diff --git a/clone.go b/clone.go
index ed9f044..a1bee27 100644
--- a/clone.go
+++ b/clone.go
@@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ func (f *Forge) urlClone(gopath, giturl string) (*gitpb.Repo, error) {
 // for example:
 // This will check go.wit.com for "go.wit.com/apps/go-clone"
 // and return where the URL to do git clone should be
+func FindGoImport(url string) (string, error) {
+	return findGoImport(url)
+}
+
 func findGoImport(url string) (string, error) {
 	resp, err := http.Get(url)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/repoNew.go b/repoNew.go
index 5519fcb..96e5bda 100644
--- a/repoNew.go
+++ b/repoNew.go
@@ -35,6 +35,25 @@ func (f *Forge) NewGoRepo(gopath string, url string) (*gitpb.Repo, error) {
 	return repo, nil
 }
 
+// used by the forge daemon
+func (f *Forge) AddNamespaceDir(ns string, fullpath string) (*gitpb.Repo, error) {
+	test := f.Repos.FindByNamespace(ns)
+	if test != nil {
+		return test, fmt.Errorf("already have namespace")
+	}
+	repo, err := f.Repos.NewGoRepo(fullpath, ns)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Info("WARNING. NEW FAILED", fullpath)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	// slices.Reverse(f.Repos.Repos)
+
+	// repo.URL = url
+	f.VerifyBranchNames(repo)
+	repo.Reload()
+	return repo, nil
+}
+
 func isValidSemVer(version string) bool {
 	// Regular expression for semantic versioning
 	regex := `^v(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)$`