diff --git a/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionRepositoryCreateController.php b/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionRepositoryCreateController.php
--- a/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionRepositoryCreateController.php
+++ b/src/applications/diffusion/controller/DiffusionRepositoryCreateController.php
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@
         $type_name = PhabricatorRepositoryTransaction::TYPE_NAME;
         $type_vcs = PhabricatorRepositoryTransaction::TYPE_VCS;
         $type_activate = PhabricatorRepositoryTransaction::TYPE_ACTIVATE;
-        $type_local_path = PhabricatorRepositoryTransaction::TYPE_LOCAL_PATH;
         $type_remote_uri = PhabricatorRepositoryTransaction::TYPE_REMOTE_URI;
         $type_hosting = PhabricatorRepositoryTransaction::TYPE_HOSTING;
         $type_http = PhabricatorRepositoryTransaction::TYPE_PROTOCOL_HTTP;
@@ -179,16 +178,6 @@
               ->setTransactionType($type_service)
               ->setNewValue($service->getPHID());
           }
-
-          $default_local_path = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig(
-            'repository.default-local-path');
-
-          $default_local_path = rtrim($default_local_path, '/');
-          $default_local_path = $default_local_path.'/'.$callsign.'/';
-
-          $xactions[] = id(clone $template)
-            ->setTransactionType($type_local_path)
-            ->setNewValue($default_local_path);
         }
 
         if ($is_init) {
diff --git a/src/applications/repository/editor/PhabricatorRepositoryEditor.php b/src/applications/repository/editor/PhabricatorRepositoryEditor.php
--- a/src/applications/repository/editor/PhabricatorRepositoryEditor.php
+++ b/src/applications/repository/editor/PhabricatorRepositoryEditor.php
@@ -522,4 +522,27 @@
     return true;
   }
 
+  protected function applyFinalEffects(
+    PhabricatorLiskDAO $object,
+    array $xactions) {
+
+    // If the repository does not have a local path yet, assign it one based
+    // on its ID. We can't do this earlier because we won't have an ID yet.
+    $local_path = $object->getDetail('local-path');
+    if (!strlen($local_path)) {
+      $local_key = 'repository.default-local-path';
+
+      $local_root = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig($local_key);
+      $local_root = rtrim($local_root, '/');
+
+      $id = $object->getID();
+      $local_path = "{$local_root}/{$id}/";
+
+      $object->setDetail('local-path', $local_path);
+      $object->save();
+    }
+
+    return $xactions;
+  }
+
 }