diff --git a/middleman-cli/lib/middleman-cli.rb b/middleman-cli/lib/middleman-cli.rb
index e49df2f9..fa8a4b0f 100644
--- a/middleman-cli/lib/middleman-cli.rb
+++ b/middleman-cli/lib/middleman-cli.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ module Middleman
         say "Middleman #{Middleman::VERSION}"
       end
 
+      desc 'help', 'Show help'
+
       # Override the Thor help method to find help for subtasks
       # @param [Symbol, String, nil] meth
       # @param [Boolean] subcommand
@@ -92,3 +94,4 @@ require 'middleman-cli/extension'
 require 'middleman-cli/server'
 require 'middleman-cli/build'
 require 'middleman-cli/console'
+require 'middleman-cli/git'
diff --git a/middleman-cli/lib/middleman-cli/git.rb b/middleman-cli/lib/middleman-cli/git.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8d512e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/middleman-cli/lib/middleman-cli/git.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# CLI Module
+module Middleman::Cli
+  # A thor task for creating new projects
+  class Git < Thor
+    include Thor::Actions
+    check_unknown_options!
+
+    namespace :git
+
+    desc 'git REPO TARGET [options]', 'Create new project from REPO at TARGET'
+
+    # Do not run bundle install
+    method_option 'skip-bundle',
+                  type: :boolean,
+                  aliases: '-B',
+                  default: false,
+                  desc: "Don't run bundle install"
+
+    # The git task
+    # @param [String] name
+    def git(repo, target='.')
+      require 'rugged'
+      require 'tmpdir'
+
+      path = repository_path(repo)
+
+      Dir.mktmpdir do |dir|
+        Rugged::Repository.clone_at(path, dir)
+
+        source_paths << dir
+
+        directory dir, target, exclude_pattern: /\.git\/|\.gitignore$/
+
+        inside(target) do
+          run('bundle install')
+        end unless ENV['TEST'] || options[:'skip-bundle']
+      end
+    end
+
+    protected
+
+    def repository_path(repo)
+      "git://github.com/#{repo}.git"
+    end
+  end
+
+  def self.exit_on_failure?
+    true
+  end
+
+  Base.map('g' => 'git')
+end
diff --git a/middleman-cli/middleman-cli.gemspec b/middleman-cli/middleman-cli.gemspec
index 8102ed15..5a2fde18 100644
--- a/middleman-cli/middleman-cli.gemspec
+++ b/middleman-cli/middleman-cli.gemspec
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency('thor', ['>= 0.17.0', '< 2.0'])
 
   # Templates
-  s.add_dependency('octokit', ['~> 3.1'])
+  s.add_dependency('rugged', [])
 end