diff --git a/argv.go b/argv.go
index 5d8923e..5c7c345 100644
--- a/argv.go
+++ b/argv.go
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ type ConfigAddCmd struct {
 	Favorite    bool   `arg:"--favorite"     default:"false"    help:"forge will always go-clone or git clone this"`
 	Private     bool   `arg:"--private"      default:"false"    help:"repo can not be published"`
 	Interesting bool   `arg:"--interesting"  default:"false"    help:"something you decided was cool"`
+	DebName     string `arg:"--debname"                         help:"the name of the debian package (or rpm, etc)"`
 	Master      string `arg:"--master"                          help:"the git 'master' or 'main' branch name"`
 	Devel       string `arg:"--devel"                           help:"the git devel branch name"`
 	User        string `arg:"--user"                            help:"the git user branch name"`
diff --git a/doDirty.go b/doDirty.go
index e7c5b8b..b1d1624 100644
--- a/doDirty.go
+++ b/doDirty.go
@@ -16,29 +16,35 @@ func doDirty() {
 	me.forge.PrintHumanTableDirty(me.found)
 }
 
-func doCheckDirtyAndConfigSave() {
+func straightCheckDirty() int {
 	var count int
+	var total int
 	now := time.Now()
-	// log.Info("before findAll()")
-	all := me.found.SortByFullPath()
+	all := me.found.All()
 	for all.Scan() {
 		repo := all.Next()
-		// log.Info("before isDirty()")
-		dirty := repo.IsDirty()
-		if repo.CheckDirty() {
+		total += 1
+		if repo.IsDirty() {
 			count += 1
-			if me.found.AppendByGoPath(repo) {
-				log.Info("doCheckDirtyAndConfigSave() repo already existed", repo.GetGoPath())
-			}
-			if !dirty {
-				configSave = true
-			}
-		} else {
-			if dirty {
-				configSave = true
-			}
 		}
 	}
-	log.Printf("dirty check (%d repos) took:%s\n", count, shell.FormatDuration(time.Since(now)))
-	me.forge.SetConfigSave(configSave)
+	log.Printf("rill dirty check (%d dirty repos) (%d total repos) took:%s\n", count, total, shell.FormatDuration(time.Since(now)))
+	return count
+}
+
+func doCheckDirtyAndConfigSave() {
+	start := straightCheckDirty()
+	now := time.Now()
+	// log.Info("before findAll()")
+	all := me.found.All()
+	for all.Scan() {
+		repo := all.Next()
+		repo.CheckDirty()
+	}
+	end := straightCheckDirty()
+	log.Printf("dirty check (%d dirty repos) (%d total repos) took:%s\n", end, me.found.Len(), shell.FormatDuration(time.Since(now)))
+	if start != end {
+		// todo: use internal forgepb configsave flag. should work?
+		me.forge.ConfigSave()
+	}
 }