diff --git a/bin/git_commit_bpmn_models_repo b/bin/git_commit_bpmn_models_repo
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..13e18da9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/git_commit_bpmn_models_repo
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+function error_handler() {
+  >&2 echo "Exited with BAD EXIT CODE '${2}' in ${0} script at line: ${1}."
+  exit "$2"
+}
+trap 'error_handler ${LINENO} $?' ERR
+set -o errtrace -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
+
+# HELP: git adds and commits the entire BPMN models directory, including all process groups
+
+bpmn_models_absolute_dir="$1"
+git_commit_message="$2"
+git_commit_username="$3"
+git_commit_email="$4"
+
+if [[ -z "${2:-}" ]]; then
+  >&2 echo "usage: $(basename "$0") [bpmn_models_absolute_dir] [git_commit_message]"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+cd "$bpmn_models_absolute_dir"
+git add .
+
+# https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/155077/456630
+if [ -z "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then
+  echo "No changes to commit"
+else
+  if [[ -n "$git_commit_username" ]]; then
+    git config --local user.name "$git_commit_username"
+  fi
+  if [[ -n "$git_commit_email" ]]; then
+    git config --local user.email "$git_commit_email"
+  fi
+  git commit -m "$git_commit_message"
+fi
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 3ace24fa..0f1f50f0 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ python-versions = ">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "importlib-metadata"
-version = "5.0.0"
+version = "4.13.0"
 description = "Read metadata from Python packages"
 category = "main"
 optional = false
@@ -1827,7 +1827,7 @@ test = ["pytest"]
 [[package]]
 name = "SpiffWorkflow"
 version = "1.1.7"
-description = "A workflow framework and BPMN/DMN Processor"
+description = ""
 category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
@@ -1837,14 +1837,15 @@ develop = false
 celery = "*"
 configparser = "*"
 dateparser = "*"
+importlib-metadata = "<5.0"
 lxml = "*"
 pytz = "*"
 
 [package.source]
 type = "git"
 url = "https://github.com/sartography/SpiffWorkflow"
-reference = "feature/get-description-when-parsing-service-task"
-resolved_reference = "e6d8478bcaf19ad90c13dc0a250513a6bfa90760"
+reference = "main"
+resolved_reference = "76947aa98d81826b88b2eefd05ebae4427b00e02"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "SQLAlchemy"
@@ -2156,7 +2157,7 @@ testing = ["func-timeout", "jaraco.itertools", "pytest (>=6)", "pytest-black (>=
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
 python-versions = "^3.9"
-content-hash = "10b2edb09b9d220cd547527238bb49ff8fe01dd2406e85f0ff6fa2fbc9cca1ce"
+content-hash = "7a3c07a2eef00685adbf44b6e26b740e20fc52bf85e916b6c171b13d4fcc6dc9"
 
 [metadata.files]
 alabaster = [
@@ -2521,8 +2522,8 @@ imagesize = [
     {file = "imagesize-1.4.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:69150444affb9cb0d5cc5a92b3676f0b2fb7cd9ae39e947a5e11a36b4497cd4a"},
 ]
 importlib-metadata = [
-    {file = "importlib_metadata-5.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ddb0e35065e8938f867ed4928d0ae5bf2a53b7773871bfe6bcc7e4fcdc7dea43"},
-    {file = "importlib_metadata-5.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:da31db32b304314d044d3c12c79bd59e307889b287ad12ff387b3500835fc2ab"},
+    {file = "importlib_metadata-4.13.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:8a8a81bcf996e74fee46f0d16bd3eaa382a7eb20fd82445c3ad11f4090334116"},
+    {file = "importlib_metadata-4.13.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:dd0173e8f150d6815e098fd354f6414b0f079af4644ddfe90c71e2fc6174346d"},
 ]
 inflection = [
     {file = "inflection-0.5.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f38b2b640938a4f35ade69ac3d053042959b62a0f1076a5bbaa1b9526605a8a2"},
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e4ec038f..261da3f2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ flask-migrate = "*"
 flask-restful = "*"
 werkzeug = "*"
 # go back to main once https://github.com/sartography/SpiffWorkflow/pull/241 is merged
-SpiffWorkflow = {git = "https://github.com/sartography/SpiffWorkflow", rev = "feature/get-description-when-parsing-service-task"}
+SpiffWorkflow = {git = "https://github.com/sartography/SpiffWorkflow", rev = "main"}
 # SpiffWorkflow = {develop = true, path = "/Users/kevin/projects/github/sartography/SpiffWorkflow"}
 # SpiffWorkflow = {develop = true, path = "/home/jason/projects/github/sartography/SpiffWorkflow"}
 sentry-sdk = "1.9.0"
diff --git a/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/default.py b/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/default.py
index 2dde7ad2..94d89ffc 100644
--- a/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/default.py
+++ b/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/default.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_URL = environ.get(
     "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_URL", default="http://localhost:7000"
 )
 
+GIT_COMMIT_ON_SAVE = environ.get("GIT_COMMIT_ON_SAVE", default="false") == "true"
+
 # Open ID server
 OPEN_ID_SERVER_URL = environ.get("OPEN_ID_SERVER_URL", default="http://localhost:7002")
 OPEN_ID_CLIENT_ID = environ.get("OPEN_ID_CLIENT_ID", default="spiffworkflow-backend")
diff --git a/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/staging.py b/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/staging.py
index cca69ba7..55bb285b 100644
--- a/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/staging.py
+++ b/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/staging.py
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 """Staging."""
+GIT_COMMIT_ON_SAVE = True
+GIT_COMMIT_USERNAME = "staging"
+GIT_COMMIT_EMAIL = "staging@example.com"
diff --git a/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_api_blueprint.py b/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_api_blueprint.py
index e13254c3..c3a2a24a 100644
--- a/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_api_blueprint.py
+++ b/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_api_blueprint.py
@@ -270,6 +270,15 @@ def process_model_file_update(
         )
 
     SpecFileService.update_file(process_model, file_name, request_file_contents)
+
+    if current_app.config["GIT_COMMIT_ON_SAVE"]:
+        git_output = GitService.commit(
+            message=f"User: {g.user.username} clicked save for {process_group_id}/{process_model_id}/{file_name}"
+        )
+        current_app.logger.info(f"git output: {git_output}")
+    else:
+        current_app.logger.info("Git commit on save is disabled")
+
     return Response(json.dumps({"ok": True}), status=200, mimetype="application/json")
 
 
diff --git a/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/git_service.py b/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/git_service.py
index 79f2e41f..6a192b97 100644
--- a/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/git_service.py
+++ b/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/git_service.py
@@ -38,3 +38,18 @@ class GitService:
         file_contents: str = os.popen(shell_command).read()[:-1]  # noqa: S605
         assert file_contents  # noqa: S101
         return file_contents.encode("utf-8")
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def commit(message: str) -> str:
+        """Commit."""
+        bpmn_spec_absolute_dir = current_app.config["BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR"]
+        git_username = ''
+        git_email = ''
+        if current_app.config["GIT_COMMIT_USERNAME"] and current_app.config["GIT_COMMIT_EMAIL"]:
+            git_username = current_app.config["GIT_COMMIT_USERNAME"]
+            git_email = current_app.config["GIT_COMMIT_EMAIL"]
+        shell_command = (
+            f"./bin/git_commit_bpmn_models_repo '{bpmn_spec_absolute_dir}' '{message}' '{git_username}' '{git_email}'"
+        )
+        output = os.popen(shell_command).read()  # noqa: S605
+        return output
diff --git a/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_model_service.py b/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_model_service.py
index b7333215..20b00e7f 100644
--- a/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_model_service.py
+++ b/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_model_service.py
@@ -206,7 +206,12 @@ class ProcessModelService(FileSystemService):
         os.makedirs(cat_path, exist_ok=True)
         json_path = os.path.join(cat_path, self.CAT_JSON_FILE)
         with open(json_path, "w") as cat_json:
-            json.dump(self.GROUP_SCHEMA.dump(process_group), cat_json, indent=4)
+            json.dump(
+                self.GROUP_SCHEMA.dump(process_group),
+                cat_json,
+                indent=4,
+                sort_keys=True,
+            )
         return process_group
 
     def process_group_delete(self, process_group_id: str) -> None: