6 files changed, 23 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/modules/git/git-shell-commands/desc b/modules/git/git-shell-commands/desc
index 52cc8bb..d81f46c 100755
--- a/modules/git/git-shell-commands/desc
+++ b/modules/git/git-shell-commands/desc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 
 if [ -f "$1/config" ]; then
-  cd "$1"
+  cd "$1" || exit
   git config cgit.desc "$2"
 fi
diff --git a/modules/git/git-shell-commands/help b/modules/git/git-shell-commands/help
index 7572fe4..930d608 100755
--- a/modules/git/git-shell-commands/help
+++ b/modules/git/git-shell-commands/help
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ echo "  owner <repo> <owner>"
 echo "    Set repo owner"
 echo "  section <repo> <section>"
 echo "    Set repo section"
+echo "  readme <repo> [md|adoc]"
+echo "    Set readme format"
diff --git a/modules/git/git-shell-commands/init b/modules/git/git-shell-commands/init
index 603b817..557f20e 100755
--- a/modules/git/git-shell-commands/init
+++ b/modules/git/git-shell-commands/init
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ REPO="$1"
 
 if [ ! -f "$REPO/config" ]; then 
   mkdir -p "$REPO"
-  cd "$REPO"
+  cd "$REPO" || exit
   git init --bare --shared
+  git config cgit.readme "main:README.md"
 fi
diff --git a/modules/git/git-shell-commands/owner b/modules/git/git-shell-commands/owner
index d65fd02..bd54e59 100755
--- a/modules/git/git-shell-commands/owner
+++ b/modules/git/git-shell-commands/owner
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 
 if [ -f "$1/config" ]; then
-  cd "$1"
+  cd "$1" || exit
   git config cgit.owner "$2"
 fi
diff --git a/modules/git/git-shell-commands/readme b/modules/git/git-shell-commands/readme
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b3c34f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/git/git-shell-commands/readme
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+if [ -f "$1/config" ]; then
+  cd "$1" || exit
+  case "$2" in
+    "md")
+      git config cgit.readme "main:README.md"
+      ;;
+    "adoc")
+      git config cgit.readme "main:README.adoc"
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "no idea what you're talking about. md | adoc"
+      ;;
+  esac
+fi
diff --git a/modules/git/git-shell-commands/section b/modules/git/git-shell-commands/section
index b1a998e..e367a5e 100755
--- a/modules/git/git-shell-commands/section
+++ b/modules/git/git-shell-commands/section
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 
 if [ -f "$1/config" ]; then
-  cd "$1"
+  cd "$1" || exit
   git config cgit.section "$2"
 fi