--- /dev/null
+#! /bin/sh
+
+set -e;
+
+name="$1";
+
+if [ "$name" != "" ];
+then
+ timestamp=`date +'%F--%H-%M--%S'`;
+ directory="$HOME/x/$timestamp--$name";
+ mkdir -p "$directory";
+ cd "$directory";
+ echo "# $name\n" > README.md;
+ git init >&2
+ git add . >&2
+ git commit -m 'Initial commit' >&2
+ echo "$directory";
+else
+ echo "Please give the experiment a name, as the first argument.";
+ exit 1;
+fi;