diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 99ba64d..3f344e3 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
-// write to ~/.config/forge/ unless ENV{FORGE_CONFIG} is set
+// write to ~/.config/forge/ unless ENV{FORGE_GOSRC} is set
 func (all *Repos) ConfigSave() error {
-	if os.Getenv("FORGE_CONFIG") == "" {
+	if os.Getenv("FORGE_GOSRC") == "" {
 		homeDir, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
 		fullpath := filepath.Join(homeDir, ".config/forge")
-		os.Setenv("FORGE_CONFIG", fullpath)
+		os.Setenv("FORGE_GOSRC", fullpath)
 	}
 	if all == nil {
 		log.Warn("gitpb all == nil")
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ func (all *Repos) ConfigSave() error {
 
 // load the ~/.config/forge/ files
 func (all *Repos) ConfigLoad() error {
-	if os.Getenv("FORGE_CONFIG") == "" {
+	if os.Getenv("FORGE_GOSRC") == "" {
 		homeDir, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
 		fullpath := filepath.Join(homeDir, ".config/forge")
-		os.Setenv("FORGE_CONFIG", fullpath)
+		os.Setenv("FORGE_GOSRC", fullpath)
 	}
 	var data []byte
 	var err error
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func (all *Repos) ConfigLoad() error {
 }
 
 func loadFile(filename string) ([]byte, error) {
-	fullname := filepath.Join(os.Getenv("FORGE_CONFIG"), filename)
+	fullname := filepath.Join(os.Getenv("FORGE_GOSRC"), filename)
 	data, err := os.ReadFile(fullname)
 	if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
 		// if file does not exist, just return nil. this
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func loadFile(filename string) ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 func configWrite(filename string, data []byte) error {
-	fullname := filepath.Join(os.Getenv("FORGE_CONFIG"), filename)
+	fullname := filepath.Join(os.Getenv("FORGE_GOSRC"), filename)
 
 	cfgfile, err := os.OpenFile(fullname, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0666)
 	defer cfgfile.Close()
diff --git a/currentVersions.go b/currentVersions.go
index 4e9d843..b9329f6 100644
--- a/currentVersions.go
+++ b/currentVersions.go
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ func (repo *Repo) GetCurrentBranchName() string {
 }
 
 func (repo *Repo) GetCurrentBranchVersion() string {
+	if repo == nil {
+		log.Info("repo.GetCurrentBranchVersion() repo == nil")
+		return ""
+	}
 	r := repo.RunQuiet([]string{"git", "describe", "--tags", "--always"})
 	output := strings.Join(r.Stdout, "\n")
 	if r.Error != nil {
diff --git a/repo.new.go b/repo.new.go
index 9404d7b..9d0f7ba 100644
--- a/repo.new.go
+++ b/repo.new.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func (all *Repos) NewGoPath(basepath string, gopath string, url string) (*Repo,
 	}
 	if r := all.FindByGoPath(gopath); r != nil {
 		// already had this gopath
-		return nil, errors.New("duplicate gopath " + gopath)
+		return r, errors.New("gitpb.NewGoPath() duplicate gopath " + gopath)
 	}
 	log.Info("gitpb.NewGoPath() Attempting to add new path", basepath, gopath)
 
@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@ func (all *Repos) NewGoPath(basepath string, gopath string, url string) (*Repo,
 		// worked
 		return &newr, nil
 	}
-	return nil, errors.New("repo already exists: " + gopath)
+	if r := all.FindByGoPath(gopath); r != nil {
+		// already had this gopath
+		return r, errors.New("gitpb.NewGoPath() AppendUnique() failed but Find() worked" + gopath)
+	}
+	return nil, errors.New("repo gitpb.NewGoPath() should never have gotten here " + gopath)
 }
 
 func (repo *Repo) SetDevelBranchName(bname string) {