diff --git a/contrib/adc/adc.common-functions b/contrib/adc/adc.common-functions
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+++ b/contrib/adc/adc.common-functions
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# please make sure this file is NOT chmod +x
+
+die() { echo "$@"; exit 1; }
+
+get_rights_and_owner() {
+    local ans
+    ans=$(perl -I$HOME/.gitolite/src -Mgitolite -e 'cli_repo_rights("'$1'")')
+
+    # set shell variables as needed
+    owner=${ans#* }
+    rights=${ans% *}
+    [[ $rights =~ C ]]  && perm_create=yes  || perm_create=
+    [[ $rights =~ R ]]  && perm_read=yes    || perm_read=
+    [[ $rights =~ W ]]  && perm_write=yes   || perm_write=
+}
diff --git a/contrib/adc/fork b/contrib/adc/fork
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+++ b/contrib/adc/fork
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+from=$1
+to=$2
+
+. $(dirname $0)/adc.common-functions
+
+# we cannot just say "cd $GL_REPO_BASE_ABS; git clone $from.git $to.git".  That
+# won't set up the hooks or the gl-creater file that gitolite needs.  So we now
+# have a new "git-init" command!
+
+get_rights_and_owner $from
+[[ -z $perm_read ]] && die "no read permissions on $from"
+
+get_rights_and_owner $to
+[[ -z $perm_create ]] && die "no create permissions on $to"
+
+# let gitolite create the repo first
+SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND="git-init '$to'" $GL_BINDIR/gl-auth-command $GL_USER
+# then copy the refs from $from
+cd $GL_REPO_BASE_ABS/$to.git
+git fetch $GL_REPO_BASE_ABS/$from.git refs/*:refs/*
diff --git a/contrib/adc/restrict-admin b/contrib/adc/restrict-admin
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/contrib/adc/restrict-admin
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+. $(dirname $0)/adc.common-functions
+
+get_rights_and_owner gitolite-admin
+[[ -z $perm_write ]] && die "just *what* are you trying to pull, young man?"
+
+# and here you let them do the dangerous stuff
+echo "+rm -rf $GL_REPO_BASE_ABS"
+sleep 2
+echo ...just kidding!
diff --git a/contrib/adc/rmrepo b/contrib/adc/rmrepo
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+++ b/contrib/adc/rmrepo
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+. $(dirname $0)/adc.common-functions
+
+delete=$1
+
+get_rights_and_owner $delete
+[[ $owner == $GL_USER ]] || die "$delete is not yours to delete!"
+
+cd $GL_REPO_BASE_ABS
+rm -rf $delete.git