diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f3eec13..409761e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -35,19 +35,19 @@ gocui: install
 	forge --gui gocui  >/tmp/forge.log 2>&1
 
 private: install
-	forge find --private
+	forge list --private
 
 fix: install
-	forge --fix find --all
+	forge --fix list --all
 
 list-all: install
 	forge list --all
 
 git-reset: install
-	forge --do-git-reset find --all
+	forge --do-git-reset list --all
 
 readonly: install
-	forge --list find --readonly
+	forge --list list --readonly
 
 config: install
 	forge --config
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ patches-list: install
 	forge --list-patchset
 
 dirty: install
-	forge --no-gui find --all --dirty
+	forge dirty --all
 
 restart:
 	reset
diff --git a/argv.go b/argv.go
index 9d15e00..7c19ed4 100644
--- a/argv.go
+++ b/argv.go
@@ -7,33 +7,31 @@ package main
 var argv args
 
 type FindCmd struct {
-	All       bool `arg:"--all"                           help:"select every repo"`
-	ReadOnly  bool `arg:"--readonly"                      help:"include read-only repos"`
+	All       bool `arg:"--all"                           help:"select every repo (the default)"`
 	Mine      bool `arg:"--mine"                          help:"your repos as defined in the forge config"`
 	Favorites bool `arg:"--favorites"                     help:"your repos configured as favorites"`
-	Private   bool `arg:"--private"                       help:"private repos from your .config/forge/"`
+	Private   bool `arg:"--private"                       help:"your private repos from your .config/forge/"`
+	// ReadOnly  bool `arg:"--readonly"                      help:"include read-only repos"`
 }
 
 type args struct {
-	Find         *FindCmd `arg:"subcommand:find"                      help:"select repos (for example, --all or --mine)"`
 	List         *FindCmd `arg:"subcommand:list"                      help:"just show a table of the current state"`
+	Dirty        *FindCmd `arg:"subcommand:dirty"                     help:"check if your git repos are dirty"`
 	User         *FindCmd `arg:"subcommand:user"                      help:"git checkout user"`
 	Devel        *FindCmd `arg:"subcommand:devel"                     help:"git checkout devel"`
 	Master       *FindCmd `arg:"subcommand:master"                    help:"git checkout master"`
 	GitPull      *FindCmd `arg:"subcommand:pull"                      help:"run 'git pull'"`
-	Config       bool     `arg:"--config"                             help:"show your .config/forge/ settings"`
+	Config       *FindCmd `arg:"subcommand:config"                    help:"show your .config/forge/ settings"`
 	ListPatchSet bool     `arg:"--list-patchset"                      help:"list patch sets"`
 	DryRun       bool     `arg:"--dry-run"                            help:"show what would be run"`
 	Fix          bool     `arg:"--fix"                                help:"fix config, save config & exit"`
 	Delete       string   `arg:"--delete"                             help:"delete this repo"`
 	URL          string   `arg:"--connect"                            help:"gowebd url"`
 	Register     string   `arg:"--register"                           help:"register your git URL (foo.com/mystuff) or (github.com/foo/bar)"`
-	// List         bool     `arg:"--list"                            help:"just show a table of the current state"`
-	GitReset bool   `arg:"--git-reset"                       help:"run 'git reset --hard'"`
-	Scan     bool   `arg:"--scan"                            help:"reload protobuf from .git/"`
-	Force    bool   `arg:"--force"                           help:"force redo things"`
-	Dirty    bool   `arg:"--dirty"                              help:"update git CheckDirty()"`
-	PatchSet string `arg:"--patchset"                      help:"make patch set"`
+	GitReset     bool     `arg:"--git-reset"                       help:"run 'git reset --hard'"`
+	Scan         bool     `arg:"--scan"                            help:"reload protobuf from .git/"`
+	Force        bool     `arg:"--force"                           help:"force redo things"`
+	PatchSet     string   `arg:"--patchset"                      help:"make patch set"`
 }
 
 func (args) Version() string {
diff --git a/cobol.go b/cobol.go
index f2bcfaa..5c54568 100644
--- a/cobol.go
+++ b/cobol.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func doCobol() {
 	log.DaemonMode(true)
 
 	// log.Info(standardStart5("gopath", "cur name", "master", "user", "repo type"))
-	log.Info(standardStart8("gopath", "cur name", "age", "target", "master", "devel", "user", "curver", "repo type"))
+	log.Info(standardStart8("repopath", "cur name", "age", "target", "master", "devel", "user", "curver", "repo type"))
 	all := me.found.SortByFullPath()
 	for all.Scan() {
 		repo := all.Next()
@@ -133,28 +133,32 @@ func verifyPrint(repo *gitpb.Repo) {
 	if repo.IsDirty() {
 		end += "(dirty) "
 	}
-	s := make(map[string]string)
-	if !verify(repo, s) {
-		log.Info("going to delete", repo.GetGoPath())
-		if argv.Fix {
-			me.forge.DeleteByGoPath(repo.GetGoPath())
-			me.forge.Repos.ConfigSave()
-		} else {
-			log.Info("need argv --fix to delete", repo.GetGoPath())
+	// s := make(map[string]string)
+	/*
+		if !verify(repo, s) {
+			log.Info("going to delete", repo.GetGoPath())
+			if argv.Fix {
+				me.forge.DeleteByGoPath(repo.GetGoPath())
+				me.forge.Repos.ConfigSave()
+			} else {
+				log.Info("need argv --fix to delete", repo.GetGoPath())
+			}
 		}
-	}
+	*/
 
-	var mhort string = s["mver"]  // master version
-	var dhort string = s["dver"]  // devel version
-	var uhort string = s["uver"]  // user version
-	var thort string = s["tver"]  // target version
-	var chort string = s["cver"]  // current version
-	var cname string = s["cname"] // current branch name git is on now
+	var mhort string = repo.GetMasterVersion()
+	var dhort string = repo.GetDevelVersion()
+	var uhort string = repo.GetUserVersion()
+	var thort string = repo.GetTargetVersion()
+	var chort string = repo.GetCurrentBranchVersion()
+	var cname string = repo.GetCurrentBranchName()
+
+	var gopath string = repo.GetGoPath()
+	var rtype string = repo.GetRepoType()
 
 	age := shell.FormatDuration(repo.NewestAge())
 
-	// start := fmt.Sprintf("%-40s %-12s %-12s %-12s %-8s", s["gopath"], cname, mhort, uhort, s["rtype"])
-	start := standardStart8(s["gopath"], cname, age, thort, mhort, dhort, uhort, chort, s["rtype"])
+	start := standardStart8(gopath, cname, age, thort, mhort, dhort, uhort, chort, rtype)
 
 	if me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GetGoPath()) {
 		end += "(readonly) "
diff --git a/doCommon.go b/doCommon.go
index e172f48..d3a2ad2 100644
--- a/doCommon.go
+++ b/doCommon.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func doGitPull() {
 
 func doCheckDirty() {
 	now := time.Now()
-	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
+	all := me.found.SortByFullPath()
 	for all.Scan() {
 		repo := all.Next()
 		dirty := repo.IsDirty()
diff --git a/findConfig.go b/findConfig.go
index aba8709..6703adf 100644
--- a/findConfig.go
+++ b/findConfig.go
@@ -3,23 +3,20 @@ package main
 import "go.wit.com/log"
 
 // retuns true if nothing was done
-func findConfig() bool {
-	var done bool = false
-	if argv.Find != nil {
-		if argv.Find.Mine {
-			findConfigMine()
-			done = true
-		}
-		if argv.Find.All {
-			findConfigAll()
-			done = true
-		}
-	}
-	if !done {
+func findConfig(fargv *FindCmd) {
+	if fargv == nil {
 		findConfigAll()
-		done = true
+		return
 	}
-	return done
+	if fargv.Mine {
+		findConfigMine()
+		return
+	}
+	if fargv.All {
+		findConfigAll()
+		return
+	}
+	findConfigAll()
 }
 
 // finds config repos that are writable
diff --git a/findRepos.go b/findRepos.go
index 8739d29..a55c2c3 100644
--- a/findRepos.go
+++ b/findRepos.go
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
-import (
-	"go.wit.com/log"
-)
-
+// by default, work against every repo
 func (f *FindCmd) findRepos() {
 	if f == nil {
 		findMine()
@@ -29,7 +26,7 @@ func (f *FindCmd) findRepos() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	findMine()
+	findAll(f)
 }
 
 func findRepos(fargv *FindCmd) {
@@ -93,26 +90,10 @@ func findFavorites() {
 	}
 }
 
-// func (f *FindCmd) findRepos() {
 func findAll(fargv *FindCmd) {
 	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
 	for all.Scan() {
 		repo := all.Next()
 		me.found.AppendUniqueGoPath(repo)
-		if me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GetGoPath()) && !fargv.ReadOnly {
-			if repo.ReadOnly {
-				continue
-			}
-			log.Info("todo: ConfigSave() readonly flag on repo is wrong", repo.GetGoPath())
-			repo.ReadOnly = true
-			configSave = true
-			continue
-		}
 	}
-	/*
-		if configsave {
-			log.Info("should ConfigSave here")
-			me.forge.Repos.ConfigSave()
-		}
-	*/
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 20f2930..1c2db96 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -87,26 +87,25 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	// first find the repos or gopaths to operate on
-	if argv.Config {
-		if findConfig() {
-			me.forge.ConfigPrintTable()
-			okExit("")
-		}
+	if argv.Config != nil {
+		findConfig(argv.Config)
+		me.forge.ConfigPrintTable()
+		okExit("")
 	}
 
 	log.Info("found", me.found.Len(), "repos. found", len(me.foundPaths), "paths from .config/forge")
 
 	// now, do something to all of them (or just print out a table of them)
 	var done bool = false
-	if argv.Dirty {
-		findRepos(argv.Find)
+	if argv.Dirty != nil {
+		argv.Dirty.findRepos()
 		doCheckDirty()
 		okExit("")
 		done = true
 	}
 
 	if argv.Scan {
-		findRepos(argv.Find)
+		findRepos(argv.List)
 		doScan()
 		done = true
 	}
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	if argv.GitReset {
-		findRepos(argv.Find)
+		findRepos(argv.List)
 		doGitReset()
 		done = true
 	}