diff --git a/currentVersions.go b/currentVersions.go
index b9329f6..9026149 100644
--- a/currentVersions.go
+++ b/currentVersions.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ package gitpb
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"unicode"
 
@@ -217,3 +219,73 @@ func trimNonNumericFromStart(s string) string {
 	}
 	return ""
 }
+
+func normalizeVersion(s string) string {
+	// reg, err := regexp.Compile("[^a-zA-Z0-9]+")
+	parts := strings.Split(s, "-")
+	if len(parts) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	reg, err := regexp.Compile("[^0-9.]+")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Log(GITPBWARN, "normalizeVersion() regexp.Compile() ERROR =", err)
+		return parts[0]
+	}
+	clean := reg.ReplaceAllString(parts[0], "")
+	log.Log(GITPB, "normalizeVersion() s =", clean)
+	return clean
+}
+
+// golang doesn't seem to really support v0.1 and seems to want v0.1.0
+// todo: confirm this
+func splitVersion(version string) (a, b, c string) {
+	tmp := normalizeVersion(version)
+	parts := strings.Split(tmp, ".")
+	switch len(parts) {
+	case 1:
+		return parts[0], "", ""
+	case 2:
+		return parts[0], parts[1], ""
+	default:
+		return parts[0], parts[1], parts[2]
+	}
+}
+
+// changes the target minor. v0.1.3 becomes v0.2.0
+func (repo *Repo) IncrementTargetMinor() {
+	lasttag := repo.GetLastTag()
+	var major, minor, revision string
+	major, minor, revision = splitVersion(lasttag)
+
+	olda, _ := strconv.Atoi(major)
+	oldb, _ := strconv.Atoi(minor)
+	oldc, _ := strconv.Atoi(revision)
+
+	oldb += 1
+	oldc = 0
+
+	newa := strconv.Itoa(olda)
+	newb := strconv.Itoa(oldb)
+	newc := strconv.Itoa(oldc)
+
+	repo.SetTargetVersion("v" + newa + "." + newb + "." + newc)
+}
+
+// changes the target revision. v0.1.3 becomes v0.1.4
+func (repo *Repo) IncrementTargetRevision() {
+	lasttag := repo.GetLastTag()
+	var major, minor, revision string
+	major, minor, revision = splitVersion(lasttag)
+
+	olda, _ := strconv.Atoi(major)
+	oldb, _ := strconv.Atoi(minor)
+	oldc, _ := strconv.Atoi(revision)
+
+	oldc += 1
+
+	newa := strconv.Itoa(olda)
+	newb := strconv.Itoa(oldb)
+	newc := strconv.Itoa(oldc)
+
+	repo.SetTargetVersion("v" + newa + "." + newb + "." + newc)
+}
diff --git a/goDep.redoGoMod.go b/goDep.redoGoMod.go
index 6aeb298..8406fd4 100644
--- a/goDep.redoGoMod.go
+++ b/goDep.redoGoMod.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func (repo *Repo) PublishedLen() int {
 }
 
 // returns true if the last published
-func (all *Repos) GoDepsChanged(repo *Repo) (bool, error) {
+func (all *Repos) GoDepsChangedOld(repo *Repo) (bool, error) {
 	var upgrade bool = false
 	if repo.GoDeps == nil {
 		repo.RedoGoMod()
diff --git a/isPrimitive.go b/isPrimitive.go
index 6579013..3870343 100644
--- a/isPrimitive.go
+++ b/isPrimitive.go
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package gitpb
 
+//
+// DOES NOT MODIFY FILES
+//
 // only reads in the go.mod file. doesn't change anything
 
 import (