diff --git a/argv.go b/argv.go
index 2479510..a50a197 100644
--- a/argv.go
+++ b/argv.go
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ type CleanDevelCmd struct {
 }
 
 type PatchCmd struct {
+	Check  *EmptyCmd  `arg:"subcommand:check"         help:"check the state of the patches"`
 	List   *EmptyCmd  `arg:"subcommand:list"          help:"your downloaded patchsets"`
 	Get    *EmptyCmd  `arg:"subcommand:get"           help:"get the new patchsets"`
 	Show   *EmptyCmd  `arg:"subcommand:show"          help:"your pending commits to your code"`
diff --git a/argvAutoshell.go b/argvAutoshell.go
index 54b4e88..72c13d3 100644
--- a/argvAutoshell.go
+++ b/argvAutoshell.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (args) doBashAuto() {
 	case "pull":
 		fmt.Println("dirty clean list patches --force")
 	case "patch":
-		fmt.Println("get list submit show")
+		fmt.Println("check get list submit show")
 	case "user":
 		fmt.Println("--force")
 	case "devel":
diff --git a/doPatch.go b/doPatch.go
index d1ee508..badf5f5 100644
--- a/doPatch.go
+++ b/doPatch.go
@@ -37,6 +37,21 @@ func doPatch() error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	if argv.Patch.Check != nil {
+		for pset := range me.forge.Patchsets.IterAll() {
+			log.Info(pset.Uuid)
+			for patch := range pset.Patches.IterAll() {
+				if repo, ok := me.forge.IsPatchApplied(patch); ok {
+					log.Info("found patch in repo", repo.Namespace, patch.Filename)
+				} else {
+					// log.Info("did not find patch", patch.CommitHash, patch.NewHash, patch.Filename)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		// me.forge.Patchsets.PrintTable()
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	if argv.Patch.List != nil {
 		me.forge.Patchsets.PrintTable()
 		// return doPatchList()