diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4a32c15a54..e55cf6e3f2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ vue init username/repo my-project
 
 Where `username/repo` is the GitHub repo shorthand for your fork.
 
+The shorthand repo notation is passed to [download-git-repo](https://github.com/flipxfx/download-git-repo) so you can also use things like `bitbucket:username/repo` for a Bitbucket repo and `username/repo#branch` for tags or branches.
+
 You can also create your own template from scratch:
 
 - A template repo **must** have a `template` directory that holds the template files.
diff --git a/bin/vue-init b/bin/vue-init
index cb085b7c2f..efaa48d63e 100755
--- a/bin/vue-init
+++ b/bin/vue-init
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 var Khaos = require('khaos-patched')
 var metadata = require('read-metadata')
-var download = require('download-github-repo')
+var download = require('download-git-repo')
 var program = require('commander')
 var exists = require('fs').existsSync
 var join = require('path').join
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d128b24688..3412a438be 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "chalk": "^1.1.1",
     "commander": "^2.9.0",
-    "download-github-repo": "^0.1.3",
+    "download-git-repo": "^0.0.1",
     "khaos-patched": "^0.9.3",
     "read-metadata": "^1.0.0",
     "request": "^2.67.0",