diff --git a/doCheckout.go b/doCheckout.go
index c9d1a45..06c36cf 100644
--- a/doCheckout.go
+++ b/doCheckout.go
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func doCheckoutShared() error {
 	if me.argvCheckoutUser {
 		log.Info("Starting git checkout user")
 		if argv.Force {
-			// make the user directories
+			log.Info("going to force create user branches")
 			if err := makeUserBranches(); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -270,10 +270,7 @@ func doCheckoutShared() error {
 		log.Info("Starting git checkout devel")
 		if argv.Force {
 			log.Info("going to force create devel branches")
-			// make the devel directories
-			if err := makeDevelBranches(); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
+			makeDevelBranches()
 		}
 		// this uses rill and is super fast
 		doAllCheckoutDevel()
@@ -316,7 +313,6 @@ func makeDevelBranches() error {
 	for all.Scan() {
 		repo := all.Next()
 		branch := repo.GetDevelBranchName()
-		log.Info("going to force create devel branches", repo.GetGoPath())
 		if repo.Exists(filepath.Join(".git/refs/heads", branch)) {
 			continue
 		}