1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gitolite-sync.in b/gitolite-sync.in
index 067b87a..9c7bdf0 100644
--- a/gitolite-sync.in
+++ b/gitolite-sync.in
@@ -51,9 +51,13 @@ for repository_dir in "${repository_dirs[@]}"; do
       | sort -u
     )
     if [ -z "${remotes}" ]; then
-      >&2 printf 'Repository "%s" has no backup remotes.\n' \
-        "${path}"
-      continue
+      >&2 printf 'adding default remote "%s", because no remote was found so far\n' \
+        "${default_remote_name}"
+      git -C "${path}" remote add "${default_remote_name}" "$(
+        printf '%s\n' "${path}" \
+        | sed "${default_remote_path_substitution}"
+      )"
+      remotes="${default_remote_name}"
     fi
     for remote in ${remotes}; do
       git -C "${path}" fetch "${remote}" 'refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*' 'refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*'