitialReplPolicyMostRecent
+		p = rpc.InitialReplPolicyMostRecent
 	case s == "all":
-		p = InitialReplPolicyAll
+		p = rpc.InitialReplPolicyAll
 	default:
 		goto err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index a8ad382..915e8a3 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func cmdRun(c *cli.Context) error {
 			Repeats:  true,
 			RunFunc: func(log jobrun.Logger) error {
 				log.Printf("doing pull: %v", pull)
-				return doPull(pull, c, log)
+				return jobPull(pull, c, log)
 			},
 		}
 
@@ -193,33 +193,7 @@ func cmdRun(c *cli.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func closeRPCWithTimeout(log Logger, remote rpc.RPCRequester, timeout time.Duration, goodbye string) {
-	log.Printf("closing rpc connection")
-
-	ch := make(chan error)
-	go func() {
-		ch <- remote.CloseRequest(rpc.CloseRequest{goodbye})
-	}()
-
-	var err error
-	select {
-	case <-time.After(timeout):
-		err = fmt.Errorf("timeout exceeded (%s)", timeout)
-	case closeRequestErr := <-ch:
-		err = closeRequestErr
-	}
-
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("error closing connection: %s", err)
-		err = remote.ForceClose()
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("error force-closing connection: %s", err)
-		}
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-func doPull(pull Pull, c *cli.Context, log jobrun.Logger) (err error) {
+func jobPull(pull Pull, c *cli.Context, log jobrun.Logger) (err error) {
 
 	if lt, ok := pull.From.Transport.(LocalTransport); ok {
 		lt.SetHandler(Handler{
@@ -238,185 +212,5 @@ func doPull(pull Pull, c *cli.Context, log jobrun.Logger) (err error) {
 
 	defer closeRPCWithTimeout(log, remote, time.Second*10, "")
 
-	fsr := rpc.FilesystemRequest{
-		Direction: rpc.DirectionPull,
-	}
-	var remoteFilesystems []zfs.DatasetPath
-	if remoteFilesystems, err = remote.FilesystemRequest(fsr); err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	type RemoteLocalMapping struct {
-		Remote      zfs.DatasetPath
-		Local       zfs.DatasetPath
-		LocalExists bool
-	}
-	replMapping := make(map[string]RemoteLocalMapping, len(remoteFilesystems))
-	localTraversal := zfs.NewDatasetPathForest()
-	localExists, err := zfs.ZFSListFilesystemExists()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("cannot get local filesystems map: %s", err)
-		return err
-	}
-
-	{
-
-		log.Printf("mapping using %#v\n", pull.Mapping)
-		for fs := range remoteFilesystems {
-			var err error
-			var localFs zfs.DatasetPath
-			localFs, err = pull.Mapping.Map(remoteFilesystems[fs])
-			if err != nil {
-				if err != zfs.NoMatchError {
-					log.Printf("error mapping %s: %#v\n", remoteFilesystems[fs], err)
-					return err
-				}
-				continue
-			}
-			m := RemoteLocalMapping{remoteFilesystems[fs], localFs, localExists(localFs)}
-			replMapping[m.Local.ToString()] = m
-			localTraversal.Add(m.Local)
-		}
-
-	}
-
-	log.Printf("remoteFilesystems: %#v\nreplMapping: %#v\n", remoteFilesystems, replMapping)
-
-	// per fs sync, assume sorted in top-down order TODO
-
-	localTraversal.WalkTopDown(func(v zfs.DatasetPathVisit) bool {
-
-		if v.FilledIn {
-			if localExists(v.Path) {
-				return true
-			}
-			log.Printf("creating fill-in dataset %s", v.Path)
-			return false
-		}
-
-		m, ok := replMapping[v.Path.ToString()]
-		if !ok {
-			panic("internal inconsistency: replMapping should contain mapping for any path that was not filled in by WalkTopDown()")
-		}
-
-		log := func(format string, args ...interface{}) {
-			log.Printf("[%s => %s]: %s", m.Remote.ToString(), m.Local.ToString(), fmt.Sprintf(format, args...))
-		}
-
-		log("mapping: %#v\n", m)
-
-		var versions []zfs.FilesystemVersion
-		if m.LocalExists {
-			if versions, err = zfs.ZFSListFilesystemVersions(m.Local); err != nil {
-				log("cannot get filesystem versions, stopping...: %v\n", m.Local.ToString(), m, err)
-				return false
-			}
-		}
-
-		var theirVersions []zfs.FilesystemVersion
-		theirVersions, err = remote.FilesystemVersionsRequest(rpc.FilesystemVersionsRequest{
-			Filesystem: m.Remote,
-		})
-		if err != nil {
-			log("cannot fetch remote filesystem versions, stopping: %s", err)
-			return false
-		}
-
-		diff := zfs.MakeFilesystemDiff(versions, theirVersions)
-		log("diff: %#v\n", diff)
-
-		if diff.IncrementalPath == nil {
-			log("performing initial sync, following policy: %#v", pull.InitialReplPolicy)
-
-			if pull.InitialReplPolicy != InitialReplPolicyMostRecent {
-				panic(fmt.Sprintf("policy %#v not implemented", pull.InitialReplPolicy))
-			}
-
-			snapsOnly := make([]zfs.FilesystemVersion, 0, len(diff.MRCAPathRight))
-			for s := range diff.MRCAPathRight {
-				if diff.MRCAPathRight[s].Type == zfs.Snapshot {
-					snapsOnly = append(snapsOnly, diff.MRCAPathRight[s])
-				}
-			}
-
-			if len(snapsOnly) < 1 {
-				log("cannot perform initial sync: no remote snapshots. stopping...")
-				return false
-			}
-
-			r := rpc.InitialTransferRequest{
-				Filesystem:        m.Remote,
-				FilesystemVersion: snapsOnly[len(snapsOnly)-1],
-			}
-
-			log("requesting initial transfer")
-
-			var stream io.Reader
-			if stream, err = remote.InitialTransferRequest(r); err != nil {
-				log("error initial transfer request, stopping...: %s", err)
-				return false
-			}
-
-			log("received initial transfer request response. zfs recv...")
-
-			if err = zfs.ZFSRecv(m.Local, stream, "-u"); err != nil {
-				log("error receiving stream, stopping...: %s", err)
-				return false
-			}
-
-			log("configuring properties of received filesystem")
-
-			if err = zfs.ZFSSet(m.Local, "readonly", "on"); err != nil {
-
-			}
-
-			log("finished initial transfer")
-
-		} else if len(diff.IncrementalPath) < 2 {
-			log("remote and local are in sync")
-		} else {
-
-			log("incremental transfers using path: %#v", diff.IncrementalPath)
-
-			for i := 0; i < len(diff.IncrementalPath)-1; i++ {
-
-				from, to := diff.IncrementalPath[i], diff.IncrementalPath[i+1]
-
-				log := func(format string, args ...interface{}) {
-					log("[%s => %s]: %s", from.Name, to.Name, fmt.Sprintf(format, args...))
-				}
-
-				r := rpc.IncrementalTransferRequest{
-					Filesystem: m.Remote,
-					From:       from,
-					To:         to,
-				}
-				log("requesting incremental transfer: %#v", r)
-
-				var stream io.Reader
-				if stream, err = remote.IncrementalTransferRequest(r); err != nil {
-					log("error requesting incremental transfer, stopping...: %s", err.Error())
-					return false
-				}
-
-				log("receving incremental transfer")
-
-				if err = zfs.ZFSRecv(m.Local, stream); err != nil {
-					log("error receiving stream, stopping...: %s", err)
-					return false
-				}
-
-				log("finished incremental transfer")
-
-			}
-
-			log("finished incremental transfer path")
-
-		}
-
-		return true
-
-	})
-
-	return nil
+	return doPull(PullContext{remote, log, pull.Mapping, pull.InitialReplPolicy})
 }
diff --git a/cmd/replication.go b/cmd/replication.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25bb7c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/replication.go
@@ -0,0 +1,232 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/rpc"
+	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/zfs"
+	"io"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func closeRPCWithTimeout(log Logger, remote rpc.RPCRequester, timeout time.Duration, goodbye string) {
+	log.Printf("closing rpc connection")
+
+	ch := make(chan error)
+	go func() {
+		ch <- remote.CloseRequest(rpc.CloseRequest{goodbye})
+	}()
+
+	var err error
+	select {
+	case <-time.After(timeout):
+		err = fmt.Errorf("timeout exceeded (%s)", timeout)
+	case closeRequestErr := <-ch:
+		err = closeRequestErr
+	}
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("error closing connection: %s", err)
+		err = remote.ForceClose()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("error force-closing connection: %s", err)
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+type PullContext struct {
+	Remote            rpc.RPCRequester
+	Log               Logger
+	Mapping           zfs.DatasetMapping
+	InitialReplPolicy rpc.InitialReplPolicy
+}
+
+func doPull(pull PullContext) (err error) {
+
+	remote := pull.Remote
+	log := pull.Log
+
+	fsr := rpc.FilesystemRequest{
+		Direction: rpc.DirectionPull,
+	}
+	var remoteFilesystems []zfs.DatasetPath
+	if remoteFilesystems, err = remote.FilesystemRequest(fsr); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	type RemoteLocalMapping struct {
+		Remote      zfs.DatasetPath
+		Local       zfs.DatasetPath
+		LocalExists bool
+	}
+	replMapping := make(map[string]RemoteLocalMapping, len(remoteFilesystems))
+	localTraversal := zfs.NewDatasetPathForest()
+	localExists, err := zfs.ZFSListFilesystemExists()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("cannot get local filesystems map: %s", err)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	{
+
+		log.Printf("mapping using %#v\n", pull.Mapping)
+		for fs := range remoteFilesystems {
+			var err error
+			var localFs zfs.DatasetPath
+			localFs, err = pull.Mapping.Map(remoteFilesystems[fs])
+			if err != nil {
+				if err != zfs.NoMatchError {
+					log.Printf("error mapping %s: %#v\n", remoteFilesystems[fs], err)
+					return err
+				}
+				continue
+			}
+			m := RemoteLocalMapping{remoteFilesystems[fs], localFs, localExists(localFs)}
+			replMapping[m.Local.ToString()] = m
+			localTraversal.Add(m.Local)
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("remoteFilesystems: %#v\nreplMapping: %#v\n", remoteFilesystems, replMapping)
+
+	// per fs sync, assume sorted in top-down order TODO
+
+	localTraversal.WalkTopDown(func(v zfs.DatasetPathVisit) bool {
+
+		if v.FilledIn {
+			if localExists(v.Path) {
+				return true
+			}
+			log.Printf("aborting, don't know how to create fill-in dataset %s", v.Path)
+			err = fmt.Errorf("aborting, don't know how to create fill-in dataset: %s", v.Path)
+			return false
+		}
+
+		m, ok := replMapping[v.Path.ToString()]
+		if !ok {
+			panic("internal inconsistency: replMapping should contain mapping for any path that was not filled in by WalkTopDown()")
+		}
+
+		log := func(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+			log.Printf("[%s => %s]: %s", m.Remote.ToString(), m.Local.ToString(), fmt.Sprintf(format, args...))
+		}
+
+		log("mapping: %#v\n", m)
+
+		var versions []zfs.FilesystemVersion
+		if m.LocalExists {
+			if versions, err = zfs.ZFSListFilesystemVersions(m.Local); err != nil {
+				log("cannot get filesystem versions, stopping...: %v\n", m.Local.ToString(), m, err)
+				return false
+			}
+		}
+
+		var theirVersions []zfs.FilesystemVersion
+		theirVersions, err = remote.FilesystemVersionsRequest(rpc.FilesystemVersionsRequest{
+			Filesystem: m.Remote,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			log("cannot fetch remote filesystem versions, stopping: %s", err)
+			return false
+		}
+
+		diff := zfs.MakeFilesystemDiff(versions, theirVersions)
+		log("diff: %#v\n", diff)
+
+		if diff.IncrementalPath == nil {
+			log("performing initial sync, following policy: %#v", pull.InitialReplPolicy)
+
+			if pull.InitialReplPolicy != rpc.InitialReplPolicyMostRecent {
+				panic(fmt.Sprintf("policy %#v not implemented", pull.InitialReplPolicy))
+			}
+
+			snapsOnly := make([]zfs.FilesystemVersion, 0, len(diff.MRCAPathRight))
+			for s := range diff.MRCAPathRight {
+				if diff.MRCAPathRight[s].Type == zfs.Snapshot {
+					snapsOnly = append(snapsOnly, diff.MRCAPathRight[s])
+				}
+			}
+
+			if len(snapsOnly) < 1 {
+				log("cannot perform initial sync: no remote snapshots. stopping...")
+				return false
+			}
+
+			r := rpc.InitialTransferRequest{
+				Filesystem:        m.Remote,
+				FilesystemVersion: snapsOnly[len(snapsOnly)-1],
+			}
+
+			log("requesting initial transfer")
+
+			var stream io.Reader
+			if stream, err = remote.InitialTransferRequest(r); err != nil {
+				log("error initial transfer request, stopping...: %s", err)
+				return false
+			}
+
+			log("received initial transfer request response. zfs recv...")
+
+			if err = zfs.ZFSRecv(m.Local, stream, "-u"); err != nil {
+				log("error receiving stream, stopping...: %s", err)
+				return false
+			}
+
+			log("configuring properties of received filesystem")
+
+			if err = zfs.ZFSSet(m.Local, "readonly", "on"); err != nil {
+
+			}
+
+			log("finished initial transfer")
+
+		} else if len(diff.IncrementalPath) < 2 {
+			log("remote and local are in sync")
+		} else {
+
+			log("incremental transfers using path: %#v", diff.IncrementalPath)
+
+			for i := 0; i < len(diff.IncrementalPath)-1; i++ {
+
+				from, to := diff.IncrementalPath[i], diff.IncrementalPath[i+1]
+
+				log := func(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+					log("[%s => %s]: %s", from.Name, to.Name, fmt.Sprintf(format, args...))
+				}
+
+				r := rpc.IncrementalTransferRequest{
+					Filesystem: m.Remote,
+					From:       from,
+					To:         to,
+				}
+				log("requesting incremental transfer: %#v", r)
+
+				var stream io.Reader
+				if stream, err = remote.IncrementalTransferRequest(r); err != nil {
+					log("error requesting incremental transfer, stopping...: %s", err.Error())
+					return false
+				}
+
+				log("receving incremental transfer")
+
+				if err = zfs.ZFSRecv(m.Local, stream); err != nil {
+					log("error receiving stream, stopping...: %s", err)
+					return false
+				}
+
+				log("finished incremental transfer")
+
+			}
+
+			log("finished incremental transfer path")
+
+		}
+
+		return true
+
+	})
+
+	return
+
+}
diff --git a/rpc/structs.go b/rpc/structs.go
index 96d73e3..0715776 100644
--- a/rpc/structs.go
+++ b/rpc/structs.go
@@ -59,6 +59,17 @@ type ByteStreamRPCProtocolVersionRequest struct {
 	ClientVersion uint8
 }
 
+const LOCAL_TRANSPORT_IDENTITY string = "local"
+
+const DEFAULT_INITIAL_REPL_POLICY = InitialReplPolicyMostRecent
+
+type InitialReplPolicy string
+
+const (
+	InitialReplPolicyMostRecent InitialReplPolicy = "most_recent"
+	InitialReplPolicyAll        InitialReplPolicy = "all"
+)
+
 type CloseRequest struct {
 	Goodbye string
 }