diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 73ee15e..038ccbe 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -37,3 +37,22 @@ goDep.pb.go: goDep.proto
 
 repo.pb.go: repo.proto
 	autogenpb --proto repo.proto
+
+protoc-bad:
+	cd ~/go/src && protoc \
+		--proto_path=. \
+		--proto_path=go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb \
+		--go_out=. \
+		--go_opt=Mgo.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb/repo.proto=go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb \
+		--go_opt=MgitTag.proto=go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb \
+		--go_opt=MgoDep.proto=go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb \
+		go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb/repo.proto
+
+protoc-good:
+	cd ~/go/src && protoc \
+		--proto_path=. \
+		--go_out=go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb \
+		--go_opt=Mrepo.proto=go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb \
+		--go_opt=MgitTag.proto=go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb \
+		--go_opt=MgoDep.proto=go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb \
+		go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb/repo.proto
diff --git a/repo.http.go b/repo.http.go
index d878dc0..794ee43 100644
--- a/repo.http.go
+++ b/repo.http.go
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 package gitpb
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"net/http"
-	"net/url"
-	"os"
-	"os/user"
 
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/httppb"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
@@ -27,7 +23,9 @@ func (p *Repos) SendReply(w http.ResponseWriter, reqPB *httppb.HttpRequest) erro
 	return err
 }
 
-func (p *Repos) HttpPost(baseURL string, route string) (*Repos, error) {
+/*
+// err handling here isn't great
+func (p *Repos) HttpPost(baseURL string, route string) (*Repos, *httppb.HttpRequest, 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
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ func (p *Repos) HttpPost(baseURL string, route string) (*Repos, error) {
 	log.Info("reposs PB HttpPost", finalURL.String())
 	req, err = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, finalURL.String(), bytes.NewBuffer(data))
 	if req == nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 
 	usr, _ := user.Current()
@@ -52,9 +50,19 @@ func (p *Repos) HttpPost(baseURL string, route string) (*Repos, error) {
 
 	newdata, err := httppb.PostReq(req)
 
+	reqPB, err2 := httppb.ReqToPB(req)
+	reqPB.URL = finalURL.String()
+	if err != nil {
+		reqPB.Errors = append(reqPB.Errors, fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
+	}
+	if err2 != nil {
+		reqPB.Errors = append(reqPB.Errors, fmt.Sprintf("%v", err2))
+	}
+
 	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
+	return newpb, reqPB, err
 }
+*/
diff --git a/repo.proto b/repo.proto
index 1beea6c..18961d5 100644
--- a/repo.proto
+++ b/repo.proto
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ message Repo {                                                     // `autogenpb
         string                      DevelHash                = 27; // hash of the current devel branch
 }
 
-message Repos {                                                    // `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:sort` `autogenpb:gui` `autogenpb:nomutex`
+message Repos {                                                    // `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:sort` `autogenpb:gui` `autogenpb:nomutex` `autogenpb:http`
         string                      uuid                     = 1;  // `autogenpb:uuid:8daaeba1-fb1f-4762-ae6e-95a55d352673`
         string                      version                  = 2;  // `autogenpb:version:v4`
         repeated Repo               repos                    = 3;  // `autogenpb:append`   // generate AppendUnique() function for this