try to fix Current branch and version

common.go

@@ -21,3 +21,17 @@ func (repo *Repo) GetGoPath() string {
 	}
 	return repo.GoInfo.GoPath
 }
+
+func (repo *Repo) GetGoPrimitive() bool {
+	if repo.GoInfo == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return repo.GoInfo.GoPrimitive
+}
+
+func (repo *Repo) SetGoPrimitive(b bool) {
+	if repo.GoInfo == nil {
+		repo.GoInfo = new(GoInfo)
+	}
+	repo.GoInfo.GoPrimitive = b
+}

isPrimitive.go

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 // deprecate use of IsPrimitive() to this function
 // this assumes go.mod and go.sum are in a releasable state
 func (repo *Repo) SetPrimitive() error {
-	_, err := repo.IsPrimitive()
+	_, err := repo.computePrimitive()
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func (repo *Repo) SetPrimitive() error {
 // 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) IsPrimitive() (bool, error) {
+func (repo *Repo) computePrimitive() (bool, error) {
 	// go mod init & go mod tidy ran without errors
 	log.Log(GITPB, "isPrimativeGoMod()", repo.FullPath)
 	tmp := filepath.Join(repo.FullPath, "go.mod")

mtime.go

@@ -44,6 +44,56 @@ func (repo *Repo) changedDir() bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+func (repo *Repo) didFileChange(fname string, pbtime *timestamppb.Timestamp) bool {
+	fileTime := repo.Mtime(fname)
+	if fileTime == nil {
+		// file missing, assume changed
+		return true
+	}
+	mtime := timestamppb.New(*fileTime)
+	if pbtime == nil {
+		// mtime has not been stored yet
+		return true
+	}
+	if (pbtime.Seconds == mtime.Seconds) && (pbtime.Nanos == mtime.Nanos) {
+		// it's the same!
+		return false
+	}
+	// need to reload from the filesystem
+	return false
+}
+
+// boo. I'm not good at golang. this should use reflect. I'm bad. my code is bad. boo this man. you're cool, I'm outta here
+// make this work right someday
+func (repo *Repo) updateMtime(fname string, pbname string) bool {
+	fileTime := repo.Mtime(fname)
+	if fileTime == nil {
+		// .git/HEAD doesn't exist. something is wrong. rescan this repo
+		return true
+	}
+	mtime := timestamppb.New(*fileTime)
+	pbtime := repo.Times.MtimeHead
+	if pbtime == nil { // this can happen?
+		repo.Times.MtimeHead = mtime
+		return true
+	}
+	switch pbname {
+	case "MtimeHead":
+		if pbtime == nil { // this can happen?
+			repo.Times.MtimeHead = mtime
+			return true
+		}
+	default:
+	}
+	if (pbtime.Seconds == mtime.Seconds) && (pbtime.Nanos == mtime.Nanos) {
+		return false
+	}
+	dur := mtime.AsTime().Sub(pbtime.AsTime())
+	repo.StateChange = fmt.Sprintf("%s changed %s", fname, shell.FormatDuration(dur))
+	repo.Times.MtimeHead = mtime
+	return true
+}
+
 func (repo *Repo) changedHead() bool {
 	fname := ".git/HEAD"
 	fileTime := repo.Mtime(fname)
@@ -89,7 +139,7 @@ func (repo *Repo) changedIndex() bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-func (repo *Repo) RepoChanged() bool {
+func (repo *Repo) updateMtimes() bool {
 	var changed bool
 	if repo.Times == nil {
 		repo.Times = new(GitTimes)
@@ -108,3 +158,17 @@ func (repo *Repo) RepoChanged() bool {
 
 	return changed
 }
+
+func (repo *Repo) DidRepoChange() bool {
+	if repo.didFileChange(".git/HEAD", repo.Times.MtimeHead) {
+		return true
+	}
+	if repo.didFileChange(".git/index", repo.Times.MtimeIndex) {
+		return true
+	}
+	if repo.didFileChange(".git", repo.Times.MtimeDir) {
+		// todo: do something with CheckDirty()
+		// return true
+	}
+	return false
+}

reload.go

@@ -6,19 +6,25 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
+// TODO: fix and clean this up. this is a work in progress
 func (repo *Repo) Reload() error {
 	repo.Tags = new(GitTags)
 	repo.reloadGitTags()
 
 	repo.GoDeps = new(GoDeps)
+	if repo.GoInfo == nil {
+		repo.GoInfo = new(GoInfo)
+	}
 	repo.ParseGoSum()
 
 	repo.setLastTag()
 	repo.setCurrentBranchName()
+	repo.setCurrentBranchVersion()
+
 	repo.setRepoType()
 
 	// everything has been checked, now save the mtime's
-	repo.RepoChanged()
+	repo.updateMtimes()
 	return nil
 }