diff --git a/patchset.Get.go b/patchset.Get.go
deleted file mode 100644
index e9f183d..0000000
--- a/patchset.Get.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 1994-2025 WIT.COM Inc Licensed GPL 3.0
-
-package forgepb
-
-import (
-	"go.wit.com/log"
-)
-
-// retrieves current patches from forge
-func (f *Forge) GetPatches() error {
-	body, err := f.HttpPost("junk", "GetPatchsets", nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Info("httpPost() failed:", err)
-		return err
-	}
-	log.Info("GetPatchets() len(body)", len(body))
-	var psets *Patchsets
-	psets = new(Patchsets)
-	err = psets.Unmarshal(body)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Info("Unmarshal failed", err)
-		return err
-	}
-	psets.PrintTable()
-	f.loadUpstreamPatchsets(psets)
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (f *Forge) expireAllPatchsets() {
-	all := f.Patchsets.All()
-	for all.Scan() {
-		pset := all.Next()
-		pset.State = "DONE"
-	}
-}
-
-func (f *Forge) loadUpstreamPatchsets(psets *Patchsets) {
-	var foundnew bool
-
-	all := psets.All()
-	for all.Scan() {
-		pset := all.Next()
-		found := f.Patchsets.FindByUuid(pset.Uuid)
-		if found == nil {
-			f.expireAllPatchsets()
-			log.Info("new patchset", pset.Name, pset.Uuid)
-			pset.State = "new"
-			foundnew = true
-			if pset == nil {
-				log.Warn("OH NO! pset == nil")
-				continue
-			}
-			if f.Patchsets == nil {
-				log.Warn("OH NO! f.Patchsets == nil")
-				continue
-			}
-			log.Warn("appending pset", pset.Uuid, pset.State, pset.Name)
-			f.Patchsets.Append(pset)
-			continue
-		}
-		author := log.Sprintf("Author: %s <%s>", found.GitAuthorName, found.GitAuthorEmail)
-		log.Info("EXAMINE PSET", pset.Name, pset.Uuid, pset.Patches.Len())
-		for _, patch := range pset.Patches.Patches {
-			// log.Info("\tnew patch:", i, patch.CommitHash, patch.Namespace)
-			if f.findPatch(patch) {
-				// log.Info("\talready found!!!!!!!", pset.Uuid, patch.Namespace)
-				continue
-			}
-			if f.AddNewPatch(patch) {
-				log.Info("\tnew patch added:", patch.CommitHash, found.Name, found.Comment, author)
-				foundnew = true
-			} else {
-				log.Info("\tnew patch failed:", patch.CommitHash, found.Name, found.Comment, author)
-			}
-		}
-		pset.State = found.State
-		if pset.State == "" {
-			pset.State = "new"
-		}
-	}
-	if foundnew {
-		f.SavePatchsets()
-	}
-}
diff --git a/patchset.Send.go b/patchset.Send.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1601663..0000000
--- a/patchset.Send.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,170 +0,0 @@
-package forgepb
-
-// functions to import and export the protobuf
-// data to and from config files
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
-	"time"
-
-	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/httppb"
-	"go.wit.com/log"
-)
-
-func (f *Forge) SendPatches(what string, p *Patches) (*Patches, error) {
-	route := "/patches/" + what
-	data, err := p.Marshal()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	log.Infof("pb: len=%d, err=%v\n", len(data), err)
-	newdata, err := httppb.HttpPost("rm this", route, data)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	if newdata == nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	if len(newdata) == 0 {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	log.Info("TODO: Unmarshal() to patches", len(newdata))
-	return nil, err
-}
-
-// makes a new patches protobuf. These are all the patches on your machine.
-func NewPatches() *Patches {
-	x := new(Patches)
-	x.Uuid = "2679065e-c81d-4a00-aca4-03c158a834fb"
-	x.Version = "v2.0.0 go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
-	return x
-}
-
-func (f *Forge) SendPatchSet(pset *Patchset) error {
-	var err error
-	data, err := pset.Marshal()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Info("proto.Marshal() pset(len) error", len(data), err)
-		return err
-	}
-	now := time.Now()
-	timestamp := now.Format("2006.01.02.150405") // bummer. other date doesn't work?
-	cfgfile := "patchset/patchset." + timestamp + ".pb"
-	log.Info("proto.Marshal() pset(len)", len(data))
-	configWrite(cfgfile, data)
-
-	return errors.New("don't know how to send yet")
-}
-
-func (f *Forge) SubmitDevelPatchSet(name string) (*Patchset, error) {
-	pset, err := f.MakeDevelPatchSet(name)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	if err := f.submitPatchset(pset); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return pset, nil
-}
-
-func (f *Forge) submitPatchset(pset *Patchset) error {
-	msg, err := pset.Marshal()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Info("proto.Marshal() failed:", err)
-		return err
-	}
-	log.Info("proto.Marshal() msg len", len(msg))
-	body, err := f.HttpPost("rm this", "patchset", msg)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Info("httpPost() failed:", err)
-		return err
-	}
-	log.Info("HTTP: proto.Marshal() sent", len(msg), "ok and got back", len(body))
-
-	newpb := NewPatches()
-	if err := newpb.Unmarshal(body); err != nil {
-		cfcheck := string(body[0:100])
-		if strings.Contains(cfcheck, "<title>Just a moment...</title>") {
-			return log.Errorf("Cloudflare throttled this attempt to submit. TODO: fix this")
-		} else {
-			log.Infof("forged DID NOT SEND BACK PROTOBUF len(body)=%d %s (TODO: look for failure on cloudflare 'is human' check here)\n", len(body), body[0:100])
-			// log.Infof("TODO: try to identify data here len(body)=%d body[0:40]=%s\n", len(body), body[0:40])
-			// log.Info("BODY START:", body[0:10], string(body[0:10]))
-			// log.Info(string(body))
-			// if err := newpb.UnmarshalTEXT(body[2:]); err == nil {
-			// 	log.Info("wow, that did work. newpb.Len() =", newpb.Len())
-			// }
-		}
-		return err
-	}
-
-	log.Info("Total patches sent ok:", newpb.Len())
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (f *Forge) SubmitPatchesNew(pset *Patches, urlpath string) (*Patches, error) {
-	msg, err := pset.Marshal()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Info("proto.Marshal() failed:", err)
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	log.Info("proto.Marshal() msg len", len(msg))
-	body, err := f.HttpPost("rm this", urlpath, msg)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Info("httpPost() failed:", err)
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	log.Info("HTTP: proto.Marshal() sent", len(msg), "ok and got back", len(body))
-
-	newpb := NewPatches()
-	if err := newpb.Unmarshal(body); err != nil {
-		cfcheck := string(body[0:100])
-		if strings.Contains(cfcheck, "<title>Just a moment...</title>") {
-			return nil, log.Errorf("Cloudflare throttled this attempt to submit. TODO: fix this")
-		} else {
-			log.Infof("forged DID NOT SEND BACK PROTOBUF len(body)=%d %s (TODO: look for failure on cloudflare 'is human' check here)\n", len(body), body[0:100])
-			// log.Infof("TODO: try to identify data here len(body)=%d body[0:40]=%s\n", len(body), body[0:40])
-			// log.Info("BODY START:", body[0:10], string(body[0:10]))
-			// log.Info(string(body))
-			// if err := newpb.UnmarshalTEXT(body[2:]); err == nil {
-			// 	log.Info("wow, that did work. newpb.Len() =", newpb.Len())
-			// }
-		}
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	log.Info("Total patches sent ok:", newpb.Len())
-	return newpb, nil
-}
-
-func loadFile(filename string) ([]byte, error) {
-	fullname := filepath.Join(os.Getenv("FORGE_CONFIG"), filename)
-	data, err := os.ReadFile(fullname)
-	if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
-		// if file does not exist, just return nil. this
-		// will cause ConfigLoad() to try the next config file like "forge.text"
-		// because the user might want to edit the .config by hand
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-	if err != nil {
-		// log.Info("open config file :", err)
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return data, nil
-}
-
-func configWrite(filename string, data []byte) error {
-	fullname := filepath.Join(os.Getenv("FORGE_CONFIG"), filename)
-
-	cfgfile, err := os.OpenFile(fullname, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
-	defer cfgfile.Close()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Warn("open config file :", err)
-		return err
-	}
-	cfgfile.Write(data)
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/patchset.new.go b/patchset.new.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00bfcc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patchset.new.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package forgepb
+
+// makes a new patches protobuf. These are all the patches on your machine.
+func NewPatches() *Patches {
+	x := new(Patches)
+	x.Uuid = "2679065e-c81d-4a00-aca4-03c158a834fb"
+	x.Version = "v2.0.0 go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
+	return x
+}