rm old code

Makefile

@@ -56,3 +56,13 @@ protoc-good:
 		--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-todo-move-to-this:
+	# I think I should seperate these dirs. ONLY ONE .proto FILE PER DIRECTORY
+	# - httppb.HttpRequest     httpRequest     = 4;  // correct syntax
+	protoc \
+	    --proto_path=. \
+	    --go_out=. \
+	    --go_opt=Mgo.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb/patchset.proto=go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb \
+	    --go_opt=Mgo.wit.com/lib/protobuf/httppb/httpRequest.proto=go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/httppb \
+	    go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb/patchset.proto

checkout.go

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package gitpb
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 	"os/user"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -11,20 +10,6 @@ import (
 
 func (repo *Repo) CheckoutMaster() bool {
 	bName := repo.GetMasterBranchName()
-	if bName == "giterr" {
-		cmd := []string{"git", "checkout", "main"} // todo: figure out main
-		repo.RunVerboseOnError(cmd)
-		os.Exit(-1)
-		// TODO: try to fix this
-		if repo.checkoutBranch("main") {
-			repo.MasterBranchName = "main"
-			return true
-		} else {
-			cmd := []string{"git", "checkout", "main"} // todo: figure out main
-			repo.RunVerboseOnError(cmd)
-			return false
-		}
-	}
 	if repo.checkoutBranch(bName) {
 		return true
 	}
@@ -127,7 +112,7 @@ func (repo *Repo) createUserBranch(branch string) error {
 	if repo.GetCurrentBranchName() != repo.GetDevelBranchName() {
 		repo.CheckoutDevel()
 	}
-	repo.Reload()
+	repo.ReloadCheck()
 
 	if repo.GetCurrentBranchName() != repo.GetDevelBranchName() {
 		log.Info("create user branch will probably fail", repo.GetGoPath())

common.go

@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ func (repo *Repo) SetMasterBranchName(s string) {
 
 func (repo *Repo) GetGoPath() string {
 	if repo.GoInfo == nil {
-		return ""
+		return repo.Namespace
+	}
+	if repo.GoInfo.GoPath == "" {
+		return repo.Namespace
 	}
 	return repo.GoInfo.GoPath
 }

config.go

@@ -12,36 +12,40 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
-// write to ~/.config/forge/ unless ENV{FORGE_GOSRC} is set
+// write to ~/.config/forge/ unless ENV{FORGE_REPOSDIR} is set
-func (all *Repos) ConfigSave() error {
+func (all *Repos) ConfigSave(fname string) error {
-	if os.Getenv("FORGE_GOSRC") == "" {
-		homeDir, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
-		fullpath := filepath.Join(homeDir, ".config/forge")
-		os.Setenv("FORGE_GOSRC", fullpath)
-	}
 	if all == nil {
-		log.Warn("gitpb all == nil")
+		log.Warn("gitpb repos == nil")
-		return errors.New("gitpb.ConfigSave() all == nil")
+		return errors.New("gitpb.ConfigSave() repos == nil")
+	}
+
+	if _, s := filepath.Split(fname); s != "repos.pb" {
+		log.Infof("ConfigSave() filename '%s' invalid\n", fname)
+		return log.Errorf("ConfigSave() filename '%s' invalid\n", fname)
 	}
 
 	data, err := all.Marshal()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Info("gitpb proto.Marshal() failed len", len(data), err)
 		// often this is because strings have invalid UTF-8. This should probably be fixed in the protobuf code
+		// this might be fixed in the create code, but it can't hurt to try this as a last ditch effort here
+		log.Info("gitpb.ConfigSave() ATTEMPTING TO VALIDATE UTF-8 strings in the protobuf file")
 		if err := all.tryValidate(); err != nil {
+			log.Info("gitpb.ConfigSave() STILL FAILEd", err)
 			return err
 		} else {
 			// re-attempt Marshal() here
 			data, err = all.Marshal()
 			if err == nil {
 				// validate & sanitize strings worked
-				configWrite("repos.pb", data)
+				configWrite(fname, data)
 				return nil
 			}
+			log.Info("gitpb.ConfigSave() STILL FAILEd", err)
 		}
 		return err
 	}
-	configWrite("repos.pb", data)
+	configWrite(fname, data)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -81,16 +85,43 @@ 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_GOSRC") == "" {
+	if os.Getenv("FORGE_REPOSDIR") == "" {
 		homeDir, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
 		fullpath := filepath.Join(homeDir, ".config/forge")
-		os.Setenv("FORGE_GOSRC", fullpath)
+		os.Setenv("FORGE_REPOSDIR", fullpath)
 	}
 	var data []byte
 	var err error
 
-	cfgname := filepath.Join(os.Getenv("FORGE_GOSRC"), "repos.pb")
+	cfgname := filepath.Join(os.Getenv("FORGE_REPOSDIR"), "repos.pb")
+	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)
+	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
@@ -98,7 +129,6 @@ 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)
@@ -146,9 +176,7 @@ func loadFile(fullname string) ([]byte, error) {
 	return data, nil
 }
 
-func configWrite(filename string, data []byte) error {
+func configWrite(fullname string, data []byte) error {
-	fullname := filepath.Join(os.Getenv("FORGE_GOSRC"), filename)
-
 	log.Infof("%s your repos have changed state. cached state. (%d) bytes\n", fullname, len(data))
 	cfgfile, err := os.OpenFile(fullname, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
 	defer cfgfile.Close()
@@ -156,16 +184,6 @@ func configWrite(filename string, data []byte) error {
 		log.Warn("open config file :", err)
 		return err
 	}
-	if filename == "forge.text" {
-		// add header
-		cfgfile.Write([]byte("# this file is automatically re-generated from forge.pb, however,\n"))
-		cfgfile.Write([]byte("# if you want to edit it by hand, you can:\n"))
-		cfgfile.Write([]byte("# stop forge; remove forge.pb; edit forge.text; start forge\n"))
-		cfgfile.Write([]byte("# this will cause the default behavior to fallback to parsing this file for the config\n"))
-		cfgfile.Write([]byte("\n"))
-		cfgfile.Write([]byte("# this file is intended to be used to customize settings on what\n"))
-		cfgfile.Write([]byte("# git repos you have write access to. That is, where you can run 'git push'\n"))
-	}
 	cfgfile.Write(data)
 	return nil
 }

currentVersions.go

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ func (repo *Repo) setMasterVersion() {
 		repo.MasterVersion = v
 	} else {
 		log.Log(WARN, "gitpb.GitMasterVersion() error:", err)
-		repo.MasterVersion = "giterr"
 	}
 }
 
@@ -90,11 +89,11 @@ func (repo *Repo) gitDescribeByHash(hash string) (string, error) {
 	if hash == "" {
 		return "", errors.New("hash was blank")
 	}
-	r, err := repo.RunQuiet([]string{"git", "describe", "--tags", "--always", hash})
+	r, err := repo.RunQuiet([]string{"git", "describe", "--tags", hash})
 	out := strings.Join(r.Stdout, "\n")
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Warn("not in a git repo or bad hash?", err, repo.GetGoPath())
+		// log.Warn("not in a git repo or bad hash?", err, repo.GetGoPath())
-		return out, err
+		return "gitpb err", err
 	}
 	return out, err
 }
@@ -134,28 +133,27 @@ func (repo *Repo) gitVersionByName(name string) (string, error) {
 
 	if name == "" {
 		// git will return the current tag
-		r, err := repo.RunQuiet([]string{"git", "describe", "--tags", "--always"})
+		cmd := []string{"git", "describe", "--tags"}
+		r, err := repo.RunQuiet(cmd)
 		output := strings.Join(r.Stdout, "\n")
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Log(WARN, "gitDescribeByName() output might have worked anyway:", output)
+			log.Log(WARN, repo.FullPath, "gitDescribeByName() ", output, err, cmd)
-			log.Log(WARN, "gitDescribeByName() not in a git repo?", err, repo.GetGoPath())
 			return "", err
 		}
 		return strings.TrimSpace(output), nil
 	}
 	if !repo.IsBranch(name) {
-		// tag does not exist
+		// branch does not exist
-		// log.Log(WARN, "LocalTagExists()", name, "did not exist")
 		return "", errors.New("gitDescribeByName() git fatal: Not a valid object name: " + name)
 	}
-	cmd := []string{"git", "describe", "--tags", "--always", name}
+	cmd := []string{"git", "describe", "--tags", name}
 	result, err := repo.RunQuiet(cmd)
 	output := strings.Join(result.Stdout, "\n")
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Log(WARN, "cmd =", cmd)
+		//log.Log(WARN, "cmd =", cmd)
-		log.Log(WARN, "err =", err)
+		//log.Log(WARN, "err =", err)
-		log.Log(WARN, "output (might have worked with error?) =", output)
+		//log.Log(WARN, "output (might have worked with error?) =", output)
-		log.Log(WARN, "not in a git repo or bad tag?", repo.GetGoPath())
+		//log.Log(WARN, "not in a git repo or bad tag?", repo.GetGoPath())
 		return "", result.Error
 	}
 

gitTag.common.go

@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ func (repo *Repo) IsDevelRemote() bool {
 // eventually this will be worked out by forge in some future code that hasn't been made yet
 func (repo *Repo) IsBranch(findname string) bool {
 	for t := range repo.Tags.IterAll() {
-		// log.Info("LocalTagExists() tag:", t.Refname)
-
 		tagname := t.Refname
 		if strings.HasPrefix(tagname, "refs/remotes") {
 			continue
@@ -103,10 +101,8 @@ func (repo *Repo) IsBranch(findname string) bool {
 func (repo *Repo) IsLocalBranch(findname string) bool {
 	for t := range repo.Tags.IterAll() {
 		if !strings.HasPrefix(t.Refname, "refs/heads") {
-			// log.Info("LocalTagExists() skip tag:", t.Refname)
 			continue
 		}
-		// log.Info("LocalTagExists() check tag:", t.Refname)
 		path, filename := filepath.Split(t.Refname)
 		log.Log(INFO, "gitpb.IsBranch() tag:", path, filename, "from", repo.GetGoPath())
 		if filename == findname {

gitTag.printTable.go

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Code generated by go.wit.com/apps/autogenpb DO NOT EDIT.
+// This file was autogenerated with autogenpb v0.5.1 2025-09-12_15:24:32_UTC
+//     go install go.wit.com/apps/autogenpb@latest
+//
+// define which structs (messages) you want to use in the .proto file
+// Then sort.pb.go and marshal.pb.go files are autogenerated
+//
+// autogenpb uses it and has an example .proto file with instructions
+//
+
+package gitpb
+
+import (
+	"go.wit.com/lib/cobol"
+)
+
+func (mt *GitTagsTable) PrintTable() {
+	// log.Info("ShowTable() SENDING TO GUI")
+	mt.MakeTable()
+	cobol.PrintTable(mt.pb)
+}

gitTag.proto

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ message GitBranch {                                       // `autogenpb:nomutex`
         string                      name            = 3;  // the branch name from the config file
 }
 
-// readGitConfig reads and parses the .git/config file
 message GitConfig {                                       // `autogenpb:nomutex`
         map<string, string>         core            = 1;  // map[origin] = "https:/git.wit.org/gui/gadgets"
         map<string, GitRemote>      remotes         = 2;  // map[origin] = "https:/git.wit.org/gui/gadgets"
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ message GitTag {                                          // `autogenpb:nomutex`
         string                      subject         = 5;  // git tag subject
 }
 
-message GitTags {                                         // `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:nomutex`
+message GitTags {                                         // `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:nomutex` `autogenpb:gui`
         string                      uuid            = 1;  // `autogenpb:uuid:ffdff813-0316-4372-9e82-4c1c7d202526`
         string                      version         = 2;  // `autogenpb:version:v0.0.47`
         repeated GitTag             gitTags         = 3;

reload.go

@@ -4,23 +4,42 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"go.wit.com/lib/config"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 	timestamppb "google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
 )
 
+// sets a flag that the repos have changed
+// used later by applications on exit to test if
+// the protobuf needs to be written to disk
+func reposChanged(b bool) {
+	config.SetChanged("repos", true)
+}
+
+// returns true based on os.Stat() only checks
+// seems to kinda work ok. goal is to avoid os.Exec() here for speed
+// this might be the 1 place where libgit2 would be a good idea
+func (repo *Repo) HasChanged() bool {
+	return repo.DidRepoChange()
+}
+
 // does a fast check with os.Stat()
-// if the mtimes changed, does a full repo.Reload()
+// if the mtimes changed, does a full repo.ReloadForce()
 func (repo *Repo) ReloadCheck() error {
 	if !repo.DidRepoChange() {
 		return nil
 	}
-	// f.configSave = true
+	reposChanged(true)
-	err := repo.Reload()
+	err := repo.ReloadForce()
-	return err
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return log.Errorf("gitpb.ReloadCheck() detected a change in the repo")
 }
 
 // TODO: clean this up more, but it is working now more or less
-func (repo *Repo) Reload() error {
+func (repo *Repo) ReloadForce() error {
+	reposChanged(true)
 	// sometimes, on new repos, if .git/HEAD does not exist
 	// defective git daemons or badly configured repos, 'git clone' can fail
 	// if so, 'git fetch origin' can repair the state
@@ -54,12 +73,30 @@ func (repo *Repo) Reload() error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	repo.VerifyRemoteAndLocalBranches(repo.GetDevelBranchName())
+	repo.VerifyRemoteAndLocalBranches(repo.GetMasterBranchName())
+
 	// LastUpdate should always be the newest time
 	repo.Times.LastUpdate = timestamppb.New(time.Now())
 	repo.ValidateUTF8()
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (repo *Repo) VerifyRemoteAndLocalBranches(bname string) bool {
+	if !repo.IsBranchRemote(bname) {
+		return true
+	}
+	lh := repo.GetLocalHash(bname)
+	rh := repo.GetRemoteHash(bname)
+	if lh == rh {
+		// log.Info(r.FullPath, "local devel == remote devel", lh, rh)
+		return true
+	} else {
+		log.Info(lh, rh, "local != remote", repo.FullPath, bname)
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func (repo *Repo) SetDevelBranchName(bname string) {
 	repo.DevelBranchName = bname
 }
@@ -91,11 +128,13 @@ func (repo *Repo) setCurrentBranchVersion() {
 		log.Info("repo.GetCurrentBranchVersion() repo == nil")
 		return
 	}
-	r, err := repo.RunQuiet([]string{"git", "describe", "--tags", "--always"})
+	r, err := repo.RunQuiet([]string{"git", "describe", "--tags"})
 	output := strings.Join(r.Stdout, "\n")
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Log(WARN, "GetCurrentBranchVersion() not in a git repo?", err, repo.GetGoPath())
+		// log.Log(WARN, "GetCurrentBranchVersion() not in a git repo?", err, repo.GetGoPath())
-		log.Log(WARN, "GetCurrentBranchVersion() output might have worked anyway:", output)
+		// log.Log(WARN, "GetCurrentBranchVersion() output might have worked anyway:", output)
+		repo.CurrentBranchVersion = "gitpb err"
+		return
 	}
 	repo.CurrentBranchVersion = strings.TrimSpace(output)
 }

reloadParseGitConfig.go

@@ -27,16 +27,28 @@ func (repo *Repo) updateGitConfig() error {
 	repo.GitConfig.Submodules = make(map[string]string)
 	repo.GitConfig.Versions = make(map[string]string)
 	repo.GitConfig.Hashes = make(map[string]string)
-	return repo.readGitConfig()
+	url, err := repo.readGitConfig()
+	if repo.URL != "" {
+		log.Info("gitpb: url already set", url, repo.URL)
+	}
+
+	if url == "" {
+		log.Info(repo.FullPath, "url was blank. warn user this repo is only on the local disk")
+	} else {
+		repo.URL = url
+	}
+
+	return err
 }
 
 // readGitConfig reads and parses the .git/config file
-func (repo *Repo) readGitConfig() error {
+func (repo *Repo) readGitConfig() (string, error) {
+	var foundURL string
 	filename := filepath.Join(repo.GetFullPath(), ".git/config")
 	file, err := os.Open(filename)
 	defer file.Close()
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return "", err
 	}
 
 	var currentSection string = ""
@@ -92,6 +104,13 @@ func (repo *Repo) readGitConfig() error {
 			log.Log(INFO, "switch currentSection", currentSection, currentName)
 			switch key {
 			case "url":
+				if foundURL == "" {
+					foundURL = value
+				} else {
+					if foundURL != value {
+						log.Info("TODO: gitpb: handle multiple remotes in the parser", foundURL, value)
+					}
+				}
 				if test.Url == value {
 					continue
 				}
@@ -164,10 +183,10 @@ func (repo *Repo) readGitConfig() error {
 	}
 
 	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
-		return err
+		return "", err
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	return foundURL, nil
 }
 
 func (repo *Repo) processBranch(branch string) {

reloadTags.go

@@ -168,11 +168,16 @@ func (repo *Repo) NewestTag() *GitTag {
 }
 
 // this should just do is.Exists(".git/refs/heads/findname")
+// this is a simple check and doesn't work all the time
 func (repo *Repo) LocalTagExists(findname string) bool {
 	fname := filepath.Join(".git/refs/heads", findname)
 	if repo.Exists(fname) {
 		return true
 	}
+	fname = filepath.Join(".git/refs/tags", findname)
+	if repo.Exists(fname) {
+		return true
+	}
 	/*
 		loop := repo.Tags.SortByRefname()
 		for loop.Scan() {

repo.helpers.go

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 package gitpb
 
-func (t *ReposTable) MyMasterBranch() *RepoStringFunc {
+func (t *ReposTable) MyMasterBranch() *RepoAnyFunc {
 	sf := t.AddStringFunc("master", func(m *Repo) string {
 		return m.MasterBranchName
 	})

repo.merge.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (r *Repo) MergeToDevel() (*cmd.Status, error) {
-	r.Reload()
+	r.ReloadCheck()
 	if r.GetCurrentBranchName() != r.GetDevelBranchName() {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("repo not on devel branch")
 	}
@@ -28,15 +28,10 @@ func (r *Repo) MergeToDevel() (*cmd.Status, error) {
 	}
 
 	if !r.IsBranchRemote(devel) {
-		r.Reload() // rescan the repo
+		r.ReloadCheck() // rescan the repo
 		// devel branch is not remote. do not try 'git push'
 		return nil, nil
 	}
-	if r.GetReadOnly() {
-		r.Reload() // rescan the repo
-		// devel branch is read only. you can not git push
-		return nil, nil
-	}
 
 	// it seems like we have write access. lets find out!
 	cmd = []string{"git", "push"}
@@ -45,21 +40,31 @@ func (r *Repo) MergeToDevel() (*cmd.Status, error) {
 		log.Log(WARN, "GitPushToDevel() failed", r.GetFullPath())
 		return nil, result.Error
 	}
-	r.Reload() // rescan the repo
+	r.ReloadCheck() // rescan the repo
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
 func (r *Repo) MergeToMaster() (*cmd.Status, error) {
-	r.Reload()
+	r.ReloadCheck()
 
 	if r.GetCurrentBranchName() != r.GetMasterBranchName() {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("repo not on master branch")
 	}
-	if r.GetReadOnly() {
+	/*
-		r.Reload() // rescan the repo
+		if r.GetReadOnly() {
-		// master branch is read only. you can not git push
+			r.ReloadCheck() // rescan the repo
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't merge to master on read only() repos")
+			// master branch is read only. you can not git push
-	}
+			lh := r.GetLocalHash("devel")
+			rh := r.GetRemoteHash("devel")
+			if lh == rh {
+				// log.Info(r.FullPath, "local devel == remote devel", lh, rh)
+			} else {
+				log.Info(r.FullPath, "local devel != remote devel", lh, rh)
+			}
+			log.Info("can't merge to master on read only() repos. trying anyway")
+			// return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't merge to master on read only() repos")
+		}
+	*/
 	if r.CheckDirty() {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("repo is dirty")
 	}
@@ -75,12 +80,6 @@ func (r *Repo) MergeToMaster() (*cmd.Status, error) {
 		return nil, result.Error
 	}
 
-	if r.GetReadOnly() {
-		r.Reload() // rescan the repo
-		// master branch is read only. you can not git push
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-
 	// it seems like we have write access. lets find out!
 	cmd = []string{"git", "push"}
 	result = r.RunRealtimeVerbose(cmd)
@@ -88,6 +87,6 @@ func (r *Repo) MergeToMaster() (*cmd.Status, error) {
 		log.Log(WARN, "GitPushToMaster() failed", r.GetFullPath())
 		return nil, result.Error
 	}
-	r.Reload() // rescan the repo
+	r.ReloadCheck() // rescan the repo
 	return nil, nil
 }

repo.new.go

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package gitpb
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"net/url"
+	"path/filepath"
 
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ func (all *Repos) NewGoRepo(fullpath string, gopath string) (*Repo, error) {
 	newr.GoInfo = new(GoInfo)
 	newr.GoInfo.GoPath = gopath
 	// everything happens in here
-	newr.Reload()
+	newr.ReloadForce()
 
 	newr.ValidateUTF8()
 	if all.AppendByFullPath(&newr) {
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ func (all *Repos) NewRepo(fullpath string, namespace string) (*Repo, error) {
 	newr.Times = new(GitTimes)
 
 	// everything happens in here
-	newr.Reload()
+	newr.ReloadForce()
 
 	newr.ValidateUTF8()
 	if all.AppendByFullPath(&newr) {
@@ -100,3 +102,32 @@ func (all *Repos) NewRepo(fullpath string, namespace string) (*Repo, error) {
 	// todo: use Repos.Lock()
 	return nil, errors.New("gitpb.NewRepo() append failed " + fullpath)
 }
+
+func NewRepo(fullpath string) (*Repo, error) {
+	// add a new one here
+	repo := Repo{
+		FullPath: fullpath,
+	}
+	repo.Times = new(GitTimes)
+
+	// everything happens in here
+	repo.ReloadForce()
+	repo.ValidateUTF8()
+	if repo.Namespace == "" {
+		giturl := repo.GetURL()
+		if giturl == "" {
+			log.Info(repo.FullPath, "Namespace & URL are both blank. Warn the user of a local repo.")
+			return &repo, nil
+		}
+		// log.Info("GET Namespace from URL", giturl)
+		tmpURL, err := url.Parse(giturl)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Info(repo.FullPath, "URL parse failed", giturl, err)
+			return &repo, nil
+		}
+		// log.Info(repo.FullPath, "namespace might be:", tmpURL.Hostname(), tmpURL.Path)
+		repo.Namespace = filepath.Join(tmpURL.Hostname(), tmpURL.Path)
+		// log.Info(repo.FullPath, "Namesapce =", repo.Namespace)
+	}
+	return &repo, nil
+}

repo.proto

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ message Repo {                                                     // `autogenpb
         GitConfig                   gitConfig                = 25; // protobuf of the current .git/config
         string                      MasterHash               = 26; // hash of the current master branch
         string                      DevelHash                = 27; // hash of the current devel branch
+        map<string, string>         control                  = 28; // control values. can be used to make packages (like .deb or .rpm)
 }
 
 message Repos {                                                    // `autogenpb:marshal` `autogenpb:sort` `autogenpb:gui` `autogenpb:nomutex` `autogenpb:http`

revert.go

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func (repo *Repo) RevertMasterToDevel() bool {
 
 	if repo.RunAll(all) {
 		log.Info("EVERYTHING OK. RERELEASED", repo.GetGoPath())
-		repo.Reload()
+		repo.ReloadCheck()
 		return true
 	}