From 1ead02a6d3a76a71853eead2099b65fc320a1a43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 06:11:20 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] experiement with ~/.cache/forge/

---
 reloadGitConfig.go | 12 +++++++++++-
 repo.new.go        | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/reloadGitConfig.go b/reloadGitConfig.go
index 367bd69..623d505 100644
--- a/reloadGitConfig.go
+++ b/reloadGitConfig.go
@@ -138,8 +138,18 @@ func (repo *Repo) readGitConfig() error {
 			default:
 				log.Log(WARN, "unknown submodule line:", line)
 			}
+		case "user":
+			// test, ok := rs.gitConfig.submodules[currentName]
+			switch key {
+			case "name":
+				log.Log(INFO, "name:", line)
+			case "email":
+				log.Log(INFO, "email:", line)
+			default:
+				log.Log(WARN, "unknown name line:", filename, line)
+			}
 		default:
-			log.Log(WARN, "unknown line:", line)
+			log.Log(WARN, "unknown line:", filename, line)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/repo.new.go b/repo.new.go
index 64cf897..5e3f8b4 100644
--- a/repo.new.go
+++ b/repo.new.go
@@ -68,3 +68,30 @@ func (all *Repos) AppendByGoPath(newr *Repo) bool {
 	all.Append(newr)
 	return true
 }
+
+func (all *Repos) NewRepo(fullpath string, namespace string) (*Repo, error) {
+	if r := all.FindByFullPath(fullpath); r != nil {
+		log.Info("gitpb.NewRepo() might already have namespace", r.GetNamespace())
+		log.Info("gitpb.NewRepo() already has FullPath", r.FullPath)
+		// already had this gopath
+		return r, errors.New("gitpb.NewRepo() duplicate path " + fullpath)
+	}
+
+	// add a new one here
+	newr := Repo{
+		FullPath:  fullpath,
+		Namespace: namespace,
+	}
+	newr.Times = new(GitTimes)
+
+	// everything happens in here
+	newr.Reload()
+
+	if all.AppendByFullPath(&newr) {
+		// worked
+		return &newr, nil
+	}
+
+	// todo: use Repos.Lock()
+	return nil, errors.New("gitpb.NewRepo() append failed " + fullpath)
+}