diff --git a/cmd/repo-create.go b/cmd/repo-create.go
index b89a7c2..25601ea 100644
--- a/cmd/repo-create.go
+++ b/cmd/repo-create.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/gogits/go-gogs-client"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -13,17 +15,23 @@ var repoDescription string
 var repoIsPrivate bool
 var orgName string
 
+var repoRemoteName string
+
 var createCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Aliases: []string{"new"},
+	Aliases: []string{"new", "n", "c"},
 	Use:     "create",
 	Short:   "Create a repository",
-	Long: `create [my-new-repo | [-n | --name]] [-d | --desc]  [-org | --org] [-p | --private]]
+	Long: `create [my-new-repo | [-n | --name]] [-d | --desc]  [-org | --org] [-p | --private] [-r | --add-remote]]
 
 	$ gogs repo create my-new-repo 
 	$ gogs repo new my-new-repo
 	$ gogs repo create -n=my-new-repo
 	$ gogs repo create my-new-repo --desc="a thing with things" --org=JustUsGuys -p=true
-	$ gogs repo new my-new-repo --private`,
+	$ gogs repo new my-new-repo --private
+
+	Add your new repo as a remote to your working dir:
+
+	$ gogs repo create my-new-repo --add-remote=origin`,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 		// accept gogs repo create thingeys || gogs repo create -name=thingeys
@@ -53,6 +61,69 @@ var createCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		fmt.Println("Repo created! Woohoo!")
 		printRepo(repo)
 
+		// add git url as remote to working dir
+		if repoRemoteName != "" {
+			// get git path
+			getGitComm := exec.Command("/usr/bin/which", "git")
+			whichGit, err := getGitComm.Output()
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Println(err)
+				fmt.Println("...You have git installed, right?")
+				return
+			}
+
+			whichGitClean := strings.Replace(string(whichGit), "\n", "", 1)
+
+			gitAddRemoteComm := exec.Command(whichGitClean, "remote", "add", repoRemoteName, repo.CloneUrl)
+			_, err = gitAddRemoteComm.Output()
+
+			if err != nil {
+				// go a step further and let's try init-ing the repo
+				//
+				var gitInitDone = make(chan bool)
+
+				go func() {
+					gitInitComm := exec.Command(whichGitClean, "init")
+					gitInit, initErr := gitInitComm.Output()
+					if initErr != nil {
+						fmt.Println(initErr)
+					} else {
+						fmt.Println(string(gitInit))
+					}
+					gitInitDone <- true
+				}()
+
+				// wait for gitInitDone
+				select {
+				case <-gitInitDone:
+					// Apparently exec can only call any given command once.
+					// https://github.com/golang/go/issues/10305
+					gitAddRemoteComm2 := exec.Command(whichGitClean, "remote", "add", repoRemoteName, repo.CloneUrl)
+					_, err = gitAddRemoteComm2.Output()
+					if err != nil {
+						fmt.Println("error adding remote -- ", err.Error())
+					} else {
+						gitShowRemotesCommand := exec.Command(whichGitClean, "remote", "-v")
+						gitShowRemotes, err := gitShowRemotesCommand.Output()
+						if err != nil {
+							fmt.Println(err.Error())
+						}
+						fmt.Println(string(gitShowRemotes))
+					}
+				}
+			} else {
+				// else there was git already and remote was added
+				// fmt.Println(string(addRemote)) // gotcha: adding a remote success returns ""
+				// fmt.Println("Remote added as " + repoRemoteName)
+				gitShowRemotesCommand2 := exec.Command(whichGitClean, "remote", "-v")
+				gitShowRemotes2, err := gitShowRemotesCommand2.Output()
+				if err != nil {
+					fmt.Println(err)
+				}
+				fmt.Println(string(gitShowRemotes2))
+			}
+		}
+
 	},
 }
 
@@ -63,4 +134,6 @@ func init() {
 	createCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&repoDescription, "desc", "d", "", "repo description")
 	createCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&repoIsPrivate, "private", "p", false, "repo is private")
 	createCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&orgName, "org", "o", "", "organization")
+
+	createCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&repoRemoteName, "add-remote", "r", "", "remote name")
 }
diff --git a/gogs b/gogs
index 9e97e7d..0dff844 100755
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