diff --git a/branches.go b/branches.go
index ed9bbf9..9a6e8f9 100644
--- a/branches.go
+++ b/branches.go
@@ -19,74 +19,6 @@ func (repo *Repo) ExistsUserBranchRemote() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-/*
-// returns true if the user branch exists
-func (repo *Repo) ExistsUserBranch() bool {
-	if repo.GetUserBranchName() == "" {
-		return false
-	}
-	branchname := repo.GetUserBranchName()
-	if repo.Exists(filepath.Join(".git/refs/heads", branchname)) {
-		// todo: actually use .git/config
-		return true
-	}
-	return repo.IsBranchRemote(branchname)
-}
-
-// returns true if the devel branch exists
-func (repo *Repo) ExistsDevelBranch() bool {
-	if repo.GetDevelBranchName() == "" {
-		return false
-	}
-	branchname := repo.GetDevelBranchName()
-	if repo.Exists(filepath.Join(".git/refs/heads", branchname)) {
-		// todo: actually use .git/config
-		return true
-	}
-	return repo.IsBranchRemote(branchname)
-}
-
-func (repo *Repo) GetBranchHash(branchname string) string {
-	if branchname == "" {
-		return ""
-	}
-	if repo.Exists(filepath.Join(".git/refs/remotes", branchname)) {
-		return readRefHash(filepath.Join(repo.FullPath, ".git/refs/remotes", branchname))
-	}
-	if repo.Exists(filepath.Join(".git/refs/heads", branchname)) {
-		return readRefHash(filepath.Join(repo.FullPath, ".git/refs/heads", branchname))
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-*/
-
-/*
-func (repo *Repo) GetBranchVersion(branchname string) string {
-	if branchname == repo.GetUserBranchName() {
-		return "user"
-	}
-	if branchname == repo.GetDevelBranchName() {
-		return "devel"
-	}
-	if branchname == repo.GetMasterBranchName() {
-		return "master"
-	}
-	base, branchname := filepath.Split(branchname)
-	if base != "" {
-		if branchname == repo.GetUserBranchName() {
-			return "remote user"
-		}
-		if branchname == repo.GetDevelBranchName() {
-			return "remote devel"
-		}
-		if branchname == repo.GetMasterBranchName() {
-			return "remote master"
-		}
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-*/
-
 func readRefHash(filename string) string {
 	data, _ := os.ReadFile(filename)
 	return string(data)