diff --git a/metatool b/metatool
index d13593e..378a2e6 100755
--- a/metatool
+++ b/metatool
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 set -e
 set -x
 
+org_name=`
+  git remote -v |
+  head -n 1 |
+  sed -r 's#^.*[:/]([^/]*)/_meta.*$#\1#'
+`
+
 manyrepos_dir=.many
 manyrepos_branch=master
 metarepo_branch=meta
@@ -15,6 +21,12 @@ init() {
   done
 }
 
+populate() {
+  mkdir -p .many
+  find * -maxdepth 0 -type d |
+  parallel -I"{}" hub clone "${org_name}/{}" "${manyrepos_dir}/{}"
+}
+
 sync() {
   ls $manyrepos_dir |
   while read project
@@ -28,8 +40,8 @@ sync() {
     check_merge $project
   done
 
-  ls $manyrepos_dir | parallel -I"{}" echo git subtree push --prefix="{}" $manyrepos_dir/"{}" $metarepo_branch
-  ls $manyrepos_dir | parallel -I"{}" git subtree push --prefix="{}" $manyrepos_dir/"{}" $metarepo_branch
+  ls $manyrepos_dir |
+  parallel -I"{}" git subtree push --prefix="{}" $manyrepos_dir/"{}" $metarepo_branch
 
   ls $manyrepos_dir |
   while read project
@@ -101,6 +113,9 @@ case $command in
    init)
       init $@
       ;;
+   populate)
+      populate $@
+      ;;
    sync)
       sync $@
       ;;