diff --git a/cmd/workspace/repos/overrides.go b/cmd/workspace/repos/overrides.go
index 9f131c03..44d9dca4 100644
--- a/cmd/workspace/repos/overrides.go
+++ b/cmd/workspace/repos/overrides.go
@@ -17,6 +17,42 @@ func init() {
 	{{range .}}{{green "%d" .Id}}	{{.Path}}	{{.Branch|blue}}	{{.Url|cyan}}
 	{{end}}`)
 
+	createCmd.Use = "create URL [PROVIDER]"
+	createCmd.Args = func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		// If the provider argument is not specified, we try to detect it from the URL.
+		check := cobra.RangeArgs(1, 2)
+		if cmd.Flags().Changed("json") {
+			check = cobra.ExactArgs(0)
+		}
+		return check(cmd, args)
+	}
+	createCmd.RunE = func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
+		ctx := cmd.Context()
+		w := root.WorkspaceClient(ctx)
+		if cmd.Flags().Changed("json") {
+			err = createJson.Unmarshal(&createReq)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		} else {
+			createReq.Url = args[0]
+			if len(args) > 1 {
+				createReq.Provider = args[1]
+			} else {
+				createReq.Provider = DetectProvider(createReq.Url)
+				if createReq.Provider == "" {
+					return fmt.Errorf(
+						"could not detect provider from URL %q; please specify", createReq.Url)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		response, err := w.Repos.Create(ctx, createReq)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return cmdio.Render(ctx, response)
+	}
+
 	deleteCmd.Use = "delete REPO_ID_OR_PATH"
 	deleteCmd.RunE = func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
 		ctx := cmd.Context()
diff --git a/cmd/workspace/repos/provider.go b/cmd/workspace/repos/provider.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e407e2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/workspace/repos/provider.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package repos
+
+import (
+	"net/url"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var gitProviders = map[string]string{
+	"github.com":    "gitHub",
+	"dev.azure.com": "azureDevOpsServices",
+	"gitlab.com":    "gitLab",
+	"bitbucket.org": "bitbucketCloud",
+}
+
+var awsCodeCommitRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`^git-codecommit\.[^.]+\.amazonaws.com$`)
+
+func DetectProvider(rawURL string) string {
+	provider := ""
+	u, err := url.Parse(rawURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return provider
+	}
+	if v, ok := gitProviders[strings.ToLower(u.Host)]; ok {
+		provider = v
+	} else if awsCodeCommitRegexp.MatchString(u.Host) {
+		provider = "awsCodeCommit"
+	}
+	return provider
+}
diff --git a/cmd/workspace/repos/provider_test.go b/cmd/workspace/repos/provider_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e719be2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/workspace/repos/provider_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package repos
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestDetectProvider(t *testing.T) {
+	for url, provider := range map[string]string{
+		"https://user@bitbucket.org/user/repo.git":                           "bitbucketCloud",
+		"https://github.com//user/repo.git":                                  "gitHub",
+		"https://user@dev.azure.com/user/project/_git/repo":                  "azureDevOpsServices",
+		"https://abc/user/repo.git":                                          "",
+		"ewfgwergfwe":                                                        "",
+		"https://foo@@bar":                                                   "",
+		"https://git-codecommit.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/v1/repos/MyDemoRepo": "awsCodeCommit",
+	} {
+		assert.Equal(t, provider, DetectProvider(url))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/repos_test.go b/internal/repos_test.go
index 957952ca..340de334 100644
--- a/internal/repos_test.go
+++ b/internal/repos_test.go
@@ -13,28 +13,70 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
-func createTemporaryRepo(t *testing.T, w *databricks.WorkspaceClient, ctx context.Context) (int64, string) {
+func synthesizeTemporaryRepoPath(t *testing.T, w *databricks.WorkspaceClient, ctx context.Context) string {
 	me, err := w.CurrentUser.Me(ctx)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-
 	repoPath := fmt.Sprintf("/Repos/%s/%s", me.UserName, RandomName("empty-repo-integration-"))
+
+	// Cleanup if repo was created at specified path.
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		oi, err := w.Workspace.GetStatusByPath(ctx, repoPath)
+		if apierr.IsMissing(err) {
+			return
+		}
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		err = w.Repos.DeleteByRepoId(ctx, oi.ObjectId)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+
+	return repoPath
+}
+
+func createTemporaryRepo(t *testing.T, w *databricks.WorkspaceClient, ctx context.Context) (int64, string) {
+	repoPath := synthesizeTemporaryRepoPath(t, w, ctx)
 	repoInfo, err := w.Repos.Create(ctx, workspace.CreateRepo{
 		Path:     repoPath,
 		Url:      repoUrl,
 		Provider: "gitHub",
 	})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	t.Cleanup(func() {
-		err := w.Repos.DeleteByRepoId(ctx, repoInfo.Id)
-		if !apierr.IsMissing(err) {
-			assert.NoError(t, err)
-		}
-	})
-
 	return repoInfo.Id, repoPath
 }
 
+func TestReposCreateWithProvider(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Log(GetEnvOrSkipTest(t, "CLOUD_ENV"))
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	w, err := databricks.NewWorkspaceClient()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	repoPath := synthesizeTemporaryRepoPath(t, w, ctx)
+
+	_, stderr := RequireSuccessfulRun(t, "repos", "create", repoUrl, "gitHub", "--path", repoPath)
+	assert.Equal(t, "", stderr.String())
+
+	// Confirm the repo was created.
+	oi, err := w.Workspace.GetStatusByPath(ctx, repoPath)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, workspace.ObjectTypeRepo, oi.ObjectType)
+}
+
+func TestReposCreateWithoutProvider(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Log(GetEnvOrSkipTest(t, "CLOUD_ENV"))
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	w, err := databricks.NewWorkspaceClient()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	repoPath := synthesizeTemporaryRepoPath(t, w, ctx)
+
+	_, stderr := RequireSuccessfulRun(t, "repos", "create", repoUrl, "--path", repoPath)
+	assert.Equal(t, "", stderr.String())
+
+	// Confirm the repo was created.
+	oi, err := w.Workspace.GetStatusByPath(ctx, repoPath)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, workspace.ObjectTypeRepo, oi.ObjectType)
+}
+
 func TestReposGet(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Log(GetEnvOrSkipTest(t, "CLOUD_ENV"))