diff --git a/doClean.go b/doClean.go
index 8b6f057..f6efdb5 100644
--- a/doClean.go
+++ b/doClean.go
@@ -509,6 +509,9 @@ func isBranchSubsetOfTrunk(repo *gitpb.Repo, branch string, trunk string) error
 		// log.Info("branch and trunk are identical ==", branch, b1, trunk, b2)
 		return nil
 	}
+	if argv.Verbose {
+		log.Printf("%-40s NOT EXACT %s %s (%d) (%d)\n", repo.GetGoPath(), branch, trunk, b1, b2)
+	}
 	if b1 == 0 {
 		cmd := []string{"git", "merge", trunk}
 		log.Printf("%-40s branch %s needs merge with trunk %s len(%d) %s\n", repo.GetGoPath(), branch, trunk, b2, cmd)