39 changed files with 2491 additions and 1618 deletions
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 *.swp
-*.pb
 go.mod
 go.sum
 /resources/*.so
--- a/48
+++ b/48
@ -6,28 +6,27 @@ BUILDTIME = $(shell date +%Y.%m.%d_%H%M)
 # make gocui     # try the ncurses gui plugin
 # make andlabs   # try the andlabs gui plugin (uses GTK)

-default: install-verbose tag
-
-tag:
-	forge tag list
+default: verbose install
+	# forge clean
+	forge

 vet:
 	@GO111MODULE=off go vet
 	@echo this go binary package builds okay

+verbose: goimports vet plugin
+	GO111MODULE=off go install -v -x \
+		-ldflags "-X main.VERSION=${VERSION} -X main.BUILDTIME=${BUILDTIME} -X gui.GUIVERSION=${VERSION}"
+
 build: goimports vet plugin
 	GO111MODULE=off go build \
 		-ldflags "-X main.VERSION=${VERSION} -X main.BUILDTIME=${BUILDTIME} -X gui.GUIVERSION=${VERSION}"

-install: goimports plugin
+install: goimports vet plugin
 	GO111MODULE=off go install \
 		-ldflags "-X main.VERSION=${VERSION} -X main.BUILDTIME=${BUILDTIME} -X gui.GUIVERSION=${VERSION}"
 	cp -f ~/go/bin/forge ~/go/bin/last.forge # this is a hack so that go-deb can build a .deb file for forge # TODO: remove this

-install-verbose: goimports vet plugin
-	GO111MODULE=off go install -v -x \
-		-ldflags "-X main.VERSION=${VERSION} -X main.BUILDTIME=${BUILDTIME} -X gui.GUIVERSION=${VERSION}"
-
 install-raw: goimports vet plugin
 	go install \
 		-ldflags "-X main.VERSION=${VERSION} -X main.BUILDTIME=${BUILDTIME} -X gui.GUIVERSION=${VERSION}"
@ -36,17 +35,12 @@ plugin:
 	rm -f resources/*.so
 	# -cp ../../toolkits/gocui/gocui.so resources/

-GTK: clean install
-	forge --gui andlabs
+andlabs: clean install
+	forge --gui gocui --gui-verbose --gui-file ../../toolkits/andlabs/andlabs.so

-GTK-verbose: clean install
-	forge --gui andlabs --gui-verbose
-
-CUI: install
-	forge --gui gocui
-
-CUI-verbose: install
-	forge --gui gocui --gui-verbose >/tmp/forge.log 2>&1
+gocui: install
+	forge --gui gocui --gui-verbose --gui-file ../../toolkits/gocui/gocui.so >/tmp/forge.log 2>&1
+	# forge --gui gocui --gui-verbose --debugger

 goimports:
 	reset
@ -66,21 +60,17 @@ devel:
 	forge clean devel --force --verbose

 pull: install
+	# forge pull dirty
+	# FORGE_URL="https://forge.grid.wit.com/" forge pull dirty
+	# FORGE_URL="https://forge.grid.wit.com/" forge pull patches
 	FORGE_URL="https://forge.grid.wit.com/" forge pull check
+	# forge pull patches

 # cloudflare blocks POST due to captcha checks / human detection?
 # POST must be direct socket. probably for the best anyway
 submit:
-	FORGE_URL="https://forge.grid.wit.com/" forge patch submit "forge auto commit"
+	FORGE_URL="https://forge.grid.wit.com/" forge patch --submit "forge auto commit"
+	# forge patch --submit "forge auto commit"

 commit:
 	FORGE_URL="https://forge.grid.wit.com/" forge commit --all
-
-check: install
-	FORGE_URL="https://forge.grid.wit.com/" forge patch check
-
-doc:
-	echo "/*" > doc.go
-	forge -h >> doc.go
-	echo "*/" >> doc.go
-	echo "package main" >> doc.go
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 forge is a GUI front end for 'git' designed with the
 intent of simplifying federated git development.

-## Install:
-
-* go install go.wit.com/apps/forge@latest
+FORGE NEVER DOES ANYTHING BUT EXEC's 'git'

 ## Theory

@ -22,10 +20,6 @@ intent of simplifying federated git development.
    b) A "devel" branch that is published
    c) a "user" branch that can be local only to the developer

-## Development Goals
-
-* have a GUI that also works on the command line
-
 ## Notes

 This can be used to maintain git repositories
@ -37,6 +31,14 @@ expiremental work on federated git
 * uses a GUI or the console(console display needs work)
 * always wrap around 'git' -- it basically just types 'git' commands really fast

+## Development Goals
+
+* have a GUI that also works on the command line
+
+## Install:
+
+* go install go.wit.com/apps/forge@latest
+
 ## building from sources

 ```
--- a/applyPatch.go
+++ b/applyPatch.go
@ -3,6 +3,16 @@

 package main

+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
 /*
 // saves the patches in ~/.config/forge/currentpatches/
 func savePatchset(pset *forgepb.Patchset) error {
@ -12,10 +22,40 @@ func savePatchset(pset *forgepb.Patchset) error {
 	log.Info("savePatches() GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL", pset.GetGitAuthorEmail())
 	log.Info("savePatches() Branch Name", pset.GetStartBranchName())
 	log.Info("savePatches() Start Hash", pset.GetStartBranchHash())
+
+	var count int
+	var bad int
+	var lasterr error
+	all := pset.Patches.SortByFilename()
+	for all.Scan() {
+		p := all.Next()
+		basedir := filepath.Join(os.Getenv("FORGE_CONFIG"), "currentpatches")
+		if fullname, err := savePatchFile(p, basedir); err != nil {
+			log.Info(fullname, "save failed", err)
+			bad += 1
+			lasterr = err
+		}
+		count += 1
+	}
+	log.Info("pset has", count, "total patches, ", bad, "bad save patches")
+	if bad == 0 {
+		return lasterr
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 */

-/*
+// re-run git CheckDirty() on everything
+func IsAnythingDirty() bool {
+	doCheckDirtyAndConfigSave()
+	found := findDirty()
+	if found.Len() == 0 {
+		return false
+	} else {
+		return true
+	}
+}
+
 // From 18ee541f89be2e9f9a91c54873da87885e8ffdf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 // From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
 // Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2025 01:18:47 -0600
@ -29,6 +69,43 @@ func countCurrentPatches(repo *gitpb.Repo) int {
 	return len(result.Stdout)
 }

+func savePatchFile(p *forgepb.Patch, basedir string) (string, error) {
+	basepath, filename := filepath.Split(p.Filename)
+	fulldir := filepath.Join(basedir, basepath)
+	err := os.MkdirAll(fulldir, os.ModePerm)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Info("applyPathces() MkdirAll failed for", fulldir)
+		log.Info("applyPathces() MkdirAll failed err", err)
+		return "", err
+	}
+	tmpname := filepath.Join(fulldir, filename)
+	log.Info("pset filename FILENAME IS REAL?", tmpname)
+	raw, _ := os.OpenFile(tmpname, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
+	raw.Write(p.Data)
+	raw.Close()
+	return tmpname, nil
+}
+
+func readPatchFile(pbfile string) (*forgepb.Patchset, error) {
+	bytes, err := os.ReadFile(pbfile)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Info("readfile error", pbfile, err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return handleBytes(bytes)
+}
+
+func handleBytes(bytes []byte) (*forgepb.Patchset, error) {
+	var pset *forgepb.Patchset
+	pset = new(forgepb.Patchset)
+	err := pset.Unmarshal(bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Info("Unmarshal failed", err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return pset, nil
+}
+
 func doRegister(newurl string) error {
 	var url string
 	url = me.urlbase + "/register?url=" + newurl
@ -39,10 +116,9 @@ func doRegister(newurl string) error {
 	}

 	test := strings.TrimSpace(string(body))
-	for _, line := range strings.Split(test, "\n") {
+	for line := range strings.SplitSeq(test, "\n") {
 		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
 		log.Info("server returned:", line)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
-*/
--- a/argv.go
+++ b/argv.go
@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-
-	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/prep"
 )

 /*
@ -17,20 +15,18 @@ import (
 var argv args

 type args struct {
-	Help       *EmptyCmd    `arg:"subcommand:help"                      help:"New to forge? This is for you.'"`
 	Checkout   *CheckoutCmd `arg:"subcommand:checkout"                  help:"switch branches using 'git checkout'"`
 	Clean      *CleanCmd    `arg:"subcommand:clean"                     help:"start over at the beginning"`
 	Commit     *CommitCmd   `arg:"subcommand:commit"                    help:"'git commit' but errors out if on wrong branch"`
 	Config     *ConfigCmd   `arg:"subcommand:config"                    help:"show your .config/forge/ settings"`
+	Debug      *DebugCmd    `arg:"subcommand:debug"                     help:"debug forge"`
 	Dirty      *DirtyCmd    `arg:"subcommand:dirty"                     help:"show dirty git repos"`
 	GitFetch   *FindCmd     `arg:"subcommand:fetch"                     help:"run 'git fetch master'"`
-	Gui        *EmptyCmd    `arg:"subcommand:gui"                       help:"open the gui"`
 	List       *FindCmd     `arg:"subcommand:list"                      help:"print a table of the current repos"`
+	Normal     *EmptyCmd    `arg:"subcommand:normal"                    help:"set every repo to the default state for software development"`
 	Merge      *MergeCmd    `arg:"subcommand:merge"                     help:"merge branches"`
-	Normal     *NormalCmd   `arg:"subcommand:normal"                    help:"set every repo to the default state for software development"`
 	Patch      *PatchCmd    `arg:"subcommand:patch"                     help:"make patchsets"`
 	Pull       *PullCmd     `arg:"subcommand:pull"                      help:"run 'git pull'"`
-	Tag        *TagCmd      `arg:"subcommand:tag"                       help:"manage git tags"`
 	URL        string       `arg:"--connect"                            help:"forge url"`
 	All        bool         `arg:"--all"                                help:"git commit --all"`
 	Build      string       `arg:"--build"                              help:"build a repo"`
@ -38,16 +34,13 @@ type args struct {
 	BuildForge bool         `arg:"--forge-rebuild"                      help:"download and rebuild forge"`
 	Force      bool         `arg:"--force"                              help:"try to strong arm things"`
 	Verbose    bool         `arg:"--verbose"                            help:"show more output"`
+	Bash       bool         `arg:"--bash"                               help:"generate bash completion"`
+	BashAuto   []string     `arg:"--auto-complete"                      help:"todo: move this to go-arg"`
 }

 type EmptyCmd struct {
 }

-type NormalCmd struct {
-	On  *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:on"        help:"turn normal mode on"`
-	Off *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:off"        help:"turn normal mode off"`
-}
-
 type CommitCmd struct {
 	Submit bool `arg:"--submit"    default:"true"     help:"submit the patches to forge"`
 }
@ -55,7 +48,12 @@ type CommitCmd struct {
 type testCmd string

 type CleanCmd struct {
-	Verify *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:verify"        help:"rescan repo"`
+	Delete   *EmptyCmd      `arg:"subcommand:delete"        help:"rescan repo"`
+	Devel    *CleanDevelCmd `arg:"subcommand:devel"         help:"clean and verify the devel branches"`
+	Force    *EmptyCmd      `arg:"subcommand:force"         help:"do destructive stuff"`
+	GitReset *EmptyCmd      `arg:"subcommand:git-reset"     help:"git reset --hard"`
+	Pub      *EmptyCmd      `arg:"subcommand:pub"           help:"clean target version numbers"`
+	User     *EmptyCmd      `arg:"subcommand:user"          help:"clean the user branches"`
 	Repo     string         `arg:"--repo"                   help:"which repo to look at"`
 }

@ -64,28 +62,17 @@ 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"`
-	Submit *SubmitCmd `arg:"subcommand:submit"        help:"submit your commits"`
-	Repos  *SubmitCmd `arg:"subcommand:repos"         help:"show repos with patches"`
-}
-
-type SubmitCmd struct {
-	Match string `arg:"positional"`
+	Submit string    `arg:"--submit"                 help:"submit your commits"`
 }

 type PullCmd struct {
 	Check   *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:check"         help:"check repo versions"`
 	Dirty   *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:dirty"         help:"only check dirty repos"`
 	Patches *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:patches"       help:"only check repos with patches"`
-}
-
-type TagCmd struct {
-	List   *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:list"          help:"list the tags"`
-	Clean  *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:clean"         help:"clean out old and duplicate tags"`
-	Delete string    `arg:"--delete"                 help:"delete a tag"`
+	Sync    *SyncCmd  `arg:"subcommand:sync"                      help:"sync repos with upstream"`
 }

 type ConfigAddCmd struct {
@ -111,6 +98,10 @@ type ConfigCmd struct {
 	Register string        `arg:"--register"                          help:"register your git URL (foo.com/mystuff) or (github.com/foo/bar)"`
 }

+type DebugCmd struct {
+	Config *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:config"                   help:"used to debug protobuf Marshal() if things go wrong"`
+}
+
 type CheckoutCmd struct {
 	User   *FindCmd `arg:"subcommand:user"                      help:"git checkout user"`
 	Devel  *FindCmd `arg:"subcommand:devel"                     help:"git checkout devel"`
@ -123,6 +114,11 @@ type MergeCmd struct {
 	Publish *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:publish"                    help:"increment versions and publish master branch"`
 }

+type SyncCmd struct {
+	Clean *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:clean"                      help:"sync everything to upstream master"`
+	User  *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:user"                       help:"sync everything to user"`
+}
+
 type DirtyCmd struct {
 }

@ -146,60 +142,22 @@ func (a args) Description() string {
 forge -- a tool to manage lots of git repos. forge includes a GUI and TUI.

 	forge only executes the 'git' command. Everything it does, you can run by hand with 'git'.
-`
+	`
 }

-// handles shell autocomplete
-func DoAutoComplete(pb *prep.Auto) {
-	switch pb.Cmd {
-	case "checkout":
-		pb.Autocomplete2("devel master user")
-	case "clean":
-		pb.Autocomplete2("")
-	case "commit":
-		pb.Autocomplete2("--all")
-	case "config":
-		fmt.Println("add fix list")
-	case "dirty":
-		fmt.Println("")
-	case "gui":
-		fmt.Println("")
-	case "--gui":
-		pb.Autocomplete2("andlabs gocui")
-	case "list":
-		pb.Autocomplete2("--mine --favorites --dirty")
-	case "merge":
-		pb.Autocomplete2("devel master --all")
-	case "normal":
-		pb.Autocomplete2("on off")
-	case "pull":
-		pb.Autocomplete2("--force check")
-	case "patch":
-		fmt.Println("check get list repos submit show")
-	case "tag":
-		fmt.Println("list --delete clean")
-	default:
-		if pb.Cmd == "" {
-			pb.Autocomplete2("help list checkout clean commit dirty fetch gui normal merge patch pull tag --gui")
+func (args) doBashHelpDebug() {
+	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "")
+	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "hello world")
+	var more string
+	p0 := "0" + argv.BashAuto[0]
+	p1 := "1" + argv.BashAuto[1]
+	p2 := "2" + argv.BashAuto[2]
+	if len(argv.BashAuto[1]) >= 0 {
+		more = "more"
 	} else {
-			pb.Autocomplete2("list checkout clean commit dirty normal merge tag")
+		more = "less"
 	}
-	}
-	os.Exit(0)
-}
-
-func (args) Appname() string {
-	return ARGNAME
-}
-
-func ifBlank(arg string) bool {
-	if arg == "''" {
-		// if empty, the user has not typed something
-		return true
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-func (a args) DoAutoComplete(autoArgv *prep.Auto) {
-	DoAutoComplete(autoArgv)
+	p1a := fmt.Sprintf("1a.%s.%+v.\n", argv.BashAuto[1], len(argv.BashAuto[1]))
+	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "pull something else", argv.BashAuto, len(argv.BashAuto), p0, p1, p2, p1a, "end", more)
+	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "")
 }
--- a/argvAutoshell.go
+++ b/argvAutoshell.go
@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+)
+
+/*
+	handles shell autocomplete
+*/
+
+// used for shell auto completion
+// var ARGNAME string = "forge" // todo: get this from $0 ?
+
+func deleteMatch() {
+	// f := forgedb.InitSimple()
+	fmt.Println("go.wit.com/lib/gui/repostatus todo: need to do this")
+}
+
+func (args) doBashAuto() {
+	argv.doBashHelp()
+	switch argv.BashAuto[0] {
+	case "checkout":
+		fmt.Println("user devel master ")
+	case "clean":
+		// me.pp.WriteHelp(os.Stderr)
+		// me.pp.WriteUsageForSubcommand(os.Stderr, me.pp.SubcommandNames()...)
+		// me.pp.WriteHelpForSubcommand(os.Stderr, me.pp.SubcommandNames()...)
+		// me.pp.WriteHelpForSubcommand(os.Stderr, "clean")
+		fmt.Println("--force")
+	case "commit":
+		fmt.Println("--all")
+	case "config":
+		fmt.Println("add fix list debug")
+	case "delete":
+		deleteMatch()
+	case "debug":
+		fmt.Println("config")
+	case "dirty":
+		fmt.Println("")
+	case "examine":
+		fmt.Println("fix")
+	case "list":
+		fmt.Println("--full")
+	case "merge":
+		fmt.Println("devel master")
+	case "pull":
+		fmt.Println("dirty clean list patches sync --force")
+	case "--find":
+		fmt.Println("foo bar")
+	case "patch":
+		fmt.Println("get list --submit show")
+	case "user":
+		fmt.Println("--force")
+	case "devel":
+		fmt.Println("--force")
+	case "sync":
+		fmt.Println("clean user --force")
+	case "master":
+		fmt.Println("")
+	case "verify":
+		fmt.Println("user devel master")
+	default:
+		if argv.BashAuto[0] == ARGNAME {
+			// list the subcommands here
+			fmt.Println("--bash list checkout clean commit dirty debug fetch normal merge patch pull")
+		}
+	}
+	os.Exit(0)
+}
+
+// prints help to STDERR // TODO: move everything below this to go-args
+func (args) doBashHelp() {
+	if argv.BashAuto[1] != "''" {
+		// if this is not blank, then the user has typed something
+		return
+	}
+	if argv.BashAuto[0] != ARGNAME {
+		// if this is not the name of the command, the user already started doing something
+		return
+	}
+	if argv.BashAuto[0] == ARGNAME {
+		me.pp.WriteHelp(os.Stderr)
+		return
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "")
+	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "hello world")
+	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "")
+}
+
+// complete -F forge --bash forge
+func (args) doBash() {
+	fmt.Println("# add this in your bashrc:")
+	fmt.Println("")
+	fmt.Println("# todo: add this to go-arg as a 'hidden' go-arg option --bash")
+	fmt.Println("#")
+	fmt.Println("# todo: can this output work/parse with:")
+	fmt.Println("# complete -C `" + ARGNAME + " --bash` " + ARGNAME)
+	fmt.Println("")
+	fmt.Println("_" + ARGNAME + "_complete()")
+	fmt.Println("{")
+	fmt.Println("	# sets local to this func vars")
+	fmt.Println("	local cur prev all")
+	fmt.Println("	cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}")
+	fmt.Println("	prev=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}")
+	fmt.Println("	all=${COMP_WORDS[@]}")
+	fmt.Println("")
+	fmt.Println("	# this is where we generate the go-arg output")
+	fmt.Println("        GOARGS=$(" + ARGNAME + " --auto-complete $prev \\'$cur\\' $all)")
+	fmt.Println("")
+	fmt.Println("	# this compares the command line input from the user")
+	fmt.Println("	# to whatever strings we output")
+	fmt.Println("        COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W \"$GOARGS\" -- $cur) )  # THIS WORKS")
+	fmt.Println("	return 0")
+	fmt.Println("}")
+	fmt.Println("complete -F _" + ARGNAME + "_complete " + ARGNAME)
+	fmt.Println("")
+	fmt.Println("# copy and paste the above into your bash shell should work")
+	os.Exit(0)
+}
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-// functions to import and export the protobuf
-// data to and from config files
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-
-	"go.wit.com/lib/config"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
-	"go.wit.com/log"
-)
-
-func forgeConfigSave() error {
-	return me.forge.Config.ConfigSave()
-}
-
-func setForgeMode(fmode forgepb.ForgeMode) {
-	if me.forge.Config.Mode == fmode {
-		return
-	}
-	log.Info("changing mode", me.forge.Config.Mode, fmode)
-	me.forge.Config.Mode = fmode
-	config.SetChanged("forge", true)
-	me.forge.Config.ConfigSave()
-}
-
-func sampleConfig(all *forgepb.ForgeConfigs) {
-	new1 := new(forgepb.ForgeConfig)
-	new1.GoPath = "go.wit.com"
-	new1.Writable = true
-	new1.Directory = true
-	all.Append(new1)
-
-	fmt.Println("first time user. adding an example config file with", len(all.ForgeConfigs), "repos")
-}
--- a/debug.go
+++ b/debug.go
@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
-
-package main
-
-// An app to submit patches for the 30 GO GUI repos
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"time"
-
-	"go.wit.com/gui"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/debugger"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
-	"go.wit.com/log"
-)
-
-func init() {
-	if debugger.ArgDebug() {
-		log.Info("cmd line --debugger == true")
-		go func() {
-			log.Sleep(2)
-			debugger.DebugWindow()
-		}()
-	}
-}
-
-func debug() {
-	defer func() {
-		if r := recover(); r != nil {
-			gui.Crash(r, "forge debug()")
-		}
-	}()
-	time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
-	for {
-		now := time.Now()
-
-		if me.repoAllB != nil {
-			tmp := fmt.Sprintf("All (%d)", me.forge.Repos.Len())
-			me.repoAllB.SetLabel(tmp)
-		}
-
-		if me.repoDevelMergeB != nil {
-			found := findMergeToDevel()
-			tmp := fmt.Sprintf("needs merge to devel (%d)", found.Len())
-			me.repoDevelMergeB.SetLabel(tmp)
-		}
-
-		if me.repoWritableB != nil {
-			found := gitpb.NewRepos()
-			for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterByFullPath() {
-				if me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GetGoPath()) {
-					continue
-				}
-
-				found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
-
-			}
-			tmp := fmt.Sprintf("writable (%d)", found.Len())
-			me.repoWritableB.SetLabel(tmp)
-		}
-
-		dirty := me.forge.CheckDirty()
-
-		if me.repoDirtyB != nil {
-			tmp := fmt.Sprintf("dirty (%d)", dirty.Len())
-			me.repoDirtyB.SetLabel(tmp)
-		}
-
-		if me.reposWinB != nil {
-			tmp := fmt.Sprintf("Repos (%d)", me.forge.Repos.Len())
-			if dirty.Len() > 0 {
-				tmp = fmt.Sprintf("Repos (%d) (%d dirty)", me.forge.Repos.Len(), dirty.Len())
-			}
-			me.reposWinB.SetLabel(tmp)
-		}
-
-		// check for new patches
-		log.Info("should check for packages here")
-		//		if err := me.forge.ListPatches(); err != nil {
-		//			log.Info("List Patchsets Failed", err)
-		//		}
-
-		log.Printf("finished a forge scan here in (%s)\n", shell.FormatDuration(time.Since(now)))
-		time.Sleep(90 * time.Second)
-	}
-}
--- a/doCheckout.go
+++ b/doCheckout.go
@ -5,39 +5,286 @@ package main

 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"time"

 	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )

+var ErrorNotAllReposOnMaster error = fmt.Errorf("not all repos on are on the master branch")
+var ErrorNotAllReposOnDevel error = fmt.Errorf("not all repos on are on the devel branch")
+var ErrorNotAllReposOnUser error = fmt.Errorf("not all repos on are on the user branch")
+
+func IsEverythingOnMaster() (int, int, int, error) {
+	var total int
+	var count int
+	var nope int
+
+	// first make sure every repo is on the master branch
+	for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterAll() {
+		total += 1
+		if repo.GetMasterBranchName() == repo.GetCurrentBranchName() {
+			count += 1
+		} else {
+			nope += 1
+		}
+	}
+	if total != count {
+		// log.Info(ErrorNotAllReposOnMaster)
+		return total, count, nope, ErrorNotAllReposOnMaster
+	}
+	return total, count, nope, nil
+}
+
+func IsEverythingOnDevel() (int, int, int, error) {
+	var total int
+	var count int
+	var nope int
+
+	// first make sure every repo is on the master branch
+	for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterAll() {
+		total += 1
+		if repo.GetDevelBranchName() == repo.GetCurrentBranchName() {
+			count += 1
+		} else {
+			nope += 1
+		}
+	}
+	if total != count {
+		return total, count, nope, ErrorNotAllReposOnDevel
+	}
+	return total, count, nope, nil
+}
+
+func IsEverythingOnUser() (int, int, int, error) {
+	var total int
+	var count int
+	var nope int
+
+	// first make sure every repo is on the master branch
+	for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterAll() {
+		total += 1
+		if repo.GetCurrentBranchName() == repo.GetUserBranchName() {
+			count += 1
+		} else {
+			nope += 1
+		}
+	}
+	if total != count {
+		return total, count, nope, ErrorNotAllReposOnUser
+	}
+	return total, count, nope, nil
+}
+
+func doGitReset() {
+	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
+	for all.Scan() {
+		repo := all.Next()
+		if me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GetGoPath()) {
+			// log.Info("is readonly", repo.GetGoPath())
+			if repo.CheckDirty() {
+				log.Info("is readonly and dirty", repo.GetGoPath())
+				cmd := []string{"git", "reset", "--hard"}
+				repo.RunRealtime(cmd)
+			}
+		} else {
+			// log.Info("is not readonly", repo.GetGoPath())
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func rillCheckoutUser(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
+	if repo.IsDirty() {
+		// never do dirty repos
+		return nil
+	}
+	if repo.GetCurrentBranchName() == repo.GetMasterBranchName() {
+		// repo is already on devel branch. have to move them there first for now
+		// return repo.CheckoutDevel()
+	}
+	if repo.GetCurrentBranchName() == repo.GetUserBranchName() {
+		// repo is already on user branch
+		return nil
+	}
+	if err := repo.CheckoutUser(); err != nil {
+		log.Info(repo.GetFullPath(), err)
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // trys to figure out if there is still something to update
+func doAllCheckoutUser() error {
+	now := time.Now()
+
+	if argv.Force {
+		log.Info("going to force create user branches")
+		if err := makeUserBranches(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	me.forge.RillFuncError(rillCheckoutUser)
+	count := me.forge.RillReload()
+	if count != 0 {
+		me.forge.ConfigSave()
+	}
+
+	total, count, nope, err := IsEverythingOnUser()
+	log.Printf("User branch check. %d total repos. (%d ok) (%d not on user branch) (%s)\n", total, count, nope, shell.FormatDuration(time.Since(now)))
+	if err != nil {
+		// display all repos not on user
+		found := new(gitpb.Repos)
+		all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
+		for all.Scan() {
+			repo := all.Next()
+			if repo.GetCurrentBranchName() != repo.GetUserBranchName() {
+				found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
+			}
+		}
+		me.forge.PrintHumanTable(found)
+		log.Printf("There are %d repos that are NOT on the user branch\n", found.Len())
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func rillCheckoutDevel(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
+	if repo.IsDirty() {
+		// never do dirty repos
+		return nil
+	}
+	if repo.GetCurrentBranchName() == repo.GetDevelBranchName() {
+		// repo is already on devel branch
+		return nil
+	}
+	repo.CheckoutDevel()
+	return nil
+}
+
+// is every repo on the devel branch?
+func doAllCheckoutDevel() error {
+	now := time.Now()
+	if argv.Force {
+		log.Info("going to force create devel branches")
+		makeDevelBranches()
+	}
+	log.Info("going to rill:")
+	me.forge.RillFuncError(rillCheckoutDevel)
+	count := me.forge.RillReload()
+	if count != 0 {
+		me.forge.ConfigSave()
+	}
+
+	total, count, nope, err := IsEverythingOnDevel()
+	log.Printf("Devel branch check. %d total repos. (%d ok) (%d not on devel branch) (%s)\n", total, count, nope, shell.FormatDuration(time.Since(now)))
+	if err != nil {
+		// display all repos not on user
+		found := new(gitpb.Repos)
+		all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
+		for all.Scan() {
+			repo := all.Next()
+			if repo.GetCurrentBranchName() != repo.GetDevelBranchName() {
+				found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
+			}
+		}
+		me.forge.PrintHumanTable(found)
+		log.Printf("There are %d repos that are NOT on the devel branch\n", found.Len())
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func rillCheckoutMaster(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
+	if repo.IsDirty() {
+		// never do dirty repos
+		return nil
+	}
+	// 'giterr' means something is very wrong with this repo
+	if repo.GetMasterVersion() == "giterr" {
+		repo.CheckoutMaster()
+		log.Info("master == giterr. BAD REPO", repo.GetFullPath())
+		log.Info("master == giterr. BAD REPO", repo.GetFullPath())
+		log.Info("master == giterr. BAD REPO", repo.GetFullPath())
+		cmd := []string{"git", "checkout", "main"} // todo: figure out main
+		repo.RunVerbose(cmd)
+		os.Exit(-1)
+		return nil
+	}
+	if repo.GetCurrentBranchName() == repo.GetMasterBranchName() {
+		// repo is already on master
+		return nil
+	}
+	if me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GetGoPath()) {
+		// skip other checks for readonly repos
+		repo.CheckoutMaster()
+		return nil
+	}
+	/*
+		if repo.GetUserVersion() != repo.GetDevelVersion() {
+			// don't switch branches if the user branch has uncommitted patches
+			return nil
+		}
+		if repo.GetDevelVersion() != repo.GetMasterVersion() {
+			// don't switch braches if the devel branch does not match master (needs merge)
+			return nil
+		}
+	*/
+	repo.CheckoutMaster()
+	return nil
+}
+
+// trys to figure out if there is still something to update
+func doAllCheckoutMaster() error {
+	now := time.Now()
+	me.forge.RillFuncError(rillCheckoutMaster)
+	count := me.forge.RillReload()
+	if count != 0 {
+		me.forge.ConfigSave()
+	}
+
+	total, count, nope, err := IsEverythingOnMaster()
+	log.Printf("Master branch check. %d total repos. (%d ok) (%d not on master branch) (%s)\n", total, count, nope, shell.FormatDuration(time.Since(now)))
+	if err != nil {
+		// display all repos not on master
+		found := new(gitpb.Repos)
+		all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
+		for all.Scan() {
+			repo := all.Next()
+			if repo.GetCurrentBranchName() != repo.GetMasterBranchName() {
+				found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
+			}
+		}
+		me.forge.PrintHumanTable(found)
+		log.Printf("There are %d repos that are NOT on the master branch\n", found.Len())
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// trys to figure out if there is still something to update
+// todo: redo this logic as it is terrible

 func doCheckout() error {
 	if argv.Checkout.User != nil {
-		start := time.Now()
-		err := me.forge.DoAllCheckoutUser(argv.Force)
-		dur := time.Since(start)
-		log.Printf("Checked out %d user braches in %s\n", me.forge.Repos.Len(), shell.FormatDuration(dur))
-		if err != nil {
+		if err := doAllCheckoutUser(); err != nil {
 			badExit(err)
 		}
 		okExit("")
 	}

 	if argv.Checkout.Devel != nil {
-		// setForgeMode(forgepb.ForgeMode_DEVEL)
-		if err := me.forge.DoAllCheckoutDevelNew(argv.Force); err != nil {
+		if err := doAllCheckoutDevel(); err != nil {
 			badExit(err)
 		}
 		okExit("")
 	}

 	if argv.Checkout.Master != nil {
-		setForgeMode(forgepb.ForgeMode_MASTER) // disable "normal" mode if set
-
-		if err := me.forge.DoAllCheckoutMaster(); err != nil {
+		if err := doAllCheckoutMaster(); err != nil {
 			badExit(err)
 		}
 		okExit("")
@ -45,3 +292,45 @@ func doCheckout() error {
 	badExit(fmt.Errorf("did not specify what branch to checkout"))
 	return nil
 }
+
+func makeDevelBranches() error {
+	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
+	for all.Scan() {
+		repo := all.Next()
+		branch := repo.GetDevelBranchName()
+		if repo.Exists(filepath.Join(".git/refs/heads", branch)) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if repo.Exists(filepath.Join(".git/refs/remotes/origin", branch)) {
+			cmd := []string{"git", "checkout", branch}
+			repo.RunVerbose(cmd)
+			continue
+		}
+		cmd := []string{"git", "branch", branch}
+		repo.RunVerbose(cmd)
+		cmd = []string{"git", "checkout", branch}
+		repo.RunVerbose(cmd)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func makeUserBranches() error {
+	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
+	for all.Scan() {
+		repo := all.Next()
+		branch := repo.GetUserBranchName()
+		if repo.Exists(filepath.Join(".git/refs/heads", branch)) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if repo.Exists(filepath.Join(".git/refs/remotes/origin", branch)) {
+			cmd := []string{"git", "checkout", branch}
+			repo.RunVerbose(cmd)
+			continue
+		}
+		cmd := []string{"git", "branch", branch}
+		repo.RunVerbose(cmd)
+		cmd = []string{"git", "checkout", branch}
+		repo.RunVerbose(cmd)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
--- a/doClean.go
+++ b/doClean.go
@ -6,52 +6,16 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"time"

-	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )

-func checkRemoteBranches(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
-	if err := repo.ReloadCheck(); err != nil {
-		log.Info("need to reload", repo.FullPath)
-	}
-	if repo.VerifyRemoteAndLocalBranches(repo.GetDevelBranchName()) {
-	} else {
-		return log.Errorf("remote devel is out of sync with local: todo: git pull or git fetch")
-	}
-	if repo.VerifyRemoteAndLocalBranches(repo.GetMasterBranchName()) {
-	} else {
-		return log.Errorf("remote master is out of sync with local: todo: git pull or git fetch")
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 // reverts all repos back to the original master branches
 // automatically deletes local devel and user branches
 func doClean() error {
-	setForgeMode(forgepb.ForgeMode_CLEAN)
-
-	if argv.Clean.Verify != nil {
-		stats := me.forge.RillRepos(checkRemoteBranches)
-		for path, stat := range stats {
-			if stat.Err == nil {
-				continue
-			}
-			dur := stat.End.Sub(stat.Start)
-			if dur > time.Second {
-				log.Infof("%s checkRemoteBranches() took a long time (%s) (err=%v)\n", path, shell.FormatDuration(dur), stat.Err)
-			}
-		}
-		// log.Infof("%-60s, %-60s %v %s\n", stat.Start, stat.End.String(), dur, path)
-		// log.Infof("%-30v %s %v\n", dur, path, stat.Err)
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	// fix this to work, then delete all the other options for "forge clean'
-	if err := me.forge.DoAllCheckoutMaster(); err != nil {
+	if err := doAllCheckoutMaster(); err != nil {
 		// badExit(err)
 	}

@ -91,25 +55,25 @@ func doClean() error {

 		// find repos not on master branch
 		if repo.GetCurrentBranchName() != repo.GetMasterBranchName() {
-			found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+			found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 			continue
 		}

 		// find dirty repos
 		if repo.IsDirty() {
-			found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+			found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 			continue
 		}

 		// find repos that still have a local user branch
 		if repo.IsLocalBranch(repo.GetUserBranchName()) {
-			found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+			found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 			continue
 		}

 		// find repos that still have a local devel branch
 		if repo.IsLocalBranch(repo.GetDevelBranchName()) {
-			found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+			found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 			continue
 		}
 	}
@ -123,12 +87,10 @@ func doClean() error {
 	}
 	log.Printf("\n") // padding for now

-	var hmm int
-	hmm = found.Len()
-	if hmm == 0 {
-		log.Printf("%d repos are not clean\n", hmm)
+	if found.Len() == 0 {
+		log.Printf("%d repos are not clean\n", found.Len())
 	} else {
-		log.Info("All repos are clean", total, hmm)
+		log.Info("All repos are clean", total, found.Len())
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@ -249,24 +211,7 @@ func justDeleteTheDevelBranchAlready(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	cmd := []string{"git", "merge something somehow"}
-	log.Info("devel local, remote and master branches are wrong", repo.GetGoPath(), cmd, b1)
+	log.Info("DEVEL LOCAL NEEDS GIT MERGE TO MASTER", repo.GetGoPath(), cmd, b1)
 	// _, err := repo.RunVerbose(cmd)
 	return nil
 }
-
-func doGitReset() {
-	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
-	for all.Scan() {
-		repo := all.Next()
-		if me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GetGoPath()) {
-			// log.Info("is readonly", repo.GetGoPath())
-			if repo.CheckDirty() {
-				log.Info("is readonly and dirty", repo.GetGoPath())
-				cmd := []string{"git", "reset", "--hard"}
-				repo.RunRealtime(cmd)
-			}
-		} else {
-			// log.Info("is not readonly", repo.GetGoPath())
-		}
-	}
-}
--- a/doCommit.go
+++ b/doCommit.go
@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ package main
 import (
 	"os"

-	"go.wit.com/lib/config"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )

-func doCommit() error {
+func doCommit() {
 	if argv.All {
-		found := me.forge.CheckDirty()
+		doCheckDirtyAndConfigSave()
+		found := findDirty()
 		var newpatches bool
 		for repo := range found.IterAll() {
 			log.Info("do a commit on repo", repo.GetGoPath())
@ -22,16 +22,22 @@ func doCommit() error {
 				badExit(err)
 			}
 			newpatches = true
-			repo.CheckDirty()
+		}
+		if !argv.Commit.Submit {
+			okExit("")
 		}
 		if newpatches {
-			config.SetChanged("repos", true)
-			return doPatchSubmit()
+			patchSubmitAndExit()
 		}
 		okExit("")
 	}

-	repo := findCurrentPwdRepoOrDie()
+	pwd, _ := os.Getwd()
+	repo := me.forge.Repos.FindByFullPath(pwd)
+	if repo == nil {
+		log.Info("todo: forge doesn't know how to work here yet")
+		okExit("")
+	}

 	if !repo.CheckDirty() {
 		okExit(log.Sprintf("this repo %s is not dirty.\n\n--all    # commit all changes in all repos", repo.GetFullPath()))
@ -64,7 +70,23 @@ func doCommit() error {
 		badExit(err)
 	}

-	return doPatchSubmit()
+	patchSubmitAndExit()
+}
+
+func patchSubmitAndExit() {
+	_, err := me.forge.SubmitDevelPatchSet("forge auto commit")
+	if err != nil {
+		// TRY different URL
+		me.forge.SetForgeURL("https://forge.grid.wit.com/")
+		log.Info("GOING TO TRY AGAIN", me.forge.GetForgeURL())
+	}
+
+	_, err = me.forge.SubmitDevelPatchSet("forge auto commit")
+	if err != nil {
+		badExit(err)
+	}
+
+	okExit("git commit ok. forge done")
 }

 func doCommitRepo(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
--- a/doConfig.go
+++ b/doConfig.go
@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ func doConfig() {
 		log.Info("todo")
 		okExit("")
 	}
-
-	/*
 	if argv.Config.Register != "" {
 		if err := doRegister(argv.Config.Register); err == nil {
 			okExit("attempting to register " + argv.Config.Register)
@ -30,7 +28,6 @@ func doConfig() {
 			badExit(err)
 		}
 	}
-	*/

 	// try to add, then save config and exit
 	if argv.Config.Add != nil {
@ -54,8 +51,6 @@ func doConfig() {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}

-	log.Info("config.PathLock =", me.forge.Config.PathLock)
-
 	me.forge.ConfigPrintTable()
 	okExit("")
 }
--- a/doDebug.go
+++ b/doDebug.go
@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"log"
+	"reflect"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/bugpb"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
+	"golang.org/x/text/encoding/charmap"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
+)
+
+func doDebug() {
+	me.forge = forgepb.InitPB()
+	me.forge.ScanGoSrc()
+	if err := me.forge.ConfigSave(); err != nil {
+		if err := me.forge.Repos.ConfigSave(); err != nil {
+			err := ValidateProtoUTF8(me.forge.Repos)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("Protobuf UTF-8 validation failed: %v\n", err)
+			}
+			if err := bugpb.SanitizeProtoUTF8(me.forge.Repos); err != nil {
+				log.Fatalf("Sanitization failed: %v", err)
+			}
+		}
+		// badExit(err)
+	}
+	me.forge.SetConfigSave(true)
+	me.forge.Exit()
+	okExit("this never runs")
+}
+
+// ValidateProtoUTF8 checks all string fields in a proto.Message recursively.
+func ValidateProtoUTF8(msg proto.Message) error {
+	return validateValue(reflect.ValueOf(msg), "")
+}
+
+func validateValue(val reflect.Value, path string) error {
+	if !val.IsValid() {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if val.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		if val.IsNil() {
+			return nil
+		}
+		return validateValue(val.Elem(), path)
+	}
+
+	switch val.Kind() {
+	case reflect.Struct:
+		for i := 0; i < val.NumField(); i++ {
+			field := val.Field(i)
+			fieldType := val.Type().Field(i)
+			fieldPath := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", path, fieldType.Name)
+			if err := validateValue(field, fieldPath); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+
+	case reflect.String:
+		s := val.String()
+		if !utf8.ValidString(s) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid UTF-8 string at %s: %q", path, s)
+		}
+
+	case reflect.Slice:
+		if val.Type().Elem().Kind() == reflect.Uint8 {
+			return nil // skip []byte
+		}
+		for i := 0; i < val.Len(); i++ {
+			if err := validateValue(val.Index(i), fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d]", path, i)); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+
+	case reflect.Map:
+		for _, key := range val.MapKeys() {
+			valItem := val.MapIndex(key)
+			if err := validateValue(valItem, fmt.Sprintf("%s[%v]", path, key)); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// SanitizeProtoUTF8 fixes all invalid UTF-8 strings in a proto.Message recursively.
+func SanitizeProtoUTF8(msg proto.Message) error {
+	return sanitizeValue(reflect.ValueOf(msg), "")
+}
+
+func sanitizeValue(val reflect.Value, path string) error {
+	if !val.IsValid() {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if val.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		if val.IsNil() {
+			return nil
+		}
+		return sanitizeValue(val.Elem(), path)
+	}
+
+	switch val.Kind() {
+	case reflect.Struct:
+		for i := 0; i < val.NumField(); i++ {
+			field := val.Field(i)
+			fieldType := val.Type().Field(i)
+			if !field.CanSet() {
+				continue
+			}
+			if err := sanitizeValue(field, fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", path, fieldType.Name)); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+
+	case reflect.String:
+		s := val.String()
+		if !utf8.ValidString(s) {
+			utf8Str, err := latin1ToUTF8(s)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert %s to UTF-8: %v", path, err)
+			}
+			val.SetString(utf8Str)
+		}
+
+	case reflect.Slice:
+		if val.Type().Elem().Kind() == reflect.Uint8 {
+			return nil // skip []byte
+		}
+		for i := 0; i < val.Len(); i++ {
+			if err := sanitizeValue(val.Index(i), fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d]", path, i)); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+
+	case reflect.Map:
+		for _, key := range val.MapKeys() {
+			valItem := val.MapIndex(key)
+			newItem := reflect.New(valItem.Type()).Elem()
+			newItem.Set(valItem)
+			if err := sanitizeValue(newItem, fmt.Sprintf("%s[%v]", path, key)); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			val.SetMapIndex(key, newItem)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func latin1ToUTF8(input string) (string, error) {
+	reader := charmap.ISO8859_1.NewDecoder().Reader(bytes.NewReader([]byte(input)))
+	result, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return string(result), nil
+}
--- a/doDirty.go
+++ b/doDirty.go
@ -3,8 +3,18 @@

 package main

+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
 func doDirty() {
-	found := me.forge.CheckDirty()
+	doCheckDirtyAndConfigSave()
+
+	found := findDirty()
 	if found.Len() == 0 {
 		return
 	}
@ -14,3 +24,43 @@ func doDirty() {
 		me.forge.PrintHumanTable(found)
 	}
 }
+
+func straightCheckDirty() int {
+	var count int
+	// var total int
+	// now := time.Now()
+	for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterAll() {
+		// total += 1
+		if repo.IsDirty() {
+			count += 1
+		}
+	}
+	// log.Printf("rill dirty check (%d dirty repos) (%d total repos) took:%s\n", count, total, shell.FormatDuration(time.Since(now)))
+	return count
+}
+
+func doCheckDirty(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
+	repo.CheckDirty()
+	// reset these in here for now
+	if repo.GetTargetVersion() != "" {
+		repo.TargetVersion = ""
+		me.forge.SetConfigSave(true)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// recheck every repo's dirty state according to 'git'
+func doCheckDirtyAndConfigSave() {
+	start := straightCheckDirty()
+
+	now := time.Now()
+	me.forge.RillFuncError(doCheckDirty)
+	end := straightCheckDirty()
+	log.Printf("dirty check (%d dirty repos) (%d total repos) took:%s\n", end, me.forge.Repos.Len(), shell.FormatDuration(time.Since(now)))
+
+	if start != end {
+		// todo: use internal forgepb configsave flag. should work?
+		me.forge.SetConfigSave(true)
+		me.forge.ConfigSave()
+	}
+}
--- a/doFind.go
+++ b/doFind.go
@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func doFind() *gitpb.Repos {
 	}

 	if argv.List.Dirty {
-		return me.forge.FindDirty()
+		return findDirty()
 	}

 	return findAll()
@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func (f *FindCmd) findRepos() *gitpb.Repos {
 	}

 	if f.Dirty {
-		return me.forge.FindDirty()
+		return findDirty()
 	}

 	if f.User {
@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func findPrivate() *gitpb.Repos {
 	found := gitpb.NewRepos()
 	for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterByFullPath() {
 		if me.forge.Config.IsPrivate(repo.GetGoPath()) {
-			found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+			found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 		}
 	}

@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func findMine() *gitpb.Repos {
 	for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterByFullPath() {

 		if me.forge.Config.IsWritable(repo.GetGoPath()) {
-			found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+			found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 		}
 	}
 	return found
@ -95,7 +95,19 @@ func findFavorites() *gitpb.Repos {
 	for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterByFullPath() {

 		if me.forge.Config.IsFavorite(repo.GetGoPath()) {
-			found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+			found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
+		}
+	}
+	return found
+}
+
+// finds repos that git is reporting as dirty
+func findDirty() *gitpb.Repos {
+	found := gitpb.NewRepos()
+
+	for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterByFullPath() {
+		if repo.IsDirty() {
+			found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 		}
 	}
 	return found
@ -104,7 +116,7 @@ func findFavorites() *gitpb.Repos {
 func findAll() *gitpb.Repos {
 	found := gitpb.NewRepos()
 	for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterByFullPath() {
-		found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+		found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 	}
 	return found
 }
@ -113,7 +125,7 @@ func find50() *gitpb.Repos {
 	count := 0
 	found := gitpb.NewRepos()
 	for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterByFullPath() {
-		found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+		found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 		if count > 50 {
 			return found
 		}
@ -127,7 +139,7 @@ func findUser() *gitpb.Repos {

 	for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterByFullPath() {
 		if repo.GetCurrentBranchName() == repo.GetUserBranchName() {
-			found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+			found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 		}
 	}
 	return found
@ -140,7 +152,7 @@ func findPublishable() *gitpb.Repos {
 		if repo.GetTargetVersion() == "" {
 			continue
 		}
-		found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+		found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 	}
 	return found
 }
@ -151,12 +163,12 @@ func findReposWithPatches() *gitpb.Repos {
 	for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterByFullPath() {
 		if repo.GetTargetVersion() != "" {
 			// add everything that has a target version set
-			found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+			found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 			continue
 		}
 		if repo.IsDirty() {
 			// always add dirty branches
-			found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+			found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 			continue
 		}
 		if repo.GetUserVersion() == "" || repo.GetUserVersion() == "uerr" {
@ -164,21 +176,13 @@ func findReposWithPatches() *gitpb.Repos {
 			continue
 		}
 		if repo.GetUserVersion() != repo.GetDevelVersion() {
-			found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+			found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 			continue
 		}

 		// show anything that differs between 'devel' & 'master' branches
 		if repo.GetDevelVersion() != repo.GetMasterVersion() {
-			// this repo.State code isn't great, but it got me here quickly
-			// I'll defend my code by saying it's faster for me if I do dumb things
-			// sometimes and fix them later. Probably some employee will have to
-			// fix this. if that is the case I owe you lunch. or stock options
-			if repo.State == "DEVEL behind MASTER" {
-				// log.Info("repo state", repo.FullPath, repo.State)
-				continue
-			}
-			found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+			found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 			continue
 		}

@ -189,7 +193,7 @@ func findReposWithPatches() *gitpb.Repos {

 		// this is an old test to see if the current 'last tag' is accurate and should be removed
 		if repo.GetLastTag() != repo.GetMasterVersion() {
-			found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+			found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 			repo.FindLastTag()
 			continue
 		}
--- a/doGui.go
+++ b/doGui.go
@ -18,39 +18,97 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )

-func doGui() {
-	win := gadgets.NewGenericWindow("Forge: A federated git development tool by WIT.COM", "Current Settings")
-	win.Custom = func() {
-		log.Warn("MAIN WINDOW CLOSE")
-		okExit("")
+func debug() {
+	time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
+	for {
+		now := time.Now()
+
+		if me.repoAllB != nil {
+			tmp := fmt.Sprintf("All (%d)", me.forge.Repos.Len())
+			me.repoAllB.SetLabel(tmp)
 		}

+		if me.repoDevelMergeB != nil {
+			found := findMergeToDevel()
+			tmp := fmt.Sprintf("needs merge to devel (%d)", found.Len())
+			me.repoDevelMergeB.SetLabel(tmp)
+		}
+
+		if me.repoWritableB != nil {
+			found := gitpb.NewRepos()
+			for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterByFullPath() {
+				if me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GetGoPath()) {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
+
+			}
+			tmp := fmt.Sprintf("writable (%d)", found.Len())
+			me.repoWritableB.SetLabel(tmp)
+		}
+
+		doCheckDirtyAndConfigSave()
+		found := findDirty()
+		dirty := found.Len()
+
+		if me.repoDirtyB != nil {
+			tmp := fmt.Sprintf("dirty (%d)", dirty)
+			me.repoDirtyB.SetLabel(tmp)
+		}
+
+		if me.reposWinB != nil {
+			tmp := fmt.Sprintf("Repos (%d)", me.forge.Repos.Len())
+			if dirty > 0 {
+				tmp = fmt.Sprintf("Repos (%d) (%d dirty)", me.forge.Repos.Len(), dirty)
+			}
+			me.reposWinB.SetLabel(tmp)
+		}
+
+		log.Printf("finished a forge scan here in (%s)\n", shell.FormatDuration(time.Since(now)))
+		time.Sleep(90 * time.Second)
+	}
+}
+
+func doGui() {
+	if me.forge.Config.GetDefaultGui() == "" {
+		me.forge.Config.DefaultGui = "gocui"
+		me.forge.ConfigSave()
+	}
+	me.myGui = gui.New()
+	me.myGui.InitEmbed(resources)
+	me.myGui.SetAppDefaultPlugin(me.forge.Config.DefaultGui) // sets the default GUI plugin to use
+	me.myGui.Default()
+
+	mainWindow := gadgets.NewGenericWindow("Forge: (this kinda works sometimes)", "Current Settings")
+	mainWindow.Custom = func() {
+		log.Warn("MAIN WINDOW CLOSE")
+		now := time.Now()
+		count := me.forge.RillReload()
+		log.Info("Repo Reload count =", count)
+		if count != 0 {
+			me.forge.ConfigSave()
+		}
+		log.Printf("rill repos.Reload() took (%s)\n", shell.FormatDuration(time.Since(now)))
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+
+	drawWindow(mainWindow)
+
+	// sits here forever
+	debug()
+
+}
+
+func drawWindow(win *gadgets.GenericWindow) {
 	grid := win.Group.RawGrid()
-	if me.forge.Config.GetPathLock() {
 	me.goSrcPwd = gadgets.NewOneLiner(grid, "Working Directory")
-		me.goSrcPwd.SetText(me.forge.Config.ReposDir)
-	} else {
-		me.goSrcEdit = gadgets.NewBasicEntry(grid, "Working Directory")
-		me.goSrcEdit.SetText(me.forge.Config.ReposDir)
-		me.goSrcEdit.Custom = func() {
-			log.Info("updating text to", me.goSrcEdit.String())
-		}
-	}
-	lockpath := grid.NewCheckbox("Lock").SetChecked(me.forge.Config.PathLock)
-	lockpath.Custom = func() {
-		if lockpath.IsChecked() {
-			log.Info("lock working directory")
-			me.forge.Config.PathLock = true
-		} else {
-			log.Info("unlock working directory")
-			me.forge.Config.PathLock = false
-		}
-		me.forge.Config.ConfigSave()
-		okExit("you must restart forge after changing the Path Lock")
-	}
+	grid.NewLabel("")

 	grid.NextRow()

+	me.goSrcPwd.SetText(me.forge.GetGoSrc())
+
 	// use ENV GIT_AUTHOR
 	me.gitAuthor = gadgets.NewOneLiner(grid, "Git Author")
 	grid.NextRow()
@ -79,32 +137,33 @@ func doGui() {
 		insertWin = makeReposWinNew()
 	})

+	/*
+	 */
+
 	var patchesWin *stdPatchTableWin
-	var patchButton *gui.Node
-	patchButton = gridM.NewButton("Your patches", func() {
+	gridM.NewButton("Pending patches", func() {
 		if patchesWin != nil {
 			patchesWin.Toggle()
 			return
 		}
-		if !isPatchingSafe() {
-			patchButton.SetLabel("not safe yet")
+		loadUpstreamPatchsets()
+		if me.psets == nil {
+			log.Info("failed to download current patchsets")
 			return
 		}
-		// patchesWin = makePatchesWin(me.forge.Patchsets)
 		notdone := new(forgepb.Patches)

-		all := me.forge.Patchsets.All()
+		all := me.psets.All()
 		for all.Scan() {
 			pset := all.Next()
-			if pset.State == "DONE" {
-				// skip old patchsets
-				continue
+			AddNotDonePatches(notdone, pset, false)
 		}
-			AddAllPatches(notdone, pset, false)
-			// AddNotDonePatches(notdone, pset, false)
-		}
-		notdone.PrintTable()

+		for patch := range notdone.IterAll() {
+			comment := cleanSubject(patch.Comment)
+			log.Info("new patch:", patch.NewHash, "commithash:", patch.CommitHash, patch.Namespace, comment)
+		}
+		// savePatchsets()
 		patchesWin = makePatchesWin(notdone)
 	})

@ -132,13 +191,13 @@ func makeStandardReposGrid(pb *gitpb.Repos) *gitpb.ReposTable {
 	t := pb.NewTable("testDirty")
 	t.NewUuid()
 	sf := t.AddStringFunc("repo", func(r *gitpb.Repo) string {
-		return r.GetNamespace()
+		return r.GetGoPath()
 	})
 	// t.Custom = func() {
 	// 	log.Info("close grid?")
 	// }
 	sf.Custom = func(r *gitpb.Repo) {
-		log.Info("do button click on", r.GetNamespace())
+		log.Info("do button click on", r.GetGoPath())
 	}
 	t.AddTimeFunc("age", func(repo *gitpb.Repo) time.Time {
 		return repo.NewestTime()
@ -174,7 +233,7 @@ func findMergeToDevel() *gitpb.Repos {
 	for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterByFullPath() {
 		// this sees if user has patches for devel. If it does, add it to found
 		if repo.CountDiffObjects(repo.GetUserBranchName(), repo.GetDevelBranchName()) > 0 {
-			found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+			found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 		}
 	}
 	now := time.Now()
@ -185,7 +244,7 @@ func findMergeToDevel() *gitpb.Repos {
 	// me.forge.PrintHumanTable(found)

 	// check for merges from devel
-	total, count, nope, _ := me.forge.IsEverythingOnDevel()
+	total, count, nope, _ := IsEverythingOnDevel()
 	log.Printf("devel branch check. %d total repos. (%d ok) (%d not on devel branch) (%s)\n", total, count, nope, shell.FormatDuration(time.Since(now)))
 	return found
 }
@ -197,7 +256,7 @@ func findMergeToMaster() *gitpb.Repos {
 	for all.Scan() {
 		repo := all.Next()

-		if me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GetNamespace()) {
+		if me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GetGoPath()) {
 			continue
 		}
 		/*
@ -205,7 +264,7 @@ func findMergeToMaster() *gitpb.Repos {
 				continue
 			}
 			if repo.GetMasterVersion() != repo.GetDevelVersion() {
-				me.found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+				me.found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 				continue
 			}
 		*/
@ -215,12 +274,12 @@ func findMergeToMaster() *gitpb.Repos {
 			// everything is normal
 		} else {
 			repo.State = "DEVEL < MASTER"
-			log.Info("SERIOUS ERROR. DEVEL BRANCH IS BEHIND MASTER", repo.GetNamespace())
+			log.Info("SERIOUS ERROR. DEVEL BRANCH IS BEHIND MASTER", repo.GetGoPath())
 		}

 		// this sees if devel has patches for master. If it does, add it to me.found
 		if repo.CountDiffObjects(repo.GetDevelBranchName(), repo.GetMasterBranchName()) > 0 {
-			found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+			found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 		}
 	}
 	now := time.Now()
@ -231,7 +290,7 @@ func findMergeToMaster() *gitpb.Repos {
 	me.forge.PrintHumanTable(found)

 	// check for merges from devel
-	total, count, nope, _ := me.forge.IsEverythingOnMaster()
+	total, count, nope, _ := IsEverythingOnMaster()
 	log.Printf("Master branch check. %d total repos. (%d ok) (%d not on master branch) (%s)\n", total, count, nope, shell.FormatDuration(time.Since(now)))

 	return found
@ -247,7 +306,7 @@ func mergeDevelToMaster(doit bool) {
 	all := found.SortByFullPath()
 	for all.Scan() {
 		repo := all.Next()
-		log.Info("repo:", repo.GetNamespace())
+		log.Info("repo:", repo.GetGoPath())
 		if result, err := repo.MergeToMaster(); err == nil {
 			log.Warn("THINGS SEEM OK", repo.GetFullPath())
 			for _, line := range result.Stdout {
@ -298,10 +357,10 @@ func mergeUserToDevel(doit bool) {

 		b1 := repo.CountDiffObjects(bruser, brdevel) // should be zero
 		if b1 == 0 {
-			// log.Info("User is already merged into Devel", repo.GetNamespace(), cmd)
+			// log.Info("User is already merged into Devel", repo.GetGoPath(), cmd)
 			return
 		}
-		log.Info("merging user into devel repo:", repo.GetNamespace())
+		log.Info("merging user into devel repo:", repo.GetGoPath())
 		if result, err := repo.MergeToDevel(); err == nil {
 			log.Warn("THINGS SEEM OK", repo.GetFullPath())
 			for _, line := range result.Stdout {
@ -336,6 +395,27 @@ func makeOldStuff() *gadgets.GenericWindow {

 	grid := oldWin.Group.RawGrid()

+	var releaseWin *gadgets.GenericWindow
+	grid.NewButton("Release Window", func() {
+		log.Info("todo: move releaser here")
+		log.Info("for now, run guireleaser")
+		if releaseWin != nil {
+			releaseWin.Toggle()
+			return
+		}
+		releaseWin = makeModeMasterWin()
+	})
+
+	var patches *stdPatchsetTableWin
+	grid.NewButton("Patch Window", func() {
+		if patches != nil {
+			patches.Toggle()
+			return
+		}
+		patches = makePatchsetsWin()
+	})
+	grid.NextRow()
+
 	// var reposWin *gadgets.GenericWindow
 	var reposWin *stdReposTableWin
 	grid.NewButton("Fix Repos", func() {
--- a/doMerge.go
+++ b/doMerge.go
@ -1,168 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"time"
-
-	"go.wit.com/lib/config"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
-	"go.wit.com/log"
-)
-
-func doMerge() error {
-	if argv.All == true {
-		start := time.Now()
-		repos, err := doMergeDevel()
-		dur := time.Since(start)
-		if err != nil {
-			badExit(err)
-		}
-		log.Printf("Merged %d devel branches in %s\n", repos.Len(), shell.FormatDuration(dur))
-
-		start = time.Now()
-		repos, err = doMergeMaster()
-		dur = time.Since(start)
-		if err != nil {
-			badExit(err)
-		}
-		log.Printf("Merged %d master branches in %s\n", repos.Len(), shell.FormatDuration(dur))
-		okExit("")
-	}
-	if argv.Merge.Devel != nil {
-		start := time.Now()
-		repos, err := doMergeDevel()
-		dur := time.Since(start)
-		if err != nil {
-			badExit(err)
-		}
-		log.Printf("Merged %d devel branches in %s\n", repos.Len(), shell.FormatDuration(dur))
-		okExit("")
-	}
-	if argv.Merge.Master != nil {
-		start := time.Now()
-		repos, err := doMergeMaster()
-		dur := time.Since(start)
-		if err != nil {
-			badExit(err)
-		}
-		log.Printf("Merged %d master branches in %s\n", repos.Len(), shell.FormatDuration(dur))
-		okExit("")
-	}
-	repo := findCurrentPwdRepoOrDie()
-	if err := repoMergeToDevel(repo); err != nil {
-		badRepoExit(repo, err)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func doMergeReport() *forgepb.Patches {
-	found := forgepb.NewPatches()
-	for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterAll() {
-		if repo.GetDevelVersion() == repo.GetMasterVersion() {
-			continue
-		}
-		tmp := log.Sprintf("%s..%s", repo.GetMasterVersion(), repo.GetDevelVersion())
-		r, err := repo.RunStrict([]string{"git", "log", "--pretty=format:%H", tmp})
-		_ = err
-		for i, line := range r.Stdout {
-			log.Info(i, line, repo.FullPath)
-		}
-	}
-	return found
-}
-
-func doMergeDevel() (*gitpb.Repos, error) {
-	var err error
-	done := gitpb.NewRepos()
-	found := findMergeToDevel()
-	for repo := range found.IterAll() {
-		if repo.CheckDirty() {
-			log.Info("repo is dirty", repo.GetFullPath())
-			continue
-		}
-		log.Infof("%s starting git merge\n", repo.FullPath)
-		if repo.CheckoutDevel() {
-			log.Info("checkout devel failed", repo.GetGoPath())
-			err = log.Errorf("checkout devel failed")
-			badExit(err)
-		}
-		// hash differences when merging user into devel branch
-		out := repo.GetBranchDifferences(repo.GetDevelBranchName(), repo.GetUserBranchName())
-		for i, hash := range out {
-			log.Info("MERGE HASH FROM USER TO DEVEL", i, hash)
-		}
-		if _, err := repo.MergeToDevel(); err != nil {
-			log.Info("merge from user failed", repo.GetGoPath(), err)
-			err = log.Errorf("merge from user failed")
-			// log.Info(strings.Join(r.Stdout, "\n"))
-			// log.Info(strings.Join(r.Stderr, "\n"))
-			badExit(err)
-		}
-		done.Append(repo)
-		config.SetChanged("repos", true)
-	}
-	return done, err
-}
-
-func repoMergeToDevel(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
-	if repo.CheckDirty() {
-		return log.Errorf("can not merge. repo is dirty")
-	}
-	log.Infof("%s starting git merge\n", repo.FullPath)
-	if repo.CheckoutDevel() {
-		log.Info("checkout devel failed", repo.GetGoPath())
-		err := log.Errorf("checkout devel failed")
-		badExit(err)
-	}
-	// hash differences when merging user into devel branch
-	out := repo.GetBranchDifferences(repo.GetDevelBranchName(), repo.GetUserBranchName())
-	for i, hash := range out {
-		log.Info("MERGE HASH FROM USER TO DEVEL", i, hash)
-	}
-	if _, err := repo.MergeToDevel(); err != nil {
-		log.Info("merge from user failed", repo.GetGoPath(), err)
-		// err := log.Errorf("merge from user failed")
-		// log.Info(strings.Join(r.Stdout, "\n"))
-		// log.Info(strings.Join(r.Stderr, "\n"))
-		badExit(err)
-	}
-	config.SetChanged("repos", true)
-	return nil
-}
-
-func doMergeMaster() (*gitpb.Repos, error) {
-	var err error
-	setForgeMode(forgepb.ForgeMode_MASTER)
-
-	done := gitpb.NewRepos()
-	found := findMergeToMaster()
-	for repo := range found.IterAll() {
-		if repo.CheckDirty() {
-			log.Info("repo is dirty", repo.GetGoPath())
-			continue
-		}
-
-		log.Info("Starting merge on", repo.GetGoPath())
-		if repo.CheckoutMaster() {
-			log.Info("checkout devel failed", repo.GetGoPath())
-			err = log.Errorf("checkout devel failed")
-			badExit(err)
-		}
-
-		if _, err := repo.MergeToMaster(); err != nil {
-			log.Info("merge from user failed", repo.GetGoPath(), err)
-			err = log.Errorf("merge from user failed")
-			// log.Info(strings.Join(r.Stdout, "\n"))
-			// log.Info(strings.Join(r.Stderr, "\n"))
-			badExit(err)
-		}
-
-		done.Append(repo)
-		config.SetChanged("repos", true)
-	}
-	return done, err
-}
--- a/doNormal.go
+++ b/doNormal.go
@ -6,39 +6,16 @@ package main
 // checks that repos are in a "normal" state

 import (
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
-	"time"
-
-	"go.wit.com/lib/config"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )

 func doNormal() bool {
-	me.forge.CheckDirtyQuiet()
-
-	var count int
-	stats := me.forge.RillRepos(checkNormalRepoState)
-	for path, stat := range stats {
-		dur := stat.End.Sub(stat.Start)
-		if dur > 10*time.Second {
-			log.Infof("%s checkNormalRepoState() took a long time (%s)\n", path, shell.FormatDuration(dur))
+	if allerr := me.forge.RillRepos(checkNormalRepoState); len(allerr) != 0 {
+		log.Info("Some repos are not in a 'normal' state. error count =", len(allerr))
+		for repo, err := range allerr {
+			log.Info("ABNORMAL:", repo.GetFullPath(), err)
 		}
-		if stat.Err == nil {
-			continue
-		}
-		// log.Infof("%-60s, %-60s %v %s\n", stat.Start, stat.End.String(), dur, path)
-		// log.Infof("%-30v %s %v\n", dur, path, stat.Err)
-		// log.Info("got path", path, stat.Err)
-		count += 1
-	}
-	if count > 0 {
-		log.Info("Some repos are not in a 'normal' state. error count =", count)
-		log.Info("TODO: list the repos here. forge patch repos?")
-		dumpWorkRepos()
-		config.SetChanged("repos", true)
 		return false
 	}
 	return true
@ -50,63 +27,24 @@ func doNormal() bool {
 // this needs to run each time in case repos were added manually by the user
 // this also verifies that
 func checkNormalRepoState(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
-	var err error
-	tmp := filepath.Join(me.forge.Config.ReposDir, repo.GetNamespace())
-	if tmp != repo.FullPath {
-		log.Infof("%s != %s\n", repo.FullPath, tmp)
-		if strings.HasPrefix(repo.FullPath, me.forge.Config.ReposDir) {
-			tmp = strings.TrimPrefix(repo.FullPath, me.forge.Config.ReposDir)
-			tmp = strings.Trim(tmp, "/")
-			repo.Namespace = tmp
-			err = log.Errorf("namespace set to filepath")
-		}
-	} else {
-		// log.Infof("%s == %s\n", repo.FullPath, tmp)
-	}
-
-	tmp = strings.Trim(repo.Namespace, "/")
-	if tmp != repo.Namespace {
-		err = log.Errorf("junk in ns %s", repo.Namespace)
-		repo.Namespace = tmp
-	}
-
 	if repo.GetMasterBranchName() == "" {
 		me.forge.VerifyBranchNames(repo)
-		log.Info("ABNORMAL: master branch name was blank in", repo.GetFullPath())
+		configSave = true
 	}
 	if repo.GetMasterBranchName() == "" {
-		me.forge.VerifyBranchNames(repo)
-		err = log.Errorf("master branch name blank")
+		return log.Errorf("master branch name blank")
 	}
 	if repo.GetDevelBranchName() == "" {
-		me.forge.VerifyBranchNames(repo)
-		err = log.Errorf("devel branch name blank")
+		return log.Errorf("devel branch name blank")
 	}
 	if repo.GetUserBranchName() == "" {
-		me.forge.VerifyBranchNames(repo)
-		err = log.Errorf("user branch name blank")
-	}
-	if repo.GetGoPath() == repo.GetNamespace() {
-		// log.Info(repo.FullPath, "gopath == namespace", repo.GetGoPath(), repo.GetNamespace())
-	} else {
-		log.Info(repo.FullPath, "gopath != namespace", repo.GetGoPath(), repo.GetNamespace())
-	}
-	repo.MakeLocalDevelBranch()
-
-	repo.VerifyRemoteAndLocalBranches(repo.GetDevelBranchName())
-	repo.VerifyRemoteAndLocalBranches(repo.GetMasterBranchName())
-
-	if repo.GetCurrentBranchName() != repo.GetUserBranchName() {
-		log.Infof("changing to user(%s) branch: %s\n", repo.GetUserBranchName(), repo.FullPath)
-		repo.CheckoutUser()
-		repo.ReloadCheck()
-		err = log.Errorf("now on user branch")
-	}
-
-	if me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GetGoPath()) != repo.GetReadOnly() {
-		repo.ReadOnly = me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GetGoPath())
-		log.Info("damnit", repo.FullPath)
-		err = log.Errorf("readonly bit wrong")
+		return log.Errorf("user branch name blank")
 	}
+	if _, err := repo.MakeLocalDevelBranch(); err != nil {
 		return err
+	}
+	if repo.GetCurrentBranchName() != repo.GetUserBranchName() {
+		return repo.CheckoutUser()
+	}
+	return nil
 }
--- a/doPatch.go
+++ b/doPatch.go
@ -4,210 +4,100 @@
 package main

 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"

-	"go.wit.com/lib/fhelp"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )

-func doPatchInit() {
-	if me.forge.Patchsets != nil {
-		if me.forge.Patchsets.Len() == 0 {
-			// log.Info("IGNORE: patches are empty")
-		} else {
-			log.Info("IGNORE: patches already initalized len =", me.forge.Patchsets.Len())
-		}
-	}
-	if err := me.forge.LoadPatchsets(); err != nil {
-		log.Info("patches failed to open", err)
-		if err := me.forge.SavePatchsets(); err != nil {
-			log.Warn("savePatchsets() failed", err)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func isPatchingSafe() bool {
-	if me.forge.Config.Mode == forgepb.ForgeMode_NORMAL {
-		return true
-	}
-	log.Info("This patch command is not safe to run now")
-	log.Info("you must reset the state of your git repositories. Run:")
-	log.Info("")
-	log.Info("forge normal")
-	log.Info("")
-	return false
-}
-
-// submit's current working patches
-func doPatchSubmit() error {
-	pset, err := me.forge.MakeDevelPatchSet("testing")
+func doPatch() error {
+	if argv.Patch.Submit != "" {
+		_, err := me.forge.SubmitDevelPatchSet(argv.Patch.Submit)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-	if pset.Patches == nil {
-		log.Info("pset.Patches == nil")
-		return err
-	}
-	if pset.Patches.Len() == 0 {
-		log.Info("did not find any patches")
 		return nil
 	}
-	pset.PrintTable()
-	_, _, err = pset.HttpPost(myServer(), "new")
-	return err
-}
-
-func doPatch() error {
-	if argv.Patch.Repos != nil {
-		dumpWorkRepos()
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if argv.Patch.Submit != nil {
-		return doPatchSubmit()
-	}
-
-	if !isPatchingSafe() {
-		return log.Errorf("not safe to work on patches")
-	}

 	if argv.Patch.Get != nil {
-		psets := forgepb.NewSets()
-		newpb, _, _ := psets.HttpPostVerbose(myServer(), "get")
-		newpb.PrintTable()
-		me.forge.Patchsets = newpb
-		me.forge.SavePatchsets()
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if argv.Patch.Check != nil {
-		/*
-			old := findExpired()
-			// old.PrintTable()
-			for p := range old.IterAll() {
-				log.Info("patch", p.Filename, p.Namespace)
-			}
-			newpb, err := old.HttpPostVerbose(myServer(), "check")
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			newpb.PrintTable()
-		*/
-		log.Info("do something here to find patches merged to devel")
-		doMergeReport()
-		return nil
+		return doPatchGet()
 	}

 	if argv.Patch.List != nil {
-		var changed bool
-		newpatches := new(forgepb.Set)
-		newpatches.Patches = forgepb.NewPatches()
-		for pset := range me.forge.Patchsets.IterAll() {
-			pset.PrintTable()
-			for patch := range pset.Patches.IterAll() {
-				changed = true
-				if patch.NewHash == "" || patch.NewHash == "na" {
-					if newpatches.Patches.AppendByPatchId(patch) {
-						log.Info("patchId added here", patch.PatchId)
-					} else {
-						log.Info("patchId already here", patch.PatchId)
+		return doPatchList()
 	}
-				} else {
-					if err := setNewCommitHash(patch); err != nil {
-						log.Infof("%s bad check on patch failure %v\n", patch.Filename, err)
-						return err
-					}
-					log.Info("newhash set already here", patch.PatchId, patch.NewHash)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		if changed {
-			if err := me.forge.SavePatchsets(); err != nil {
-				log.Warn("savePatchsets() failed", err)
-			}
-		}
-		log.Info("NEW PATCHES TABLE")
-		newpatches.PrintTable()
-		for patch := range newpatches.Patches.IterAll() {
-			if err := setNewCommitHash(patch); err == nil {
-				log.Info("newhash set already here", patch.PatchId, patch.NewHash)
-				continue
-			}
-			log.Infof("%s is new\n", patch.Filename)
-			repo := me.forge.FindByGoPath(patch.Namespace)
-			if repo == nil {
-				log.Info("\tCould not find namespace:", patch.Namespace)
-				continue
-			}
-			if fhelp.QuestionUser("apply this patch?") {
-				newhash, err := applyAndTrackPatch(repo, patch)
-				log.Info("apply results:", newhash, err)
-			}
-		}
-		return nil
-		/*
-			if newpatches.Len() != 0 {
-				for patch := range newpatches.IterAll() {
-					log.Info("new patch:", patch.CommitHash, patch.NewHash, patch.Filename)
-					repo := me.forge.FindByGoPath(patch.Namespace)
-					if repo == nil {
-						log.Info("\tCould not find namespace:", patch.Namespace)
-						continue
-					}
-				}
-				return log.Errorf("patches need to be applied")
-			}
-
-			// return doPatchList()
-			applied := findApplied()
-			if applied == nil || applied.Len() == 0 {
-				log.Info("no patches have been appled to the devel branch yet")
-				return nil
-			}
-			// for patch := range applied.IterAll() {
-			// 	log.Info("SEND APPLIED: newhash:", patch.NewHash, "commithash:", patch.CommitHash, "patch", patch.Namespace)
-			// }
-			newpb, _, err := applied.HttpPostVerbose(myServer(), "applied")
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			newpb.PrintTable()
-			return nil
-		*/
-	}
-
-	// if nothing, show patches & dirty repos
-	me.forge.Patchsets.PrintTable()
-	dumpWorkRepos()
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Shows repos that are:
-//   - git dirty repos
-//   - repos with 'user' branch patches not in 'devel' branch
-//   - repos with awaiting master branch verions
-//
-// return true if any are found
-func dumpWorkRepos() bool {
-	// always run dirty first
-	me.forge.CheckDirtyQuiet()

 	// if no option is given to patch, list out the
 	// repos that have patches ready in them
 	found := findReposWithPatches()
 	if found.Len() == 0 {
-		log.Info("you currently have no repos with patches")
-		return false
-	} else {
-		me.forge.PrintHumanTable(found)
+		log.Info("you currently have no patches in your user branches")
+		return nil
 	}
-	return true
+	me.forge.PrintHumanTable(found)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func doPatchList() error {
+	openPatchsets()
+	if me.psets == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Open Patchsets failed")
+	}
+	log.Info("got psets len", len(me.psets.Patchsets))
+	all := me.psets.SortByName()
+	for all.Scan() {
+		pset := all.Next()
+		// log.Info("pset name =", pset.Name)
+		dumpPatchset(pset)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func savePatchsets() error {
+	if me.psets == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("savePatchesets() can't save nil")
+	}
+	log.Info("savePatchsets() len =", me.psets.Len())
+	data, err := me.psets.Marshal()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Info("protobuf.Marshal() failed:", err)
+		return err
+	}
+	fullpath := filepath.Join(me.forge.GetConfigDir(), "patchsets.pb")
+	var pfile *os.File
+	pfile, err = os.OpenFile(fullpath, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Info("Patchsets save failed:", err, fullpath)
+		return err
+	}
+	pfile.Write(data)
+	pfile.Close()
+	return nil
+}
+
+func openPatchsets() {
+	fullpath := filepath.Join(me.forge.GetConfigDir(), "patchsets.pb")
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(fullpath)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Info("Patchsets open failed:", err, fullpath)
+		return
+	}
+
+	psets := new(forgepb.Patchsets)
+	err = psets.Unmarshal(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Info("Unmarshal patchsets failed", err)
+		return
+	}
+	me.psets = psets
 }

 // returns bad if patches can not be applied
 // logic is not great here but it was a first pass
-func dumpPatchset(pset *forgepb.Set) bool {
+func dumpPatchset(pset *forgepb.Patchset) bool {
+
 	// don't even bother to continue if we already know it's broken
 	if pset.State == "BROKEN" {
 		log.Printf("Patchset Name: %-24s Author: %s <%s> IS BAD\n", pset.Name, pset.GetGitAuthorName(), pset.GetGitAuthorEmail())
@ -216,6 +106,13 @@ func dumpPatchset(pset *forgepb.Set) bool {
 		log.Printf("Patchset Name: %-24s Author: %s <%s> IS GOOD\n", pset.Name, pset.GetGitAuthorName(), pset.GetGitAuthorEmail())
 	}

+	/*
+		log.Info("applyPatches() State", pset.State)
+		log.Info("applyPatches() COMMENT", pset.Comment)
+		log.Info("applyPatches() Branch Name", pset.GetStartBranchName())
+		log.Info("applyPatches() Start Hash", pset.GetStartBranchHash())
+	*/
+
 	var count int
 	var bad int
 	all := pset.Patches.SortByFilename()
@ -246,12 +143,12 @@ func IsValidPatch(p *forgepb.Patch) bool {
 		log.Info("can not apply patch! repo not found", basepath, filename)
 		return false
 	}
-	if repo.ActualDevelHash() != p.StartHash {
+	if repo.DevelHash() != p.StartHash {
 		log.Info("can not apply patch! devel hash mismatch", basepath, filename)
 		return false
 	}
-	if repo.ActualDevelHash() == p.StartHash {
-		log.Info("local devel hash:", repo.ActualDevelHash(), "matches patch hash", p.StartHash, "and can be applied")
+	if repo.DevelHash() == p.StartHash {
+		log.Info("local devel hash:", repo.DevelHash(), "matches patch hash", p.StartHash, "and can be applied")
 	}
 	log.Info("start:", p.StartHash, "end:", p.CommitHash, "file:", basepath, filename, "devel version", repo.GetDevelVersion())
 	for _, line := range p.Files {
@ -259,3 +156,24 @@ func IsValidPatch(p *forgepb.Patch) bool {
 	}
 	return true
 }
+
+func doPatchGet() error {
+	psets, err := me.forge.GetPatchesets()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Info("Get Patchsets failed", err)
+		return err
+	}
+	log.Info("Got Patchsets ok", psets.Uuid)
+
+	log.Info("got psets len", len(psets.Patchsets))
+	all := psets.SortByName()
+	for all.Scan() {
+		pset := all.Next()
+		// log.Info("pset name =", pset.Name)
+		dumpPatchset(pset)
+	}
+
+	log.Info("FIXME: can't save these yet. must merge with on disk psets here")
+	// savePatchsets()
+	return nil
+}
--- a/doPull.go
+++ b/doPull.go
@ -4,61 +4,14 @@
 package main

 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"time"

 	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )

-// is every repo on the devel branch?
-func doPull() error {
-	if argv.Pull.Check != nil {
-		// stats := me.forge.RillFuncError(rillPull)
-		log.Info("TODO: actually git pull here? this is a bad idea. stopping.")
-		submit := gitpb.NewRepos()
-		for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterByFullPath() {
-			newrepo := new(gitpb.Repo)
-			newrepo.MasterHash = repo.MasterHash
-			newrepo.DevelHash = repo.DevelHash
-			newrepo.Namespace = repo.Namespace
-			newrepo.URL = repo.URL
-			submit.Append(newrepo)
-		}
-		updatepb, regPB, err := submit.HttpPost(myServer(), "check")
-		if regPB == nil || err != nil {
-			log.Info("regPB==nil or err:", err)
-			return nil
-		}
-		log.Infof("pull check %s pb.Len()=%d client.Len()=%d server.Len()=%d err=%v\n", regPB.URL, updatepb.Len(), regPB.ClientDataLen, regPB.ServerDataLen, err)
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	// below this, you must not be in 'normal' mode
-	if me.forge.Config.Mode == forgepb.ForgeMode_NORMAL {
-		log.Info("you must check out the devel or master branches")
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if argv.Force == true {
-		now := time.Now()
-		stats := me.forge.RillFuncError(rillPull)
-		count := me.forge.RillReload()
-		if count != 0 {
-			me.forge.ConfigSave()
-		}
-
-		total, count, nope, _ := me.forge.IsEverythingOnMaster()
-		log.Printf("Master branch check. %d total repos. (%d git pulled) (%d not on master branch) (%s) git pull total=FIXME%d\n", total, count, nope, shell.FormatDuration(time.Since(now)), len(stats))
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	log.Info("do a pull check here?")
-	return nil
-
-}
-
 func rillPull(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
 	if repo.IsDirty() {
 		// never do dirty repos
@ -88,7 +41,130 @@ func rillPull(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
 	return nil
 }

+// is every repo on the devel branch?
+
+func doGitPullNew() error {
+	if argv.Pull == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("not really 'fetch pull'")
+	}
+
+	if argv.Force {
+		now := time.Now()
+		pullcount := me.forge.RillFuncError(rillPull)
+		count := me.forge.RillReload()
+		if count != 0 {
+			me.forge.ConfigSave()
+		}
+
+		total, count, nope, _ := IsEverythingOnMaster()
+		log.Printf("Master branch check. %d total repos. (%d git pulled) (%d not on master branch) (%s) git pull total=%d\n", total, count, nope, shell.FormatDuration(time.Since(now)), pullcount)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	check := gitpb.NewRepos()
+
+	if argv.Pull.Dirty != nil {
+		check = findDirty()
+	}
+
+	if argv.Pull.Patches != nil {
+		check = findReposWithPatches()
+	}
+
+	if argv.Pull.Check != nil {
+		// TODO: never wrote this yet
+		// update, err := me.forge.CheckVersions()
+		// return err
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if check.Len() == 0 {
+		// check = doFind()
+		check = findAll()
+		// check = find50()
+		// check = findMine()
+	}
+
+	me.forge.PrintHumanTableFull(check)
+	if argv.Pull.Dirty != nil {
+		log.Info("dirty count =", check.Len())
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	found, err := me.forge.LookupPB(check)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Info("LookupPB() failed", err, "len(check)=", check.Len())
+		return err
+	}
+	// me.forge.PrintHumanTableFull(found)
+
+	// check to see if the repos need to be updated
+	update := gitpb.NewRepos()
+
+	if found.Len() == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	log.Info("found.Len() ==", found.Len())
+
+	for repo := range found.IterAll() {
+		masterb := repo.GetMasterBranchName()
+		if masterb == "" {
+			log.Info(repo.GetNamespace(), "master branch blank")
+			continue
+		}
+		a := repo.GetLocalHash(masterb)
+		ns := repo.GetNamespace()
+		repo2 := me.forge.Repos.FindByNamespace(ns)
+		if repo2 == nil {
+			log.Info("repo namespace does not exist", a, repo.Namespace)
+			continue
+		}
+		b := repo2.GetLocalHash(repo2.GetMasterBranchName())
+		if b == a {
+			continue
+		}
+		log.Info(a, "!=", b, repo.Namespace)
+		update.AppendByNamespace(repo2)
+	}
+	if update.Len() == 0 {
+		// nothing to update
+		return nil
+	}
+	if _, err := me.forge.UpdatePB(update); err != nil {
+		log.Info("UpdatePB() failed", err, "len(check)=", update.Len())
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+
+}
+
 /*
+func doGitPull() {
+	allerr := me.found.RillGitPull(40, 5)
+
+	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.GetGoPath())
+			continue
+		}
+		if result.Error == gitpb.ErrorGitPullOnLocal {
+			log.Info("skip git pull. local branch ", repo.GetGoPath())
+			continue
+		}
+		if result.Exit == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		log.Info("git pull error:", repo.GetGoPath(), result.Error)
+		log.Info("git pull error:", repo.GetGoPath(), result.Stdout)
+	}
+
+}
+*/
+
 // git fetch origin master:master
 func rillFetchMaster(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
 	if repo.GetCurrentBranchName() != repo.GetUserBranchName() {
@ -108,4 +184,70 @@ func doGitFetch() {
 		me.forge.ConfigSave()
 	}
 }
-*/
+
+func doMergeDevel() (*gitpb.Repos, error) {
+	var err error
+	done := gitpb.NewRepos()
+	found := findMergeToDevel()
+	for repo := range found.IterAll() {
+		if repo.CheckDirty() {
+			log.Info("repo is dirty", repo.GetGoPath())
+			continue
+		}
+		log.Info("Starting merge on", repo.GetGoPath())
+		if repo.CheckoutDevel() {
+			log.Info("checkout devel failed", repo.GetGoPath())
+			err = fmt.Errorf("checkout devel failed")
+			break
+		}
+		if _, err := repo.MergeToDevel(); err != nil {
+			log.Info("merge from user failed", repo.GetGoPath(), err)
+			err = fmt.Errorf("merge from user failed")
+			// log.Info(strings.Join(r.Stdout, "\n"))
+			// log.Info(strings.Join(r.Stderr, "\n"))
+			break
+		}
+		done.Append(repo)
+		/*
+			if repo.CheckoutMaster() {
+				log.Info("checkout master failed", repo.GetGoPath())
+				return
+			}
+			if _, err := repo.MergeToMaster(); err != nil {
+				log.Info("merge from devel failed", repo.GetGoPath(), err)
+				return
+			}
+		*/
+	}
+	return done, err
+}
+
+func doMergeMaster() (*gitpb.Repos, error) {
+	var err error
+	done := gitpb.NewRepos()
+	found := findMergeToMaster()
+	for repo := range found.IterAll() {
+		if repo.CheckDirty() {
+			log.Info("repo is dirty", repo.GetGoPath())
+			continue
+		}
+
+		log.Info("Starting merge on", repo.GetGoPath())
+		if repo.CheckoutMaster() {
+			log.Info("checkout devel failed", repo.GetGoPath())
+			err = fmt.Errorf("checkout devel failed")
+			break
+		}
+
+		if _, err := repo.MergeToMaster(); err != nil {
+			log.Info("merge from user failed", repo.GetGoPath(), err)
+			err = fmt.Errorf("merge from user failed")
+			// log.Info(strings.Join(r.Stdout, "\n"))
+			// log.Info(strings.Join(r.Stderr, "\n"))
+			break
+		}
+
+		done.Append(repo)
+	}
+	return done, err
+}
--- a/doSync.go
+++ b/doSync.go
@ -3,9 +3,18 @@

 package main

+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
+
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
 // trys to figure out if there is still something to update

-/*
 func doSync() error {
 	if argv.Pull.Sync.Clean != nil {
 		return doSyncClean()
@ -18,7 +27,28 @@ func doSync() error {
 }

 func doSyncClean() error {
-	log.Printf("todo: fix this?")
+	if err := doAllCheckoutMaster(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if _, _, _, err := IsEverythingOnMaster(); err != nil {
+		log.Info("Not all repos are on the master branch")
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// force everything
+	argv.Force = true
+
+	now := time.Now()
+	pullcount := me.forge.RillFuncError(rillPull)
+	count := me.forge.RillReload()
+	if count != 0 {
+		me.forge.ConfigSave()
+	}
+
+	total, count, nope, _ := IsEverythingOnMaster()
+	log.Printf("doSyncClean() ok. %d total repos. (%d git pulled) (%d not on master branch) (%s) git pull total=%d\n", total, count, nope, shell.FormatDuration(time.Since(now)), pullcount)
+
 	return nil
 }

@ -76,4 +106,3 @@ func syncDevelBranches() error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
-*/
--- a/doTag.go
+++ b/doTag.go
@ -1,125 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
-
-package main
-
-// checks that repos are in a "normal" state
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"time"
-
-	"go.wit.com/lib/fhelp"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
-	"go.wit.com/log"
-)
-
-func FindRepoByFullPath(wd string) *gitpb.Repo {
-	for repo := range me.forge.Repos.IterAll() {
-		if repo.FullPath == wd {
-			return repo
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func findCurrentPwdRepoOrDie() *gitpb.Repo {
-	wd, err := os.Getwd()
-	repo := FindRepoByFullPath(wd)
-	if repo == nil {
-		log.Info("Could not find repo:", wd)
-		badExit(err)
-	}
-	return repo
-}
-
-func doTag() error {
-	wd, _ := os.Getwd()
-	if argv.Tag.List != nil {
-		repo := findCurrentPwdRepoOrDie()
-
-		tagTablePB := makeTagTablePB(repo, repo.Tags)
-		// tbox := win.Bottom.Box().SetProgName("TBOX")
-		// t.SetParent(tbox)
-		tagTablePB.MakeTable()
-		tagTablePB.PrintTable()
-		log.Info("list tags here", repo.Namespace)
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if argv.Tag.Delete != "" {
-		repo := FindRepoByFullPath(wd)
-		if repo == nil {
-			log.Info("Could not find repo:", wd)
-			return nil
-		}
-
-		// check if the git tag already exists somehow
-		/*
-			if !repo.LocalTagExists(testtag) {
-				log.Info("Tag", testtag, "does not exist")
-				return log.Errorf("%s TAG DOES NOT EXIST %s", repo.FullPath, testtag)
-			}
-		*/
-		testtag := argv.Tag.Delete
-		if !argv.Force {
-			if !fhelp.QuestionUser(log.Sprintf("delete tag '%s'?", testtag)) {
-				return nil
-			}
-		}
-		log.Info("Delete tag here", testtag)
-
-		// delete local and remote tag
-		repo.RunVerbose([]string{"git", "tag", "--delete", testtag})
-		repo.RunVerbose([]string{"git", "push", "--delete", "origin", testtag})
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	log.Info("do other tag stuff here")
-	return nil
-}
-
-func makeTagTablePB(repo *gitpb.Repo, pb *gitpb.GitTags) *gitpb.GitTagsTable {
-	t := pb.NewTable("tagList")
-	t.NewUuid()
-
-	col := t.AddHash()
-	col.Width = 12
-
-	col = t.AddStringFunc("bashash", func(tag *gitpb.GitTag) string {
-		_, base := filepath.Split(tag.Refname)
-		cmd, err := repo.RunStrict([]string{"git", "log", "-1", base, "--format=%H"})
-		if err != nil {
-			return "err"
-		}
-		if len(cmd.Stdout) == 0 {
-			return ""
-		}
-		return cmd.Stdout[0]
-	})
-	col.Width = 12
-
-	col = t.AddTimeFunc("ctime", func(tag *gitpb.GitTag) time.Time {
-		// todo
-		return tag.Creatordate.AsTime()
-	})
-	col.Width = 4
-
-	col = t.AddTimeFunc("age", func(repo *gitpb.GitTag) time.Time {
-		// todo
-		return time.Now()
-	})
-	col.Width = 4
-
-	col = t.AddStringFunc("Ref Name", func(r *gitpb.GitTag) string {
-		_, ref := filepath.Split(r.GetRefname())
-		return ref
-	})
-	col.Width = 16
-
-	col = t.AddSubject()
-	col.Width = -1
-
-	return t
-}
--- a/doc.go
+++ b/doc.go
@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
 /*
-forge -- a tool to manage lots of git repos. forge includes a GUI and TUI.
+forge -- a tool to git repos at go.wit.com

-	forge only executes the 'git' command. Everything it does, you can run by hand with 'git'.
+	but you can probably use it for other things
+
+A video demonstration of the terminal UI is available at:
+https://mirrors.wit.com/guidemo/forge-gocui-demo.webm
+
+forge v0.22.124-2-g8c25ed1    Built on 2025.07.21_1348
+Usage: forge [--debugger] [--logger] [--no-gui] [--gui GUI] [--gui-file GUI-FILE] [--gui-test GUI-TEST] [--gui-verbose] [--connect CONNECT] [--all] [--build BUILD] [--install INSTALL] [--forge-rebuild] [--force] [--verbose] [--bash] [--auto-complete AUTO-COMPLETE] <command> [<args>]

 Options:

 	--debugger             open the debugger window
 	--logger               open the log.* control window
-	--gui GUI              select the plugin (andlabs,gocui,etc)
+	--no-gui               ignore all these gui problems
+	--gui GUI              Use this gui toolkit [andlabs,gocui,nocui,stdin]
+	--gui-file GUI-FILE    Use a specific plugin.so file
+	--gui-test GUI-TEST    test a specific plugin.so will load
 	--gui-verbose          enable all logging
-	--bash                 generate bash completion
-	--bash                 generate bash completion
 	--connect CONNECT      forge url
 	--all                  git commit --all
 	--build BUILD          build a repo
@ -18,24 +25,24 @@ Options:
 	--forge-rebuild        download and rebuild forge
 	--force                try to strong arm things
 	--verbose              show more output
+	--bash                 generate bash completion
+	--auto-complete AUTO-COMPLETE
+	                       todo: move this to go-arg
 	--help, -h             display this help and exit
 	--version              display version and exit

 Commands:

-	help                   New to forge? This is for you.'
 	checkout               switch branches using 'git checkout'
 	clean                  start over at the beginning
 	commit                 'git commit' but errors out if on wrong branch
 	config                 show your .config/forge/ settings
+	debug                  debug forge
 	dirty                  show dirty git repos
 	fetch                  run 'git fetch master'
-	gui                    open the gui
 	list                   print a table of the current repos
 	merge                  merge branches
-	normal                 set every repo to the default state for software development
 	patch                  make patchsets
 	pull                   run 'git pull'
-	tag                    manage git tags
 */
 package main
--- a/exit.go
+++ b/exit.go
@ -6,28 +6,27 @@ package main
 import (
 	"os"

-	"go.wit.com/gui"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )

 func okExit(thing string) {
-	gui.UnloadToolkits()
-	if configSave {
-		me.forge.SetConfigSave(configSave)
-	}
 	if thing != "" {
 		log.Info("forge exit:", thing, "ok")
 	}
+	if configSave {
+		me.forge.SetConfigSave(configSave)
+	}
+	// log.Info("Finished go-clean on", check.GetGoPath(), "ok")
 	me.forge.Exit()
 }

 func badExit(err error) {
-	log.Info("forge failed: ", err, me.forge.Config.ReposDir)
+	log.Info("forge failed: ", err, me.forge.GetGoSrc())
 	os.Exit(-1)
 }

 func badRepoExit(repo *gitpb.Repo, err error) {
-	log.Printf("%s FAILED: %v\n", repo.GetNamespace(), err)
+	log.Printf("forge failed on %s with %v\n", repo.GetGoPath(), err)
 	os.Exit(-1)
 }
--- a/gitconfig_parser.go
+++ b/gitconfig_parser.go
@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+package main
+
+// playing with gemini to do simple tasks. it kicked this out
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// ParsedGitConfig represents the structure of a .gitconfig file,
+// which is a map of section names to a map of their key-value pairs.
+// For example:
+//
+//	{
+//	    "user": {
+//	        "name": "John Doe",
+//	        "email": "john.doe@example.com",
+//	    },
+//	    "core": {
+//	        "editor": "vim",
+//	    },
+//	}
+type ParsedGitConfig map[string]map[string]string
+
+// ParseGlobalGitConfig finds and parses the global .gitconfig file for the current user.
+// It is platform-agnostic and works on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
+// It returns the parsed configuration or an error if the file cannot be found or read.
+func ParseGlobalGitConfig() (ParsedGitConfig, error) {
+	// os.UserHomeDir() is the platform-agnostic way to get the user's home directory.
+	homeDir, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not get user home directory: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// filepath.Join correctly constructs the path for the current OS.
+	gitConfigPath := filepath.Join(homeDir, ".gitconfig")
+
+	file, err := os.Open(gitConfigPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf(".gitconfig file not found at %s", gitConfigPath)
+		}
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not open .gitconfig file: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	config := make(ParsedGitConfig)
+	var currentSection string
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
+
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := strings.TrimSpace(scanner.Text())
+
+		// Ignore empty lines and comments
+		if line == "" || line[0] == '#' || line[0] == ';' {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Check for a new section
+		if strings.HasPrefix(line, "[") && strings.HasSuffix(line, "]") {
+			sectionName := line[1 : len(line)-1]
+			// Handle subsections like [remote "origin"] by splitting them.
+			// For simplicity, we'll just use the full string as the key.
+			// A more complex parser might create nested maps.
+			currentSection = strings.TrimSpace(sectionName)
+			if _, exists := config[currentSection]; !exists {
+				config[currentSection] = make(map[string]string)
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Parse key-value pairs within a section
+		if currentSection != "" {
+			// Split by "=". Use SplitN to handle values that might contain "=".
+			parts := strings.SplitN(line, "=", 2)
+			if len(parts) == 2 {
+				key := strings.TrimSpace(parts[0])
+				value := strings.TrimSpace(parts[1])
+				config[currentSection][key] = value
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reading .gitconfig file: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return config, nil
+}
+
+// GetValue retrieves a specific value from the parsed git config.
+// It takes the section and key as input (e.g., "user", "name").
+// It returns the value and a boolean indicating if the key was found.
+func (c ParsedGitConfig) GetValue(section, key string) (string, bool) {
+	if sectionMap, ok := c[section]; ok {
+		if value, ok := sectionMap[key]; ok {
+			return value, true
+		}
+	}
+	return "", false
+}
+
+/*
+// main function to demonstrate the usage of ParseGlobalGitConfig.
+func main() {
+	config, err := ParseGlobalGitConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error: %v\n", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println("Successfully parsed global .gitconfig file.")
+	fmt.Println("-----------------------------------------")
+
+	// Example of using GetValue to retrieve the user's name and email.
+	userName, found := config.GetValue("user", "name")
+	if found {
+		fmt.Printf("User Name: %s\n", userName)
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("User name not found.")
+	}
+
+	userEmail, found := config.GetValue("user", "email")
+	if found {
+		fmt.Printf("User Email: %s\n", userEmail)
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("User email not found.")
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println("\nFull configuration:")
+	// Print out the full parsed configuration
+	for section, keys := range config {
+		fmt.Printf("[%s]\n", section)
+		for key, value := range keys {
+			fmt.Printf("  %s = %s\n", key, value)
+		}
+	}
+}
+*/
--- a/helperPatches.go
+++ b/helperPatches.go
@ -1,340 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"os/exec"
-	"regexp"
-	"strings"
-
-	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
-	"go.wit.com/log"
-)
-
-func makeReposTablePB(pb *gitpb.Repos) *gitpb.ReposTable {
-	t := pb.NewTable("quickListRepos")
-	t.NewUuid()
-
-	sf := t.AddStringFunc("Namespace", func(r *gitpb.Repo) string {
-		return r.GetNamespace()
-	})
-	sf.Width = 16
-
-	userVer := t.AddStringFunc("user", func(repo *gitpb.Repo) string {
-		ver := repo.GetUserVersion()
-		return ver
-	})
-	userVer.Width = 4
-	return t
-}
-
-/*
-type stdPatchsetTableWin struct {
-	sync.Mutex
-	win    *gadgets.GenericWindow  // the machines gui window
-	box    *gui.Node               // the machines gui parent box widget
-	TB     *forgepb.SetsTable // the gui table buffer
-	update bool                    // if the window should be updated
-}
-
-func (w *stdPatchsetTableWin) Toggle() {
-	if w == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	if w.win == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	w.win.Toggle()
-}
-*/
-
-/*
-	etimef := func(e *forgepb.Set) string {
-		etime := e.Etime.AsTime()
-		s := etime.Format("2006/01/02 15:04")
-		if strings.HasPrefix(s, "1970/") {
-			// just show a blank if it's not set
-			return ""
-		}
-		return s
-	}
-	t.AddStringFunc("etime", etimef)
-*/
-
-/*
-	ctimef := func(p *forgepb.Set) string {
-		ctime := p.Ctime.AsTime()
-		return ctime.Format("2006/01/02 15:04")
-	}
-}
-*/
-
-func setPatchsetState(p *forgepb.Set) {
-	var bad bool
-	var good bool
-	var done bool = true
-
-	all := p.Patches.All()
-	for all.Scan() {
-		patch := all.Next()
-		// log.Info("patch:", patch.StartHash, patch.CommitHash, patch.Namespace, patch.Filename)
-		repo := me.forge.FindByGoPath(patch.Namespace)
-		if repo == nil {
-			log.Info("could not find repo", patch.Namespace)
-			bad = true
-			continue
-		}
-		if _, err := repo.GetHashName(patch.CommitHash); err == nil {
-			// this patch has been applied
-			patch.Applied = true
-			done = true
-			continue
-		}
-		if name, err := repo.GetHashName(patch.StartHash); err == nil {
-			// it might be possible to apply this patch
-			log.Info("patch may be good:", patch.Namespace, name, patch.CommitHash, patch.Filename)
-			good = true
-		} else {
-			// probably screwed up git trees
-			log.Info("patch with unknown origin:", patch.Namespace, name, err, patch.CommitHash, patch.Filename)
-			bad = true
-		}
-	}
-	if bad {
-		p.State = "BAD"
-		return
-	}
-	if good {
-		p.State = "TRY"
-		return
-	}
-	if done {
-		p.State = "DONE"
-		return
-	}
-}
-
-func cleanSubject(line string) string {
-	// Regular expression to remove "Subject:" and "[PATCH...]" patterns
-	re := regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^Subject:\s*(\[\s*PATCH[^\]]*\]\s*)?`)
-	cleaned := re.ReplaceAllString(line, "")
-	return strings.TrimSpace(cleaned)
-}
-
-// jcarr@framebook:~/go/src/go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb$ git branch --contains 4a27e7702b9b975b066ec9d2ee7ac932d86552e3
-// * jcarr
-// jcarr@framebook:~/go/src/go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb$ git merge-base --is-ancestor "4a27e7702b9b975b066ec9d2ee7ac932d86552e3" "devel" ; echo $?
-// 1
-// jcarr@framebook:~/go/src/go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb$ git merge-base --is-ancestor "4a27e7702b9b975b066ec9d2ee7ac932d86552e3" "jcarr" ; echo $?
-// 0
-
-func findCommitByHash(hash string, subject string) (string, error) {
-	cmd := exec.Command("git", "log", "--pretty=format:%H %s")
-	var out bytes.Buffer
-	cmd.Stdout = &out
-	err := cmd.Run()
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	lines := strings.Split(out.String(), "\n")
-	for _, line := range lines {
-		if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(line), strings.ToLower(subject)) {
-			return strings.Fields(line)[0], nil // return the commit hash
-		}
-		if strings.Fields(line)[0] == hash {
-			return "", fmt.Errorf("start commit found: %s", hash)
-		}
-	}
-	return "", fmt.Errorf("no commit found for subject: %s", subject)
-}
-
-func findCommitBySubject(subject string) (string, error) {
-	cmd := exec.Command("git", "log", "--pretty=format:%H %s", "--grep="+subject, "-i")
-	var out bytes.Buffer
-	cmd.Stdout = &out
-	err := cmd.Run()
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	lines := strings.Split(out.String(), "\n")
-	for _, line := range lines {
-		if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(line), strings.ToLower(subject)) {
-			return strings.Fields(line)[0], nil // return the commit hash
-		}
-	}
-	return "", fmt.Errorf("no commit found for subject: %s", subject)
-}
-
-// returns true if PB changed
-func setNewCommitHash(patch *forgepb.Patch) error {
-	repo := me.forge.FindByGoPath(patch.Namespace)
-	if repo == nil {
-		return log.Errorf("could not find repo %s", patch.Namespace)
-	}
-
-	comment := cleanSubject(patch.Comment)
-
-	os.Chdir(repo.GetFullPath())
-	newhash, err := findCommitBySubject(comment)
-	if err != nil {
-		return log.Errorf("patch: not found hash: %s %s %s %s %v", patch.CommitHash, patch.Namespace, comment, newhash, err)
-	}
-
-	patchId, err := repo.FindPatchId(newhash)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	patch.PatchId = patchId
-	patch.NewHash = newhash
-
-	log.Info("patch: found hash:", patch.CommitHash, newhash, patch.Namespace, comment)
-	return nil
-}
-
-func AddAllPatches(notdone *forgepb.Patches, pset *forgepb.Set, full bool) {
-	for patch := range pset.Patches.IterAll() {
-		comment := cleanSubject(patch.Comment)
-
-		if found := notdone.FindByCommitHash(patch.CommitHash); found != nil {
-			log.Info("duplicate commit hash", patch.Namespace, "patch:", patch.NewHash, "commithash:", patch.CommitHash, comment)
-			// continue
-		}
-
-		// log.Info("adding patch:", patch.Namespace, patch.CommitHash, comment, newhash)
-		notdone.AppendByCommitHash(patch) // double check to ensure the commit hash isn't added twice
-	}
-}
-
-func AddNotDonePatches(notdone *forgepb.Patches, pset *forgepb.Set, full bool) {
-	for patch := range pset.Patches.IterAll() {
-		comment := cleanSubject(patch.Comment)
-
-		if found := notdone.FindByCommitHash(patch.CommitHash); found != nil {
-			log.Info("duplicate notdone", patch.Namespace, "patch:", patch.NewHash, "commithash:", patch.CommitHash, comment)
-			continue
-		}
-
-		repo := me.forge.FindByGoPath(patch.Namespace)
-		if repo == nil {
-			log.Info("could not find repo", patch.Namespace)
-			if full {
-				notdone.AppendByCommitHash(patch) // double check to ensure the commit hash isn't added twice
-			}
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if patch.NewHash != "" {
-			log.Info("already applied patch", patch.Namespace, ": newhash:", patch.NewHash, "commithash:", patch.CommitHash, comment)
-			continue
-		}
-		os.Chdir(repo.GetFullPath())
-		newhash, err := findCommitByHash(patch.StartHash, comment)
-		if err != nil {
-			// this patch has not been applied yet
-			log.Info("patch: not found hash:", patch.Namespace, patch.CommitHash, comment, err)
-			notdone.AppendByCommitHash(patch) // double check to ensure the commit hash isn't added twice
-			continue
-		}
-
-		newhash, err = findCommitBySubject(comment)
-		if err == nil {
-			patch.NewHash = newhash
-			log.Info("patch: found hash:", patch.Namespace, "commit patch", patch.CommitHash, "new hash", newhash, "start hash", patch.StartHash, comment)
-			continue
-		}
-
-		// this patch has not been applied yet
-		log.Info("patch: not found hash:", patch.Namespace, patch.CommitHash, comment, newhash, err)
-		notdone.AppendByCommitHash(patch) // double check to ensure the commit hash isn't added twice
-	}
-}
-
-func findExpired() *forgepb.Patches {
-	var pset *forgepb.Patches
-	for found := range me.forge.Patchsets.IterAll() {
-		if found.Name == "forge auto commit" {
-			pset = found.Patches
-		}
-	}
-
-	if pset == nil {
-		log.Info("failed to find 'forge auto commit'")
-		return forgepb.NewPatches()
-	}
-
-	found := forgepb.NewPatches()
-
-	for patch := range pset.IterAll() {
-		comment := cleanSubject(patch.Comment)
-
-		repo := me.forge.FindByGoPath(patch.Namespace)
-		if repo == nil {
-			log.Info("could not find repo", patch.Namespace)
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if patch.NewHash != "" {
-			log.Info("already applied patch", patch.Namespace, ": newhash:", patch.NewHash, "commithash:", patch.CommitHash, comment)
-			found.AppendByCommitHash(patch) // double check to ensure the commit hash isn't added twice
-			continue
-		}
-		os.Chdir(repo.GetFullPath())
-		_, err := findCommitByHash(patch.StartHash, comment)
-		if err == nil {
-			log.Info("found   applied patch", patch.Namespace, ": newhash:", patch.NewHash, "commithash:", patch.CommitHash, comment)
-			found.AppendByCommitHash(patch) // double check to ensure the commit hash isn't added twice
-			continue
-		}
-		/*
-
-			newhash, err = findCommitBySubject(comment)
-			if err == nil {
-				patch.NewHash = newhash
-				log.Info("patch: found hash:", patch.Namespace, "commit patch", patch.CommitHash, "new hash", newhash, "start hash", patch.StartHash, comment)
-				found.AppendByCommitHash(patch) // double check to ensure the commit hash isn't added twice
-				continue
-			}
-		*/
-	}
-
-	return found
-}
-
-func findApplied() *forgepb.Patches {
-	var pset *forgepb.Patches
-	for found := range me.forge.Patchsets.IterAll() {
-		if found.Name == "forge auto commit" {
-			pset = found.Patches
-		}
-	}
-
-	if pset == nil {
-		log.Info("failed to find 'forge auto commit'")
-		return pset
-	}
-
-	found := forgepb.NewPatches()
-
-	for patch := range pset.IterAll() {
-		cmd := []string{"git", "merge-base", "--is-ancestor", patch.NewHash, "devel"}
-		repo := me.forge.Repos.FindByNamespace(patch.Namespace)
-		_, err := repo.RunStrict(cmd)
-		if err != nil {
-			// log.Info("NOT APPLIED", patch.Namespace, result, err)
-			// log.Info("NOT APPLIED newhash:", patch.NewHash, "commithash:", patch.CommitHash, "patch", patch.Namespace)
-		} else {
-			// log.Info("APPLIED newhash:", patch.NewHash, "commithash:", patch.CommitHash, "patch", patch.Namespace)
-			found.Append(patch)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return found
-}
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ package main

 import (
 	"embed"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"strings"

-	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/prep"
+	"go.wit.com/dev/alexflint/arg"
+	"go.wit.com/gui"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
@ -41,18 +44,35 @@ func getVersion(repo *gitpb.Repo, name string) string {

 func main() {
 	me = new(mainType)
-	me.myGui = prep.Gui()       // prepares the GUI package for go-args
-	me.auto = prep.Bash3(&argv) // this line should be:  prep.Bash(&argv)
+	gui.InitArg()
+	me.pp = arg.MustParse(&argv)

-	// me.auto = prep.Bash3(argv.DoAutoComplete, &argv) // this line should be:  prep.Bash(&argv)
-	// arg.MustParse(&argv)                                      // these three lines are becoming terrible syntax
-	// me.auto = prep.MustParse(&argv)          // try to make this work?
+	if argv.Bash {
+		argv.doBash()
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+	if len(argv.BashAuto) != 0 {
+		argv.doBashAuto()
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+	me.urlbase = argv.URL
+	if me.urlbase == "" {
+		me.urlbase = "https://go.wit.com/"
+	}
+	if os.Getenv("FORGE_URL") != "" {
+		me.urlbase = os.Getenv("FORGE_URL")
+		log.Info("got forge url", me.urlbase)
+	}
+	me.urlbase = strings.Trim(me.urlbase, "/") // track down why trailing '/' makes http POST not work

-	me.forge = forgepb.Init() // init forge.pb
-	me.forge.ScanRepoDir()    // looks for new dirs, checks existing repos for changes
+	// internally debugging can be triggered here before Init()
+	if argv.Debug != nil {
+		doDebug()
+		okExit("")
+	}

-	// initialize patches
-	doPatchInit()
+	// load the ~/.config/forge/ config
+	me.forge = forgepb.Init()

 	// first find the repos or gopaths to operate on
 	if argv.Config != nil {
@ -92,6 +112,16 @@ func main() {
 	}

 	if argv.Clean != nil {
+		if argv.Clean.Repo != "" {
+			log.Info("only looking at repo:", argv.Clean.Repo)
+			okExit("")
+		}
+
+		if argv.Clean.GitReset != nil {
+			doGitReset()
+			okExit("reset")
+		}
+
 		if err := doClean(); err != nil {
 			badExit(err)
 		}
@ -99,8 +129,8 @@ func main() {
 		okExit("")
 	}

-	if argv.Help != nil {
-		doHelp()
+	if argv.Normal != nil {
+		doNormal()
 		okExit("")
 	}

@ -109,60 +139,37 @@ func main() {
 		okExit("")
 	}

-	if argv.Tag != nil {
-		doTag()
+	if argv.GitFetch != nil {
+		doGitFetch()
 		okExit("")
 	}

-	if argv.Normal != nil {
-		if argv.Normal.On != nil {
-			if me.forge.Config.Mode == forgepb.ForgeMode_NORMAL {
-				log.Info("you are already in the normal state")
-				okExit("")
-			}
-			setForgeMode(forgepb.ForgeMode_NORMAL)
-			log.Info("normal mode on")
-			okExit("")
-		}
-
-		if argv.Normal.Off != nil {
-			if me.forge.Config.Mode != forgepb.ForgeMode_NORMAL {
-				log.Info("you were aleady not in the normal state")
-				okExit("")
-			}
-			setForgeMode(forgepb.ForgeMode_DEVEL)
-			log.Info("normal mode off")
-			okExit("")
-		}
-
-		if doNormal() {
-			log.Infof("all %d repos are on your user branch. It is safe to write code now.\n", me.forge.Repos.Len())
-			if me.forge.Config.Mode != forgepb.ForgeMode_NORMAL {
-				log.Infof("Forge has set the mode to 'Normal'\n")
-				setForgeMode(forgepb.ForgeMode_NORMAL)
-			}
-			okExit("")
-		}
-		okExit("")
-	}
-
-	// if you are in "normal" mode, always run normal every time to catch accidental errors
-	// for example, if you accidentally changed branches from your user branch
-	if me.forge.Config.Mode == forgepb.ForgeMode_NORMAL {
-		if doNormal() {
-			log.Infof("all your %d repos are in a normal stete for development\n", me.forge.Repos.Len())
-		}
-	}
-
 	if argv.Merge != nil {
-		if err := doMerge(); err != nil {
+		if argv.Merge.Devel != nil {
+			if _, err := doMergeDevel(); err != nil {
+				badExit(err)
+			}
+			okExit("devel merge ok")
+		}
+
+		if argv.Merge.Master != nil {
+			if _, err := doMergeMaster(); err != nil {
+				badExit(err)
+			}
+			okExit("master merge ok")
+		}
+		badExit(fmt.Errorf("merge what?"))
+	}
+
+	if argv.Pull != nil {
+		if argv.Pull.Sync != nil {
+			if err := doSync(); err != nil {
 				badExit(err)
 			}
 			okExit("")
 		}

-	if argv.Pull != nil {
-		doPull()
+		doGitPullNew()
 		okExit("")
 	}

@ -184,47 +191,26 @@ func main() {
 		okExit("")
 	}

+	// todo: redo this logic using forgepb
+	if configSave {
+		me.forge.ConfigSave()
+		configSave = false
+	}
+
+	// if the user doesn't want to open the GUI and
+	// nothing else was specified to be done,
+	// then just list the table to stdout
+	if gui.NoGui() {
+		found := doFind()
+		me.forge.PrintHumanTable(found)
+		okExit("")
+	}
+
 	// open the gui unless the user performed some other
 	// basically, if you run just 'forge' it should open the GUI

-	if argv.Gui != nil {
 	// if opening the GUI, always check git for dirty repos
-		me.forge.CheckDirty()
-
-		me.myGui.Start() // loads the GUI toolkit
-		doGui()          // start making our forge GUI
-		debug()          // sits here forever
-	}
-	// got to the end with nothing to do (?)
-	if dumpWorkRepos() {
-		// found some repos at least
-	} else {
-		// every repo is in a really clean state. no extra files anywhere
-		// no dirty repos, no repos that need to be published
-		// nothing different between user and master branch version. not common
-		log.Info("All of your git repositories appear to be in perfect shape")
-	}
-	okExit("")
-}
-
-// keep this small
-func doHelp() {
-	log.Info("")
-	log.Info("forge -h       : to see the available options")
-	log.Info("forge --bash   : will create a bash autocomplete file")
-	log.Info("forge          : with no arguements, forge tries to load a GO GUI plugin")
-	log.Info("               : there are two GUI plugins. terminal & GTK")
-	log.Info("")
-	log.Info("forge list     : shows a table of all your repos")
-	log.Info("forge checkout : checks out all your repos to the same branch")
-	log.Info("               : the default is your user branch")
-	log.Info("forge clean    : reverts all repos to the master branch")
-	log.Info("forge dirty    : show all repos git reports as dirty")
-	log.Info("")
-	okExit("")
-}
-
-func doHelpPatches() {
-	log.Info("TODO: ?")
+	doCheckDirtyAndConfigSave()
+	doGui()
 	okExit("")
 }
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 package main

 import (
+	"go.wit.com/dev/alexflint/arg"
 	"go.wit.com/gui"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/prep"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
 )

@ -20,17 +20,12 @@ func (b *mainType) Enable() {
 	b.mainbox.Enable()
 }

-// returns the server to connect to
-func myServer() string {
-	return me.forge.GetForgeURL()
-}
-
 // this app's variables
 type mainType struct {
-	// pp         *arg.Parser    // for parsing the command line args.  Yay to alexflint!
-	auto       *prep.Auto     // more experiments for bash handling
+	pp         *arg.Parser        // for parsing the command line args.  Yay to alexf lint!
 	forge      *forgepb.Forge     // for holding the forge protobuf files
-	myGui      *prep.GuiPrep  // for initializing the GUI toolkits
+	myGui      *gui.Node          // the gui toolkit handle
+	psets      *forgepb.Patchsets // the locally stored on disk patchsets
 	foundPaths []string           // stores gopaths to act on (when doing go-clone)
 	configSave bool               // if the config file should be saved after finishing
 	urlbase    string             // base URL
@ -39,7 +34,6 @@ type mainType struct {
 	mainbox    *gui.Node         // the main box. enable/disable this
 	autoDryRun *gui.Node         // checkbox for --dry-run
 	goSrcPwd   *gadgets.OneLiner // what is being used as primary directory for your work
-	goSrcEdit  *gadgets.BasicEntry // what is being used as primary directory for your work
 	gitAuthor  *gadgets.OneLiner // ENV GIT_AUTHOR NAME and EMAIL

 	// these hold the branches that the user can switch all the repositories to them
--- a/0
+++ b/0
--- a/windowForgePatchsets.go
+++ b/windowForgePatchsets.go
@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
+
+package main
+
+// this is the "main" patch window. The first one
+// then you can dig down and examine the patchsets and the files
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+
+	"go.wit.com/gui"
+)
+
+type patchesWindow struct {
+	win        *gadgets.BasicWindow // the patches window
+	stack      *gui.Node            // the top box set as vertical
+	grid       *gui.Node            // the list of available patches
+	reason     *gadgets.BasicEntry  // the name of the patchset
+	submitB    *gui.Node            // the submit patchet button
+	psetgrid   *gui.Node            // the list of each patchset
+	totalOL    *gadgets.OneLiner
+	dirtyOL    *gadgets.OneLiner
+	readonlyOL *gadgets.OneLiner
+	rw         *gadgets.OneLiner
+	// checkB     *gui.Node
+}
+
+func (r *patchesWindow) Hidden() bool {
+	return r.win.Hidden()
+}
+
+func (r *patchesWindow) Toggle() {
+	if r.Hidden() {
+		r.Show()
+	} else {
+		r.Hide()
+	}
+}
+
+func (r *patchesWindow) Show() {
+	r.win.Show()
+}
+
+func (r *patchesWindow) Hide() {
+	r.win.Hide()
+}
+
+// you can only have one of these
+func (r *patchesWindow) initWindow() {
+	r.win = gadgets.RawBasicWindow("Forge Patchesets")
+	r.win.Make()
+
+	r.stack = r.win.Box().NewBox("bw vbox", false)
+	// me.reposwin.Draw()
+	r.win.Custom = func() {
+		log.Warn("Patchset Window close. setting hidden=true")
+		// sets the hidden flag to false so Toggle() works
+		r.win.Hide()
+	}
+
+	r.grid = r.stack.RawGrid()
+	r.submitPatchesBox()
+
+	// update the stats about the repos and patches
+	r.Update()
+}
+
+func (r *patchesWindow) submitPatchesBox() {
+	// s := new(patchSummary)
+	group1 := r.stack.NewGroup("Repo Summary")
+	grid := group1.RawGrid()
+
+	// make the header table for repo stats
+	r.totalOL = gadgets.NewOneLiner(grid, "Total")
+
+	grid.NextRow()
+	r.dirtyOL = gadgets.NewOneLiner(grid, "dirty")
+	grid.NextRow()
+	r.readonlyOL = gadgets.NewOneLiner(grid, "read-only")
+	grid.NextRow()
+	r.rw = gadgets.NewOneLiner(grid, "r/w")
+	grid.NextRow()
+
+	// now, make the 'widget group' and the buttons at the bottom of the window
+	group1 = r.stack.NewGroup("Patchset Create")
+	grid = group1.RawGrid()
+
+	grid.NewButton("show current patches", func() {
+		r.Update()
+		pset, err := me.forge.MakeDevelPatchSet("current patches")
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Info("patchset creation failed", err)
+			return
+		}
+		if pset == nil {
+			log.Info("you have no current patches")
+			return
+		}
+		/*
+			win := makePatchWindow(pset)
+			win.Show()
+		*/
+	})
+
+	r.reason = gadgets.NewBasicEntry(grid, "Patchset name:")
+	r.reason.Custom = func() {
+		if r.reason.String() != "" {
+			log.Info("Forge: enable submit")
+			r.submitB.Enable()
+		} else {
+			log.Info("Forge: disable submit")
+			r.submitB.Disable()
+		}
+	}
+	r.submitB = grid.NewButton("Submit", func() {
+		if r.submitB.IsEnabled() {
+			log.Info("submit button is enabled")
+		} else {
+			log.Info("submit button is disabled. BAD GUI TOOLKIT ERROR")
+			return
+		}
+		// pset, err := me.forge.SubmitDevelPatchSet(r.reason.String())
+		// if err != nil {
+		// 	log.Info(err)
+		// 	return
+		// }
+		// r.addPatchsetNew(pset)
+	})
+
+	// disables the submit button until the user enters a name
+	r.submitB.Disable()
+	grid.NextRow()
+}
+
+// will update this from the current state of the protobuf
+func (r *patchesWindow) Update() {
+	var total, dirty, readonly, rw int
+
+	// figure out the totals
+	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
+	for all.Scan() {
+		repo := all.Next()
+		total += 1
+		if repo.IsDirty() {
+			dirty += 1
+		}
+		if me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GetGoPath()) {
+			readonly += 1
+		} else {
+			rw += 1
+		}
+	}
+
+	// send the values to the GUI toolkit
+	r.totalOL.SetText(strconv.Itoa(total) + " repos")
+	r.dirtyOL.SetText(strconv.Itoa(dirty) + " repos")
+	r.readonlyOL.SetText(strconv.Itoa(readonly) + " repos")
+	r.rw.SetText(fmt.Sprintf("%d repos", rw))
+}
--- a/windowFound.go
+++ b/windowFound.go
@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
+
+package main
+
+// shows a window of the 'found' repos
+
+import (
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+
+	"go.wit.com/gui"
+)
+
+type foundWindow struct {
+	win        *gadgets.BasicWindow // the patches window
+	stack      *gui.Node            // the top box set as vertical
+	grid       *gui.Node            // the list of available patches
+	reason     *gadgets.BasicEntry  // the name of the patchset
+	submitB    *gui.Node            // the submit patchet button
+	psetgrid   *gui.Node            // the list of each patchset
+	totalOL    *gadgets.OneLiner
+	dirtyOL    *gadgets.OneLiner
+	readonlyOL *gadgets.OneLiner
+	rw         *gadgets.OneLiner
+	found      *gitpb.Repos
+}
+
+func (r *foundWindow) Hidden() bool {
+	return r.win.Hidden()
+}
+
+func (r *foundWindow) Toggle() {
+	if r.Hidden() {
+		r.Show()
+	} else {
+		r.Hide()
+	}
+}
+
+func (r *foundWindow) Show() {
+	r.win.Show()
+}
+
+func (r *foundWindow) Hide() {
+	r.win.Hide()
+}
+
+// you can only have one of these
+func (r *foundWindow) initWindow() {
+	r.win = gadgets.RawBasicWindow("Found Repos")
+	r.win.Make()
+
+	r.stack = r.win.Box().NewBox("bw vbox", false)
+	// me.reposwin.Draw()
+	r.win.Custom = func() {
+		log.Warn("Found Window close. setting hidden=true")
+		// sets the hidden flag to false so Toggle() works
+		r.win.Hide()
+	}
+	group1 := r.stack.NewGroup("Repo Summary")
+	group1.NewButton("dirty", func() {
+		log.Info("find dirty here")
+		found := findDirty()
+		me.forge.PrintHumanTable(found)
+	})
+	group1.NewButton("all", func() {
+		log.Info("find all here")
+		found := findAll()
+		me.forge.PrintHumanTable(found)
+	})
+
+	r.grid = r.stack.RawGrid()
+
+	group1.NewButton("show", func() {
+		r.listRepos()
+	})
+}
+
+func (r *foundWindow) listRepos() {
+	for repo := range r.found.IterAll() {
+		r.addRepo(repo)
+	}
+}
+
+func (r *foundWindow) addRepo(repo *gitpb.Repo) {
+	r.grid.NewButton("View", func() {
+	})
+	r.grid.NewLabel(repo.GetGoPath())
+	r.grid.NewLabel(repo.GetMasterVersion())
+	r.grid.NewLabel(repo.GetDevelVersion())
+	r.grid.NewLabel(repo.GetUserVersion())
+	r.grid.NewLabel(repo.GetCurrentBranchName())
+	r.grid.NextRow()
+}
+
+// will update this from the current state of the protobuf
+func (r *foundWindow) Update() {
+}
--- a/windowHowto.go
+++ b/windowHowto.go
@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ func makeHowtoWin() *gadgets.GenericWindow {
 	grid.NewLabel("") // a stupid way to add padding
 	grid.NextRow()

-	// howtoWin.Group.NewLabel("Working dir: " + me.forge.Config.ReposDir)
+	// howtoWin.Group.NewLabel("Working dir: " + me.forge.GetGoSrc())

 	grid = howtoWin.Group.RawGrid()
-	grid.NewButton("Download into "+me.forge.Config.ReposDir, func() {
+	grid.NewButton("Download into "+me.forge.GetGoSrc(), func() {
 		howtoWin.Disable()
 		defer howtoWin.Enable()
 		downloadForge()
--- a/windowModeMaster.go
+++ b/windowModeMaster.go
@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+// An app to submit patches for the 30 GO GUI repos
+
+func makeModeMasterWin() *gadgets.GenericWindow {
+	win := gadgets.NewGenericWindow("Release", "tools")
+	grid := win.Group.RawGrid()
+
+	grid.NewButton("git checkout master", func() {
+		win.Disable()
+		defer win.Enable()
+	})
+	grid.NewButton("git pull", func() {
+		win.Disable()
+		defer win.Enable()
+	})
+	grid.NextRow()
+
+	grid.NewButton("Clean branches", func() {
+		win.Disable()
+		defer win.Enable()
+		doClean()
+	})
+
+	grid.NextRow()
+
+	grid.NewButton("check repo state", func() {
+		win.Disable()
+		defer win.Enable()
+	})
+
+	grid.NewButton("reset user branches (?)", func() {
+		resetUserBranchesWindow()
+	})
+	return win
+}
+
+func resetUserBranchesWindow() {
+	found := gitpb.NewRepos()
+	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
+	for all.Scan() {
+		repo := all.Next()
+		uname := repo.GetUserBranchName()
+		dname := repo.GetDevelBranchName()
+		if repo.GetCurrentBranchName() == uname {
+			log.Info("Repo is on the user branch. Can't delete it.", repo.GetGoPath())
+			continue
+		}
+		b1 := repo.CountDiffObjects(uname, dname)
+		b2 := repo.CountDiffObjects(dname, uname)
+		log.Info("user vs devel count", b1, b2)
+		if b1 == 0 && b2 == 0 {
+			cmd := []string{"git", "branch", "-D", uname}
+			log.Info(repo.GetGoPath(), cmd)
+			repo.RunVerbose(cmd)
+			repo.Reload()
+			continue
+		}
+		found.Append(repo)
+
+	}
+
+	win := gadgets.RawBasicWindow("reset user branches")
+	win.Make()
+	win.Show()
+	win.Custom = func() {
+		// sets the hidden flag to false so Toggle() works
+		win.Hide()
+	}
+	box := win.Box().NewBox("bw vbox", false)
+
+	group := box.NewGroup("test buttons")
+	hbox := group.Box().Horizontal()
+	hbox.NewButton("force delete user branch", func() {
+		win.Disable()
+		defer win.Enable()
+		all := found.SortByFullPath()
+		for all.Scan() {
+			repo := all.Next()
+			brname := repo.GetUserBranchName()
+			cmd := []string{"git", "branch", "-D", brname}
+			log.Info(repo.GetGoPath(), cmd)
+			repo.RunVerbose(cmd)
+			repo.Reload()
+		}
+		me.forge.SetConfigSave(true)
+		me.forge.ConfigSave()
+	})
+
+	t := makeStandardReposGrid(found)
+	t.SetParent(box)
+	t.ShowTable()
+}
--- a/windowPatches.go
+++ b/windowPatches.go
@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ func makePatchesWin(patches *forgepb.Patches) *stdPatchTableWin {
 	dwin.win = gadgets.NewGenericWindow("current patches", "patching options")
 	dwin.win.Custom = func() {
 		log.Info("test delete window here")
-		dwin.win.Hide()
 		// dwin = nil
 	}
 	grid := dwin.win.Group.RawGrid()
@ -58,12 +57,48 @@ func makePatchesWin(patches *forgepb.Patches) *stdPatchTableWin {
 	grid.NewLabel(fmt.Sprintf("total repos"))
 	grid.NextRow()

+	grid.NewButton("show all", func() {
+		if me.psets == nil {
+			log.Info("No Patchsets loaded")
+			return
+		}
+		notdone := new(forgepb.Patches)
+
+		all := me.psets.All()
+		for all.Scan() {
+			pset := all.Next()
+			AddNotDonePatches(notdone, pset, true)
+		}
+
+		for patch := range notdone.IterAll() {
+			comment := cleanSubject(patch.Comment)
+			log.Info("new patch:", patch.NewHash, "commithash:", patch.CommitHash, patch.Namespace, comment)
+		}
+		dwin.doPatchesTable(notdone)
+	})
 	grid.NewButton("Apply All", func() {
 		var count int
 		all := patches.SortByFilename()
 		for all.Scan() {
 			p := all.Next()
-			applyPatchNew(p)
+			rn := p.Namespace
+			repo := me.forge.FindByGoPath(rn)
+			if repo == nil {
+				log.Info("Could not figure out repo path", rn)
+				return
+			}
+			filename, err := savePatch(p)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Info("savePatch() failed", err)
+				return
+			}
+			count += 1
+			if err := applyPatch(repo, filename); err != nil {
+				cmd := []string{"git", "am", "--abort"}
+				err := repo.RunVerbose(cmd)
+				log.Info("warn user of git am error", err)
+				return
+			}
 		}
 		log.Info("ALL PATCHES WORKED! count =", count)
 	})
@ -82,13 +117,17 @@ func applyPatchNew(p *forgepb.Patch) error {
 	rn := p.Namespace
 	repo := me.forge.FindByGoPath(rn)
 	if repo == nil {
-		log.Info("Could not figure out repo path", rn)
-		return log.Errorf("%s namespace?\n", rn)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Could not figure out repo path %s", rn)
 	}
-	if _, err := applyAndTrackPatch(repo, p); err != nil {
+	filename, err := savePatch(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Info("savePatch() failed", err)
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := applyPatch(repo, filename); err != nil {
+		log.Info("warn user of git am error", err)
 		cmd := []string{"git", "am", "--abort"}
 		err := repo.RunVerbose(cmd)
-		log.Info("warn user of git am error", err)
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
@ -110,35 +149,27 @@ func (dwin *stdPatchTableWin) doPatchesTable(currentPatches *forgepb.Patches) {
 	dwin.TB.Custom(f)
 }

-// used by the PB table
-func applyPatchLabel(p *forgepb.Patch) string {
-	rn := p.Namespace
-	if repo := me.forge.FindByGoPath(rn); repo == nil {
-		// log.Info("Could not figure out repo path", rn)
-		return ""
-	}
-	if p.NewHash == "" {
-		return "git am"
-	}
-	return "done"
-}
-
-func applyPatchClick(p *forgepb.Patch) {
-	if err := applyPatchNew(p); err != nil {
-		log.Info("git am failed on file", p.Filename, "with error", err)
-		return
-	}
-	log.Info("ran: git am", p.Filename, "ok")
-}
-
 // define what rows to have in the protobuf table
 func AddPatchesPB(tbox *gui.Node, pb *forgepb.Patches) *forgepb.PatchesTable {
 	t := pb.NewTable("PatchesPB")
 	t.NewUuid()
 	t.SetParent(tbox)

-	gitam := t.AddButtonFunc("apply", applyPatchLabel)
-	gitam.Custom = applyPatchClick
+	gitam := t.AddButtonFunc("apply", func(p *forgepb.Patch) string {
+		rn := p.Namespace
+		if repo := me.forge.FindByGoPath(rn); repo == nil {
+			// log.Info("Could not figure out repo path", rn)
+			return ""
+		}
+		return "git am"
+	})
+	gitam.Custom = func(p *forgepb.Patch) {
+		if err := applyPatchNew(p); err != nil {
+			log.Info("git am failed on file", p.Filename, "with error", err)
+			return
+		}
+		log.Info("ran: git am", p.Filename, "ok")
+	}

 	t.AddCommitHash()
 	t.AddNamespace()
@ -172,46 +203,3 @@ func savePatch(p *forgepb.Patch) (string, error) {

 	return tmpname, nil
 }
-
-func applyAndTrackPatch(repo *gitpb.Repo, p *forgepb.Patch) (string, error) {
-	_, filen := filepath.Split(p.Filename)
-	tmpname := filepath.Join("/tmp", filen)
-	log.Info("saving as", tmpname, p.Filename)
-	raw, err := os.OpenFile(tmpname, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	raw.Write(p.Data)
-	raw.Close()
-
-	cmd := []string{"git", "am", tmpname}
-	err = repo.RunVerbose(cmd)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Info("git am failed. run 'git am --abort' here")
-		return "", log.Errorf("git am failed")
-	}
-
-	log.Info("Try to find hash value now")
-
-	p.NewHash = "fixme applyAndTrack"
-	if setNewHash(p, p.NewHash) {
-		log.Info("setting NewHash worked", p.NewHash)
-	}
-	me.forge.SavePatchsets()
-
-	return p.NewHash, log.Errorf("did not lookup new hash")
-}
-
-func setNewHash(p *forgepb.Patch, hash string) bool {
-	for pset := range me.forge.Patchsets.IterAll() {
-		for patch := range pset.Patches.IterAll() {
-			if patch.CommitHash == hash {
-				patch.NewHash = hash
-				log.Info("found patch in repo")
-				me.forge.SavePatchsets()
-				return true
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
--- a/windowPatchsets.go
+++ b/windowPatchsets.go
@ -0,0 +1,422 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+
+	"go.wit.com/gui"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+type stdPatchsetTableWin struct {
+	sync.Mutex
+	win    *gadgets.GenericWindow  // the machines gui window
+	box    *gui.Node               // the machines gui parent box widget
+	TB     *forgepb.PatchsetsTable // the gui table buffer
+	update bool                    // if the window should be updated
+}
+
+func (w *stdPatchsetTableWin) Toggle() {
+	if w == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if w.win == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	w.win.Toggle()
+}
+
+func loadUpstreamPatchsets() {
+	psets, err := me.forge.GetPatchesets()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Info("Get Patchsets failed", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	var foundnew bool
+	all := psets.All()
+	for all.Scan() {
+		pset := all.Next()
+		found := me.psets.FindByUuid(pset.Uuid)
+		if found == nil {
+			log.Info("new patchset", pset.Name, pset.Uuid)
+			pset.State = "new"
+			foundnew = true
+		} else {
+			log.Info("patchset already on disk", found.Name, found.State)
+			pset.State = found.State
+			if pset.State == "" {
+				pset.State = "new"
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if foundnew {
+		log.Info("should save these here")
+		me.psets = psets
+		savePatchsets()
+	}
+}
+
+func makePatchsetsWin() *stdPatchsetTableWin {
+	dwin := new(stdPatchsetTableWin)
+	dwin.win = gadgets.NewGenericWindow("forge current patchsets", "patchset options")
+	dwin.win.Custom = func() {
+		log.Info("test delete window here")
+	}
+	grid := dwin.win.Group.RawGrid()
+
+	grid.NewButton("ondisk", func() {
+		openPatchsets()
+		if me.psets == nil {
+			log.Info("No Patchsets loaded")
+			return
+		}
+		dwin.doPatchsetsTable(me.psets)
+	})
+
+	grid.NewButton("upstream", func() {
+		loadUpstreamPatchsets()
+		dwin.doPatchsetsTable(me.psets)
+	})
+
+	grid.NewButton("save", func() {
+		if me.psets == nil {
+			log.Info("No Patchsets loaded")
+			return
+		}
+		savePatchsets()
+	})
+
+	grid.NewButton("set patchset state", func() {
+		if me.psets == nil {
+			log.Info("No Patchsets loaded")
+			return
+		}
+		all := me.psets.All()
+		for all.Scan() {
+			pset := all.Next()
+			if pset.State == "" {
+				log.Info("What is up with?", pset.Name)
+				setPatchsetState(pset)
+			} else {
+				log.Info("patchset already had state", pset.Name, pset.State)
+			}
+		}
+		savePatchsets()
+	})
+
+	grid.NewButton("find commit hashes", func() {
+		if me.psets == nil {
+			log.Info("No Patchsets loaded")
+			return
+		}
+		all := me.psets.All()
+		for all.Scan() {
+			pset := all.Next()
+			if pset.State != "new" {
+				log.Info("patchset already had state", pset.Name, pset.State)
+				continue
+			}
+			if setNewCommitHash(pset) {
+				// everything in this patchset is applied
+				pset.State = "APPLIED"
+			}
+		}
+		savePatchsets()
+	})
+
+	grid.NewButton("show pending patches", func() {
+		if me.psets == nil {
+			log.Info("No Patchsets loaded")
+			return
+		}
+		notdone := new(forgepb.Patches)
+
+		all := me.psets.All()
+		for all.Scan() {
+			pset := all.Next()
+			AddNotDonePatches(notdone, pset, false)
+		}
+
+		for patch := range notdone.IterAll() {
+			comment := cleanSubject(patch.Comment)
+			log.Info("new patch:", patch.NewHash, "commithash:", patch.CommitHash, patch.Namespace, comment)
+		}
+		// savePatchsets()
+		makePatchesWin(notdone)
+	})
+
+	// make a box at the bottom of the window for the protobuf table
+	dwin.box = dwin.win.Bottom.Box().SetProgName("TBOX")
+
+	// load and show the current patch sets
+	openPatchsets()
+	if me.psets == nil {
+		log.Info("Open Patchsets failed")
+		return dwin
+	}
+	dwin.doPatchsetsTable(me.psets)
+
+	return dwin
+}
+
+func (dwin *stdPatchsetTableWin) doPatchsetsTable(currentPatchsets *forgepb.Patchsets) {
+	dwin.Lock()
+	defer dwin.Unlock()
+	if dwin.TB != nil {
+		dwin.TB.Delete()
+		dwin.TB = nil
+	}
+
+	// display the protobuf
+	dwin.TB = AddPatchsetsPB(dwin.box, currentPatchsets)
+	f := func(pset *forgepb.Patchset) {
+		log.Info("Triggered. do something here", pset.Name)
+		/*
+			win := makePatchWindow(pset)
+			win.Show()
+		*/
+	}
+	dwin.TB.Custom(f)
+}
+
+func AddPatchsetsPB(tbox *gui.Node, pb *forgepb.Patchsets) *forgepb.PatchsetsTable {
+	t := pb.NewTable("PatchsetsPB")
+	t.NewUuid()
+	t.SetParent(tbox)
+
+	t.AddStringFunc("#", func(p *forgepb.Patchset) string {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d", p.Patches.Len())
+	})
+
+	vp := t.AddButtonFunc("View Patchset", func(p *forgepb.Patchset) string {
+		return p.Name
+	})
+	vp.Custom = func(pset *forgepb.Patchset) {
+		log.Info("show patches here", pset.Name)
+		makePatchesWin(pset.Patches)
+		// patchwin := makePatchesWin()
+		// patchwin.doPatchesTable(pset.Patches)
+		/*
+			win := makePatchWindow(pset)
+			win.Show()
+		*/
+	}
+
+	t.AddComment()
+	t.AddState()
+	t.AddHostname()
+
+	ctimef := func(p *forgepb.Patchset) string {
+		ctime := p.Ctime.AsTime()
+		return ctime.Format("2006/01/02 15:04")
+	}
+	t.AddStringFunc("ctime", ctimef)
+
+	/*
+		etimef := func(e *forgepb.Patchset) string {
+			etime := e.Etime.AsTime()
+			s := etime.Format("2006/01/02 15:04")
+			if strings.HasPrefix(s, "1970/") {
+				// just show a blank if it's not set
+				return ""
+			}
+			return s
+		}
+		t.AddStringFunc("etime", etimef)
+	*/
+
+	t.AddStringFunc("Author", func(p *forgepb.Patchset) string {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s <%s>", p.GitAuthorName, p.GitAuthorEmail)
+	})
+
+	t.AddUuid()
+
+	newCommit := t.AddButtonFunc("new hash", func(p *forgepb.Patchset) string {
+		return "find"
+	})
+	newCommit.Custom = func(pset *forgepb.Patchset) {
+		log.Info("find new commits here", pset.Name)
+		// makePatchesWin(pset.Patches)
+		setNewCommitHash(pset)
+	}
+
+	t.ShowTable()
+	return t
+}
+
+func setPatchsetState(p *forgepb.Patchset) {
+	var bad bool
+	var good bool
+	var done bool = true
+
+	all := p.Patches.All()
+	for all.Scan() {
+		patch := all.Next()
+		// log.Info("patch:", patch.StartHash, patch.CommitHash, patch.Namespace, patch.Filename)
+		repo := me.forge.FindByGoPath(patch.Namespace)
+		if repo == nil {
+			log.Info("could not find repo", patch.Namespace)
+			bad = true
+			continue
+		}
+		if _, err := repo.GetHashName(patch.CommitHash); err == nil {
+			// this patch has been applied
+			patch.Applied = true
+			done = true
+			continue
+		}
+		if name, err := repo.GetHashName(patch.StartHash); err == nil {
+			// it might be possible to apply this patch
+			log.Info("patch may be good:", patch.Namespace, name, patch.CommitHash, patch.Filename)
+			good = true
+		} else {
+			// probably screwed up git trees
+			log.Info("patch with unknown origin:", patch.Namespace, name, err, patch.CommitHash, patch.Filename)
+			bad = true
+		}
+	}
+	if bad {
+		p.State = "BAD"
+		return
+	}
+	if good {
+		p.State = "TRY"
+		return
+	}
+	if done {
+		p.State = "DONE"
+		return
+	}
+}
+
+func cleanSubject(line string) string {
+	// Regular expression to remove "Subject:" and "[PATCH...]" patterns
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`(?i)^Subject:\s*(\[\s*PATCH[^\]]*\]\s*)?`)
+	cleaned := re.ReplaceAllString(line, "")
+	return strings.TrimSpace(cleaned)
+}
+
+func findCommitByHash(hash string, subject string) (string, error) {
+	cmd := exec.Command("git", "log", "--pretty=format:%H %s")
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stdout = &out
+	err := cmd.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	lines := strings.Split(out.String(), "\n")
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(line), strings.ToLower(subject)) {
+			return strings.Fields(line)[0], nil // return the commit hash
+		}
+		if strings.Fields(line)[0] == hash {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("start commit found: %s", hash)
+		}
+	}
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("no commit found for subject: %s", subject)
+}
+
+func findCommitBySubject(subject string) (string, error) {
+	cmd := exec.Command("git", "log", "--pretty=format:%H %s", "--grep="+subject, "-i")
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stdout = &out
+	err := cmd.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	lines := strings.Split(out.String(), "\n")
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(line), strings.ToLower(subject)) {
+			return strings.Fields(line)[0], nil // return the commit hash
+		}
+	}
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("no commit found for subject: %s", subject)
+}
+
+func setNewCommitHash(p *forgepb.Patchset) bool {
+	var done bool = true
+	for patch := range p.Patches.IterAll() {
+		// parts := strings.Fields(patch.Comment)
+
+		repo := me.forge.FindByGoPath(patch.Namespace)
+		if repo == nil {
+			log.Info("could not find repo", patch.Namespace)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		comment := cleanSubject(patch.Comment)
+
+		if patch.NewHash != "na" {
+			log.Info("patch: newhash:", patch.NewHash, "commithash:", patch.CommitHash, patch.Namespace, comment)
+			continue
+		}
+		done = false
+		os.Chdir(repo.GetFullPath())
+		newhash, err := findCommitBySubject(comment)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Info("patch: not found hash:", patch.CommitHash, patch.Namespace, comment, newhash, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		patch.NewHash = newhash
+		log.Info("patch: found hash:", patch.CommitHash, newhash, patch.Namespace, comment)
+	}
+
+	return done
+}
+
+func AddNotDonePatches(notdone *forgepb.Patches, pset *forgepb.Patchset, full bool) {
+	for patch := range pset.Patches.IterAll() {
+		comment := cleanSubject(patch.Comment)
+
+		if found := notdone.FindByCommitHash(patch.CommitHash); found != nil {
+			log.Info("duplicate notdone", patch.Namespace, "patch:", patch.NewHash, "commithash:", patch.CommitHash, comment)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		repo := me.forge.FindByGoPath(patch.Namespace)
+		if repo == nil {
+			log.Info("could not find repo", patch.Namespace)
+			if full {
+				notdone.AppendByCommitHash(patch) // double check to ensure the commit hash isn't added twice
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if patch.NewHash != "na" {
+			log.Info("already applied patch", patch.Namespace, ": newhash:", patch.NewHash, "commithash:", patch.CommitHash, comment)
+			continue
+		}
+		os.Chdir(repo.GetFullPath())
+		newhash, err := findCommitByHash(patch.StartHash, comment)
+		if err != nil {
+			// this patch has not been applied yet
+			log.Info("patch: not found hash:", patch.Namespace, patch.CommitHash, comment, err)
+			notdone.AppendByCommitHash(patch) // double check to ensure the commit hash isn't added twice
+			continue
+		}
+
+		newhash, err = findCommitBySubject(comment)
+		if err == nil {
+			patch.NewHash = newhash
+			log.Info("patch: found hash:", patch.Namespace, "commit patch", patch.CommitHash, "new hash", newhash, "start hash", patch.StartHash, comment)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// this patch has not been applied yet
+		log.Info("patch: not found hash:", patch.Namespace, patch.CommitHash, comment, newhash, err)
+		notdone.AppendByCommitHash(patch) // double check to ensure the commit hash isn't added twice
+	}
+}
--- a/windowPublish.go
+++ b/windowPublish.go
@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package main

 import (
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
 )

 // Publish Window
@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ func makePublishWindow() *gadgets.GenericWindow {
 	grid := pubWin.Group.RawGrid()

 	grid.NewButton("merge all patches to master", func() {
-		/*
 		pubWin.Disable()
 		defer pubWin.Enable()

@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ func makePublishWindow() *gadgets.GenericWindow {
 		}

 		mergeDevelToMaster(true)
-		*/
 	})

 	return pubWin
--- a/windowReposFix.go
+++ b/windowReposFix.go
@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func makeReposWin() *stdReposTableWin {
 				cmd = []string{"git", "branch", "--delete", "--remote", "origin/" + brname}
 				log.Info(repo.GetGoPath(), cmd)
 				repo.RunVerbose(cmd)
-				repo.ReloadCheck()
+				repo.Reload()
 			}
 			me.forge.SetConfigSave(true)
 			me.forge.ConfigSave()
@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ func makeHackModeWindow(stdwin *stdReposTableWin) {
 	group2 := stdwin.win.Top.NewGroup("Merge")
 	grid = group2.RawGrid()

-	/*
 	grid.NewButton("merge to devel", func() {
 		stdwin.win.Disable()
 		defer stdwin.win.Enable()
@ -253,11 +252,10 @@ func makeHackModeWindow(stdwin *stdReposTableWin) {

 		mergeDevelToMaster(true)
 	})
-	*/

 	grid.NewButton("show dirty repos on win.Bottom", func() {
 		log.Info("try to show dirty repos on bottom")
-		found := me.forge.FindDirty()
+		found := findDirty()
 		stdwin.doReposTable(found)
 	})

@ -281,7 +279,7 @@ func develBehindMasterProblem() *gitpb.Repos {
 		if repo.GetDevelVersion() == repo.GetMasterVersion() {
 			continue
 		}
-		found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+		found.AppendByGoPath(repo)

 	}
 	return found
@ -294,7 +292,7 @@ func remoteUserBranchProblem() *gitpb.Repos {
 		repo := all.Next()
 		username := repo.GetUserBranchName()
 		if repo.IsBranchRemote(username) {
-			found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+			found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 		}

 	}
@ -316,13 +314,13 @@ func develRemoteProblem() *gitpb.Repos {
 		// log.Info(lhash, rhash, repo.GetGoPath())
 		if lhash == "" || rhash == "" {
 			// something is wrong if either of these are blank
-			found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+			found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 			continue
 		}
 		if lhash == rhash {
 			continue
 		}
-		found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+		found.AppendByGoPath(repo)

 	}
 	return found
@ -343,13 +341,13 @@ func masterRemoteProblem() *gitpb.Repos {
 		// log.Info(lhash, rhash, repo.GetGoPath())
 		if lhash == "" || rhash == "" {
 			// something is wrong if either of these are blank
-			found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+			found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 			continue
 		}
 		if lhash == rhash {
 			continue
 		}
-		found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+		found.AppendByGoPath(repo)

 	}
 	return found
--- a/windowReposNew.go
+++ b/windowReposNew.go
@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func makeReposWinNew() *gadgets.GenericWindow {
 			t.Delete()
 			t = nil
 		}
-		found := me.forge.FindDirty()
+		found := findDirty()

 		// display the protobuf
 		t = addWindowPB(insertWin, found)
@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func makeReposWinNew() *gadgets.GenericWindow {
 			if !me.forge.Config.IsFavorite(repo.GetGoPath()) {
 				continue
 			}
-			found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+			found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 		}

 		// make the window for the first time
@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func makeReposWinNew() *gadgets.GenericWindow {
 			if me.forge.Config.IsReadOnly(repo.GetGoPath()) {
 				continue
 			}
-			found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+			found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 		}

 		// make the window for the first time
@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func makeReposWinNew() *gadgets.GenericWindow {
 		all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
 		for all.Scan() {
 			repo := all.Next()
-			found.AppendByFullPath(repo)
+			found.AppendByGoPath(repo)

 		}
 		// display the protobuf
--- a/windowViewRepoPatches.go
+++ b/windowViewRepoPatches.go
@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type repoPatchWindow struct {
 	grid  *gui.Node            // the list of available patches
 	// summary *patchSummary        // summary of current patches
 	setgrid *gui.Node         // the list of each patchset
-	pset    *forgepb.Set // the patchset in question
+	pset    *forgepb.Patchset // the patchset in question
 }

 // todo: autogenerate these or make them standared 'gui' package functions
@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func makeRepoPatchWindow(repo *gitpb.Repo, fset []*forgepb.Patch) *repoPatchWind
 	return pw
 }

-func (r *repoPatchWindow) addPatchset(grid *gui.Node, pset *forgepb.Set) {
+func (r *repoPatchWindow) addPatchset(grid *gui.Node, pset *forgepb.Patchset) {
 	repomap := make(map[*gitpb.Repo][]*forgepb.Patch)
 	repohash := make(map[*gitpb.Repo]string)