diff --git a/pkgs/sane-scripts/default.nix b/pkgs/sane-scripts/default.nix
index 3d125e4e..6fb61dc2 100644
--- a/pkgs/sane-scripts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/sane-scripts/default.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ resholve.mkDerivation {
         duplicity
         file
         findutils
+        git
         gnugrep
         gnused
         gocryptfs
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ resholve.mkDerivation {
       # list of programs which *can* or *cannot* exec their arguments
       execer = with pkgs; [
         "cannot:${duplicity}/bin/duplicity"
+        "cannot:${git}/bin/git"
         "cannot:${gocryptfs}/bin/gocryptfs"
         "cannot:${ifuse}/bin/ifuse"
         "cannot:${iwd}/bin/iwctl"
diff --git a/pkgs/sane-scripts/src/sane-git-init b/pkgs/sane-scripts/src/sane-git-init
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..73f90fe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/sane-scripts/src/sane-git-init
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -x
+
+# initialize a repository with each of my machines configured as remotes.
+# it's assumed each machine stores the repo at the same fs path
+
+path=$PWD
+
+git init
+git remote add desko "colin@desko:$path"
+git remote add lappy "colin@lappy:$path"
+git remote add moby  "colin@moby:$path"
+git remote add servo "colin@servo:$path"