diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.4.2 (2022-06-24)
+- 'new': need cabal init --license option, otherwise no LICENSE file is created
+- 'github': new command to add github remote for project
+
 ## 0.4.1 (2022-06-23)
 - 'rename' improvements
 - 'new': avoid error on cabal >= 3.4 by not passing --license to cabal init
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,6 +67,33 @@
 Published at https://hackage.haskell.org/package/hkgr-0.4
 ```
 
+## Help
+
+```shellsession
+$ hkgr --version
+0.4.2
+$ hkgr --help
+Hackage Release tool
+
+Usage: hkgr [--version] COMMAND
+  'Hackager' is a package release tool for easy Hackage workflow
+
+Available options:
+  -h,--help                Show this help text
+  --version                Show version
+
+Available commands:
+  new                      setup a new project
+  tagdist                  'git tag' version and 'cabal sdist' tarball
+  upload                   'cabal upload' candidate tarball to Hackage
+  publish                  Publish to Hackage ('cabal upload --publish')
+  upload-haddock           Upload candidate documentation to Hackage
+  publish-haddock          Publish documentation to Hackage
+  version                  Show the package version from .cabal file
+  rename                   Rename the Cabal package
+  github                   Add github repo
+```
+
 ## Details
 
 ### tagdist
@@ -127,7 +154,9 @@
 
 A `stack.yaml` file and git repo is also set up.
 
-One can use `gh repo create` etc to create the project repo on Github.
+### github
+(One can use `gh repo create` etc to create the project repo on Github)
+and then `hkgr github` to add the github remote to your project.
 
 ## Requirements
 hkgr uses `cabal-install` >=2, `git`, and also `hlint` if available.
diff --git a/hkgr.cabal b/hkgr.cabal
--- a/hkgr.cabal
+++ b/hkgr.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:       2.0
 name:                hkgr
-version:             0.4.1
+version:             0.4.2
 synopsis:            Simple Hackage release workflow for package maintainers
 description:
             Hkgr (Hackager) is a tool to help make new releases of
diff --git a/src/Main.hs b/src/Main.hs
--- a/src/Main.hs
+++ b/src/Main.hs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #if !MIN_VERSION_base(4,11,0)
 import Data.Monoid ((<>))
 #endif
+import Data.Version.Extra
 import SimpleCabal
 import SimpleCmdArgs
 import System.Directory
@@ -56,6 +57,8 @@
     , Subcommand "rename" "Rename the Cabal package" $
       renameCmd
       <$> strArg "NEWNAME"
+    , Subcommand "github" "Add github repo" $
+      pure githubCmd
     ]
   where
     forceOpt = switchWith 'f' "force"
@@ -84,9 +87,9 @@
   then B.init bs
   else bs
 
--- cmd :: String -> [String] -> IO String
--- cmd c args =
---   B.unpack . removeTrailingNewline <$> P.readProcessStdout_ (P.proc c args)
+cmd :: String -> [String] -> IO String
+cmd c args =
+  B.unpack . removeTrailingNewline <$> P.readProcessStdout_ (P.proc c args)
 
 cmd_ :: String -> [String] -> IO ()
 cmd_ c args = P.runProcess_ $ P.proc c args
@@ -342,7 +345,11 @@
     Nothing -> do
       let setupFile = "Setup.hs"
       origsetup <- doesFileExist setupFile
-      cabal_ "init" ["--quiet", "--no-comments", "--non-interactive", "--is-libandexe", "--cabal-version=1.18", "--package-name=" ++ name, "--version=0.1.0", "--dependency=base<5", "--source-dir=src"]
+      cabalversion <- readVersion <$> cmd "cabal" ["--numeric-version"]
+      let license = if cabalversion > makeVersion [3,4]
+                    then "BSD-3-Clause"
+                    else "BSD3"
+        in cabal_ "init" ["--quiet", "--no-comments", "--non-interactive", "--is-libandexe", "--cabal-version=1.18", "--license=" ++ license, "--package-name=" ++ name, "--version=0.1.0", "--dependency=base<5", "--source-dir=src"]
       whenJustM (cmdMaybe $ P.proc "find" ["-name", "Main.hs"]) $ \ file -> do
         sed ["1s/^module Main where/-- SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause\\n\\nmodule Main (main) where/"] file
         unless (file == "src/Main.hs") $ renameFile file "src/Main.hs"
@@ -437,3 +444,12 @@
   sed ["s/" ++ oldname ++ "/" ++ newname ++ "/g"] "README.md"
   sed ["s/" ++ oldname ++ "/" ++ newname ++ "/g"] "ChangeLog.md"
   renameDirectory (".." </> oldname) (".." </> newname)
+
+githubCmd :: IO ()
+githubCmd = do
+  ghuser <- cmdOut $ git "config" ["--global", "github.user"]
+  pkgid <- getPackageId
+  let name = unPackageName (pkgName pkgid)
+  git_ "remote" ["add", "origin", "git@github.com:" ++ ghuser </> name <.> "git"]
+  git_ "branch" ["-M", "main"]
+--  git_ "push" ["-u", "origin", "main"]