weird. NewestAge() took _seconds_ to run in some cases

gitTag.byAge.go

@@ -31,10 +31,13 @@ func (a GitTagAge) Less(i, j int) bool {
 func (a GitTagAge) Swap(i, j int) { a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i] }
 
 func (repo *Repo) NewestAge() time.Duration {
-	all := repo.Tags.SortByAge()
+	return time.Since(repo.Times.NewestCommit.AsTime())
-	for all.Scan() {
+	/*
-		r := all.Next()
+		all := repo.Tags.SortByAge()
-		return time.Since(r.GetAuthordate().AsTime())
+		for all.Scan() {
-	}
+			r := all.Next()
-	return time.Since(time.Now())
+			return time.Since(r.GetAuthordate().AsTime())
+		}
+		return time.Since(time.Now())
+	*/
 }

reloadTags.go

@@ -66,6 +66,18 @@ func (repo *Repo) reloadGitTags() error {
 
 		repo.Tags.Append(&newr)
 	}
+
+	// also set the repo.NewestCommit
+	cmd = []string{"git", "log", "-1", "--format=%cd"}
+	result = shell.PathRunQuiet(repo.FullPath, cmd)
+	if result.Error != nil {
+		log.Warn("git for-each-ref error:", result.Error)
+		return result.Error
+	}
+	newest := strings.Join(result.Stdout, "\n")
+	newest = strings.TrimSpace(newest)
+	tmp := getGitDateStamp(newest)
+	repo.Times.NewestCommit = timestamppb.New(tmp)
 	return nil
 }
 

repo.proto

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ message GitTimes {
 	google.protobuf.Timestamp mtimeIndex    = 6;		// mtime for ./git/HEAD // probably always in sync with HEAD
 	google.protobuf.Timestamp mtimeFetch    = 7;		// mtime for ./git/FETCH_HEAD // last time 'git fetch' or 'git pull' was run on current branch?
 	google.protobuf.Timestamp lastGoDep     = 8;		// mtime for last go.sum scan
+	google.protobuf.Timestamp newestCommit  = 9;		// when the newest commit was
 }
 
 // this is probably better. think about moving to this instead