diff --git a/English.lproj/MainMenu.xib b/English.lproj/MainMenu.xib
index 1e9e26d..3e4d678 100644
--- a/English.lproj/MainMenu.xib
+++ b/English.lproj/MainMenu.xib
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 		<string key="IBDocument.HIToolboxVersion">353.00</string>
 		<object class="NSMutableArray" key="IBDocument.EditedObjectIDs">
 			<bool key="EncodedWithXMLCoder">YES</bool>
-			<integer value="57"/>
+			<integer value="81"/>
 		</object>
 		<object class="NSArray" key="IBDocument.PluginDependencies">
 			<bool key="EncodedWithXMLCoder">YES</bool>
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
 								<bool key="EncodedWithXMLCoder">YES</bool>
 								<object class="NSMenuItem" id="968526216">
 									<reference key="NSMenu" ref="310195297"/>
-									<string key="NSTitle">New</string>
+									<string type="base64-UTF8" key="NSTitle">TmV34oCmA</string>
 									<string key="NSKeyEquiv">n</string>
 									<int key="NSKeyEquivModMask">1048576</int>
 									<int key="NSMnemonicLoc">2147483647</int>
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
 								</object>
 								<object class="NSMenuItem" id="432647792">
 									<reference key="NSMenu" ref="310195297"/>
-									<string key="NSTitle">Open...</string>
+									<string type="base64-UTF8" key="NSTitle">T3BlbuKApg</string>
 									<string key="NSKeyEquiv">o</string>
 									<int key="NSKeyEquivModMask">1048576</int>
 									<int key="NSMnemonicLoc">2147483647</int>
@@ -1212,6 +1212,14 @@
 					</object>
 					<int key="connectionID">933</int>
 				</object>
+				<object class="IBConnectionRecord">
+					<object class="IBActionConnection" key="connection">
+						<string key="label">newDocument:</string>
+						<reference key="source" ref="954860085"/>
+						<reference key="destination" ref="968526216"/>
+					</object>
+					<int key="connectionID">934</int>
+				</object>
 			</object>
 			<object class="IBMutableOrderedSet" key="objectRecords">
 				<object class="NSArray" key="orderedObjects">
@@ -2256,7 +2264,7 @@
 				</object>
 			</object>
 			<nil key="sourceID"/>
-			<int key="maxID">933</int>
+			<int key="maxID">934</int>
 		</object>
 		<object class="IBClassDescriber" key="IBDocument.Classes">
 			<object class="NSMutableArray" key="referencedPartialClassDescriptions">
diff --git a/PBRepositoryDocumentController.m b/PBRepositoryDocumentController.m
index 4b7519c..fdfae3a 100644
--- a/PBRepositoryDocumentController.m
+++ b/PBRepositoryDocumentController.m
@@ -46,4 +46,36 @@
 
 	return document;
 }
+
+
+- (IBAction)newDocument:(id)sender
+{
+	NSOpenPanel *op = [NSOpenPanel openPanel];
+
+	[op setCanChooseFiles:NO];
+	[op setCanChooseDirectories:YES];
+	[op setAllowsMultipleSelection:NO];
+	[op setMessage:@"Initialize a repository here:"];
+	[op setTitle:@"New Repository"];
+	if ([op runModal] == NSFileHandlingPanelOKButton)
+	{
+		NSString *path = [op filename];
+		NSInteger terminationStatus;
+		NSString *result = [PBEasyPipe outputForCommand:[PBGitBinary path] withArgs:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"init", @"-q", nil] inDir:path inputString:nil retValue:&terminationStatus];
+
+		if (terminationStatus == 0)
+			[self openDocumentWithContentsOfURL:[op URL] display:YES error:NULL];
+		else
+			NSRunAlertPanel(@"Failed to create new Git repository", @"Git returned the following error when trying to create the repository: %@", nil, nil, nil, result);
+	}
+}
+
+
+- (BOOL)validateMenuItem:(NSMenuItem *)item
+{
+	if ([item action] == @selector(newDocument:))
+		return ([PBGitBinary path] != nil);
+	return [super validateMenuItem:item];
+}
+
 @end