minor

Makefile

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # go install
 
 
-all: forgeConfig.pb.go patchset.pb.go goimports vet
+all: forgeConfig.pb.go patch.pb.go set.pb.go goimports vet
 
 generate: clean
 	autogenpb --proto patchset.proto
@@ -27,8 +27,14 @@ clean:
 forgeConfig.pb.go: forgeConfig.proto
 	autogenpb --proto forgeConfig.proto
 
-patchset.pb.go: patchset.proto
-	autogenpb --proto patchset.proto
+# patchset.pb.go: patchset.proto
+# 	autogenpb --proto patchset.proto
+
+patch.pb.go: patch.proto
+	autogenpb --proto patch.proto
+
+set.pb.go: set.proto
+	autogenpb --proto set.proto
 
 protoc-test:
 	cd ~/go/src && protoc \

config.go

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 package forgepb
 
 import (
+	"os"
+
 	"go.wit.com/lib/config"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/prep"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
@@ -32,3 +34,53 @@ func (f *Forge) ConfigSave() error {
 	}
 	return err
 }
+
+// functions to import and export the protobuf
+// data to and from config files
+
+// write to ~/.config/forge/
+func (cfg *ForgeConfigs) ConfigSave() error {
+	var header string
+	header += "\n"
+	header += "# the forge config file\n"
+	header += "# You can customize things like:\n"
+	header += "#\n"
+	header += "#    * which repos you have write access to\n"
+	header += "#    * custom branch names for 'master', 'devel' and 'user'\n"
+	header += "#    * 'favorites' so you can remember which things you like\n"
+	header += "#    * sometimes protobuf TEXT can fail so as a backup this also creates a .json file\n"
+	header += "#\n"
+	header += "\n"
+	return config.ConfigSaveWithHeader(cfg, header)
+}
+
+func (cfg *ForgeConfigs) DumpENV() {
+	log.Infof("CfgPB.Filename  = %s\n", cfg.Filename)
+	log.Infof("CfgPB.ReposPB   = %s\n", cfg.ReposPB)
+	log.Infof("CfgPB.ReposDir  = %s\n", cfg.ReposDir)
+	log.Infof("CfgPB.PatchDir  = %s\n", cfg.PatchDir)
+	log.Infof("CfgPB.ForgeURL  = %s\n", cfg.ForgeURL)
+	if cfg.GoWork {
+		log.Infof("CfgPB.GoWork    = %v\n", cfg.GoWork)
+	}
+	log.Infof("CfgPB.Mode      = %s\n", cfg.Mode)
+	// log.Infof("CfgPB.Hostname=%s\n", cfg.Hostname)
+
+	if cfg.ReposPB != os.Getenv("FORGE_REPOSPB") {
+		log.Infof("CfgPB file problem: cfg.ReposPB=%s != FORGE_REPOSPB=%s\n", cfg.ReposPB, os.Getenv("FORGE_REPOSPB"))
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+	if f.Config.Xterm == "" {
+		f.Config.Xterm = "xterm"
+		f.Config.XtermArgv = append(f.Config.XtermArgv, "-bg")
+		f.Config.XtermArgv = append(f.Config.XtermArgv, "black")
+		f.Config.XtermArgv = append(f.Config.XtermArgv, "-fg")
+		f.Config.XtermArgv = append(f.Config.XtermArgv, "white")
+		f.SetConfigSave(true)
+	}
+*/
+
+func (cfg *ForgeConfigs) InitDefaults() {
+}

forgeConfig.config.go

@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2025 WIT.COM Inc Licensed GPL 3.0
-
-package forgepb
-
-import (
-	"os"
-
-	"go.wit.com/lib/config"
-	"go.wit.com/log"
-)
-
-// functions to import and export the protobuf
-// data to and from config files
-
-// write to ~/.config/forge/
-func (cfg *ForgeConfigs) ConfigSave() error {
-	var header string
-	header += "\n"
-	header += "# the forge config file\n"
-	header += "# You can customize things like:\n"
-	header += "#\n"
-	header += "#    * which repos you have write access to\n"
-	header += "#    * custom branch names for 'master', 'devel' and 'user'\n"
-	header += "#    * 'favorites' so you can remember which things you like\n"
-	header += "#\n"
-	header += "\n"
-	return config.ConfigSaveWithHeader(cfg, header)
-}
-
-func (cfg *ForgeConfigs) DumpENV() {
-	if cfg.ReposPB != os.Getenv("FORGE_REPOSPB") {
-		log.Infof("RepoPB file problem: cfg.ReposPB=%s != FORGE_REPOSPB=%s\n", cfg.ReposPB, os.Getenv("FORGE_REPOSPB"))
-	}
-}
-
-// load the ~/.config/forge/ files
-func (c *ForgeConfigs) ConfigLoad(fullpath string) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
-/*
-	if f.Config.Username == "" {
-		usr, _ := user.Current()
-		f.Config.Username = usr.Username
-		f.SetConfigSave(true)
-	}
-
-	if f.Config.Xterm == "" {
-		f.Config.Xterm = "xterm"
-		f.Config.XtermArgv = append(f.Config.XtermArgv, "-bg")
-		f.Config.XtermArgv = append(f.Config.XtermArgv, "black")
-		f.Config.XtermArgv = append(f.Config.XtermArgv, "-fg")
-		f.Config.XtermArgv = append(f.Config.XtermArgv, "white")
-		f.SetConfigSave(true)
-	}
-*/

forgeConfig.proto

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ message ForgeConfigs {                                         // `autogenpb:mar
         repeated string             xtermArgv            = 6;  // the argv line for xterm
         string                      defaultGui           = 7;  // default GUI plugin to use
         ForgeMode                   mode                 = 8;  // what "mode" forge is in
-        string                      goSrc                = 9;  // is ~/go/src unless a go.work file is found
+        bool                        goWork               = 9;  // true if there is a go.work file
         bool                        pathLock             = 10; // the path is locked
         string                      ReposPB              = 11; // where the repos.pb is
         string                      ReposDir             = 12; // where the repos are

humanTable.go

@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ func (f *Forge) printForgedToTable(repo *gitpb.Repo, sizes []int) {
 	log.Info(cobol.TerminalChomp(start + " " + end))
 }
 
-func (psets *Patchsets) PrintTable() {
+func (psets *Sets) PrintTable() {
 	if psets == nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -257,29 +257,31 @@ func (psets *Patchsets) PrintTable() {
 	sizes := []int{12, 12, 3, 3, 40, 80, 2, 2, 2, 2}
 	log.Info(cobol.TerminalChomp(cobol.StandardTableSize10(sizes, args)))
 
-	var countCONTENTS int
-	var countPARTS int
-	for x, pset := range psets.GetPatchsets() {
-		log.Info(pset.Uuid, pset.Name, pset.State)
-		if pset.State == "DONE" {
-			// old patchset
-			continue
-		}
-		cId := log.Sprintf("%d", x)
-		countCONTENTS += 1
-		for i, p := range pset.Patches.GetPatches() {
-			var args []string
-			partId := log.Sprintf("%d", i)
+	/*
+			var countCONTENTS int
+			var countPARTS int
+			for x, pset := range psets.GetSets() {
+				log.Info(pset.Patches.Uuid, pset.Patches.Name, pset.Patches.State)
+				if pset.State == "DONE" {
+					// old patchset
+					continue
+				}
+				cId := log.Sprintf("%d", x)
+				countCONTENTS += 1
+				for i, p := range pset.Patches.GetPatches() {
+					var args []string
+					partId := log.Sprintf("%d", i)
 
-			_, fname := filepath.Split(p.GetFilename())
-			args = []string{p.CommitHash, p.NewHash, cId, partId, fname, p.GetNamespace(), "", "", "", "", ""}
+					_, fname := filepath.Split(p.GetFilename())
+					args = []string{p.CommitHash, p.NewHash, cId, partId, fname, p.GetNamespace(), "", "", "", "", ""}
 
-			start := cobol.StandardTableSize10(sizes, args)
-			log.Info(cobol.TerminalChomp(start))
-			countPARTS += 1
-		}
-	}
-	log.Infof("Total Contents (%d) Parts (%d)\n", countCONTENTS, countPARTS)
+					start := cobol.StandardTableSize10(sizes, args)
+					log.Info(cobol.TerminalChomp(start))
+					countPARTS += 1
+				}
+			}
+		log.Infof("Total Contents (%d) Parts (%d)\n", countCONTENTS, countPARTS)
+	*/
 }
 
 func (patches *Patches) PrintTable() {
@@ -293,17 +295,19 @@ func (patches *Patches) PrintTable() {
 	sizes := []int{12, 12, 3, 3, 40, 80, 2, 2, 2, 2}
 	log.Info(cobol.TerminalChomp(cobol.StandardTableSize10(sizes, args)))
 
-	var countPARTS int
-	for x, p := range patches.GetPatches() {
-		var args []string
-		partId := log.Sprintf("%d", x)
+	/*
+		var countPARTS int
+		for x, p := range patches.GetPatches() {
+			var args []string
+			partId := log.Sprintf("%d", x)
 
-		_, fname := filepath.Split(p.GetFilename())
-		args = []string{p.CommitHash, p.NewHash, partId, fname, p.GetNamespace(), "", "", "", "", ""}
+			_, fname := filepath.Split(p.GetFilename())
+			args = []string{p.CommitHash, p.NewHash, partId, fname, p.GetNamespace(), "", "", "", "", ""}
 
-		start := cobol.StandardTableSize10(sizes, args)
-		log.Info(cobol.TerminalChomp(start))
-		countPARTS += 1
-	}
-	log.Infof("Total Patches (%d)\n", countPARTS)
+			start := cobol.StandardTableSize10(sizes, args)
+			log.Info(cobol.TerminalChomp(start))
+			countPARTS += 1
+		}
+		log.Infof("Total Patches (%d)\n", countPARTS)
+	*/
 }

init.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package forgepb
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"os/user"
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"go.wit.com/lib/config"
@@ -24,17 +25,31 @@ func Default(opts ...OptionFunc) *Engine {
 */
 
 func Init() *Forge {
+	f := new(Forge)
 	cfg := new(ForgeConfigs)
 	err := config.ConfigLoad(cfg, "forge", "forge")
+	f.Config = cfg
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Info("forge has not been configured yet filename =", cfg.Filename)
-		log.Info("go install go.wit.com/apps/forge@latest")
-		os.Exit(-1)
+		// fhelp.DumpENV("finit:")
+		f.setenv()
+		if !fhelp.QuestionUser("This is your first time using forge, use these default values?") {
+			os.Exit(-1)
+		}
+		f.Config.InitDefaults()
+		f.Config.ConfigSave()
+		f.initFromConfig()
+		f.Config.DumpENV()
+		return f
 	}
-	f := initFromConfig(cfg)
+	if f.Config.Username == "" {
+		usr, _ := user.Current()
+		f.Config.Username = usr.Username
+		f.Config.ConfigSave()
+	}
+	f.initFromConfig()
 	if f.Config.Mode == ForgeMode_MASTER {
 		log.Printf("forge.Init() %s len()=%d\n", f.Config.Filename, f.Repos.Len())
-		fhelp.DumpENV("finit:")
+		// fhelp.DumpENV("finit:")
 		f.Config.DumpENV()
 	}
 	return f
@@ -48,14 +63,14 @@ func InitByAppname(argname string) *Forge {
 		log.Info("go install go.wit.com/apps/forge@latest")
 		os.Exit(-1)
 	}
-	f := initFromConfig(cfg)
+	f := new(Forge)
+	f.Config = cfg
+	f.initFromConfig()
 	log.Printf("forge.Init() %s len()=%d\n", f.Config.Filename, f.Repos.Len())
 	return f
 }
 
-func initFromConfig(cfg *ForgeConfigs) *Forge {
-	f := new(Forge)
-	f.Config = cfg
+func (f *Forge) initFromConfig() {
 	if f.configENV() {
 		log.Info("ENV changed config. todo: save config here")
 		f.Config.ConfigSave()
@@ -77,12 +92,15 @@ func initFromConfig(cfg *ForgeConfigs) *Forge {
 	f.Repos.ConfigLoad(f.Config.ReposPB)
 
 	// init the Patchsets
-	f.Patchsets = NewPatchsets()
+	f.Patchsets = NewSets()
 
 	// todo: play with these / determine good values based on user's machine
-	f.Config.RillX = 10
-	f.Config.RillY = 20
-	return f
+	if f.Config.RillX == 0 {
+		f.Config.RillX = 10
+	}
+	if f.Config.RillY == 0 {
+		f.Config.RillY = 20
+	}
 }
 
 func (f *Forge) SetConfigSave(b bool) {
@@ -93,8 +111,9 @@ func (f *Forge) SetConfigSave(b bool) {
 func (f *Forge) Exit() {
 	// log.Info("forge.configSave =", f.configSave)
 	if f.Config.Mode == ForgeMode_MASTER {
-		fhelp.DumpENV("forge:")
-		f.Config.DumpENV()
+		// fhelp.DumpENV("forge:")
+		// f.Config.DumpENV()
+		// todo: tell the user to switch to NORMAL mode
 	}
 
 	f.ConfigSave()
@@ -114,6 +133,7 @@ func (f *Forge) Exit() {
 // all initial ENV settings should be stored in the forge struct
 func (f *Forge) setenv() {
 	f.once.Do(func() {
+		log.Info("doing setenv()")
 		if err := fhelp.ConfigureENV(); err != nil {
 			log.Info("forge ConfigureENV() failed", err)
 			os.Exit(-1)
@@ -128,9 +148,11 @@ func (f *Forge) setenv() {
 			f.goWork = true
 		}
 
-		f.Config.ReposPB = os.Getenv("FORGE_REPOPB")
+		f.Config.ReposPB = os.Getenv("FORGE_REPOSPB")
+		f.Config.ReposDir = os.Getenv("FORGE_REPOSDIR")
 		f.Config.PatchDir = os.Getenv("FORGE_PATCHDIR")
 		f.Config.ForgeURL = os.Getenv("FORGE_URL")
+		fhelp.DumpENV("setenv end()")
 	})
 }
 

patch.proto

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+// Copyright 2025 WIT.COM Inc Licensed GPL 3.0
+
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package forgepb;
+
+import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto"; // Import the well-known type for Timestamp
+
+//    Forge doesn't need this kind of specificity
+//    but this is what the patch files contain and how git sees them
+// message Blob {
+//         string hunkLine         = 1;
+//         bytes  data             = 2;
+// }
+//
+// message File {
+//         string filename         = 1;
+//         string hashLine         = 2;
+// 	   repeated Blob  Blobs    = 3;
+// }
+//
+// message Patch {
+// 	repeated File  Files    = 1;
+//      string repoNamespace    = 2;
+// 	string   gH             = 3;
+// 	string   gaI            = 4;
+// 	string   gcI            = 5;
+// }
+
+// git log -1 --format="%H %aI %cI %an %ae %cn %ce"
+
+message Patch {
+        string                      namespace      = 1;  // the base repo git namespace
+        bytes                       data           = 2;  // the raw data of the whole patch
+        string                      gH             = 3;  // Commit Hash (%H)
+        string                      gT             = 4;  // Tree Hash (%T)
+        string                      gP             = 5;  // Parent Hashes (%P)
+        string                      gs             = 6;  // Subject (%s)
+        string                      gaI            = 7;  // Author Date, ISO 8601 format (%aI)
+        string                      gan            = 8;  // Author Name (%an)
+        string                      gae            = 9;  // Author Email (%ae)
+        string                      gcI            = 10; // Committer Date, ISO 8601 format (%cI)
+        string                      gcn            = 11; // Committer Name (%cn)
+        string                      gce            = 12; // Committer Email (%ce)
+        string                      gN             = 13; // Commit Notes (%N)
+        string                      gGG            = 14; // GPG Signature, raw (%GG)
+        string                      gGS            = 15; // GPG Signer Name (%GS)
+        string                      gGK            = 16; // GPG Key ID (%GK)
+        string                      newHash        = 17; // new hash
+        string                      state          = 18; // the 'state' of the patch
+        string                      filename       = 19; // `autogenpb:unique` `autogenpb:sort`
+        string                      startHash      = 20; // the start commit hash
+        string                      commitHash     = 21; // the git commit hash of this patch `autogenpb:sort` `autogenpb:unique`
+        string                      comment        = 22; // the git commit message (in patch form)
+        repeated string             Files          = 23; // the filenames this patch changes
+        google.protobuf.Timestamp   ctime          = 24; // create time of the patch
+        bool                        applied        = 25; // have you applied this patch?
+        bool                        upstream       = 26; // has this patch been applied upstream?
+        string                      patchId        = 27; // patchId `autogenpb:unique`
+        string                      treeHash       = 28; // final tree Hash
+}
+
+// this is a "PATCH: [1/x]" series
+message Patches {                                        // `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:gui:Patch` `autogenpb:http`
+        string                      uuid           = 1;  // `autogenpb:uuid:2679065e-c81d-4a00-aca4-03c158a834fb`
+        string                      version        = 2;  // `autogenpb:version:v2.0.0`
+        repeated Patch              patches        = 3;
+        string                      Error          = 4;  // when passing these around, if there is an error, store it here
+}

patchset.Make.go

@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 package forgepb
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/hostname"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/httppb"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
@@ -20,24 +23,30 @@ func (p *Patches) HttpPostVerbose(baseURL string, route string) (*Patches, *http
 	return p.HttpPost(baseURL, route)
 }
 
-func (p *Patchsets) HttpPostVerbose(baseURL string, route string) (*Patchsets, *httppb.HttpRequest, error) {
+func (p *Set) HttpPostVerbose(baseURL string, route string) (*Set, *httppb.HttpRequest, error) {
 	p.PrintTable()
 	return p.HttpPost(baseURL, route)
 }
 
-func newPatchset(name string) *Patchset {
-	pset := new(Patchset)
+func (p *Sets) HttpPostVerbose(baseURL string, route string) (*Sets, *httppb.HttpRequest, error) {
+	p.PrintTable()
+	return p.HttpPost(baseURL, route)
+}
+
+func newPatchset(name string) *Set {
+	pset := new(Set)
 	pset.Name = name
 	pset.Ctime = timestamppb.New(time.Now())
 	pset.Uuid = uuid.New().String()
-	pset.Hostname, _ = os.Hostname()
+	pset.Hostname, _ = hostname.Get()
+	pset.Patches = NewPatches()
 
 	return pset
 }
 
 // creates a patchset
 // works from the user branches against the devel branches
-func (f *Forge) MakeDevelPatchSet(name string) (*Patchset, error) {
+func (f *Forge) MakeDevelPatchSet(name string) (*Set, error) {
 	pset := newPatchset(name)
 	if os.Getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME") == "" {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME not set")
@@ -54,7 +63,7 @@ func (f *Forge) MakeDevelPatchSet(name string) (*Patchset, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(dir) // clean up
+	// defer os.RemoveAll(dir) // clean up
 	pset.TmpDir = dir
 
 	all := f.Repos.SortByFullPath()
@@ -70,6 +79,10 @@ func (f *Forge) MakeDevelPatchSet(name string) (*Patchset, error) {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		if repo.ActualGetDevelHash() == repo.ActualGetUserHash() {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		// make a patchset from user to devel
 		// TODO: verify branches are otherwise exact
 		pset.StartBranchName = repo.GetDevelBranchName()
@@ -83,41 +96,7 @@ func (f *Forge) MakeDevelPatchSet(name string) (*Patchset, error) {
 	return pset, nil
 }
 
-/*
-func (f *Forge) MakeMasterPatchSet() (*Patchset, error) {
-	pset := newPatchset("masterBranchPS")
-	dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "forge")
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(dir) // clean up
-	pset.TmpDir = dir
-
-	all := f.Repos.SortByFullPath()
-	for all.Scan() {
-		repo := all.Next()
-		startb := repo.GetMasterBranchName()
-		endb := repo.GetUserBranchName()
-
-		if startb == "" {
-			continue
-		}
-		if endb == "" {
-			continue
-		}
-		// log.Info("repo", repo.GetGoPath(), startb, "..", endb)
-		pset.StartBranchName = startb
-		pset.EndBranchName = endb
-		err := pset.makePatchSetNew(repo)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-	return pset, nil
-}
-*/
-
-func (pset *Patchset) makePatchSetNew(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
+func (pset *Set) makePatchSetNew(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
 	startBranch := pset.StartBranchName
 	endBranch := pset.EndBranchName
 	repoDir := filepath.Join(pset.TmpDir, repo.GetGoPath())
@@ -154,22 +133,23 @@ func (pset *Patchset) makePatchSetNew(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
 		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("git returned %d", r.Exit))
 	}
 	if len(r.Stdout) == 0 {
+		log.Infof("No patches in %s (%s,%s)\n", repo.FullPath, repo.ActualGetDevelHash(), repo.ActualGetUserHash())
 		// git created no files to add
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	err = pset.addPatchFiles(repo)
-	pset.Ctime = timestamppb.New(time.Now())
+	err = pset.addPatchFiles(repo, repoDir)
+	log.Infof("Added %d patches for %s len=%d\n", len(r.Stdout), repo.FullPath, pset.Patches.Len())
+	// pset.PrintTable()
 	return err
 }
 
+// git show <original_commit_hash> | git patch-id
+// git cat-file -p <commit_hash> | grep tree
 // process each file in pDir/
-func (p *Patchset) addPatchFiles(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
-	psetDir := repo.GetGoPath()
-	tmpDir := p.TmpDir
-	// log.Info("ADD PATCH FILES ADDED DIR", tmpDir)
-	fullDir := filepath.Join(tmpDir, psetDir)
+func (p *Set) addPatchFiles(repo *gitpb.Repo, fullDir string) error {
 	var baderr error
+	// log.Info("ADD PATCH FILES ADDED DIR", fullDir)
 	filepath.Walk(fullDir, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			// Handle possible errors, like permission issues
@@ -181,10 +161,6 @@ func (p *Patchset) addPatchFiles(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
 		if info.IsDir() {
 			return nil
 		}
-		// log.Info("IS THIS A FULL PATH ?", path)
-		// log.Info("trim this from path ?", fullDir)
-		// log.Info("trim this from path ?", psetDir)
-		// log.Info("trim this from path ?", tmpDir)
 		data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Info("addPatchFile() failed", path)
@@ -194,15 +170,22 @@ func (p *Patchset) addPatchFiles(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
 		patch := new(Patch)
 		patch.Filename, _ = filepath.Rel(p.TmpDir, path)
 		patch.Data = data
-		patch.parseData()
+		if err := patch.parseData(); err != nil {
+			log.Info("parseData() failed", err)
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := findPatchId(repo, patch); err != nil {
+			log.Info("findPatchId() failed", err)
+			return err
+		}
 		patch.StartHash = repo.ActualDevelHash()
 		patch.NewHash = "na"
 		patch.Namespace = repo.GetGoPath()
 		if p.Patches == nil {
+			log.Info("SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. p.Patches == nil")
 			p.Patches = new(Patches)
 		}
 		p.Patches.Append(patch)
-		p.Patches.Uuid = uuid.New().String()
 		// log.Info("ADDED PATCH FILE", path)
 		return nil
 	})
@@ -212,7 +195,7 @@ func (p *Patchset) addPatchFiles(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
 // looks at the git format-patch output
 // saves the commit Hash
 // saves the diff lines
-func (p *Patch) parseData() string {
+func (p *Patch) parseData() error {
 	lines := strings.Split(string(p.Data), "\n")
 	for _, line := range lines {
 		fields := strings.Fields(line)
@@ -228,7 +211,7 @@ func (p *Patch) parseData() string {
 			p.Files = append(p.Files, line)
 		}
 	}
-	return ""
+	return nil
 }
 
 // just an example of how to walk only directories
@@ -253,3 +236,59 @@ func onlyWalkDirs(pDir string) error {
 	})
 	return baderr
 }
+
+// func runPipe() error {
+func findPatchId(repo *gitpb.Repo, p *Patch) error {
+	if p.CommitHash == "" {
+		return log.Errorf("%s commit hash not found", p.Filename)
+	}
+
+	// 1. Create the command to get the diff for the commit.
+	//    "git show" is the perfect tool for this.
+	cmdShow := exec.Command("git", "show", p.CommitHash)
+	cmdShow.Dir = repo.GetFullPath()
+
+	// 2. Create the command to calculate the patch-id from stdin.
+	cmdPipeID := exec.Command("git", "patch-id", "--stable")
+	cmdPipeID.Dir = repo.GetFullPath()
+
+	// 3. Connect the output of "git show" to the input of "git patch-id".
+	//    This is the Go equivalent of the shell pipe `|`.
+	pipe, err := cmdShow.StdoutPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create pipe: %w", err)
+	}
+	cmdPipeID.Stdin = pipe
+
+	// 4. We need a buffer to capture the final output from git patch-id.
+	var output bytes.Buffer
+	cmdPipeID.Stdout = &output
+
+	// 5. Start the reading command (patch-id) first.
+	if err := cmdPipeID.Start(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to start git-patch-id: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// 6. Run the writing command (show). This will block until it's done.
+	if err := cmdShow.Run(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to run git-show: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// 7. Wait for the reading command to finish.
+	if err := cmdPipeID.Wait(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to wait for git-patch-id: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	fields := strings.Fields(output.String())
+	if len(fields) != 2 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("git-patch-id produced empty output")
+	}
+
+	if fields[1] != p.CommitHash {
+		return fmt.Errorf("patchid did not match %s != %v", p.CommitHash, fields)
+	}
+
+	// log.Infof("hash=%s patchid(%v) %s\n", p.CommitHash, fields, p.Filename)
+	p.PatchId = fields[0]
+	return nil
+}

patchset.config.go

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (f *Forge) LoadPatchsets() error {
-	f.Patchsets = NewPatchsets()
+	f.Patchsets = NewSets()
 
 	filename := filepath.Join(f.Config.PatchDir, "all-patches.pb")
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func (f *Forge) InitPatchsets() error {
 		log.Info("LoadPatchsets() failed", err)
 	}
 	// TODO: check if Unmarshal failed here
-	f.Patchsets = NewPatchsets()
+	f.Patchsets = NewSets()
 	f.findAutoPatchset() // adds the default values
 	return f.SavePatchsets()
 }
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (f *Forge) SavePatchsets() error {
 	}
 	defer regfile.Close()
 
-	newpb := proto.Clone(f.Patchsets).(*Patchsets)
+	newpb := proto.Clone(f.Patchsets).(*Sets)
 	if newpb == nil {
 		for pset := range f.Patchsets.IterAll() {
 			pset.ShowPatchsets()
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func cleanSubject(line string) string {
 	return strings.TrimSpace(cleaned)
 }
 
-func (pb *Patchset) ShowPatchsets() error {
+func (pb *Set) ShowPatchsets() error {
 	author := "Author: " + pb.GitAuthorName
 	author += " <" + pb.GitAuthorEmail + ">"
 	log.Printf("%-16s %s %s %s\n", string(pb.Uuid)[0:8], pb.Name, pb.Comment, author)
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func (f *Forge) AddPatch(patch *Patch) bool {
 }
 
 // adds a patchset or just the patches
-func (f *Forge) AddPatchset(pb *Patchset) bool {
+func (f *Forge) AddPatchset(pb *Set) bool {
 	var changed bool
 	// if the name of the patchset is "forge auto commit"
 	// then just add all the patches
@@ -146,23 +146,18 @@ func (f *Forge) AddPatchset(pb *Patchset) bool {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Clone() this protobuf into me.forge.Patchsets
-	var newpb *Patchset
-	newpb = proto.Clone(pb).(*Patchset)
-	if newpb != nil {
-		f.Patchsets.Patchsets = append(f.Patchsets.Patchsets, newpb)
-	}
+	f.Patchsets.Append(pb)
 	return true
 }
 
-func (f *Forge) findAutoPatchset() *Patchset {
+func (f *Forge) findAutoPatchset() *Set {
 	for pset := range f.Patchsets.IterAll() {
 		if pset.Name == "forge auto commit" {
 			return pset
 		}
 	}
 
-	var fauto *Patchset
+	var fauto *Set
 	log.Warn("findAutoPatchset() had to create 'forge auto commit'")
 	if fauto == nil {
 		fauto = makeDefaultPatchset()
@@ -171,8 +166,8 @@ func (f *Forge) findAutoPatchset() *Patchset {
 	return fauto
 }
 
-func makeDefaultPatchset() *Patchset {
-	fauto := new(Patchset)
+func makeDefaultPatchset() *Set {
+	fauto := new(Set)
 	fauto.Name = "forge auto commit"
 	fauto.Patches = NewPatches()
 	fauto.Uuid = uuid.New().String()

patchset.new.go

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package forgepb
 
+/*
 // makes a new patches protobuf. These are all the patches on your machine.
-func NewPatches() *Patches {
-	x := new(Patches)
+func NewPatches() *Patchs {
+	x := new(Patchs)
 	x.Uuid = "2679065e-c81d-4a00-aca4-03c158a834fb"
 	x.Version = "v2.0.0 go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
 	return x
 }
+*/

patchset.proto

@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2025 WIT.COM Inc Licensed GPL 3.0
-
-syntax = "proto3";
-
-package forgepb;
-
-import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto"; // Import the well-known type for Timestamp
-
-//    Forge doesn't need this kind of specificity
-//    but this is what the patch files contain and how git sees them
-// message Blob {
-//         string hunkLine         = 1;
-//         bytes  data             = 2;
-// }
-//
-// message File {
-//         string filename         = 1;
-//         string hashLine         = 2;
-// 	   repeated Blob  Blobs    = 3;
-// }
-//
-// message Patch {
-// 	repeated File  Files    = 1;
-//      string repoNamespace    = 2;
-// 	string   gH             = 3;
-// 	string   gaI            = 4;
-// 	string   gcI            = 5;
-// }
-
-// git log -1 --format="%H %aI %cI %an %ae %cn %ce"
-
-message Patch {
-        string                      namespace           = 1;  // the base repo git namespace
-        bytes                       data                = 2;  // the raw data of the whole patch
-        string                      gH                  = 3;  // Commit Hash (%H)
-        string                      gT                  = 4;  // Tree Hash (%T)
-        string                      gP                  = 5;  // Parent Hashes (%P)
-        string                      gs                  = 6;  // Subject (%s)
-        string                      gaI                 = 7;  // Author Date, ISO 8601 format (%aI)
-        string                      gan                 = 8;  // Author Name (%an)
-        string                      gae                 = 9;  // Author Email (%ae)
-        string                      gcI                 = 10; // Committer Date, ISO 8601 format (%cI)
-        string                      gcn                 = 11; // Committer Name (%cn)
-        string                      gce                 = 12; // Committer Email (%ce)
-        string                      gN                  = 13; // Commit Notes (%N)
-        string                      gGG                 = 14; // GPG Signature, raw (%GG)
-        string                      gGS                 = 15; // GPG Signer Name (%GS)
-        string                      gGK                 = 16; // GPG Key ID (%GK)
-        string                      newHash             = 17; // new hash
-        string                      state               = 18; // the 'state' of the patch
-        string                      filename            = 19; // `autogenpb:unique` `autogenpb:sort`
-        string                      startHash           = 20; // the start commit hash
-        string                      commitHash          = 21; // the git commit hash of this patch `autogenpb:sort` `autogenpb:unique`
-        string                      comment             = 22; // the git commit message (in patch form)
-        repeated string             Files               = 23; // the filenames this patch changes
-        google.protobuf.Timestamp   ctime               = 24; // create time of the patch
-        bool                        applied             = 25; // have you applied this patch?
-        bool                        upstream            = 26; // has this patch been applied upstream?
-}
-
-// this is a "PATCH: [1/x]" series
-message Patches {                                             // `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:gui:Patch` `autogenpb:http`
-        string                      uuid                = 1;  // `autogenpb:uuid:2679065e-c81d-4a00-aca4-03c158a834fb`
-        string                      version             = 2;  // `autogenpb:version:v2.0.0`
-        repeated Patch              Patches             = 3;
-        string                      Error               = 5;  // when passing these around, if there is an error, store it here
-}
-message Patchset {                                            // `autogenpb:marshal`
-        Patches                     patches             = 1;  //
-        string                      name                = 2;  // `autogenpb:sort`
-        string                      comment             = 3;  //
-        string                      gitAuthorName       = 4;  // `autogenpb:sort`
-        string                      gitAuthorEmail      = 5;  //
-        google.protobuf.Timestamp   ctime               = 6;  // create time of the patchset
-        string                      tmpDir              = 7;  // temp dir
-        string                      startBranchName     = 8;  //
-        string                      endBranchName       = 9;  //
-        string                      startBranchHash     = 10; //
-        string                      endBranchHash       = 11; //
-        string                      state               = 12; // the state of the patch
-        string                      uuid                = 13; // `autogenpb:sort` `autogenpb:unique`
-        string                      hostname            = 14; //
-}
-
-message Patchsets {                                           // `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:gui` `autogenpb:nomutex` `autogenpb:http`
-        string                      uuid                = 1;  // `autogenpb:uuid:be926ad9-f07f-484c-adf2-d96eeabf3079`
-        string                      version             = 2;  // `autogenpb:version:v0.0.45`
-        repeated Patchset           Patchsets           = 3;
-}

repoNew.go

@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ func (f *Forge) VerifyBranchNames(repo *gitpb.Repo) {
 
 	if repo.GetUserBranchName() == "" {
 		uname := f.configUserBranchName(repo)
+		if uname == "" {
+			log.Info("configUserBranchName() ERROR: failed with blank")
+		}
 		if repo.IsBranch(uname) {
 			repo.SetUserBranchName(uname)
 		} else {
@@ -171,7 +174,9 @@ func (f *Forge) VerifyBranchNames(repo *gitpb.Repo) {
 			repo.SetUserBranchName(uname)
 		}
 	}
-	// log.Info("VerifyBranchNames", repo.GetMasterBranchName(), repo.GetDevelBranchName(), repo.GetUserBranchName())
+	if repo.GetUserBranchName() == "" || repo.GetDevelBranchName() == "" {
+		log.Infof("VerifyBranchNames() failed m=%s d=%s u=%s\n", repo.GetMasterBranchName(), repo.GetDevelBranchName(), repo.GetUserBranchName())
+	}
 }
 
 // what name should be used for the user branch?
@@ -187,6 +192,9 @@ func (f *Forge) configUserBranchName(repo *gitpb.Repo) string {
 	if uname != "" {
 		return uname
 	}
+	if f.Config.Username == "" {
+		// something is wrong!
+	}
 
 	// use the os.Username
 	uname = f.Config.Username

set.proto

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Copyright 2025 WIT.COM Inc Licensed GPL 3.0
+
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package forgepb;
+
+import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto"; // Import the well-known type for Timestamp
+import "patch.proto"; // Import the well-known type for Timestamp
+
+message Set {                                                 // `autogenpb:http`
+        Patches                     patches             = 1;
+        string                      uuid                = 2;
+        google.protobuf.Timestamp   ctime               = 3;  // when the patches were submitted
+        string                      submitter           = 4;  // who submitted these // deprecate this
+        string                      name                = 5;  // "fixes for foo"
+        string                      gitAuthorName       = 6;
+        string                      gitAuthorEmail      = 7;
+        string                      hostname            = 8;
+        string                      tmpDir              = 9;  // temp dir for 'git am' deprecate this
+        string                      startBranchName     = 10; // deprecate this
+        string                      endBranchName       = 11; // deprecate this
+        string                      startBranchHash     = 12; // deprecate this
+        string                      endBranchHash       = 13; // deprecate this
+        string                      comment             = 14; // deprecate this
+        string                      state               = 15; // deprecate this
+}
+
+message Sets {                                                // `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:gui` `autogenpb:nomutex` `autogenpb:http`
+        string                      uuid                = 1;  // `autogenpb:uuid:be926ad9-f07f-484c-adf2-d96eeabf3079`
+        string                      version             = 2;  // `autogenpb:version:v0.0.45`
+        repeated Set                sets                = 3;
+}

set.table.go

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+// Copyright 2025 WIT.COM Inc Licensed GPL 3.0
+
+package forgepb
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"go.wit.com/lib/cobol"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+func (pset *Set) PrintTable() {
+	if pset == nil || pset.Patches == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	log.DaemonMode(true) // don't timestamp lines
+
+	tablePB := pset.Patches.makeStandardTable()
+	tablePB.MakeTable()
+	tablePB.PrintTable()
+}
+
+func (mt *PatchesTable) PrintTable() {
+	// log.Info("ShowTable() SENDING TO GUI")
+	mt.MakeTable()
+	cobol.PrintTable(mt.pb)
+}
+
+func (pb *Patches) makeStandardTable() *PatchesTable {
+	t := pb.NewTable("tagList")
+	t.NewUuid()
+
+	col := t.AddNamespace()
+	col.Width = 28
+
+	col = t.AddCommitHash()
+	col.Width = 8
+
+	col = t.AddPatchId()
+	col.Width = 8
+
+	col = t.AddNewHash()
+	col.Width = 8
+
+	col = t.AddTimeFunc("ctime", func(p *Patch) time.Time {
+		// todo
+		return p.Ctime.AsTime()
+	})
+	col.Width = 4
+
+	/*
+		col = t.AddTimeFunc("age", func(repo *gitpb.GitTag) time.Time {
+			// todo
+			return time.Now()
+		})
+		col.Width = 4
+	*/
+
+	//	col = t.AddStringFunc("filename", func(p *Patch) string {
+	//		_, base := filepath.Split(p.Filename)
+	//		return base
+	//	})
+	//	col.Width = 24
+
+	col = t.AddComment()
+	col.Width = 80
+	return t
+}
+
+/*
+func (pb *Sets) makeStandardTablePB() *SetsTable {
+	t := pb.NewTable("tagList")
+	t.NewUuid()
+
+	col := t.AddUuid()
+	col.Width = 12
+
+	col = t.AddTimeFunc("ctime", func(pset *Set) time.Time {
+		// todo
+		return pset.Ctime.AsTime()
+	})
+	col.Width = 4
+
+	col = t.AddComment()
+	col.Width = -1
+
+	return t
+}
+*/

structs.go

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ type Forge struct {
 	once      sync.Once
 	Config    *ForgeConfigs // config repos for readonly, private, etc
 	Repos     *gitpb.Repos  // the repo protobufs
-	Patchsets *Patchsets    // patches that are in progress
+	Patchsets *Sets         // patches that are in progress
 	hostname  string        // your hostname
 	goWork    bool          // means the user is currently using a go.work file
 }