diff --git a/newrepo b/newrepo
index 54af871..73d29cc 100755
--- a/newrepo
+++ b/newrepo
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ if [[ ! $repo_name =~ ^.*\.git$ ]] ; then
     repo_name="${repo_name}.git"
 fi
 
-git init --bare ${repo_name}
+git init --bare --template=git-templates ${repo_name} 1>/dev/null