diff --git a/goDep.redoGoMod.go b/goDep.redoGoMod.go
index 8bb8058..7e56989 100644
--- a/goDep.redoGoMod.go
+++ b/goDep.redoGoMod.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func (repo *Repo) RedoGoMod() (bool, error) {
 	repo.GoDeps = new(GoDeps)
 	repo.GoPrimitive = false
 
-	ok, err := repo.isPrimativeGoMod()
+	ok, err := repo.IsPrimitive()
 	if err != nil {
 		// this means this repo does not depend on any other package
 		log.Info("PRIMATIVE repo error:", repo.GoPath, "err =", err)
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ func (repo *Repo) PublishedLen() int {
 // returns true if the last published
 func (all *Repos) GoDepsChanged(repo *Repo) (bool, error) {
 	var upgrade bool = false
-
 	if repo.GoDeps == nil {
 		repo.RedoGoMod()
 	}
diff --git a/goDep.isPrimitive.go b/isPrimitive.go
similarity index 95%
rename from goDep.isPrimitive.go
rename to isPrimitive.go
index a894ecd..6579013 100644
--- a/goDep.isPrimitive.go
+++ b/isPrimitive.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 // will return true if the repo is truly not dependent on _anything_ else
 // like spew or lib/widget
 // it assumes go mod ran init and tidy ran without error
-func (repo *Repo) isPrimativeGoMod() (bool, error) {
+func (repo *Repo) IsPrimitive() (bool, error) {
 	// go mod init & go mod tidy ran without errors
 	log.Log(GITPB, "isPrimativeGoMod()", repo.FullPath)
 	tmp := filepath.Join(repo.FullPath, "go.mod")
diff --git a/shell.go b/shell.go
index 18aef05..ae741e3 100644
--- a/shell.go
+++ b/shell.go
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ func (repo *Repo) Exists(filename string) bool {
 	testf := filepath.Join(repo.FullPath, filename)
 	_, err := os.Stat(testf)
 	if err != nil {
+		log.Warn("gitpb: Exists() failed for", testf)
 		return false
 	}
 	return true