tag handling is still bad

currentVersions.go

@@ -144,8 +144,7 @@ func (repo *Repo) gitVersionByName(name string) (string, error) {
 		return strings.TrimSpace(output), nil
 	}
 	if !repo.IsBranch(name) {
-		// tag does not exist
-		// log.Log(WARN, "LocalTagExists()", name, "did not exist")
+		// branch does not exist
 		return "", errors.New("gitDescribeByName() git fatal: Not a valid object name: " + name)
 	}
 	cmd := []string{"git", "describe", "--tags", name}

gitTag.common.go

@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ func (repo *Repo) IsDevelRemote() bool {
 // eventually this will be worked out by forge in some future code that hasn't been made yet
 func (repo *Repo) IsBranch(findname string) bool {
 	for t := range repo.Tags.IterAll() {
-		// log.Info("LocalTagExists() tag:", t.Refname)
-
 		tagname := t.Refname
 		if strings.HasPrefix(tagname, "refs/remotes") {
 			continue
@@ -103,10 +101,8 @@ func (repo *Repo) IsBranch(findname string) bool {
 func (repo *Repo) IsLocalBranch(findname string) bool {
 	for t := range repo.Tags.IterAll() {
 		if !strings.HasPrefix(t.Refname, "refs/heads") {
-			// log.Info("LocalTagExists() skip tag:", t.Refname)
 			continue
 		}
-		// log.Info("LocalTagExists() check tag:", t.Refname)
 		path, filename := filepath.Split(t.Refname)
 		log.Log(INFO, "gitpb.IsBranch() tag:", path, filename, "from", repo.GetGoPath())
 		if filename == findname {

gitTag.printTable.go

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// Code generated by go.wit.com/apps/autogenpb DO NOT EDIT.
+// This file was autogenerated with autogenpb v0.5.1 2025-09-12_15:24:32_UTC
+//     go install go.wit.com/apps/autogenpb@latest
+//
+// define which structs (messages) you want to use in the .proto file
+// Then sort.pb.go and marshal.pb.go files are autogenerated
+//
+// autogenpb uses it and has an example .proto file with instructions
+//
+
+package gitpb
+
+import (
+	"go.wit.com/lib/cobol"
+)
+
+func (mt *GitTagsTable) PrintTable() {
+	// log.Info("ShowTable() SENDING TO GUI")
+	mt.MakeTable()
+	cobol.PrintTable(mt.pb)
+}
+
+/*
+func (mt *GitTagsTable) MakeTable() {
+	for _, name := range mt.pb.Order {
+		// log.Info("gitpb: looking for row name()", name)
+		if mt.doStringFunc(name) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if mt.doIntFunc(name) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if mt.doTimeFunc(name) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if mt.doButtonFunc(name) {
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+}
+*/

gitTag.proto

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ message GitTag {                                          // `autogenpb:nomutex`
         string                      subject         = 5;  // git tag subject
 }
 
-message GitTags {                                         // `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:nomutex`
+message GitTags {                                         // `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:nomutex` `autogenpb:gui`
         string                      uuid            = 1;  // `autogenpb:uuid:ffdff813-0316-4372-9e82-4c1c7d202526`
         string                      version         = 2;  // `autogenpb:version:v0.0.47`
         repeated GitTag             gitTags         = 3;

reloadTags.go

@@ -168,11 +168,16 @@ func (repo *Repo) NewestTag() *GitTag {
 }
 
 // this should just do is.Exists(".git/refs/heads/findname")
+// this is a simple check and doesn't work all the time
 func (repo *Repo) LocalTagExists(findname string) bool {
 	fname := filepath.Join(".git/refs/heads", findname)
 	if repo.Exists(fname) {
 		return true
 	}
+	fname = filepath.Join(".git/refs/tags", findname)
+	if repo.Exists(fname) {
+		return true
+	}
 	/*
 		loop := repo.Tags.SortByRefname()
 		for loop.Scan() {