diff --git a/commands/checkout.go b/commands/checkout.go
index a2e77bfb..3713ff15 100644
--- a/commands/checkout.go
+++ b/commands/checkout.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ set with BRANCH.
 func checkout(command *Command, args *Args) {
 	if !args.IsParamsEmpty() {
 		err := transformCheckoutArgs(args)
-		utils.Fatal(err)
+		utils.Check(err)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/commands/clone.go b/commands/clone.go
index 9238cd04..5e3634bb 100644
--- a/commands/clone.go
+++ b/commands/clone.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 var cmdClone = &Command{
 	Run:          clone,
 	GitExtension: true,
-	Usage:        "Clone [-p] OPTIONS [USER/]REPOSITORY DIRECTORY",
+	Usage:        "clone [-p] OPTIONS [USER/]REPOSITORY DIRECTORY",
 	Short:        "Clone a remote repository into a new directory",
 	Long: `Clone repository "git://github.com/USER/REPOSITORY.git" into
 DIRECTORY as with git-clone(1). When USER/ is omitted, assumes
diff --git a/commands/commands.go b/commands/commands.go
index e0fa14b4..c01cec8e 100644
--- a/commands/commands.go
+++ b/commands/commands.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func (c *Command) PrintUsage() {
 		utils.Check(err)
 	} else {
 		if c.Runnable() {
-			fmt.Printf("Usage: gh %s\n\n", c.Usage)
+			fmt.Printf("Usage: git %s\n\n", c.Usage)
 		}
 
 		fmt.Println(strings.Trim(c.Long, "\n"))
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ func (c *Command) List() bool {
 	return c.Short != ""
 }
 
+var Basic = []*Command{
+  cmdInit,
+}
+
 var Branching = []*Command{
 	cmdCheckout,
 	cmdMerge,
@@ -74,6 +78,7 @@ var GitHub = []*Command{
 
 func All() []*Command {
 	all := make([]*Command, 0)
+	all = append(all, Basic...)
 	all = append(all, Branching...)
 	all = append(all, Remote...)
 	all = append(all, GitHub...)
diff --git a/commands/help.go b/commands/help.go
index d94d6c33..bc6023f3 100644
--- a/commands/help.go
+++ b/commands/help.go
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ func runHelp(cmd *Command, args *Args) {
 
 var usageTemplate = template.Must(template.New("usage").Parse(`Usage: gh [command] [options] [arguments]
 
+Branching Commands:{{range .BasicCommands}}{{if .Runnable}}{{if .List}}
+    {{.Name | printf "%-16s"}}  {{.Short}}{{end}}{{end}}{{end}}
+
 Branching Commands:{{range .BranchingCommands}}{{if .Runnable}}{{if .List}}
     {{.Name | printf "%-16s"}}  {{.Short}}{{end}}{{end}}{{end}}
 
@@ -54,10 +57,12 @@ See 'gh help [command]' for more information about a command.
 
 func printUsage() {
 	usageTemplate.Execute(os.Stdout, struct {
+		BasicCommands     []*Command
 		BranchingCommands []*Command
 		RemoteCommands    []*Command
 		GitHubCommands    []*Command
 	}{
+		Basic,
 		Branching,
 		Remote,
 		GitHub,
diff --git a/commands/init.go b/commands/init.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8222a7c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/init.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package commands
+
+import (
+	"github.com/jingweno/gh/github"
+	"github.com/jingweno/gh/utils"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+var cmdInit = &Command{
+	Run:          gitInit,
+	GitExtension: true,
+	Usage:        "init -g",
+	Short:        "Create an empty git repository or reinitialize an existing one",
+	Long: `Create a git repository as with git-init(1) and add remote origin at
+"git@github.com:USER/REPOSITORY.git"; USER is your GitHub username and
+REPOSITORY is the current working directory's basename.
+`,
+}
+
+/*
+  $ gh init -g
+  > git init
+  > git remote add origin git@github.com:USER/REPO.git
+*/
+func gitInit(command *Command, args *Args) {
+	if !args.IsParamsEmpty() {
+		err := transformInitArgs(args)
+		utils.Check(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func transformInitArgs(args *Args) error {
+	if !parseInitFlag(args) {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	dir, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	name := filepath.Base(dir)
+	owner := github.CurrentConfig().FetchUser()
+	project := github.Project{Owner: owner, Name: name}
+	url := project.GitURL(name, owner, true)
+	args.After("git", "remote", "add", "origin", url)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func parseInitFlag(args *Args) bool {
+	if i := args.IndexOfParam("-g"); i != -1 {
+		args.RemoveParam(i)
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/commands/init_test.go b/commands/init_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a2e3d43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commands/init_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package commands
+
+import (
+	"github.com/bmizerany/assert"
+	"github.com/jingweno/gh/github"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestTransformInitArgs(t *testing.T) {
+	github.DefaultConfigFile = "./test_support/gh"
+	config := github.Config{User: "jingweno", Token: "123"}
+	github.SaveConfig(&config)
+	defer os.RemoveAll(filepath.Dir(github.DefaultConfigFile))
+
+	args := NewArgs([]string{"init"})
+	err := transformInitArgs(args)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, true, args.IsParamsEmpty())
+
+	args = NewArgs([]string{"init", "-g"})
+	err = transformInitArgs(args)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, nil, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, true, args.IsParamsEmpty())
+
+	commands := args.Commands()
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(commands))
+	assert.Equal(t, "git init", commands[0].String())
+	reg := regexp.MustCompile("git remote add origin git@github.com:jingweno/.+\\.git")
+	assert.T(t, reg.MatchString(commands[1].String()))
+}
diff --git a/commands/merge.go b/commands/merge.go
index 6923fe79..afb63795 100644
--- a/commands/merge.go
+++ b/commands/merge.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ID and title, similar to the GitHub Merge Button.
 func merge(command *Command, args *Args) {
 	if !args.IsParamsEmpty() {
 		err := transformMergeArgs(args)
-		utils.Fatal(err)
+		utils.Check(err)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index d565fbd4..174d9666 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -9,12 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-func Fatal(err error) {
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-}
-
 func Check(err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("fatal: %v", err)