diff --git a/src/commands/fork b/src/commands/fork
index fb49d92..fe27035 100755
--- a/src/commands/fork
+++ b/src/commands/fork
@@ -59,4 +59,4 @@ ln -sf `gitolite query-rc GL_ADMIN_BASE`/hooks/common/* hooks
 echo "$from" > gl-forked-from
 
 # trigger post_create
-gitolite trigger POST_CREATE
+gitolite trigger POST_CREATE $to $GL_USER
diff --git a/src/commands/perms b/src/commands/perms
index dce271c..7be3a28 100755
--- a/src/commands/perms
+++ b/src/commands/perms
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ if ( $ARGV[0] eq '-l' ) {
     getperms(@ARGV);    # doesn't return
 }
 
+my $repo = shift;
 setperms(@ARGV);
-_system( "gitolite", "trigger", "POST_CREATE" );
+_system( "gitolite", "trigger", "POST_CREATE", $repo, $ENV{GL_USER} );
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -50,7 +51,6 @@ sub getperms {
 }
 
 sub setperms {
-    my $repo = shift;
     _die "sorry you are not authorised" if repo_missing($repo) or creator($repo) ne $ENV{GL_USER};
     my $pf = "$rc{GL_REPO_BASE}/$repo.git/gl-perms";
 
diff --git a/src/triggers/post-compile/update-git-configs b/src/triggers/post-compile/update-git-configs
index 446b28a..7f3fb83 100755
--- a/src/triggers/post-compile/update-git-configs
+++ b/src/triggers/post-compile/update-git-configs
@@ -13,13 +13,30 @@ use Gitolite::Conf::Load;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 my $RB = $rc{GL_REPO_BASE};
 _chdir($RB);
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# if called from POST_CREATE, we have only a single repo to worry about
+if (@ARGV and $ARGV[0] eq 'POST_CREATE') {
+    my $repo = $ARGV[1];
+    fixup_config($repo);
+
+    exit 0;
+}
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# else it's all repos (i.e., called from POST_COMPILE)
+
 my $lpr = list_phy_repos();
 
 for my $pr (@$lpr) {
+    fixup_config($pr);
+}
+
+sub fixup_config {
+    my $pr = shift;
+
     my $gc = git_config( $pr, '.' );
     while ( my ( $key, $value ) = each( %{$gc} ) ) {
         next if $key =~ /^gitolite-options\./;