diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1e531ec..77343f9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ VERSION = $(shell git describe --tags)
 BUILDTIME = $(shell date +%Y.%m.%d)
 
 all: install
-	forge
+	@echo make private   # only the private ones
+	@echo make mine      # just show my repos
+	@echo make restart   # remove the repos.pb file
+	@echo make pull      # run git pull on every repo
 
 vet:
 	@GO111MODULE=off go vet
@@ -37,6 +40,9 @@ private: install
 fix: install
 	forge --fix --find-all
 
+all: install
+	forge --find-all
+
 git-reset: install
 	forge --do-git-reset --find-all
 
@@ -66,3 +72,8 @@ patches-localhost: install
 
 patches-list: install
 	forge --list-patches --url "http://localhost:2233/"
+
+restart:
+	reset
+	rm ~/go/src/repos.pb
+	make config
diff --git a/cobol.go b/cobol.go
index d3d1724..d8adb1d 100644
--- a/cobol.go
+++ b/cobol.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ func doCobol() {
 	log.DaemonMode(true)
 
 	log.Info(standardStart5("gopath", "cur name", "master", "user", "repo type"))
-	all := me.found.SortByGoPath()
+	all := me.found.SortByFullPath()
 	for all.Scan() {
 		repo := all.Next()
 		verifyPrint(repo)
@@ -78,19 +77,12 @@ func verifyPrint(repo *gitpb.Repo) {
 	}
 	s := make(map[string]string)
 	if !verify(repo, s) {
-		log.Info("going to delete", repo.GoPath)
+		log.Info("going to delete", repo.GetGoPath())
 		if argv.Fix {
-			me.forge.Repos.DeleteByGoPath(repo.GetGoPath())
+			me.forge.DeleteByGoPath(repo.GetGoPath())
 			me.forge.Repos.ConfigSave()
 		} else {
-			log.Info("need argv --real to delete", repo.GoPath)
-			os.Exit(0)
-		}
-	}
-	if me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GoPath) {
-		if repo.ReadOnly {
-		} else {
-			log.Info("readonly flag on repo is wrong", repo.GoPath)
+			log.Info("need argv --fix to delete", repo.GetGoPath())
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -101,7 +93,7 @@ func verifyPrint(repo *gitpb.Repo) {
 	// start := fmt.Sprintf("%-40s %-12s %-12s %-12s %-8s", s["gopath"], cname, mhort, uhort, s["rtype"])
 	start := standardStart5(s["gopath"], cname, mhort, uhort, s["rtype"])
 
-	if me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GoPath) {
+	if me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GetGoPath()) {
 		end += "(readonly) "
 	}
 
@@ -110,46 +102,39 @@ func verifyPrint(repo *gitpb.Repo) {
 
 func verify(repo *gitpb.Repo, s map[string]string) bool {
 	s["gopath"] = repo.GetGoPath()
-	s["rtype"] = repo.RepoType()
+	s["rtype"] = repo.GetRepoType()
 
 	s["mname"] = repo.GetMasterBranchName()
 	if s["mname"] == "" {
-		log.Info("verify() no master branch name", repo.GoPath)
+		log.Info("verify() no master branch name", repo.FullPath)
 		s["mver"] = repo.GetMasterVersion()
-		return false
-	}
-	// only verify the master branch name with read-only repos
-	if me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GoPath) {
-		s["mver"] = repo.GetMasterVersion()
-		return true
+		// return false
 	}
+	s["mver"] = repo.GetMasterVersion()
 
 	s["dname"] = repo.GetDevelBranchName()
 	if s["dname"] == "" {
-		log.Info("verify() no devel branch name", repo.GoPath)
-		return false
+		log.Info("verify() no devel branch name", repo.GetGoPath())
+		// return false
 	}
 	s["uname"] = repo.GetUserBranchName()
 	if s["uname"] == "" {
-		log.Info("verify() no user branch name", repo.GoPath)
-		return false
+		log.Info("verify() no user branch name", repo.GetGoPath())
+		// return false
 	}
 	s["cname"] = repo.GetCurrentBranchName()
 
 	s["mver"] = repo.GetMasterVersion()
 	if s["mver"] == "" {
-		log.Info("verify() no master branch name", repo.GoPath, repo.GetMasterBranchName())
-		return false
+		log.Info("verify() no master branch name", repo.FullPath, repo.GetMasterBranchName())
 	}
 	s["dver"] = repo.GetDevelVersion()
 	if s["dver"] == "" {
-		log.Info("verify() no devel branch name", repo.GoPath, repo.GetDevelBranchName())
-		return false
+		log.Info("verify() no devel branch name", repo.GetGoPath(), repo.GetDevelBranchName())
 	}
 	s["uver"] = repo.GetUserVersion()
 	if s["uver"] == "" {
-		log.Info("verify() no user branch name", repo.GoPath, repo.GetUserBranchName())
-		return false
+		log.Info("verify() no user branch name", repo.GetGoPath(), repo.GetUserBranchName())
 	}
 	s["cver"] = repo.GetCurrentBranchVersion()
 	s["url"] = repo.URL
diff --git a/doCommon.go b/doCommon.go
index 5c37739..817bcfd 100644
--- a/doCommon.go
+++ b/doCommon.go
@@ -12,24 +12,24 @@ func doScan() {
 func doGitPull() {
 	allerr := me.found.RillGitPull(40, 5)
 
-	all := me.found.SortByGoPath()
+	all := me.found.SortByFullPath()
 	for all.Scan() {
 		repo := all.Next()
 		result := allerr[repo]
 		if result.Error == gitpb.ErrorGitPullOnDirty {
-			log.Info("skip git pull. repo is dirty", repo.GoPath)
+			log.Info("skip git pull. repo is dirty", repo.GetGoPath())
 			continue
 		}
 		if result.Error == gitpb.ErrorGitPullOnLocal {
-			log.Info("skip git pull. local branch ", repo.GoPath)
+			log.Info("skip git pull. local branch ", repo.GetGoPath())
 			continue
 		}
 		if result.Exit == 0 {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		log.Info("git pull error:", repo.GoPath, result.Error)
-		log.Info("git pull error:", repo.GoPath, result.Stdout)
+		log.Info("git pull error:", repo.GetGoPath(), result.Error)
+		log.Info("git pull error:", repo.GetGoPath(), result.Stdout)
 	}
 
 }
@@ -37,18 +37,18 @@ func doGitReset() {
 	if !argv.DoGitReset {
 		return
 	}
-	all := me.found.SortByGoPath()
+	all := me.found.SortByFullPath()
 	for all.Scan() {
 		repo := all.Next()
-		if me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GoPath) {
-			// log.Info("is readonly", repo.GoPath)
+		if me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GetGoPath()) {
+			// log.Info("is readonly", repo.GetGoPath())
 			if repo.CheckDirty() {
-				log.Info("is readonly and dirty", repo.GoPath)
+				log.Info("is readonly and dirty", repo.GetGoPath())
 				cmd := []string{"git", "reset", "--hard"}
 				repo.RunRealtime(cmd)
 			}
 		} else {
-			// log.Info("is not readonly", repo.GoPath)
+			// log.Info("is not readonly", repo.GetGoPath())
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -57,14 +57,14 @@ func checkoutBranches(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
 	dname := repo.GetDevelBranchName()
 	if dname == "" {
 		if err := me.forge.MakeDevelBranch(repo); err != nil {
-			log.Info("verify() no devel branch name", repo.GoPath)
+			log.Info("verify() no devel branch name", repo.GetGoPath())
 			return err
 		}
 		configSave = true
 	}
 	if repo.GetUserBranchName() == "" {
 		if err := me.forge.MakeUserBranch(repo); err != nil {
-			log.Info("verify() no devel branch name", repo.GoPath)
+			log.Info("verify() no devel branch name", repo.GetGoPath())
 			return err
 		}
 		configSave = true
diff --git a/doRedoGoMod.go b/doRedoGoMod.go
index c5d2304..a3cbf22 100644
--- a/doRedoGoMod.go
+++ b/doRedoGoMod.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ package main
 
 func doRedoGoMod() {
 	// me.forge.RillRedoGoMod()
-	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByGoPath()
+	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
 	for all.Scan() {
 		repo := all.Next()
 		if err := repo.ValidGoSum(); err == nil {
diff --git a/exit.go b/exit.go
index 487d8fe..8cddc11 100644
--- a/exit.go
+++ b/exit.go
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ import (
 func okExit(thing string) {
 	log.Info(thing, "ok")
 	if configSave {
-		me.forge.ConfigSave()
+		me.forge.SetConfigSave(configSave)
 	}
 	// log.Info("Finished go-clean on", check.GetGoPath(), "ok")
-	os.Exit(0)
+	me.forge.Exit()
 }
 
 func badExit(err error) {
diff --git a/findRepos.go b/findRepos.go
index 453f904..2882950 100644
--- a/findRepos.go
+++ b/findRepos.go
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ func findRepos() bool {
 }
 
 func findPrivate() {
-	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByGoPath()
+	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
 	for all.Scan() {
 		repo := all.Next()
-		if me.forge.Config.IsPrivate(repo.GoPath) {
+		if me.forge.Config.IsPrivate(repo.GetGoPath()) {
 			me.found.AppendUniqueGoPath(repo)
 		}
 	}
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ func findPrivate() {
 // finds repos that are writable
 func findMine() {
 	// log.Printf("get mine %s\n", me.forge.GetGoSrc())
-	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByGoPath()
+	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
 	for all.Scan() {
 		repo := all.Next()
-		if me.forge.Config.IsWritable(repo.GoPath) {
+		if me.forge.Config.IsWritable(repo.GetGoPath()) {
 			me.found.AppendUniqueGoPath(repo)
 		}
 	}
@@ -59,25 +59,25 @@ func findMine() {
 // finds repos that are writable
 func findFavorites() {
 	// log.Printf("get favorites %s\n", me.forge.GetGoSrc())
-	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByGoPath()
+	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
 	for all.Scan() {
 		repo := all.Next()
-		if me.forge.Config.IsFavorite(repo.GoPath) {
+		if me.forge.Config.IsFavorite(repo.GetGoPath()) {
 			me.found.AppendUniqueGoPath(repo)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 func findAll() {
-	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByGoPath()
+	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
 	for all.Scan() {
 		repo := all.Next()
 		me.found.AppendUniqueGoPath(repo)
-		if me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GoPath) && !argv.FindReadOnly {
+		if me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GetGoPath()) && !argv.FindReadOnly {
 			if repo.ReadOnly {
 				continue
 			}
-			log.Info("todo: ConfigSave() readonly flag on repo is wrong", repo.GoPath)
+			log.Info("todo: ConfigSave() readonly flag on repo is wrong", repo.GetGoPath())
 			repo.ReadOnly = true
 			configSave = true
 			continue
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 1cd90a3..2a5bb0f 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package main
 // An app to submit patches for the 30 GO GUI repos
 
 import (
-	"os"
 	"strings"
 
 	"go.wit.com/dev/alexflint/arg"
@@ -19,6 +18,15 @@ var BUILDTIME string
 // using this for now. triggers config save
 var configSave bool
 
+func getVersion(repo *gitpb.Repo, name string) string {
+	cmd := []string{"git", "describe", "--tags", "--always", name}
+	result := repo.RunQuiet(cmd)
+	output := strings.Join(result.Stdout, "\n")
+	log.Info("cmd =", cmd, output)
+
+	return strings.TrimSpace(output)
+}
+
 func main() {
 	me = new(mainType)
 	me.pp = arg.MustParse(&argv)
@@ -29,6 +37,20 @@ func main() {
 	me.forge = forgepb.Init()
 	me.found = new(gitpb.Repos)
 
+	if configSave {
+		me.forge.ConfigSave()
+		configSave = false
+	}
+
+	/*
+		// var count int
+		all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
+		for all.Scan() {
+			repo := all.Next()
+			verifyPrint(repo)
+		}
+	*/
+
 	if argv.Fix {
 		okExit("")
 	}
@@ -37,7 +59,7 @@ func main() {
 	if argv.Config {
 		if findConfig() {
 			me.forge.ConfigPrintTable()
-			os.Exit(0)
+			okExit("")
 		}
 	} else {
 		findRepos()
@@ -93,4 +115,5 @@ func main() {
 		// if nothing was selected, print out a table of them on STDOUT
 		doCobol()
 	}
+	okExit("")
 }
diff --git a/subitPatches.go b/subitPatches.go
index bad9786..495013b 100644
--- a/subitPatches.go
+++ b/subitPatches.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func submitPatchesBox(box *gui.Node) *patchSummary {
 	s.grid.NewButton("Update Patch Counts", func() {
 		var repocount, patchcount int
 		// broken after move to forge protobuf
-		all := me.forge.Repos.SortByGoPath()
+		all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
 		for all.Scan() {
 			repo := all.Next()
 			if repo.GetReadOnly() {
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func submitPatchesBox(box *gui.Node) *patchSummary {
 		repocount = 0
 		patchcount = 0
 		// broken after move to forge protobuf
-		all = me.forge.Repos.SortByGoPath()
+		all = me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
 		for all.Scan() {
 			repo := all.Next()
 			if repo.GetReadOnly() {
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func (s *patchSummary) Update() {
 	var userT, develT, masterT int
 	// var userP, develP, masterP int
 	// broken after move to forge protobuf
-	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByGoPath()
+	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
 	for all.Scan() {
 		repo := all.Next()
 		total += 1