diff --git a/.gitconfig b/.gitconfig
index 507547f..fc87133 100644
--- a/.gitconfig
+++ b/.gitconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [core]
 	autocrlf = input
 	whitespace = -tab-in-indent,tabwidth=4,indent-with-non-tab,trailing-space,space-before-tab
+	whitespace = fix
 	safecrlf=warn
 [apply]
 	whitespace = fix
@@ -12,5 +13,7 @@
 [commit]
 	gpgSign = true
 [submodule]
-        recurse = true
+	recurse = true
+[diff]
+	submodule = log
 
diff --git a/docs/set_upstream.sh b/docs/set_upstream.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50d1750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/set_upstream.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+set -x
+echo intended to be run in the event of moving repositories
+git remote -v
+git remote set-url origin git@cpal.pw:~/wallet.git
+git submodule foreach --recursive 'git remote -v'
+cd  libsodium
+git remote set-url origin git@cpal.pw:~/libsodium.git
+git remote set-url upstream  https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium.git
+cd ..
+cd mpir
+git remote set-url origin git@cpal.pw:~/mpir.git 
+git remote set-url upstream  https://github.com/BrianGladman/mpir.git
+cd ..
+cd wxWidgets
+git remote set-url origin git@cpal.pw:~/wxWidgets.git 
+git remote set-url upstream  https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets.git
+cd ..
+cd wxWidgets/3rdparty/catch
+git remote set-url origin git@cpal.pw:~/Catch.git
+git remote set-url upstream  https://github.com/wxWidgets/Catch.git
+cd ../../..
+cd wxWidgets/3rdparty/nanosvg
+git remote set-url origin git@cpal.pw:~/nanosvg
+git remote set-url upstream  https://github.com/wxWidgets/nanosvg
+cd ../../..
+cd wxWidgets/3rdparty/pcre
+git remote set-url origin git@cpal.pw:~/pcre
+git remote set-url upstream  https://github.com/wxWidgets/pcre
+cd ../../..
+cd wxWidgets/src/expat
+git remote set-url origin git@cpal.pw:~/libexpat.git
+git remote set-url upstream  https://github.com/wxWidgets/libexpat.git
+cd ../../..
+cd wxWidgets/src/jpeg
+git remote set-url origin git@cpal.pw:~/libjpeg-turbo.git
+git remote set-url upstream  https://github.com/wxWidgets/libjpeg-turbo.git
+cd ../../..
+cd wxWidgets/src/png
+git remote set-url origin git@cpal.pw:~/libpng.git
+git remote set-url upstream  https://github.com/wxWidgets/libpng.git
+cd ../../..
+cd wxWidgets/src/tiff
+git remote set-url origin git@cpal.pw:~/libtiff.git
+git remote set-url upstream  https://github.com/wxWidgets/libtiff.git
+cd ../../..
+cd wxWidgets/src/zlib
+git remote set-url origin git@cpal.pw:~/zlib.git
+git remote set-url upstream  https://github.com/wxWidgets/zlib.git
+cd ../../..
+winConfigure.sh
diff --git a/winConfigure.sh b/winConfigure.sh
index 01e1f5f..fb77a4d 100644
--- a/winConfigure.sh
+++ b/winConfigure.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set -e
 set -x
 git submodule foreach --recursive 'git reset --hard'
 git submodule foreach --recursive 'git clean -xdf'
-git submodule update --init --recursive
+git submodule update --init --recursive --remote
 git config --local include.path ../.gitconfig
 set +e
 set +x