diff --git a/doDirty.go b/doDirty.go
index 0380bd0..bebf456 100644
--- a/doDirty.go
+++ b/doDirty.go
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ func straightCheckDirty() int {
 	var count int
 	// var total int
 	// now := time.Now()
-	all := me.found.All()
-	for all.Scan() {
-		repo := all.Next()
+	for repo := range me.found.IterAll() {
 		// total += 1
 		if repo.IsDirty() {
 			count += 1
diff --git a/doGui.go b/doGui.go
index 54e6d0e..0628fe5 100644
--- a/doGui.go
+++ b/doGui.go
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@ func debug() {
 
 		if me.repoWritableB != nil {
 			found := gitpb.NewRepos()
-			all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
-			for all.Scan() {
-				repo := all.Next()
+			for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterByFullPath() {
 				if me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GetGoPath()) {
 					continue
 				}
@@ -291,28 +289,6 @@ func forgeSwitchMode(newMode forgepb.ForgeMode) {
 	me.forge.Config.ConfigSave()
 }
 
-/*
-func doDisableUserW() {
-	me.argvCheckoutUser = false
-
-	var count int
-	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
-	for all.Scan() {
-		repo := all.Next()
-		if !repo.IsLocalBranch(repo.GetUserBranchName()) {
-			// log.Info("repo doesn't have user branch", repo.GetGoPath())
-			continue
-		}
-		count += 1
-	}
-
-	if count > 0 {
-		s := fmt.Sprintf("git delete %d user branches", count)
-		return
-	}
-}
-*/
-
 // this is the magic that generates a window directly from the protocol buffer
 func makeStandardReposGrid(pb *gitpb.Repos) *gitpb.ReposTable {
 	t := pb.NewTable("testDirty")
@@ -356,9 +332,7 @@ func makeStandardReposWindow(title string, pb *gitpb.Repos) (*gitpb.ReposTable,
 func findMergeToDevel() *gitpb.Repos {
 	found := gitpb.NewRepos()
 
-	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
-	for all.Scan() {
-		repo := all.Next()
+	for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterByFullPath() {
 
 		// this sees if user has patches for devel. If it does, add it to me.found
 		if repo.CountDiffObjects(repo.GetUserBranchName(), repo.GetDevelBranchName()) > 0 {
@@ -383,6 +357,7 @@ func findMergeToMaster() {
 	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
 	for all.Scan() {
 		repo := all.Next()
+
 		if me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GetGoPath()) {
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/find.go b/find.go
index 1173be4..d8f2231 100644
--- a/find.go
+++ b/find.go
@@ -54,10 +54,7 @@ func (f *FindCmd) findRepos() *gitpb.Repos {
 }
 
 func findPrivate() {
-	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
-	for all.Scan() {
-		repo := all.Next()
-
+	for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterByFullPath() {
 		if me.forge.Config.IsPrivate(repo.GetGoPath()) {
 			me.found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 		}
@@ -67,9 +64,8 @@ func findPrivate() {
 // finds repos that are writable
 func findMine() {
 	// log.Printf("get mine %s\n", me.forge.GetGoSrc())
-	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
-	for all.Scan() {
-		repo := all.Next()
+	for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterByFullPath() {
+
 		if me.forge.Config.IsWritable(repo.GetGoPath()) {
 			me.found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 		}
@@ -79,9 +75,8 @@ func findMine() {
 // finds repos the user has marked as favorites in the forge .config
 func findFavorites() {
 	// log.Printf("get favorites %s\n", me.forge.GetGoSrc())
-	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
-	for all.Scan() {
-		repo := all.Next()
+	for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterByFullPath() {
+
 		if me.forge.Config.IsFavorite(repo.GetGoPath()) {
 			me.found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 		}
@@ -91,10 +86,7 @@ func findFavorites() {
 // finds repos that git is reporting as dirty
 func findDirty() *gitpb.Repos {
 	found := gitpb.NewRepos()
-	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
-	for all.Scan() {
-		var repo *gitpb.Repo
-		repo = all.Next()
+	for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterByFullPath() {
 		if repo.IsDirty() {
 			found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 		}
@@ -103,17 +95,13 @@ func findDirty() *gitpb.Repos {
 }
 
 func findAll() {
-	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
-	for all.Scan() {
-		repo := all.Next()
+	for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterByFullPath() {
 		me.found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 	}
 }
 
 func findUser() {
-	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
-	for all.Scan() {
-		repo := all.Next()
+	for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterByFullPath() {
 		if repo.GetCurrentBranchName() == repo.GetUserBranchName() {
 			me.found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 		}
@@ -121,9 +109,7 @@ func findUser() {
 }
 
 func findPublishable() {
-	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
-	for all.Scan() {
-		repo := all.Next()
+	for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterByFullPath() {
 		if repo.GetTargetVersion() == "" {
 			continue
 		}
@@ -132,9 +118,7 @@ func findPublishable() {
 }
 
 func findReposWithPatches() {
-	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
-	for all.Scan() {
-		repo := all.Next()
+	for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterByFullPath() {
 		if repo.GetTargetVersion() != "" {
 			// add everything that has a target version set
 			me.found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
diff --git a/windowFound.go b/windowFound.go
index 9b085f1..c79e514 100644
--- a/windowFound.go
+++ b/windowFound.go
@@ -80,9 +80,7 @@ func (r *foundWindow) initWindow() {
 }
 
 func (r *foundWindow) listRepos() {
-	all := me.found.All()
-	for all.Scan() {
-		repo := all.Next()
+	for repo := range me.found.IterAll() {
 		r.addRepo(repo)
 	}
 }