diff --git a/integrations/scripts/update.sh b/integrations/scripts/update.sh
index fc042e5d..8ce2487d 100755
--- a/integrations/scripts/update.sh
+++ b/integrations/scripts/update.sh
@@ -2,13 +2,17 @@
 set -e
 cd `dirname $0`/..
 
-# set -x
 NAME=$1
 shift 
 BRANCH=master
 URL=
+FORCE=
 for i in "$@"; do
     case $i in
+        -d|--debug)
+            set -x
+            shift
+        ;;
         -b=*|--branch=*)
             BRANCH="${i#*=}"
             shift
@@ -17,6 +21,10 @@ for i in "$@"; do
             URL="${i#*=}"
             shift
         ;;
+        -f|--force|--hard)
+            FORCE=1
+            shift
+        ;;
         *)
             # unknown option
         ;;
@@ -28,70 +36,106 @@ if [ "$NAME" == "" ]; then
     exit 0
 fi
 
-echo adding name=$NAME url=$URL branch=refs/remotes/origin/$BRANCH
-
-if [ "$URL" == "" ]; then
-    URL=git@github.com:c9/$NAME.git
-fi
-
-if [ -d $NAME/.git ]; then
+update_one() {
+    echo adding name=$NAME url=$URL branch=refs/remotes/origin/$BRANCH
+    
+    if [ "$URL" == "" ]; then
+        URL=git@github.com:c9/$NAME.git
+    fi
+    
+    mkdir -p $NAME
     pushd $NAME
+    
+    if ! [ -d .git ]; then
+        git init .
+        git remote add origin "$URL"
+    fi
+        
     OLD_URL=$(git config --get remote.origin.url)
     if [ "$OLD_URL" != "$URL" ]; then
         echo "folder $NAME exists and points to $OLD_URL"
         exit 1
     fi
+    if ! $(git config --get-all remote.origin.fetch | grep -q pull); then 
+        git config --add remote.origin.fetch "+refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/pull/*";
+    fi
     git fetch origin
     git remote set-head origin -a
     popd
+    
+    pushd $NAME
+    HASH=$(git rev-parse --revs-only refs/remotes/origin/$BRANCH)
+    if [ "$FORCE" == "1" ]; then
+        echo "hard reset $NAME to $HASH"
+        git reset $HASH --hard
+        if $(grep -q dependencies "./package.json"); then
+            rm -rf node_modules npm-shrinkwrap.json
+            git reset --hard
+            npm i
+            npm shrinkwrap
+        fi
+    fi
+    popd
+    
+    [ -f ./config.json ] || echo "{}" > ./config.json
+    node -e '
+        var name = "'$NAME'";
+        var url = "'$URL'";
+        var hash = "'$HASH'".trim();
+        var fs = require("fs");
+        
+        function updateJSON(path, fn) {
+            var text = fs.readFileSync(path, "utf8");
+            var indent = text.match(/^\s*(?=")/m);
+            indent = indent && indent[0] || 4;
+            console.log(indent)
+            var r = JSON.parse(text);
+            r = fn(r) || r;
+            text = JSON.stringify(r, null, indent) + "\n";
+            fs.writeFileSync(path, text, "utf8");
+        }
+        
+        updateJSON("./config.json", function(config) {
+            var packages = config.packages || (config.packages = {});
+            config.packages[name] = {
+                name: name,
+                hash: hash,
+                url: url,
+            };
+        });
+        updateJSON("../package.json", function(package) {
+            var deps = package.dependencies;
+            console.log(deps[name], hash);
+            deps[name] = deps[name].replace(/#[a-f\d]*$/i, "#" + hash);
+            console.log(deps[name], hash);
+        });
+        updateJSON("../npm-shrinkwrap.json", function(package) {
+            var deps = package.dependencies;
+            deps[name].from = deps[name].from.replace(/#[a-f\d]*$/i, "#" + hash);
+            deps[name].resolved = deps[name].resolved.replace(/#[a-f\d]*$/i, "#" + hash);
+            console.log(__dirname)
+            if (fs.existsSync(name + "/npm-shrinkwrap.json")) {
+                var shrinkwrap = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(name + "/npm-shrinkwrap.json", "utf8"));
+                deps[name].dependencies = shrinkwrap.dependencies;
+            }
+        });
+    '
+    
+    rm -rf "../node_modules/$NAME"
+    ln -s `pwd`/$NAME `pwd`/../node_modules/$NAME
+}
+
+
+if [ "$NAME" == "all" ]; then
+    for i in $(ls .); do
+        if [ -d "./$i/.git" ] || [ -f "./$i/package.json" ]; then 
+            NAME=$i
+            URL=
+            update_one;
+        fi;
+    done
 else
-    mkdir -p $NAME
-    git clone $URL $NAME
+    update_one
 fi
 
-pushd $NAME
-HASH=$(git rev-parse --revs-only refs/remotes/origin/$BRANCH)
-popd
-
-[ -f ./config.json ] || echo "{}" > ./config.json
-node -e '
-    var name = "'$NAME'";
-    var url = "'$URL'";
-    var hash = "'$HASH'".trim();
-    var fs = require("fs");
-    
-    function updateJSON(path, fn) {
-        var text = fs.readFileSync(path, "utf8");
-        var indent = text.match(/^\s*(?=")/m);
-        indent = indent && indent[0] || 4;
-        console.log(indent)
-        var r = JSON.parse(text);
-        r = fn(r) || r;
-        text = JSON.stringify(r, null, indent) + "\n";
-        fs.writeFileSync(path, text, "utf8");
-    }
-    
-    updateJSON("./config.json", function(config) {
-        var packages = config.packages || (config.packages = {});
-        config.packages[name] = {
-            name: name,
-            hash: hash,
-            url: url,
-        };
-    });
-    updateJSON("../package.json", function(package) {
-        var deps = package.dependencies;
-        console.log(deps[name], hash)
-        deps[name] = deps[name].replace(/#[a-f\d]*$/i, "#" + hash)
-        console.log(deps[name], hash)
-    });
-    updateJSON("../npm-shrinkwrap.json", function(package) {
-        var deps = package.dependencies;
-        deps[name].from = deps[name].from.replace(/#[a-f\d]*$/i, "#" + hash);
-        deps[name].resolved = deps[name].resolved.replace(/#[a-f\d]*$/i, "#" + hash);
-    });
-'
-
-rm -rf "../node_modules/$NAME"
-ln -s `pwd`/$NAME `pwd`/../node_modules/$NAME
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fb9105c9..e4bd0264 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
         "less": "^2.4.0",
         "mime": "~1.2.9",
         "mkdirp": "~0.3.5",
-        "msgpack-js": "~0.1.1",
         "msgpack-js-browser": "~0.1.4",
         "nak": "https://github.com/cloud9ide/nak.git#6deef931594",
         "netutil": "~0.0.2",