diff --git a/change/@ws-tools-paths-d8fc65a9-0286-4b6a-9e09-686e024b882b.json b/change/@ws-tools-paths-d8fc65a9-0286-4b6a-9e09-686e024b882b.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e88d7db1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/@ws-tools-paths-d8fc65a9-0286-4b6a-9e09-686e024b882b.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "patch",
+  "comment": "Create package",
+  "packageName": "@ws-tools/paths",
+  "email": "elcraig@microsoft.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/change/change-f2f87433-eff5-442f-aee9-504082645db4.json b/change/change-f2f87433-eff5-442f-aee9-504082645db4.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9050dcb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/change-f2f87433-eff5-442f-aee9-504082645db4.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "type": "none",
+      "comment": "Update tsc command format",
+      "packageName": "@ws-tools/grapher",
+      "email": "elcraig@microsoft.com",
+      "dependentChangeType": "none"
+    }
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/change/workspace-tools-14b42056-f741-41ac-b7ad-c5079d191ab9.json b/change/workspace-tools-14b42056-f741-41ac-b7ad-c5079d191ab9.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7aac2f59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/workspace-tools-14b42056-f741-41ac-b7ad-c5079d191ab9.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "minor",
+  "comment": "Move path utilities to separate package (re-exported by this one)",
+  "packageName": "workspace-tools",
+  "email": "elcraig@microsoft.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/packages/grapher/package.json b/packages/grapher/package.json
index 059df6cb..88666b70 100644
--- a/packages/grapher/package.json
+++ b/packages/grapher/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "lib/!(__*)/**/*"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "tsc",
+    "build": "tsc --pretty",
     "start": "tsc -w --preserveWatchOutput",
     "test": "jest"
   },
diff --git a/packages/paths/README.md b/packages/paths/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ece09d81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/paths/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# @ws-tools/paths
+
+Helper methods related to paths in a repo or monorepo. The methods in this package are re-exported from [`workspace-tools`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/workspace-tools) for convenience.
+
+This package should contain only the most basic helpers with no or minimal dependencies.
diff --git a/packages/paths/etc/paths.api.md b/packages/paths/etc/paths.api.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd4e43c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/paths/etc/paths.api.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+## API Report File for "@ws-tools/paths"
+
+> Do not edit this file. It is a report generated by [API Extractor](https://api-extractor.com/).
+
+```ts
+
+// @public
+export function findGitRoot(cwd: string): string;
+
+// @public
+export function findPackageRoot(cwd: string): string | undefined;
+
+// @public
+export function searchUp(filePath: string | string[], cwd: string): string | undefined;
+
+// (No @packageDocumentation comment for this package)
+
+```
diff --git a/packages/paths/jest.config.js b/packages/paths/jest.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e67249c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/paths/jest.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = require("@ws-tools/scripts/jest/jest.config");
diff --git a/packages/paths/package.json b/packages/paths/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5160151
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/paths/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  "name": "@ws-tools/paths",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "description": "Helper methods related to paths in a repo or monorepo",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/microsoft/workspace-tools"
+  },
+  "main": "lib/index.js",
+  "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": {
+      "require": "./lib/index.js",
+      "types": "./lib/index.d.ts"
+    }
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "lib/!(__*)",
+    "lib/!(__*)/**"
+  ],
+  "scripts": {
+    "api": "ws-tools-scripts api",
+    "build": "tsc --pretty",
+    "start": "tsc -w --preserveWatchOutput",
+    "test": "jest"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@ws-tools/scripts": "*"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/paths/src/findGitRoot.ts b/packages/paths/src/findGitRoot.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd20678e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/paths/src/findGitRoot.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import path from "path";
+import { spawnSync } from "child_process";
+
+/**
+ * Starting from `cwd`, uses `git rev-parse --show-toplevel` to find the root of the git repo.
+ * Throws if `cwd` is not in a Git repository.
+ */
+export function findGitRoot(cwd: string) {
+  const result = spawnSync("git", ["rev-parse", "--show-toplevel"], { cwd });
+
+  if (result.status !== 0) {
+    throw new Error(`Directory "${cwd}" is not in a git repository`);
+  }
+
+  return path.normalize(result.stdout.toString().trim());
+}
diff --git a/packages/paths/src/findPackageRoot.ts b/packages/paths/src/findPackageRoot.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40762286
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/paths/src/findPackageRoot.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import path from "path";
+import { searchUp } from "./searchUp";
+
+/**
+ * Starting from `cwd`, searches up the directory hierarchy for `package.json`.
+ */
+export function findPackageRoot(cwd: string) {
+  const jsonPath = searchUp("package.json", cwd);
+  return jsonPath && path.dirname(jsonPath);
+}
diff --git a/packages/paths/src/index.ts b/packages/paths/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d02a6738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/paths/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export { findGitRoot } from "./findGitRoot";
+export { findPackageRoot } from "./findPackageRoot";
+export { searchUp } from "./searchUp";
diff --git a/packages/paths/src/searchUp.ts b/packages/paths/src/searchUp.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..715b4bba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/paths/src/searchUp.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import path from "path";
+import fs from "fs";
+
+/**
+ * Starting from `cwd`, searches up the directory hierarchy for `filePath`.
+ * If multiple strings are given, searches each directory level for any of them.
+ * @returns Full path to the item found, or undefined if not found.
+ */
+export function searchUp(filePath: string | string[], cwd: string) {
+  const paths = typeof filePath === "string" ? [filePath] : filePath;
+  // convert to an absolute path if needed
+  cwd = path.resolve(cwd);
+  const root = path.parse(cwd).root;
+
+  let foundPath: string | undefined;
+
+  while (!foundPath && cwd !== root) {
+    foundPath = paths.find((p) => fs.existsSync(path.join(cwd, p)));
+    if (foundPath) {
+      break;
+    }
+
+    cwd = path.dirname(cwd);
+  }
+
+  return foundPath ? path.join(cwd, foundPath) : undefined;
+}
diff --git a/packages/paths/tsconfig.json b/packages/paths/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5abcce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/paths/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "extends": "@ws-tools/scripts/tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "lib"
+  },
+  "include": ["src"]
+}
diff --git a/packages/workspace-tools/etc/workspace-tools.api.md b/packages/workspace-tools/etc/workspace-tools.api.md
index 1342d40e..f7e66d02 100644
--- a/packages/workspace-tools/etc/workspace-tools.api.md
+++ b/packages/workspace-tools/etc/workspace-tools.api.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 /// <reference types="node" />
 
+import { findGitRoot } from '@ws-tools/paths';
+import { findPackageRoot } from '@ws-tools/paths';
+import { searchUp } from '@ws-tools/paths';
 import { SpawnSyncOptions } from 'child_process';
 import { SpawnSyncReturns } from 'child_process';
 
@@ -56,11 +59,9 @@ export function fetchRemote(remote: string, cwd: string): void;
 // @public (undocumented)
 export function fetchRemoteBranch(remote: string, remoteBranch: string, cwd: string): void;
 
-// @public
-export function findGitRoot(cwd: string): string;
+export { findGitRoot }
 
-// @public
-export function findPackageRoot(cwd: string): string | undefined;
+export { findPackageRoot }
 
 // @public
 export function findProjectRoot(cwd: string): string;
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ export type GitProcessOutput = {
 // @public (undocumented)
 export function init(cwd: string, email?: string, username?: string): void;
 
-// @public (undocumented)
+// @public @deprecated (undocumented)
 export function isChildOf(child: string, parent: string): boolean;
 
 // @public (undocumented)
@@ -444,8 +445,7 @@ export function _resetPackageJsonFilesCache(): void;
 // @public (undocumented)
 export function revertLocalChanges(cwd: string): boolean;
 
-// @public
-export function searchUp(filePath: string | string[], cwd: string): string | undefined;
+export { searchUp }
 
 // @public
 export function setCachingEnabled(enabled: boolean): void;
diff --git a/packages/workspace-tools/package.json b/packages/workspace-tools/package.json
index c7b5de40..673184f1 100644
--- a/packages/workspace-tools/package.json
+++ b/packages/workspace-tools/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "api": "ws-tools-scripts api",
-    "build": "tsc",
+    "build": "tsc --pretty",
     "start": "tsc -w --preserveWatchOutput",
     "test": "jest"
   },
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
     "globby": "^11.0.0",
     "jju": "^1.4.0",
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
-    "micromatch": "^4.0.0"
+    "micromatch": "^4.0.0",
+    "@ws-tools/paths": "^0.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
diff --git a/packages/workspace-tools/src/git/getDefaultRemote.ts b/packages/workspace-tools/src/git/getDefaultRemote.ts
index 25512320..168d065d 100644
--- a/packages/workspace-tools/src/git/getDefaultRemote.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace-tools/src/git/getDefaultRemote.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import fs from "fs";
 import path from "path";
-import { findGitRoot } from "../paths";
+import { findGitRoot } from "@ws-tools/paths";
 import { PackageInfo } from "../types/PackageInfo";
 import { getRepositoryName } from "./getRepositoryName";
 import { git } from "./git";
diff --git a/packages/workspace-tools/src/graph/createDependencyMap.ts b/packages/workspace-tools/src/graph/createDependencyMap.ts
index b19b35c3..c490d9da 100644
--- a/packages/workspace-tools/src/graph/createDependencyMap.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace-tools/src/graph/createDependencyMap.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { getPackageDependencies, PackageDependenciesOptions } from "./getPackageDependencies";
 import { PackageInfos } from "../types/PackageInfo";
-import { getPackageInfos, getPackageInfosAsync } from "../getPackageInfos";
 
 export interface DependencyMap {
   dependencies: Map<string, Set<string>>;
diff --git a/packages/workspace-tools/src/index.ts b/packages/workspace-tools/src/index.ts
index 589eb2dc..efa8c44a 100644
--- a/packages/workspace-tools/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace-tools/src/index.ts
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@ export * from "./workspaces/getChangedPackages";
 export * from "./workspaces/getPackagesByFiles";
 export * from "./workspaces/listOfWorkspacePackageNames";
 export * from "./workspaces/getAllPackageJsonFiles";
+
+export { searchUp, findGitRoot, findPackageRoot } from "@ws-tools/paths";
diff --git a/packages/workspace-tools/src/lockfile/index.ts b/packages/workspace-tools/src/lockfile/index.ts
index fb2faba5..ca5f64b9 100644
--- a/packages/workspace-tools/src/lockfile/index.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace-tools/src/lockfile/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import fs from "fs";
 import path from "path";
 import { ParsedLock, PnpmLockFile, NpmLockFile, BerryLockFile } from "./types";
 import { nameAtVersion } from "./nameAtVersion";
-import { searchUp } from "../paths";
+import { searchUp } from "@ws-tools/paths";
 import { parsePnpmLock } from "./parsePnpmLock";
 import { parseNpmLock } from "./parseNpmLock";
 import { readYaml } from "./readYaml";
diff --git a/packages/workspace-tools/src/paths.ts b/packages/workspace-tools/src/paths.ts
index 19b8c5d0..97c7415c 100644
--- a/packages/workspace-tools/src/paths.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace-tools/src/paths.ts
@@ -1,55 +1,8 @@
 import path from "path";
-import fs from "fs";
+import { findGitRoot } from "@ws-tools/paths";
 import { getWorkspaceRoot } from "./workspaces/getWorkspaceRoot";
-import { git } from "./git";
 import { logVerboseWarning } from "./logging";
 
-/**
- * Starting from `cwd`, searches up the directory hierarchy for `filePath`.
- * If multiple strings are given, searches each directory level for any of them.
- * @returns Full path to the item found, or undefined if not found.
- */
-export function searchUp(filePath: string | string[], cwd: string) {
-  const paths = typeof filePath === "string" ? [filePath] : filePath;
-  // convert to an absolute path if needed
-  cwd = path.resolve(cwd);
-  const root = path.parse(cwd).root;
-
-  let foundPath: string | undefined;
-
-  while (!foundPath && cwd !== root) {
-    foundPath = paths.find((p) => fs.existsSync(path.join(cwd, p)));
-    if (foundPath) {
-      break;
-    }
-
-    cwd = path.dirname(cwd);
-  }
-
-  return foundPath ? path.join(cwd, foundPath) : undefined;
-}
-
-/**
- * Starting from `cwd`, uses `git rev-parse --show-toplevel` to find the root of the git repo.
- * Throws if `cwd` is not in a Git repository.
- */
-export function findGitRoot(cwd: string) {
-  const output = git(["rev-parse", "--show-toplevel"], { cwd });
-  if (!output.success) {
-    throw new Error(`Directory "${cwd}" is not in a git repository`);
-  }
-
-  return path.normalize(output.stdout);
-}
-
-/**
- * Starting from `cwd`, searches up the directory hierarchy for `package.json`.
- */
-export function findPackageRoot(cwd: string) {
-  const jsonPath = searchUp("package.json", cwd);
-  return jsonPath && path.dirname(jsonPath);
-}
-
 /**
  * Starting from `cwd`, searches up the directory hierarchy for the workspace root,
  * falling back to the git root if no workspace is detected.
@@ -68,6 +21,7 @@ export function findProjectRoot(cwd: string) {
   return workspaceRoot || findGitRoot(cwd);
 }
 
+/** @deprecated */
 export function isChildOf(child: string, parent: string) {
   const relativePath = path.relative(child, parent);
   return /^[.\/\\]+$/.test(relativePath);
diff --git a/packages/workspace-tools/src/workspaces/implementations/getWorkspaceManagerAndRoot.ts b/packages/workspace-tools/src/workspaces/implementations/getWorkspaceManagerAndRoot.ts
index 6505a713..b1c521c9 100644
--- a/packages/workspace-tools/src/workspaces/implementations/getWorkspaceManagerAndRoot.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace-tools/src/workspaces/implementations/getWorkspaceManagerAndRoot.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import path from "path";
-import { searchUp } from "../../paths";
+import { searchUp } from "@ws-tools/paths";
 import { WorkspaceManager } from "../WorkspaceManager";
 import { isCachingEnabled } from "../../isCachingEnabled";
 
diff --git a/scripts/package.json b/scripts/package.json
index 1585a168..55003848 100644
--- a/scripts/package.json
+++ b/scripts/package.json
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
     "ws-tools-scripts": "bin/ws-tools-scripts.js"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "tsc --noEmit"
+    "build": "tsc --pretty --noEmit"
   }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/tsconfig.base.json b/scripts/tsconfig.base.json
index 9dc17ee8..41db6f3d 100644
--- a/scripts/tsconfig.base.json
+++ b/scripts/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     "declaration": true,
     "sourceMap": true,
     "strict": true,
+    "noUnusedLocals": true,
     "esModuleInterop": true,
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true,