diff --git a/lib/Pomander/Scm/Git.php b/lib/Pomander/Scm/Git.php
index 53592f2..325ef11 100644
--- a/lib/Pomander/Scm/Git.php
+++ b/lib/Pomander/Scm/Git.php
@@ -16,7 +16,19 @@ class Git extends Scm
      */
     public function create($location)
     {
-        return "git clone -q {$this->repository} {$location}";
+        $cmd = array();
+
+        $cmd[] = "umask {$this->app->env->umask}";
+        $cmd[] = "if test ! -d {$location}; then mkdir {$location}; fi";
+
+        $cmd[] = "rm -rf {$location}/*";
+        $cmd[] = "cd {$location}";
+        $cmd[] = "git init -q";
+
+        $remote = isset($this->app->env->remote)? $this->app->env->remote : "origin";
+        $cmd[] = "git remote add {$remote} {$this->repository}";
+
+        return implode(' && ', $cmd) . ' && ' . $this->update();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -32,12 +44,12 @@ public function update()
         $cmd[] = "git fetch --tags -q {$remote}";
 
         // Search revision
-        if(!empty($this->app->env->revision)) {
+        if (!empty($this->app->env->revision)) {
             $commit = $this->app->env->revision;
         } else {
-            if(!empty($this->app["branch"])) {
+            if (!empty($this->app["branch"])) {
                 $commit = $this->get_commit_sha($this->app["branch"]);
-            } elseif(!empty($this->app->env->branch)) {
+            } elseif (!empty($this->app->env->branch)) {
                 $commit = $this->get_commit_sha($this->app->env->branch);
             } else {
                 $commit = 'HEAD';
@@ -71,7 +83,7 @@ public function revision()
     public function get_commit_sha($ref)
     {
         // if specifying a remote ref, just grab the branch name
-        if(strpos($ref, "/") !== false) {
+        if (strpos($ref, "/") !== false) {
             $ref = explode("/", $ref);
             $ref = end($ref);
         }
diff --git a/lib/tasks/deploy.php b/lib/tasks/deploy.php
index 428a7ed..19ed5d4 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/deploy.php
+++ b/lib/tasks/deploy.php
@@ -5,13 +5,8 @@
     desc("Setup application in environment.");
     task('setup','app', function ($app) {
         info("deploy","setting up environment");
-        $cmd = array(
-            "umask {$app->env->umask}",
-            "mkdir -p {$app->env->deploy_to}"
-        );
 
         if ($app->env->releases === false) {
-            $cmd[] = "rm -rf {$app->env->deploy_to}";
             $cmd[] = $app->env->scm->create($app->env->deploy_to);
         } else {
             $deployed = run("if test -d {$app->env->current_dir}; then echo \"exists\"; fi", true);