diff --git a/examples/config.yml b/rsrc/example.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/config.yml
rename to rsrc/example.yml
diff --git a/examples/template.yml b/rsrc/template.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/template.yml
rename to rsrc/template.yml
diff --git a/src/copy.rs b/src/copy.rs
index 9f90a59..ee1d8b9 100644
--- a/src/copy.rs
+++ b/src/copy.rs
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ mod tests {
         env::set_var("HOME", &home_dir);
         env::set_var("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", "");
 
-        let template = path::resolve(Path::new("examples/template.yml")).unwrap();
+        let template = path::resolve(Path::new("rsrc/template.yml")).unwrap();
         let config = config::load(&vec![template]).unwrap();
 
         func(&config, &home_dir);
diff --git a/src/git.rs b/src/git.rs
index fc88b33..c4e2914 100644
--- a/src/git.rs
+++ b/src/git.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ use git2::{
     StashFlags,
 };
 use simplelog::{info, paris, warn};
-use std::{collections::HashSet, env::VarError, error, fmt, io, path::Path, result};
+use std::{
+    collections::HashSet, env::VarError, error, fmt, fs::File, io, io::Write, path::Path, result,
+};
 
 // ========================================
 // Error
@@ -133,6 +135,24 @@ pub fn init(pc: &PathConfig) -> Result<Repository> {
 // Syncing
 // ========================================
 
+fn create_readme(repo: &Repository) -> Result<()> {
+    let workdir = repo.workdir().ok_or(Error::InvalidBareRepo)?;
+
+    let mut readme = workdir.to_path_buf();
+    readme.push("README.md");
+
+    let mut file = File::create(&readme)?;
+    // TODO(jrpotter): Get the name of the remote repository.
+    file.write_all(
+        "# home-config\n\nThis repository is maintained by \
+        [homesync](https://github.com/jrpotter/homesync)."
+            .as_ref(),
+    )?;
+    info!("Generated new <cyan>README.md</> file.");
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 pub fn push(pc: &PathConfig, repo: &mut Repository) -> Result<()> {
     // First pull to make sure there are no conflicts when we push our changes.
     // This will also perform validation and construct our local and remote
@@ -141,6 +161,7 @@ pub fn push(pc: &PathConfig, repo: &mut Repository) -> Result<()> {
 
     let refspec = format!("refs/heads/{}", &pc.config.repos.remote.branch);
     repo.set_head(&refspec)?;
+    create_readme(repo)?;
 
     // The index corresponds to our staging area. We add all files and write out
     // to a tree. The resulting tree can be found using `git ls-tree <oid>`.