diff --git a/conf/example.gitolite.rc b/conf/example.gitolite.rc
index 82a9783..e57f8fc 100644
--- a/conf/example.gitolite.rc
+++ b/conf/example.gitolite.rc
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ $GL_WILDREPOS = 0;
 # as desired after repository creation; it is only a default. Note that @all can be
 # used here but is special; no other groups can be used in user-level permissions.
 
-# $GL_WILDREPOS_DEFPERMS = 'R = @all';
+# $GL_WILDREPOS_DEFPERMS = 'R @all';
 
 # --------------------------------------
 # HOOK CHAINING
diff --git a/contrib/adc/fork b/contrib/adc/fork
index b3cac93..70deb4c 100755
--- a/contrib/adc/fork
+++ b/contrib/adc/fork
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ git clone --bare -l $GL_REPO_BASE_ABS/$from.git $GL_REPO_BASE_ABS/$to.git
 cd $GL_REPO_BASE_ABS/$to.git
 echo $GL_USER > gl-creater
 git config gitweb.owner "$GL_USER"
-( cd $HOME;perl -e 'do ".gitolite.rc"; print $GL_WILDREPOS_DEFPERMS' ) |
+( cd $HOME;perl -le 'do ".gitolite.rc"; print $GL_WILDREPOS_DEFPERMS' ) |
     SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND="setperms $to" $GL_BINDIR/gl-auth-command $GL_USER
 cp -R $GL_REPO_BASE_ABS/$from.git/hooks/* $GL_REPO_BASE_ABS/$to.git/hooks
 
diff --git a/src/gitolite.pm b/src/gitolite.pm
index 13a761d..e0c2af4 100644
--- a/src/gitolite.pm
+++ b/src/gitolite.pm
@@ -66,6 +66,26 @@ sub wrap_print {
     close($fh);
 }
 
+sub add_del_line {
+    my ($line, $file, $flag) = @_;
+    my $contents;
+
+    local $/ = undef;
+    my $fh = wrap_open("<", $file);
+    $contents = <$fh>;
+    $contents =~ s/\s+$/\n/;
+
+    if ($flag and $contents !~ /^\Q$line\E$/m) {
+        # add line if it doesn't exist
+        $contents .= "$line\n";
+        wrap_print($file, $contents);
+    }
+    if (not $flag and $contents =~ /^\Q$line\E$/m) {
+        $contents =~ s/^\Q$line\E(\n|$)//m;
+        wrap_print($file, $contents);
+    }
+}
+
 sub dbg {
     for my $i (@_) {
         print STDERR "DBG: $i\n";
@@ -279,7 +299,8 @@ sub get_set_perms
 
         # gitweb and daemon
         setup_daemon_access($repo);
-        system("echo $repo.git >> $PROJECTS_LIST") if &setup_gitweb_access($repo, '', '');
+        # add or delete line (arg1) from file (arg2) depending on arg3
+        &add_del_line ("$repo.git", $PROJECTS_LIST, &setup_gitweb_access($repo, '', ''));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gl-auth-command b/src/gl-auth-command
index 9870b2d..45e6ced 100755
--- a/src/gl-auth-command
+++ b/src/gl-auth-command
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ if ($perm =~ /C/) {
     wrap_print("gl-perms", "$GL_WILDREPOS_DEFPERMS\n") if $GL_WILDREPOS_DEFPERMS;
     &setup_repo_configs($repo, \%repo_config);
     &setup_daemon_access($repo);
-    system("echo $repo.git >> $PROJECTS_LIST") if &setup_gitweb_access($repo, '', '');
+    &add_del_line ("$repo.git", $PROJECTS_LIST, &setup_gitweb_access($repo, '', ''));
     wrap_chdir($ENV{HOME});
 }
 
diff --git a/t/t60-daemon-gitweb-via-setperms b/t/t60-daemon-gitweb-via-setperms
index 47bc5b7..4d23b10 100644
--- a/t/t60-daemon-gitweb-via-setperms
+++ b/t/t60-daemon-gitweb-via-setperms
@@ -109,18 +109,9 @@ do
     runlocal git ls-remote u1:bar/u1/try6
     runremote ls -al repositories/bar/u1/try6.git/git-daemon-export-ok
     expect "ls: cannot access repositories/bar/u1/try6.git/git-daemon-export-ok: No such file or directory"
-    # projects.list currently does not get cleared until a compile, so you
-    # will still see the entry for .../try6
-    runremote ls -al projects.list
-    expect "gitolite-test gitolite-test 76 .* projects.list"
-    runremote cat projects.list
-    expect "bar/u1/try6.git"
-
-    echo | ugc
     runremote ls -al projects.list
     expect "gitolite-test gitolite-test 60 .* projects.list"
     runremote cat projects.list
-    # but *now* it should be gone
     notexpect "bar/u1/try6.git"
 
     name "INTERNAL"