yep. switch to thins

config.go

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func (all *Repos) tryValidate() error {
 // load the repos.pb file. I shouldn't really matter if this
 // fails. the file should be autogenerated. This is used
 // locally just for speed
-func (all *Repos) ConfigLoad() error {
+func (all *Repos) ConfigLoadOld() error {
 	if os.Getenv("FORGE_REPOSDIR") == "" {
 		homeDir, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
 		fullpath := filepath.Join(homeDir, ".config/forge")
@@ -98,7 +98,33 @@ func (all *Repos) ConfigLoad() error {
 	}
 	// this means the forge.pb file exists and was read
 	if len(data) == 0 {
-		all.sampleConfig() // causes nil panic
+		return errors.New("gitpb.ConfigLoad() repos.pb is empty")
+	}
+	err = all.Unmarshal(data)
+	test := NewRepos()
+	if test.Uuid != all.Uuid {
+		log.Log(WARN, "uuids do not match", test.Uuid, all.Uuid)
+		deleteProtobufFile(cfgname)
+	}
+	if test.Version != all.Version {
+		log.Log(WARN, "versions do not match", test.Version, all.Version)
+		deleteProtobufFile(cfgname)
+	}
+	log.Log(INFO, cfgname, "protobuf versions and uuid match", all.Uuid, all.Version)
+	return err
+}
+
+func (all *Repos) ConfigLoad(cfgname string) error {
+	var data []byte
+	var err error
+
+	if data, err = loadFile(cfgname); err != nil {
+		// something went wrong loading the file
+		// all.sampleConfig() // causes nil panic
+		return err
+	}
+	// this means the forge.pb file exists and was read
+	if len(data) == 0 {
 		return errors.New("gitpb.ConfigLoad() repos.pb is empty")
 	}
 	err = all.Unmarshal(data)