diff --git a/bin/git-cloneall b/bin/git-cloneall
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f4c0a32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/git-cloneall
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+while true ; do
+	case $1 in
+		-h|--help)
+			echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") [OPTIONS] FILE [PATH]"
+			echo
+			echo "Clone all repositories from lst (FILE)."
+			echo
+			echo "Options:"
+			echo "    -h --help       - print this message and exit"
+			echo
+			echo "Repository list can be constructed from an existing set of"
+			echo "repositories via:"
+			echo "  $ git remotes > reposiotry.lst"
+			echo "or recursively:"
+			echo "  $ git remotes -r > reposiotry.lst"
+			echo
+			echo "The repository list is a text file with each line consisting"
+			echo "of a space-separated path and a remote url (as supported by"
+			echo "git clone)."
+			echo "The list file can also contain empty lines and supports shell"
+			echo "comments (lines starting with \"#\")"
+			echo
+			exit
+			;;
+
+		-*|--*)
+			echo "Error: unknown option: \"$1\"" >&2
+			exit
+			;;
+		*)
+			LIST=$1
+			TARGET_PATH=$2
+			break
+			;;
+	esac
+done
+
+TARGET_PATH=${TARGET_PATH:=.}
+cd "$TARGET_PATH"
+
+if [ -z $LIST ] ; then
+	echo "need a list file..." >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+IFS=$'\n' \
+	LIST=($(cat "$LIST"))
+
+wd=`pwd`
+for repo in ${LIST[@]} ; do
+	repo=`xargs<<<"${repo}"`
+	# skip comments and empty lines...
+	if [ -z "$repo" ] || [[ "${repo}" =~ ^# ]] ; then
+		continue
+	fi
+
+	IFS=$' ' \
+		repo=($repo)
+
+	# skip existing dirs...
+	if [ -e "${repo[0]}" ] ; then
+		#echo "skipping: ${repo[0]}"
+		continue
+	fi
+
+	mkdir -p "${repo[0]}"
+	cd "${repo[0]}"
+
+	git clone ${repo[1]} "${repo[0]}"
+
+	cd "$wd"
+done
+
+
+
+
+# vim:set sw=4 ts=4 :
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/bin/git-listall b/bin/git-listall
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a2d9b21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/git-listall
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+while true ; do
+	case $1 in
+		-h|--help)
+			echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") [OPTIONS] [PATH]"
+			echo
+			echo "List all repositories in PATH."
+			echo
+			echo "Options:"
+			echo "    -h --help       - print this message and exit"
+			echo "    -r --recursive  - pull directories recursively"
+			echo
+			exit
+			;;
+
+		-r|--recursive)
+			RECURSIVE=1
+			shift
+			continue
+			;;
+
+		-*|--*)
+			echo "Error: unknown option: \"$1\"" >&2
+			exit
+			;;
+		*)
+			TARGET_PATH=$1
+			break
+			;;
+	esac
+done
+
+
+TARGET_PATH=${TARGET_PATH:=.}
+cd "$TARGET_PATH"
+
+if [ $RECURSIVE ] ; then
+	DIRS=($(find . -name .git | sort))
+else
+	DIRS=(./*/.git)
+fi
+
+# inside a repo...
+if [ -d ./.git ] ; then
+	echo .
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+# do the update...
+wd=$(pwd)
+for dir in ${DIRS[@]} ; do
+	dir=${dir%.git}
+	echo $dir
+done
+
+
+# vim:set sw=4 ts=4 :
diff --git a/bin/git-origins b/bin/git-origins
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d254558
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/git-origins
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+while true ; do
+	case $1 in
+		-h|--help)
+			echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") [OPTIONS] [PATH]"
+			echo
+			echo "Print origins of all repositories in PATH."
+			echo
+			echo "Options:"
+			echo "    -h --help       - print this message and exit"
+			echo "    -r --recursive  - pull directories recursively"
+			echo
+			exit
+			;;
+
+		-r|--recursive)
+			RECURSIVE=-r
+			shift
+			continue
+			;;
+
+		-*|--*)
+			echo "Error: unknown option: \"$1\"" >&2
+			exit
+			;;
+		*)
+			TARGET_PATH=$1
+			break
+			;;
+	esac
+done
+
+TARGET_PATH=${TARGET_PATH:=.}
+cd "$TARGET_PATH"
+
+DIRS=($(git listall ${RECURSIVE}))
+
+getOrigin(){
+	cd "$1"
+	git ls-remote --get-url origin
+	cd "$wd"
+}
+
+# inside a repo...
+if [ -d ./.git ] ; then
+	echo ". `getOrigin .`"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+
+# no matches...
+if [[ $DIRS =~ \* ]] ; then
+	echo "no repos found." >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+
+# do the update...
+wd=$(pwd)
+for dir in ${DIRS[@]} ; do
+	dir=${dir%.git}
+	echo "$dir `getOrigin "$dir"`"
+done
+
+
+# vim:set sw=4 ts=4 :
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/bin/git-pullall b/bin/git-pullall
index 030727c..6434fa4 100755
--- a/bin/git-pullall
+++ b/bin/git-pullall
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# config...
-#
-#FALLBACK_TO_PULL=yes
-#
-
-
 while true ; do
 	case $1 in
 		-h|--help)
@@ -16,18 +10,12 @@ while true ; do
 			echo "Options:"
 			echo "    -h --help       - print this message and exit"
 			echo "    -r --recursive  - pull directories recursively"
-			echo "    -l --list       - print found repositories and exit"
 			echo
 			exit
 			;;
 
 		-r|--recursive)
-			RECURSIVE=1
-			shift
-			continue
-			;;
-		-l|--list)
-			LIST=1
+			RECURSIVE=-r
 			shift
 			continue
 			;;
@@ -43,22 +31,13 @@ while true ; do
 	esac
 done
 
-
-FALLBACK_TO_PULL=${FALLBACK_TO_PULL:=yes}
-
 TARGET_PATH=${TARGET_PATH:=.}
 cd "$TARGET_PATH"
 
-if [ $RECURSIVE ] ; then
-	DIRS=($(find . -name .git | sort))
-else
-	DIRS=(./*/.git)
-fi
-
+DIRS=($(git listall ${RECURSIVE}))
 
 # inside a repo...
-if [ $FALLBACK_TO_PULL = "yes" ] && [ -d ./.git ] ; then
-	echo "running inside a repository, falling back to vanilla pull..."
+if [ -d ./.git ] ; then
 	git pull
 	exit 0
 fi
@@ -76,9 +55,6 @@ wd=$(pwd)
 for dir in ${DIRS[@]} ; do
 	dir=${dir%.git}
 	echo $dir
-	if [ $LIST ] ; then
-		continue
-	fi
 	cd "$dir"
 	git pull
 	cd "$wd"