diff --git a/common/Makefile b/common/Makefile
index fb0ac95ea..2db611852 100644
--- a/common/Makefile
+++ b/common/Makefile
@@ -25,12 +25,15 @@ EXTRA_PLAYBOOK_OPTS ?=
 # INDEX_IMAGES=registry-proxy.engineering.redhat.com/rh-osbs/iib:394248,registry-proxy.engineering.redhat.com/rh-osbs/iib:394249
 INDEX_IMAGES ?=
 
-TARGET_ORIGIN ?= origin
+# git branch --show-current is also available as of git 2.22, but we will use this for compatibility
+TARGET_BRANCH ?= $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+
+#default to the branch remote
+TARGET_ORIGIN ?= $(shell git config branch.$(TARGET_BRANCH).remote)
+
 # This is to ensure that whether we start with a git@ or https:// URL, we end up with an https:// URL
 # This is because we expect to use tokens for repo authentication as opposed to SSH keys
 TARGET_REPO=$(shell git ls-remote --get-url --symref $(TARGET_ORIGIN) | sed -e 's/.*URL:[[:space:]]*//' -e 's%^git@%%' -e 's%^https://%%' -e 's%:%/%' -e 's%^%https://%')
-# git branch --show-current is also available as of git 2.22, but we will use this for compatibility
-TARGET_BRANCH ?= $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 
 UUID_FILE ?= ~/.config/validated-patterns/pattern-uuid
 UUID_HELM_OPTS ?=
diff --git a/common/scripts/argocd-login.sh b/common/scripts/argocd-login.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..99512c57c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/scripts/argocd-login.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+## Login to validated patterns argocd instances
+
+# Detect Argo CD namespaces
+ARGOCD_NAMESPACES=$(oc get argoCD -A -o jsonpath='{.items[*].metadata.namespace}')
+if [ -z "$ARGOCD_NAMESPACES" ]; then
+    echo "Error: No Argo CD instances found in the cluster."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Split the namespaces into an array
+NAMESPACES=($ARGOCD_NAMESPACES)
+
+# Check if there are at least two Argo CD instances
+if [ ${#NAMESPACES[@]} -lt 2 ]; then
+    echo "Error: Less than two Argo CD instances found.  Found instances in namespaces: $ARGOCD_NAMESPACES"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+
+for NAMESPACE in ${NAMESPACES[@]}; do
+    # get the instance name
+    ARGOCD_INSTANCE=$(oc get argocd -n "$NAMESPACE" -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}') # assume only one per NS
+    SERVER_URL=$(oc get route "$ARGOCD_INSTANCE"-server -n "$NAMESPACE" -o jsonpath='{.status.ingress[0].host}')
+    PASSWORD=$(oc get secret "$ARGOCD_INSTANCE"-cluster -n "$NAMESPACE" -o jsonpath='{.data.admin\.password}' | base64 -d)
+    echo $PASSWORD
+    argocd login --skip-test-tls --insecure --grpc-web "$SERVER_URL" --username "admin" --password "$PASSWORD"
+    if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]; then
+      echo "Login to Argo CD ${SERVER_URL} failed. Exiting."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    
+done