--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+# TopGit - A different patch queue manager
+# (c) Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> 2008
+# GPLv2
+
+populate= # Set to 1 if we shall seed local branches with this
+name=
+
+
+## Parse options
+
+while [ -n "$1" ]; do
+ arg="$1"; shift
+ case "$arg" in
+ --populate)
+ populate=1;;
+ -*)
+ echo "Usage: tg remote [--populate] REMOTE" >&2
+ exit 1;;
+ *)
+ name="$arg";;
+ esac
+done
+
+git config "remote.$name.url" >/dev/null || die "unknown remote '$name'"
+
+
+## Configure the remote
+
+git config --add "remote.$name.fetch" "+refs/top-bases/*:refs/remotes/$name/top-bases/*"
+git config --add "remote.$name.push" "+refs/top-bases/*:refs/top-bases/*"
+git config --add "remote.$name.push" "+refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*"
+
+info "Remote $name can now follow TopGit topic branches."
+if [ -z "$populate" ]; then
+ info "Next, do: git fetch $name"
+ exit
+fi
+
+
+## Populate local branches
+
+info "Populating local topic branches from remote '$name'..."
+
+git fetch "$name"
+git for-each-ref "refs/remotes/$name/top-bases" |
+ while read rev type ref; do
+ branch="${ref#refs/remotes/$name/top-bases/}"
+ if git rev-parse "$branch" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+ git rev-parse "refs/top-bases/$branch" >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
+ git update-ref "refs/top-bases/$branch" "$rev"
+ info "Skipping branch $branch: Already exists"
+ continue
+ fi
+ info "Adding branch $branch..."
+ git update-ref "refs/top-bases/$branch" "$rev"
+ git update-ref "refs/heads/$branch" "$(git rev-parse "$name/$branch")"
+ done
+
+git config "topgit.remote" "$name"
+info "The remote '$name' is now the default source of topic branches."