diff --git a/scripts/deploy.sh b/scripts/deploy.sh
index 8150d5c..9f286b5 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ set -e
 
 DEST="${DEST:-$HOME/toes}"
 APPS_DIR="${APPS_DIR:-$HOME/apps}"
+DATA_DIR="${DATA_DIR:-$HOME/data}"
+REPOS_DIR="$DATA_DIR/repos"
 
 cd "$DEST" && git checkout -- bun.lock && git pull origin main && bun install && rm -rf dist && bun run build
 
@@ -33,6 +35,29 @@ for app_dir in "$DEST"/apps/*/; do
   (cd "$target" && bun install --frozen-lockfile 2>/dev/null || bun install)
 done
 
+echo "=> Initializing bare repos for shipped apps..."
+mkdir -p "$REPOS_DIR"
+for app_dir in "$DEST"/apps/*/; do
+  app=$(basename "$app_dir")
+  [ -f "$app_dir/package.json" ] || continue
+  bare="$REPOS_DIR/$app.git"
+
+  if [ ! -d "$bare" ]; then
+    git init --bare "$bare" > /dev/null
+    git -C "$bare" symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/main
+    git -C "$bare" config http.receivepack true
+  fi
+
+  tmp=$(mktemp -d)
+  cp -a "$app_dir"/. "$tmp"/
+  git -C "$tmp" init -b main > /dev/null 2>&1
+  git -C "$tmp" add -A > /dev/null
+  git -C "$tmp" -c user.name=toes -c user.email=toes@localhost commit -m "deploy" > /dev/null 2>&1
+  git -C "$tmp" push --force "$bare" main > /dev/null 2>&1
+  rm -rf "$tmp"
+  echo "  $app"
+done
+
 sudo systemctl restart toes.service
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