diff --git a/cmd/coco/commands/reconcile.go b/cmd/coco/commands/reconcile.go
index eec1755..6af31e8 100644
--- a/cmd/coco/commands/reconcile.go
+++ b/cmd/coco/commands/reconcile.go
@@ -79,25 +79,27 @@ func newReconcile() *cobra.Command {
 		},
 	}
 
-	c.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&sourceBranch, "source", "s", "", "The souce branch to reconcile from.")
+	c.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&sourceBranch, "source", "s", "", "The source branch to reconcile from.")
 	failOnError(c.MarkPersistentFlagRequired("source"), "reconcile")
 
-	c.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&sourceRemote, "source-remote", "origin", "The remote for the source branch.")
+	c.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&sourceRemote, "source-remote", "origin", `The URL for the source branch.
+	Can be left out incase the source and target branches are in the same repository.`)
 
 	c.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&targetBranch, "target", "t", "", "The target branch to reconcile to.")
 	failOnError(c.MarkPersistentFlagRequired("target"), "reconcile")
 
-	c.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&targetRemote, "target-remote", "origin", "The remote for the target branch.")
+	c.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&targetRemote, "target-remote", "origin", `The URL for the target branch.
+	Can be left out incase the source and target branches are in the same repository.`)
 
-	c.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&repositoryName, "repo", "", "The name of the gihtub repository.")
+	c.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&repositoryName, "repo", "", "The name of the TARGET github repository.")
 	failOnError(
 		c.PersistentFlags().MarkDeprecated("repo", `please use "repository" flag instead.`),
 		"reconcile",
 	)
-	c.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&repositoryName, "repository", "", "The name of the gihtub repository.")
+	c.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&repositoryName, "repository", "", "The name of the TARGET github repository.")
 	failOnError(c.MarkPersistentFlagRequired("repository"), "reconcile")
 
-	c.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&owner, "owner", "", "The account owner of the github repository.")
+	c.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&owner, "owner", "", "The account owner of the TARGET github repository.")
 	failOnError(c.MarkPersistentFlagRequired("owner"), "reconcile")
 
 	c.Flags().BoolVar(
diff --git a/cmd/coco/reconcile/reconcile.go b/cmd/coco/reconcile/reconcile.go
index 5337654..87c6500 100644
--- a/cmd/coco/reconcile/reconcile.go
+++ b/cmd/coco/reconcile/reconcile.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ func New(
 		if err := differentRemotes(targetBranch, sourceBranch, token, logger); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+		reconcileBranchName = fmt.Sprintf("reconcile/remote-replica/%s-%s", sourceBranch.Name, targetBranch.Name)
 	}
 
 	client, err := githubClient(ctx, token, owner, repo, githubBaseURL, isEnterprise)
@@ -80,7 +81,8 @@ func New(
 
 func (r *Client) Reconcile(force bool) error {
 	if r.target.Remote != r.source.Remote {
-		return nil
+		// change source.name to remote-replica/source.Name and continue
+		r.source.Name = fmt.Sprintf("remote-replica/%s", r.source.Name)
 	}
 	return r.merge(force)
 }
@@ -140,7 +142,7 @@ func differentRemotes(targetBranch, sourceBranch BranchConfig, token string, log
 	if err == git.NoErrAlreadyUpToDate {
 		logger.Debugf("Target branch is already up to date")
 	} else if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("target pull failed: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	// If the remotes are different, add the remote repository of the 'source' branch
@@ -171,6 +173,7 @@ func copyBranch(targetRepo *git.Repository, sourceBranch BranchConfig, remoteNam
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	err = refs.ForEach(func(ref *plumbing.Reference) error {
 		if ref.Name() == plumbing.ReferenceName(fmt.Sprintf("refs/remotes/%s/%s", remoteName, sourceBranch.Name)) {
 			sourceRef = ref
@@ -181,15 +184,20 @@ func copyBranch(targetRepo *git.Repository, sourceBranch BranchConfig, remoteNam
 		return err
 	}
 	ref := plumbing.NewHashReference(replicaBranchName, sourceRef.Hash())
-	if err := targetRepo.Storer.SetReference(ref); err != nil {
+	err = targetRepo.Storer.SetReference(ref)
+	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return gitPush(targetRepo, &git.PushOptions{
+	err = gitPush(targetRepo, &git.PushOptions{
 		RemoteName: "origin",
 		Auth:       &githttp.BasicAuth{Username: notUsed, Password: token},
 		Progress:   os.Stdout,
 		Force:      true,
 	})
+	if err == git.NoErrAlreadyUpToDate {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return err
 }
 
 func (r *Client) merge(force bool) error {