diff --git a/pkg/apimachinery/apis/common/v0alpha1/unstructured.go b/pkg/apimachinery/apis/common/v0alpha1/unstructured.go
index e779c5fafd3..5f713a1471d 100644
--- a/pkg/apimachinery/apis/common/v0alpha1/unstructured.go
+++ b/pkg/apimachinery/apis/common/v0alpha1/unstructured.go
@@ -124,3 +124,7 @@ func (u *Unstructured) GetNestedInt64(fields ...string) int64 {
 	}
 	return val
 }
+
+func (u *Unstructured) ToKubernetesObject() *unstructured.Unstructured {
+	return &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: u.Object}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/export.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/export.go
index 75059acc04d..6aca00ade2e 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/export.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/export.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (c *exportConnector) ProducesObject(verb string) any {
 }
 
 func (*exportConnector) ConnectMethods() []string {
-	return []string{http.MethodGet, http.MethodPost}
+	return []string{http.MethodPost}
 }
 
 func (*exportConnector) NewConnectOptions() (runtime.Object, bool, string) {
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/files.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/files.go
index cc4f114468e..0f6525a4f76 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/files.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/files.go
@@ -134,12 +134,7 @@ func (s *filesConnector) getParser(repo repository.Repository) (*fileParser, err
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return &fileParser{
-		namespace: ns,
-		repo:      repo,
-		client:    client,
-		kinds:     newKindsLookup(client),
-	}, nil
+	return newFileParser(ns, repo, client, newKindsLookup(client)), nil
 }
 
 func (s *filesConnector) doRead(ctx context.Context, logger *slog.Logger, repo repository.Repository, path string, ref string) (int, *provisioning.ResourceWrapper, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/import.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/import.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2bc65a15d8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/import.go
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+package provisioning
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
+	"net/http"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+
+	provisioning "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apis/provisioning/v0alpha1"
+	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/registry/rest"
+)
+
+type importConnector struct {
+	repoGetter RepoGetter
+	client     *resourceClient
+	logger     *slog.Logger
+}
+
+func (*importConnector) New() runtime.Object {
+	// This is added as the "ResponseType" regardless what ProducesObject() returns
+	return &provisioning.ResourceWrapper{}
+}
+
+func (*importConnector) Destroy() {}
+
+func (*importConnector) NamespaceScoped() bool {
+	return true
+}
+
+func (*importConnector) GetSingularName() string {
+	return "Import"
+}
+
+func (*importConnector) ProducesMIMETypes(verb string) []string {
+	return []string{"application/json"}
+}
+
+func (c *importConnector) ProducesObject(verb string) any {
+	return c.New()
+}
+
+func (*importConnector) ConnectMethods() []string {
+	return []string{http.MethodPost}
+}
+
+func (*importConnector) NewConnectOptions() (runtime.Object, bool, string) {
+	return nil, false, ""
+}
+
+func (c *importConnector) Connect(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	name string,
+	opts runtime.Object,
+	responder rest.Responder,
+) (http.Handler, error) {
+	logger := c.logger.With("repository_name", name)
+	repo, err := c.repoGetter.GetRepository(ctx, name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	ns := repo.Config().GetNamespace()
+
+	// TODO: We need some way to filter what we import.
+
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		client, err := c.client.Client(ns)
+		if err != nil {
+			responder.Error(apierrors.NewInternalError(fmt.Errorf("failed to create a dynamic client: %w", err)))
+			return
+		}
+		kinds := newKindsLookup(client)
+		fileParser := newFileParser(ns, repo, client, kinds)
+
+		ref := r.URL.Query().Get("ref")
+		if ref == "" {
+			responder.Error(apierrors.NewBadRequest("no ref value was given"))
+			return
+		}
+
+		tree, err := repo.ReadTree(r.Context(), logger, ref)
+		if err != nil {
+			responder.Error(err) // TODO: do we want to do anything more for this?
+			return
+		}
+		for _, entry := range tree {
+			logger := logger.With("file", entry.Path)
+			if !entry.Blob {
+				logger.DebugContext(ctx, "ignoring non-blob entry")
+				continue
+			}
+
+			name := filepath.Base(entry.Path)
+			if strings.ContainsRune(name, '.') {
+				name = name[:strings.LastIndex(name, ".")]
+			}
+			logger = logger.With("dashboard_name", name)
+
+			info, err := repo.Read(r.Context(), logger, entry.Path, ref)
+			if err != nil {
+				logger.DebugContext(ctx, "error on reading the entry", "error", err)
+				responder.Error(apierrors.NewInternalError(fmt.Errorf("failed to read %s: %w", entry.Path, err)))
+				return
+			}
+
+			// NOTE: We don't need validation because we're about to apply the data for real.
+			// If the data is invalid, we'll know then!
+			file, err := fileParser.parse(r.Context(), logger, info, false)
+			if err != nil {
+				logger.DebugContext(ctx, "error on parsing the entry's data", "error", err)
+				if errors.Is(err, ErrUnableToReadResourceBytes) {
+					// Non-resource data is not relevant to us.
+					logger.DebugContext(ctx, "ignoring file due to being a non-resource", "error", err)
+					continue
+				}
+				responder.Error(apierrors.NewInternalError(fmt.Errorf("failed to read %s: %w", entry.Path, err)))
+				return
+			}
+
+			wrapper := file.AsResourceWrapper()
+			resource := wrapper.Resource.File
+			gv, err := schema.ParseGroupVersion(resource.GetNestedString("apiVersion"))
+			if err != nil {
+				logger.DebugContext(ctx, "invalid GroupVersion was given as the apiVersion of the parsed object?", "error", err)
+				responder.Error(apierrors.NewInternalError(fmt.Errorf("got an invalid groupversion from a parsed file %s: %w", entry.Path, err)))
+				return
+			}
+			gvk := gv.WithKind(resource.GetNestedString("kind"))
+			logger = logger.With("gvk", gvk)
+			gvr, ok := kinds.Resource(gvk)
+			if !ok {
+				logger.DebugContext(ctx, "got GVK of a resource we don't know how to control; ignoring")
+				continue
+			}
+			iface := client.Resource(gvr).Namespace(ns)
+			_, err = iface.Get(r.Context(), name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+			// FIXME: Remove the 'false &&' when .Get returns 404 on 404 instead of 500. Until then, this is a really ugly workaround.
+			if false && err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+				logger.DebugContext(ctx, "failed to check if the object already exists", "error", err)
+				responder.Error(apierrors.NewInternalError(fmt.Errorf("failed to check if object already exists: %w", err)))
+				return
+			}
+			if err != nil { // IsNotFound
+				_, err = iface.Create(r.Context(), resource.ToKubernetesObject(), metav1.CreateOptions{})
+			} else { // already exists
+				_, err = iface.Update(ctx, resource.ToKubernetesObject(), metav1.UpdateOptions{})
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				logger.DebugContext(ctx, "failed to upsert object", "error", err)
+				responder.Error(err) // FIXME
+				return
+			}
+
+			// TODO: Folders
+			logger.DebugContext(ctx, "successfully upserted the object")
+		}
+
+		responder.Object(http.StatusOK, &provisioning.ResourceWrapper{})
+	}), nil
+}
+
+var (
+	_ rest.Connecter            = (*importConnector)(nil)
+	_ rest.Storage              = (*importConnector)(nil)
+	_ rest.Scoper               = (*importConnector)(nil)
+	_ rest.SingularNameProvider = (*importConnector)(nil)
+	_ rest.StorageMetadata      = (*importConnector)(nil)
+)
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/parser.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/parser.go
index 6886f456ab0..dcb5409ab93 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/parser.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/parser.go
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ type fileParser struct {
 	kinds *kindsLookup
 }
 
+func newFileParser(ns string, repo repository.Repository, client *dynamic.DynamicClient, kinds *kindsLookup) *fileParser {
+	return &fileParser{
+		namespace: ns,
+		repo:      repo,
+		client:    client,
+		kinds:     kinds,
+	}
+}
+
 type parsedFile struct {
 	// Original file info
 	info *repository.FileInfo
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/register.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/register.go
index 8b4b5dffb4f..54302c5d585 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/register.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/register.go
@@ -158,6 +158,11 @@ func (b *ProvisioningAPIBuilder) UpdateAPIGroupInfo(apiGroupInfo *genericapiserv
 		client:     b.client,
 		logger:     b.logger.With("connector", "export"),
 	}
+	importConnector := &importConnector{
+		repoGetter: b,
+		client:     b.client,
+		logger:     b.logger.With("connector", "export"),
+	}
 
 	storage := map[string]rest.Storage{}
 	storage[provisioning.RepositoryResourceInfo.StoragePath()] = repositoryStorage
@@ -175,6 +180,7 @@ func (b *ProvisioningAPIBuilder) UpdateAPIGroupInfo(apiGroupInfo *genericapiserv
 		logger: b.logger.With("connector", "files"),
 	}
 	storage[provisioning.RepositoryResourceInfo.StoragePath("export")] = exportConnector
+	storage[provisioning.RepositoryResourceInfo.StoragePath("import")] = importConnector
 	apiGroupInfo.VersionedResourcesStorageMap[provisioning.VERSION] = storage
 	return nil
 }
@@ -481,41 +487,48 @@ func (b *ProvisioningAPIBuilder) PostProcessOpenAPI(oas *spec3.OpenAPI) (*spec3.
 		sub.Post.Description = "Currently only supports github webhooks"
 	}
 
+	ref := &spec3.Parameter{
+		ParameterProps: spec3.ParameterProps{
+			Name:    "ref",
+			In:      "query",
+			Example: "",
+			Examples: map[string]*spec3.Example{
+				"": {
+					ExampleProps: spec3.ExampleProps{
+						Summary: "The default",
+					},
+				},
+				"branch": {
+					ExampleProps: spec3.ExampleProps{
+						Value:   "my-branch",
+						Summary: "Select branch",
+					},
+				},
+				"commit": {
+					ExampleProps: spec3.ExampleProps{
+						Value:   "7f7cc2153",
+						Summary: "Commit hash (or prefix)",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			Description: "branch or commit hash",
+			Schema:      spec.StringProperty(),
+			Required:    false,
+		}}
+
+	sub = oas.Paths.Paths[repoprefix+"/import"]
+	if sub != nil && sub.Post != nil {
+		ref := *ref
+		ref.ParameterProps.Required = true
+		sub.Post.Parameters = []*spec3.Parameter{&ref}
+	}
+
 	// hide the version with no path
 	delete(oas.Paths.Paths, repoprefix+"/files")
 
 	// update the version with a path
 	sub = oas.Paths.Paths[repoprefix+"/files/{path}"]
 	if sub != nil {
-		ref := &spec3.Parameter{
-			ParameterProps: spec3.ParameterProps{
-				Name:    "ref",
-				In:      "query",
-				Example: "",
-				Examples: map[string]*spec3.Example{
-					"": {
-						ExampleProps: spec3.ExampleProps{
-							Summary: "The default",
-						},
-					},
-					"branch": {
-						ExampleProps: spec3.ExampleProps{
-							Value:   "my-branch",
-							Summary: "Select branch",
-						},
-					},
-					"commit": {
-						ExampleProps: spec3.ExampleProps{
-							Value:   "7f7cc2153",
-							Summary: "Commit hash (or prefix)",
-						},
-					},
-				},
-				Description: "optional branch or commit hash",
-				Schema:      spec.StringProperty(),
-				Required:    false,
-			}}
-
 		sub.Get.Description = "Read value from upstream repository"
 		sub.Get.Parameters = []*spec3.Parameter{ref}
 
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/github.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/github.go
index 1048fc2e6f5..8c5d3ee3cc3 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/github.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/github.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func (r *githubRepository) Read(ctx context.Context, logger *slog.Logger, filePa
 	owner := r.config.Spec.GitHub.Owner
 	repo := r.config.Spec.GitHub.Repository
 
-	content, _, err := r.gh.GetContents(ctx, owner, repo, filePath, ref)
+	content, dirContent, err := r.gh.GetContents(ctx, owner, repo, filePath, ref)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, pgh.ErrResourceNotFound) {
 			return nil, &apierrors.StatusError{
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ func (r *githubRepository) Read(ctx context.Context, logger *slog.Logger, filePa
 
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("get contents: %w", err)
 	}
+	if dirContent != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("input path was a directory")
+	}
 
 	data, err := content.GetFileContent()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -124,6 +127,42 @@ func (r *githubRepository) Read(ctx context.Context, logger *slog.Logger, filePa
 	}, nil
 }
 
+func (r *githubRepository) ReadTree(ctx context.Context, logger *slog.Logger, ref string) ([]FileTreeEntry, error) {
+	if ref == "" {
+		ref = r.config.Spec.GitHub.Branch
+	}
+	owner := r.config.Spec.GitHub.Owner
+	repo := r.config.Spec.GitHub.Repository
+	logger = logger.With("owner", owner, "repo", repo, "ref", ref)
+
+	tree, truncated, err := r.gh.GetTree(ctx, owner, repo, ref, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, pgh.ErrResourceNotFound) {
+			return nil, &apierrors.StatusError{
+				ErrStatus: metav1.Status{
+					Message: fmt.Sprintf("tree not found; ref=%s", ref),
+					Code:    http.StatusNotFound,
+				},
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if truncated {
+		logger.WarnContext(ctx, "tree from github was truncated")
+	}
+
+	entries := make([]FileTreeEntry, 0, len(tree))
+	for _, entry := range tree {
+		converted := FileTreeEntry{
+			Path: entry.GetPath(),
+			Size: entry.GetSize(),
+			Hash: entry.GetSHA(),
+			Blob: !entry.IsDirectory(),
+		}
+		entries = append(entries, converted)
+	}
+	return entries, nil
+}
+
 func (r *githubRepository) Create(ctx context.Context, logger *slog.Logger, path, ref string, data []byte, comment string) error {
 	if ref == "" {
 		ref = r.config.Spec.GitHub.Branch
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/github/client.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/github/client.go
index 611b07ca77c..e9cdcbf533b 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/github/client.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/github/client.go
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ type Client interface {
 	// If ".." appears in the "path", this method will return an error.
 	GetContents(ctx context.Context, owner, repository, path, ref string) (fileContents RepositoryContent, dirContents []RepositoryContent, err error)
 
+	// GetTree returns the Git tree in the repository.
+	// When recursive is given, subtrees are mapped into the returned array.
+	//
+	// The truncated bool will be set to true if the tree is larger than 7 MB or 100 000 entries.
+	// When truncated is true, you may wish to read each subtree manually instead.
+	GetTree(ctx context.Context, owner, repository, ref string, recursive bool) (entries []RepositoryContent, truncated bool, err error)
+
 	// CreateFile creates a new file in the repository under the given path.
 	// The file is created on the branch given.
 	// The message given is the commit message. If none is given, an appropriate default is used.
@@ -85,6 +92,8 @@ type RepositoryContent interface {
 	// Get the SHA hash. This is usually a SHA-256, but may also be SHA-512.
 	// Directories have SHA hashes, too (TODO: how is this calculated?).
 	GetSHA() string
+	// The size of the file. Not necessarily non-zero, even if the file is supposed to be non-zero.
+	GetSize() int64
 }
 
 type CreateFileOptions struct {
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/github/client_mock.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/github/client_mock.go
index e1faa8f7655..250e1e9036f 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/github/client_mock.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/github/client_mock.go
@@ -180,6 +180,43 @@ func (_m *MockClient) GetContents(ctx context.Context, owner string, repository
 	return r0, r1, r2
 }
 
+// GetTree provides a mock function with given fields: ctx, owner, repository, ref, recursive
+func (_m *MockClient) GetTree(ctx context.Context, owner string, repository string, ref string, recursive bool) ([]RepositoryContent, bool, error) {
+	ret := _m.Called(ctx, owner, repository, ref, recursive)
+
+	if len(ret) == 0 {
+		panic("no return value specified for GetTree")
+	}
+
+	var r0 []RepositoryContent
+	var r1 bool
+	var r2 error
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, string, string, string, bool) ([]RepositoryContent, bool, error)); ok {
+		return rf(ctx, owner, repository, ref, recursive)
+	}
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(0).(func(context.Context, string, string, string, bool) []RepositoryContent); ok {
+		r0 = rf(ctx, owner, repository, ref, recursive)
+	} else {
+		if ret.Get(0) != nil {
+			r0 = ret.Get(0).([]RepositoryContent)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(1).(func(context.Context, string, string, string, bool) bool); ok {
+		r1 = rf(ctx, owner, repository, ref, recursive)
+	} else {
+		r1 = ret.Get(1).(bool)
+	}
+
+	if rf, ok := ret.Get(2).(func(context.Context, string, string, string, bool) error); ok {
+		r2 = rf(ctx, owner, repository, ref, recursive)
+	} else {
+		r2 = ret.Error(2)
+	}
+
+	return r0, r1, r2
+}
+
 // ListWebhooks provides a mock function with given fields: ctx, owner, repository
 func (_m *MockClient) ListWebhooks(ctx context.Context, owner string, repository string) ([]WebhookConfig, error) {
 	ret := _m.Called(ctx, owner, repository)
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/github/real.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/github/real.go
index d9de5587df8..5ae940a7661 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/github/real.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/github/real.go
@@ -51,6 +51,41 @@ func (r *realImpl) GetContents(ctx context.Context, owner, repository, path, ref
 	}
 }
 
+func (r *realImpl) GetTree(ctx context.Context, owner, repository, ref string, recursive bool) ([]RepositoryContent, bool, error) {
+	tree, _, err := r.gh.Git.GetTree(ctx, owner, repository, ref, recursive)
+	if err != nil {
+		var ghErr *github.ErrorResponse
+		if !errors.As(err, &ghErr) {
+			return nil, false, err
+		}
+		if ghErr.Response.StatusCode == http.StatusServiceUnavailable {
+			return nil, false, ErrServiceUnavailable
+		}
+		if ghErr.Response.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
+			return nil, false, ErrResourceNotFound
+		}
+		return nil, false, err
+	}
+
+	var entries []RepositoryContent
+	for _, te := range tree.Entries {
+		rrc := &realRepositoryContent{
+			real: &github.RepositoryContent{
+				Path: te.Path,
+				Size: te.Size,
+				SHA:  te.SHA,
+			},
+		}
+		if te.GetType() == "tree" {
+			rrc.real.Type = github.String("dir")
+		} else {
+			rrc.real.Type = te.Type
+		}
+		entries = append(entries, rrc)
+	}
+	return entries, tree.GetTruncated(), nil
+}
+
 func (r *realImpl) CreateFile(ctx context.Context, owner, repository, path, branch, message string, content []byte) error {
 	if strings.Contains(path, "..") {
 		return ErrPathTraversalDisallowed
@@ -300,3 +335,15 @@ func (c realRepositoryContent) GetPath() string {
 func (c realRepositoryContent) GetSHA() string {
 	return c.real.GetSHA()
 }
+
+func (c realRepositoryContent) GetSize() int64 {
+	if c.real.Size != nil {
+		return int64(*c.real.Size)
+	}
+	if c.real.Content != nil {
+		if c, err := c.real.GetContent(); err == nil {
+			return int64(len(c))
+		}
+	}
+	return 0
+}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/local.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/local.go
index 5ef1de58869..49992345c60 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/local.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/local.go
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ package repository
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"crypto/sha1"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -134,6 +137,8 @@ func (r *localRepository) Read(ctx context.Context, logger *slog.Logger, path st
 	info, err := os.Stat(fullpath)
 	if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
 		return nil, ErrFileNotFound
+	} else if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	//nolint:gosec
@@ -142,15 +147,95 @@ func (r *localRepository) Read(ctx context.Context, logger *slog.Logger, path st
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	hash, _, err := r.calculateFileHash(ctx, fullpath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	return &FileInfo{
 		Path: path,
 		Data: data,
+		Hash: hash,
 		Modified: &metav1.Time{
 			Time: info.ModTime(),
 		},
 	}, nil
 }
 
+// ReadResource implements provisioning.Repository.
+func (r *localRepository) ReadTree(ctx context.Context, logger *slog.Logger, ref string) ([]FileTreeEntry, error) {
+	if ref != "" {
+		return nil, apierrors.NewBadRequest("local repository does not support ref")
+	}
+	if r.path == "" {
+		return nil, &apierrors.StatusError{
+			ErrStatus: metav1.Status{
+				Message: "the service is missing a root path",
+				Code:    http.StatusFailedDependency,
+			},
+		}
+	}
+
+	return r.recursivelyReadTree(ctx, r.path)
+}
+
+func (r *localRepository) recursivelyReadTree(ctx context.Context, path string) ([]FileTreeEntry, error) {
+	osEntries, err := os.ReadDir(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	entries := make([]FileTreeEntry, 0, len(osEntries))
+	for _, oe := range osEntries {
+		if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		oePath := filepath.Join(path, oe.Name())
+		if oe.IsDir() {
+			entries = append(entries, FileTreeEntry{
+				Path: oePath,
+				Hash: "",
+				Size: 0,
+				Blob: false,
+			})
+			subEntries, err := r.recursivelyReadTree(ctx, oePath)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			entries = append(entries, subEntries...)
+		} else {
+			hash, size, err := r.calculateFileHash(ctx, oePath)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read and calculate hash of path %s: %w", oePath, err)
+			}
+			entries = append(entries, FileTreeEntry{
+				Path: oePath,
+				Blob: true,
+				Hash: hash,
+				Size: size,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	return entries, nil
+}
+
+func (r *localRepository) calculateFileHash(ctx context.Context, path string) (string, int64, error) {
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_RDONLY, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", 0, err
+	}
+
+	// TODO: Define what hashing algorithm we want to use for the entire repository. Maybe a config option?
+	hasher := sha1.New()
+	// TODO: context-aware io.Copy? Is that even possible with a reasonable impl?
+	size, err := io.Copy(hasher, file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", 0, err
+	}
+	// NOTE: EncodeToString (& hex.Encode for that matter) return lower-case hex.
+	return hex.EncodeToString(hasher.Sum(nil)), size, nil
+}
+
 func (r *localRepository) Create(ctx context.Context, logger *slog.Logger, path string, ref string, data []byte, comment string) error {
 	if ref != "" {
 		return apierrors.NewBadRequest("local repository does not support ref")
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/repository.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/repository.go
index 410f697f6ae..d053e2e79d6 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/repository.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/repository.go
@@ -41,6 +41,21 @@ type FileInfo struct {
 	Modified *metav1.Time
 }
 
+// An entry in the file tree, as returned by 'ReadFileTree'. Like FileInfo, but contains less information.
+type FileTreeEntry struct {
+	// The path to the file from the base path given (if any).
+	// No leading or trailing slashes will be contained within.
+	Path string
+	// The hash for the file. Lower-case hex.
+	// Empty string if Blob is false.
+	Hash string
+	// The size of the file.
+	// 0 if Blob is false.
+	Size int64
+	// Whether this entry is a blob or a subtree.
+	Blob bool
+}
+
 type Repository interface {
 	// The saved Kubernetes object.
 	Config() *provisioning.Repository
@@ -57,6 +72,13 @@ type Repository interface {
 	// This data will be parsed and validated before it is shown to end users
 	Read(ctx context.Context, logger *slog.Logger, path, ref string) (*FileInfo, error)
 
+	// Read all file names from the tree.
+	// This data will be parsed and validated before it is shown.
+	//
+	// TODO: Make some API contract that lets us ignore files that aren't relevant to us (e.g. CI/CD, CODEOWNERS, other configs or source code).
+	// TODO: Test scale: do we want to stream entries instead somehow?
+	ReadTree(ctx context.Context, logger *slog.Logger, ref string) ([]FileTreeEntry, error)
+
 	// Write a file to the repository.
 	// The data has already been validated and is ready for save
 	Create(ctx context.Context, logger *slog.Logger, path, ref string, data []byte, message string) error
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/s3.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/s3.go
index bf43e2a94c4..c3e5f5368ed 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/s3.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/s3.go
@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@ func (r *s3Repository) Read(ctx context.Context, logger *slog.Logger, path strin
 	}
 }
 
+func (r *s3Repository) ReadTree(ctx context.Context, logger *slog.Logger, ref string) ([]FileTreeEntry, error) {
+	return nil, &errors.StatusError{
+		ErrStatus: metav1.Status{
+			Message: "read file tree resource is not yet implemented",
+			Code:    http.StatusNotImplemented,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
 func (r *s3Repository) Create(ctx context.Context, logger *slog.Logger, path string, ref string, data []byte, comment string) error {
 	return &errors.StatusError{
 		ErrStatus: metav1.Status{
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/unknown.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/unknown.go
index bbe7a36628b..0ece8a61d6b 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/unknown.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/repository/unknown.go
@@ -58,6 +58,15 @@ func (r *unknownRepository) Read(ctx context.Context, logger *slog.Logger, path,
 	}
 }
 
+func (r *unknownRepository) ReadTree(ctx context.Context, logger *slog.Logger, ref string) ([]FileTreeEntry, error) {
+	return nil, &errors.StatusError{
+		ErrStatus: metav1.Status{
+			Message: "read file tree resource is not yet implemented",
+			Code:    http.StatusNotImplemented,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
 func (r *unknownRepository) Create(ctx context.Context, logger *slog.Logger, path, ref string, data []byte, comment string) error {
 	return &errors.StatusError{
 		ErrStatus: metav1.Status{