diff --git a/gitto/git.scm b/gitto/git.scm
index a0cec3a..c7b2cdf 100644
--- a/gitto/git.scm
+++ b/gitto/git.scm
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@
             repo-location
             repo-name
             repository?
-            repository<?
+            repository-location<?
+            repository-name<?
             same-repository?))
 
 (define show-unchanged-branches? #f)
@@ -60,10 +61,14 @@
 (define (repository? repo)
   (is-a? repo <repository>))
 
-(define (repository<? repo1 repo2)
-  "Compary REPO1 and REPO2 to see if REPO1 should be considered smaller."
+(define (repository-location<? repo1 repo2)
+  "Compary REPO1 and REPO2 to see if REPO1 should be considered less."
   (string<? (repo-location repo1) (repo-location repo2)))
 
+(define (repository-name<? repo1 repo2)
+  "Compare REPO1 and REPO2 to see if REPO1 should be considered less."
+  (string<? (repo-name repo1) (repo-name repo2)))
+
 (define-method (branch-pullable (branch <branch>))
   (force (slot-ref branch 'pullable)))
 
diff --git a/gitto/main.scm b/gitto/main.scm
index f8eeb18..f4efeae 100644
--- a/gitto/main.scm
+++ b/gitto/main.scm
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
 
 (define (list-repository-locations)
   "List the registered locations of repositories."
-  (for-each print-repository-location (sort repositories repository<?)))
+  (for-each print-repository-location
+            (sort repositories repository-location<?)))
 
 (define (print-repository-location repo)
   "Print the location of REPO."
@@ -60,20 +61,10 @@
 
 (define (save-repositories-list)
   "Save the list of repositories."
-  (let ((dir (data-dir)))
-    (unless (file-exists? dir)
-      (mkdir dir)))
-
+  (ensure-directory-exists. (data-dir))
   ;; Sort first
-  (set! repositories
-        (sort repositories
-              (lambda (s1 s2)
-                (string<? (repo-name s1) (repo-name s2)))))
-
-  (let ((port (open-output-file repositories-file))
-        (repos (map repo-location repositories)))
-    (write repos port)
-    (close-port port)))
+  (set! repositories (sort repositories repository-name<?))
+  (write-repositories!))
 
 (define (show-global-config)
   "Show the template specified in `global-config'."
@@ -112,6 +103,13 @@ Don't do anything if REPO has been added to `config-exclusion-list'."
   "Check if REPO is or could be made usable as a repository."
   (or (repository? repo) (string? repo)))
 
+(define (write-repositories!)
+  "Write the repositories to the repositories file."
+  (let ((port (open-output-file repositories-file))
+        (repos (map repo-location repositories)))
+    (write repos port)
+    (close-port port)))
+
 (define config-exclusion-list '())
 (define repositories-file (data-file "repos.scm"))
 
diff --git a/gitto/path.scm b/gitto/path.scm
index 1326118..373bf94 100644
--- a/gitto/path.scm
+++ b/gitto/path.scm
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@
 ;; along with gitto.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 (define-module (gitto path)
-  #:export (realpath))
+  #:export (realpath
+            ensure-directory-exists.))
 
 (load-extension "libguile-gitto-path" "init_gitto")
+
+(define (ensure-directory-exists. path)
+  "Make sure PATH exists.
+
+Check if PATH exists, and if so do nothing. If PATH doesn't exist,
+create it."
+  (unless (file-exists? path)
+    (mkdir path)))