still trying to perfect this. todo: make gitpb perfect

clone.go

@@ -133,6 +133,20 @@ func (f *Forge) finishClone(gopath string, giturl string) (*gitpb.Repo, error) {
 		log.Warn("forge.Clone() url changed", newr.URL, "to", giturl)
 		newr.URL = giturl
 	}
+	if err := newr.RepoIgnoresGoMod(); err != nil {
+		log.Info("never modify go.mod or go.sum for this repo", newr.GoPath)
+		log.Info("We recommend you add 'go.*' to your .gitignore file and store those files as git tag metadata")
+		newr.ParseGoSum()
+		return newr, nil
+	}
+
+	if newr.Exists("go.mod") {
+		return newr, nil
+	}
+
+	log.Info("todo: something went wrong probably. didn't finish. run go-mod-clean? (can't here. loop of circles)")
+	log.Info("todo: do go mod init here directly")
+	log.Info("todo: try to run go mod init here", newr.GoPath)
 	return newr, nil
 }
 

finalGoSumCheck.go

@@ -27,13 +27,16 @@ func (f *Forge) FinalGoDepsCheckOk(check *gitpb.Repo) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	// clear out the protobuf and rescan from the file
+	// IsPrimitive() is expected to set GoPrimitive = true in the protobuf
-	check.GoDeps = nil
+	if err := check.SetPrimitive(); err == nil {
-	if ok, _ := check.IsPrimitive(); ok {
+		log.Info("gitpb.SetPrimitive() returned true for", check.GoPath)
 		return true
 	}
+
+	// clear out the protobuf and rescan from the file
+	check.GoDeps = nil
 	if ok, err := check.ParseGoSum(); !ok {
-		log.Info("FinalGoDepsCheckOk() error", err)
+		log.Info("forge.FinalGoDepsCheckOk() error", err)
 		return false
 	}