diff --git a/goDep.proto b/goDep.proto
index 8dde9f3..72d32e7 100644
--- a/goDep.proto
+++ b/goDep.proto
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto"; // Import the well-known type for Time
 
 // global settings for autogenpb `autogenpb:mutex`
 
-message GoDep {						// `autogenpb:2nomutex`
+message GoDep {						// `autogenpb:nomutex`
 	string	hash 				= 1;	// `autogenpb:unique` `autogenpb:sort`	// md5sum/hash value from the go.sum file
 	google.protobuf.Timestamp ctime		= 2;	// get the go date from 'go list' ?
 	string	version 			= 3;	// v1.2.2
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ message GoDep {						// `autogenpb:2nomutex`
 	string	goVersion			= 5;	// version of golang the developer used to make this package version
 }
 
-message GoDeps {			// `autogenpb:2nomutex`
+message GoDeps {			// `autogenpb:nomutex`
 	string   uuid	        = 1;    // `autogenpb:uuid:`
 	string   version        = 2;    // `autogenpb:version`
 	repeated GoDep goDeps	= 3;	// `autogenpb:unique`  `autogenpb:sort`
diff --git a/repo.new.go b/repo.new.go
index c073fad..39dd303 100644
--- a/repo.new.go
+++ b/repo.new.go
@@ -51,14 +51,16 @@ func (all *Repos) NewGoRepo(fullpath string, gopath string) (*Repo, error) {
 // enforces GoPath is unique
 func (all *Repos) AppendByGoPath(newr *Repo) bool {
 	all.RLock()
-	defer all.RUnlock()
 
 	for _, r := range all.Repos {
 		if r.GoInfo.GoPath == newr.GoInfo.GoPath {
+			all.RUnlock()
 			return false
 		}
 	}
+	all.RUnlock()
 
-	all.Repos = append(all.Repos, newr)
+	// all.Repos = append(all.Repos, newr)
+	all.Append(newr)
 	return true
 }
diff --git a/repo.proto b/repo.proto
index 83c7206..76376c1 100644
--- a/repo.proto
+++ b/repo.proto
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ message Repo {						// `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:2nomutex`
 	string	state           		= 23; 		// status or state. useful for building tooling
 }
 
-message Repos {				// `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:sort`
+message Repos {				// `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:sort` `autogenpb:2nomutex`
 	string   uuid	        = 1;    // `autogenpb:uuid:8daaeba1-fb1f-4762-ae6e-95a55d352673`
 	string   version        = 2;    // `autogenpb:version:2`
 	repeated Repo repos 	= 3;    // `autogenpb:append`   // generate AppendUnique() function for this