diff --git a/cmd/generate/config/config.go b/cmd/generate/config/config.go
index cd70f54..a74f0c9 100644
--- a/cmd/generate/config/config.go
+++ b/cmd/generate/config/config.go
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
+	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/object"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	"github.com/open-sauced/pizza-cli/pkg/config"
@@ -12,8 +18,9 @@ type Options struct {
 	// the path to the git repository on disk to generate a codeowners file for
 	path string
 
-	tty      bool
-	loglevel int
+	previousDays int
+	tty          bool
+	loglevel     int
 
 	config *config.Spec
 }
@@ -25,7 +32,6 @@ is based on the repository this command is ran in.`
 
 func NewConfigCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	opts := &Options{}
-	print(opts.path);
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "config path/to/repo [flags]",
@@ -37,15 +43,47 @@ func NewConfigCommand() *cobra.Command {
 			}
 
 			path := args[0]
-			print(path)
 
-			return nil 
+			// Validate that the path is a real path on disk and accessible by the user
+			absPath, err := filepath.Abs(path)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			if _, err := os.Stat(absPath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				return fmt.Errorf("the provided path does not exist: %w", err)
+			}
+
+			opts.path = absPath
+			return nil
 		},
 
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
-			return nil
+			// TODO: error checking based on given command
+
+			return run(opts, cmd)
 		},
 	}
 
 	return cmd
 }
+
+func run(opts *Options, cmd *cobra.Command) error {
+	configuration := &config.Spec{}
+	fmt.Println("CONFIG", configuration)
+
+	// Open repo
+	repo, err := git.PlainOpen(opts.path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error opening repo: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	commitIter, err := repo.CommitObjects()
+
+	commitIter.ForEach(func(c *object.Commit) error {
+		fmt.Println("COMMIT", c.Author.Email, c.Author.Name)
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	return nil
+}