diff --git a/gitTag.common.go b/gitTag.common.go
index f10548e..8aa76bf 100644
--- a/gitTag.common.go
+++ b/gitTag.common.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
-func (repo *Repo) DevelHash() string {
+func (repo *Repo) ActualDevelHash() string {
 	brname := repo.GetDevelBranchName()
 	refname := "refs/heads/" + brname
 	for tag := range repo.Tags.IterAll() {
diff --git a/repo.http.go b/repo.http.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2260d01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repo.http.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package gitpb
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"os"
+	"os/user"
+
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/httppb"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+func (p *Repos) HttpPost(baseURL string, route string) (*Repos, error) {
+	// if you ever have "http://www.wit.com//" GO will regect the server recieving it.
+	// Even though the linux kernel gets the network payload
+	// also it never gives you an error about that, it just goes away invisably inside GO
+	tmpURL, _ := url.Parse(baseURL) // "http://forge.grid.wit.com:2520")
+	finalURL := tmpURL.JoinPath("/repos/", route)
+
+	data, _ := p.Marshal()
+
+	var err error
+	var req *http.Request
+
+	log.Info("reposs PB HttpPost", finalURL.String())
+	req, err = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, finalURL.String(), bytes.NewBuffer(data))
+	if req == nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	usr, _ := user.Current()
+	req.Header.Set("author", usr.Username)
+	hostname, _ := os.Hostname()
+	req.Header.Set("hostname", hostname)
+
+	newdata, err := httppb.PostReq(req)
+
+	newpb := NewRepos()
+	err = newpb.Unmarshal(newdata)
+
+	log.Infof("repos PB HttpPost %s sent len(%d) got len(%d)\n", finalURL.String(), p.Len(), newpb.Len())
+	return newpb, err
+}
diff --git a/repo.proto b/repo.proto
index b4d1e22..1beea6c 100644
--- a/repo.proto
+++ b/repo.proto
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ message Repo {                                                     // `autogenpb
         string                      state                    = 23; // status or state. useful for building tooling
         GitTag                      currentTag               = 24; // used to examine repo branches
         GitConfig                   gitConfig                = 25; // protobuf of the current .git/config
+        string                      MasterHash               = 26; // hash of the current master branch
+        string                      DevelHash                = 27; // hash of the current devel branch
 }
 
 message Repos {                                                    // `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:sort` `autogenpb:gui` `autogenpb:nomutex`