This is the Thoughtbot Rails Template. To create a new project, checkout this repository and run: ./script/create_project.rb projectname This will create a project in ../projectname. You should then follow the instructions on Github to upload that project there. This script creates an entirely new git repository, and is not meant to be used against an existing repo. When making a change to a project that was created via this template, consider whether it's a change that should be made across all projects. If so, then make the change in this template, and pull it into your project via: git pull git@github.com:thoughtbot/rails-template.git master