Makefile

@@ -4,19 +4,17 @@ VERSION = $(shell git describe --tags)
 DATE = $(shell date +%Y.%m.%d)
 
 run: clean goimports vet install
-	go-deb --gui andlabs gui
-
-junk:
-	#go-deb --release go.wit.com/apps/go-mod-clean --dir /tmp/
-	#go-deb go.wit.com/apps/autotypist
-	#ls -lth /tmp/*deb
+	go-deb --release --no-gui --auto --forge go.wit.com/apps/autogenpb --dir /tmp/
+	go-deb --release --no-gui --auto --forge go.wit.com/apps/go-mod-clean --dir /tmp/
+	@#go-deb --forge go.wit.com/apps/autotypist --no-gui --auto
+	ls -lth /tmp/*deb
 
 vet:
 	@GO111MODULE=off go vet
 	@echo this go library package builds okay
 
 auto-build: build
-	./go-deb --repo go.wit.com/apps/autotypist
+	./go-deb --auto --repo go.wit.com/apps/autotypist
 
 build: goimports vet
 	-rm resources/*.so
@@ -24,7 +22,7 @@ build: goimports vet
 	GO111MODULE="off" go build -v \
 		    -ldflags "-X main.VERSION=${VERSION} -X main.DATE=${DATE} -X gui.GUIVERSION=${VERSION}"
 
-install: goimports
+install:
 	GO111MODULE="off" go install -v \
 		    -ldflags "-X main.VERSION=${VERSION} -X main.DATE=${DATE} -X gui.GUIVERSION=${VERSION}"
 
@@ -55,19 +53,16 @@ clean:
 	touch resources/blank.so
 
 build-go-gui-toolkits: build
-	./go-deb --release --repo go.wit.com/apps/go-gui-toolkits
+	./go-deb --release --auto --repo go.wit.com/apps/go-gui-toolkits
 
 build-test-failure: build
-	./go-deb --release --repo go.wit.com/apps/junk
+	./go-deb --release --auto --repo go.wit.com/apps/junk
 
 build-test-keep-files: build
-	./go-deb --keep-files --repo go.wit.com/apps/go-deb
+	./go-deb --auto --keep-files --repo go.wit.com/apps/go-deb
 
 build-release:
-	go-deb --release --repo go.wit.com/apps/go-deb
+	go-deb --release --auto --repo go.wit.com/apps/go-deb
 
 debian: build
-	./go-deb --keep-files --repo go.wit.com/apps/go-deb
-
-test2:
-	go-deb go.wit.com/apps/utils/go-gui-toolkits  --dir /tmp
+	./go-deb --auto --keep-files --repo go.wit.com/apps/go-deb

addRepo.go

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+func RemoveFirstElement(slice []string) (string, []string) {
+	if len(slice) == 0 {
+		return "", slice // Return the original slice if it's empty
+	}
+	return slice[0], slice[1:] // Return the slice without the first element
+}
+
+//	homeDir, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
+
+func (c *controlBox) addRepo() {
+	path := strings.Trim(me.goPath, "/") // trim any extranous '/' chars put in the config file by the user
+	if path == "" {
+		log.Warn("addRepo() got empty path", path)
+		return
+	}
+
+	//	if repostatus.VerifyLocalGoRepo(path) {
+	//		log.Verbose("path actually exists", path)
+	//	} else {
+	//		log.Warn("repostatus.VerifyLocalGoRepo() failed for for", path)
+	//		return
+	//	}
+
+	c.pathL = gadgets.NewOneLiner(c.grid, "path")
+	c.pathL.SetText(path)
+	c.grid.NextRow()
+
+	c.lastTag = gadgets.NewOneLiner(c.grid, "lastTag")
+	c.grid.NextRow()
+
+	c.dirtyL = gadgets.NewOneLiner(c.grid, "dirty")
+	c.grid.NextRow()
+
+	c.currentL = gadgets.NewOneLiner(c.grid, "current")
+	c.grid.NextRow()
+
+	c.buildDate = gadgets.NewOneLiner(c.grid, "Build Date")
+	c.grid.NextRow()
+
+	stamp := time.Now().UTC().Format("2006/01/02 15:04:05 UTC")
+	c.buildDate.SetText(stamp)
+
+	c.tagDate = gadgets.NewBasicEntry(c.grid, "git tag Date")
+	c.grid.NextRow()
+
+	var cbname string
+	var cbversion string
+	var debversion string
+
+	if me.repo == nil {
+		cbname = "todo"
+		cbversion = "todo version"
+		debversion = "todo deb version"
+	} else {
+		cbname = me.repo.GetCurrentBranchName()
+		cbversion = me.repo.GetCurrentBranchVersion()
+		debversion = me.repo.DebianCurrentVersion()
+	}
+
+	if me.repo == nil {
+		c.dirtyL.SetText("unknown")
+	} else {
+		if me.repo.CheckDirty() {
+			c.dirtyL.SetText("true")
+		} else {
+			c.dirtyL.SetText("false")
+		}
+	}
+
+	if c.GoPath.String() == "" {
+		c.GoPath.SetText(me.goPath)
+	}
+
+	var lasttag string = "unknown"
+	if me.repo != nil {
+		lasttag = me.repo.GetLastTagVersion()
+		if argv.Release {
+			debversion = me.repo.DebianReleaseVersion()
+			c.dirtyL.SetText("false")
+		}
+	}
+
+	c.Version.SetText(debversion)
+
+	c.lastTag.SetText(lasttag)
+	c.currentL.SetText(cbname + " " + cbversion)
+
+	tagDate := c.getDateStamp(lasttag)
+	c.tagDate.SetText(tagDate)
+	return
+}

argv.go

@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 package main
 
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-)
-
 /*
 	this parses the command line arguements
 
@@ -13,10 +8,9 @@ import (
 
 type args struct {
 	Commit    *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:commit"                    help:"'git commit' but errors out if on wrong branch"`
-	Show      *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:show"          help:"show what would be done"`
-	Gui       *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:gui"           help:"open the gui"`
-	Dump      *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:dump"          help:"dump out the future control file"`
+	Auto      bool      `arg:"--auto"                   help:"automatically attempt to make the .deb"`
 	Ldflags   []string  `arg:"--ldflags"                help:"flags to pass to go build"`
+	Forge     string    `arg:"--forge"                  help:"use a git repo from forge"`
 	OutDir    string    `arg:"--dir"                    help:"write .deb file into this directory"`
 	Release   bool      `arg:"--release"                help:"build a release from the last git tag"`
 	KeepFiles bool      `arg:"--keep-files"             help:"keep the build files/"`
@@ -39,24 +33,3 @@ Example usage:
 This will pull down the go sources and
 the repositories in the go.sum file using git clone`
 }
-
-/*
-	handles shell autocomplete
-*/
-
-func (a args) DoAutoComplete(argv []string) {
-	switch argv[0] {
-	case "arch":
-		fmt.Println("riscv64")
-	case "build":
-		fmt.Println("user devel release")
-	case "--gui":
-		fmt.Println("nocui andlabs")
-	default:
-		if argv[0] == ARGNAME {
-			// list the subcommands here
-			fmt.Println("arch build gui show --gui")
-		}
-	}
-	os.Exit(0)
-}

build.go

@@ -1,244 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"time"
-
-	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
-	"go.wit.com/log"
-)
-
-func buildPackage(repo *gitpb.Repo) (bool, error) {
-	// TODO: if dirty, set GO111MODULE
-	// also, if last tag != version
-	/*
-		go install -ldflags " \
-			-X main.GITCOMMIT=${GITCOMMIT} \
-			-X main.GOVERSION='${GOVERSION}' \
-			-X main.BUILDTIME='${BUILDTIME}' \
-			-X main.VERSION=${VERSION}"
-	*/
-	// ldflags := "main.GOTAG=" + repo.LastTag()
-
-	filename := repo.Control["Package"] // c.Package.String()
-	if filename == "" {
-		return false, errors.New("filename is blank")
-	}
-
-	arch := repo.Control["Architecture"] // c.Architecture.String()
-	if arch == "" {
-		arch = "amd64" // todo: detect what you are building on
-	}
-	version := repo.Control["Version"]
-	log.Info("version is:", version)
-	debname := filename + "_" + version + "_" + arch + ".deb"
-	var fulldebname string
-	if argv.OutDir == "" {
-		fulldebname = debname
-	} else {
-		fulldebname = filepath.Join(argv.OutDir, debname)
-	}
-	if shell.Exists(fulldebname) {
-		log.Info("debian package already built: " + fulldebname)
-		return true, errors.New("debian package already built: " + fulldebname)
-
-	}
-
-	var fullfilename string
-	_, fullfilename = filepath.Split(filename)
-
-	if fullfilename == "" {
-		log.Info("fullfilename =", fullfilename)
-		badExit(log.Errorf("binary name was blank"))
-	}
-	if fullfilename == "." {
-		log.Info("fullfilename =", fullfilename)
-		badExit(log.Errorf("binary name was ."))
-	}
-	if shell.Exists(fullfilename) {
-		repo.RunVerbose([]string{"rm", "-f", fullfilename})
-	}
-
-	if shell.Exists(fullfilename) {
-		// something wrong
-		return false, errors.New("binary existed before build")
-	}
-
-	if argv.Release {
-		os.Unsetenv("GO111MODULE")
-		cmd := []string{"go"}
-		cmd = append(cmd, "install")
-		if argv.Verbose {
-			cmd = append(cmd, "-v")
-			cmd = append(cmd, "-x")
-		}
-		/*
-			cmd = append(cmd, "some path"+"@v"+version)
-			if err := shell.PathExecVerbose("", cmd); err != nil {
-				badExit(err)
-				return false, fmt.Errorf("go build err %v", err)
-			}
-		*/
-		cmd = []string{"go"}
-		cmd = append(cmd, "build")
-		if argv.Verbose {
-			cmd = append(cmd, "-v")
-			cmd = append(cmd, "-x")
-		}
-		cmd = append(cmd, "this should be the path")
-		if err := shell.PathExecVerbose("", cmd); err != nil {
-			badExit(err)
-			return false, fmt.Errorf("go build err %v", err)
-		}
-		log.Warn("build worked")
-	} else {
-		// set the GO111 build var to true. pass the versions to the compiler manually
-		os.Setenv("GO111MODULE", "off")
-		cmd := []string{"go", "build"}
-		// set standard ldflag options
-		now := time.Now()
-		datestamp := now.UTC().Format("2006/01/02_1504_UTC")
-		log.Info("datestamp =", datestamp)
-		// add some standard golang flags
-		ldflags := "-X main.VERSION=" + version + " "
-		ldflags += "-X main.BUILDTIME=" + datestamp + " "
-		ldflags += "-X main.GUIVERSION=" + version + "" // todo: git this from the filesystem
-		cmd = append(cmd, "-ldflags", ldflags)
-
-		// add any flags from the command line
-		// this might not actually work
-		// todo: test this
-		for _, flag := range argv.Ldflags {
-			cmd = append(cmd, "-ldflags", "-X "+flag)
-		}
-
-		err := repo.RunVerbose(cmd)
-		if err != nil {
-			return false, fmt.Errorf("go build err %v", err)
-		}
-		log.Warn("go build worked")
-	}
-
-	filebase := filepath.Base(repo.Control["pathL"]) // c.pathL.String())
-	if fullfilename != filebase {
-		// this exception is for when you want to override a package name
-		// sometimes that's the best option. This way you can keep your
-		// name, but the .deb package name can be different so you can
-		// still apt-get it. For an example, look at the gozookeeper package
-		fullfilename = filebase
-	}
-
-	if !shell.Exists(fullfilename) {
-		log.Warn("build failed. filename does not exist", fullfilename)
-		return false, errors.New("missing " + fullfilename)
-	}
-
-	if shell.Exists("files") {
-		repo.RunVerbose([]string{"rm", "-rf", "files"})
-		// log.Info("running sync")
-		repo.RunVerbose([]string{"sync"})
-		if shell.Exists("files") {
-			log.Warn("rm failed for some reason")
-			return false, errors.New("rm files/")
-		}
-	}
-	repo.RunVerbose([]string{"sync"}) // for some reason the next check fails sometimes?
-	if shell.Exists("files") {
-		// probably the 'shell' package id being stupid and not waiting for the process to actually exit
-		log.Warn("rm failed. files/ still exists. is golang doing these in parallel?")
-		return false, errors.New("rm files/")
-	}
-	if err := os.MkdirAll("files/DEBIAN", os.ModePerm); err != nil {
-		return false, errors.New("mkdir files/DEBIAN")
-	}
-	if err := os.MkdirAll("files/usr/bin", os.ModePerm); err != nil {
-		log.Warn("mkdir failed")
-		return false, errors.New("mkdir files/usr/bin")
-	}
-	if os.Getenv("GO_DEB_CUSTOM") == "true" {
-		// skip cp & strip on custom 'control' files
-		// probably deprecate this
-		log.Info("REPO GO_DEB_CUSTOM=true means binary is not copied")
-	} else {
-		_, fname := filepath.Split(repo.GetFullPath())
-		cmd := []string{"cp", fname, "files/usr/bin"}
-		log.Info("REPO FILENAME cp", cmd)
-		if err := repo.RunVerbose(cmd); err != nil {
-			log.Warn("cp failed")
-			return false, err
-		}
-		cmd = []string{"strip", "files/usr/bin/" + fname}
-		if err := repo.RunVerbose(cmd); err != nil {
-			log.Warn("strip failed")
-			return false, err
-		}
-	}
-
-	// put the README in there (if missing, generate it?)
-	var readme string = ""
-	if shell.Exists("README.md") {
-		readme = "README.md"
-	}
-
-	if shell.Exists("README") {
-		readme = "README"
-	}
-
-	if readme != "" {
-		path := filepath.Join("files/usr/lib/" + filename)
-		if err := os.MkdirAll(path, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
-			return false, errors.New("no files/usr/lib")
-		}
-		if err := repo.RunVerbose([]string{"cp", readme, path}); err != nil {
-			return false, err
-		}
-	}
-
-	if !writeDebianControlFile(repo) {
-		return false, errors.New("write control file")
-	}
-	if shell.Exists("postinst") {
-		repo.RunVerbose([]string{"cp", "postinst", "files/DEBIAN/"})
-	}
-
-	// experiment for the toolkit package
-	// if the git repo has a "./build" script run it before packaging
-	// this way the user can put custom files in the .deb package
-	if shell.Exists("build") {
-		log.Info(repo.FullPath, "FOUND ./build HERE")
-		repo.RunVerbose([]string{"./build"})
-	} else {
-		log.Info(repo.FullPath, "NOT FOUND ./build HERE")
-	}
-
-	cmd := []string{"dpkg-deb", "--root-owner-group", "--build", "files", fulldebname}
-	result := repo.RunVerbose(cmd)
-	if shell.Exists(fulldebname) {
-	} else {
-		log.Warn("CMD FAILED", cmd, result)
-		log.Warn("build failed: full name was not created:", fulldebname)
-		return false, errors.New("dpkg-deb --build failed")
-	}
-	repo.RunVerbose([]string{"dpkg-deb", "-I", fulldebname})
-	repo.RunVerbose([]string{"dpkg-deb", "-c", fulldebname})
-
-	// cleanup files
-	if shell.Exists("files") {
-		if argv.KeepFiles {
-			log.Info("keeping the build files/")
-		} else {
-			repo.RunVerbose([]string{"rm", "-rf", "files"})
-			// log.Info("running sync")
-			repo.RunVerbose([]string{"sync"})
-			if shell.Exists("files") {
-				log.Warn("rm -rf files/ failed. Run() returned false")
-				return false, errors.New("rm files/")
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return true, nil
-}

buildPackage.go

@@ -0,0 +1,343 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/go-cmd/cmd"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+func (c *controlBox) buildPackage() (bool, error) {
+	// TODO: if dirty, set GO111MODULE
+	// also, if last tag != version
+	/*
+		go install -ldflags " \
+			-X main.GITCOMMIT=${GITCOMMIT} \
+			-X main.GOVERSION='${GOVERSION}' \
+			-X main.BUILDTIME='${BUILDTIME}' \
+			-X main.VERSION=${VERSION}"
+	*/
+	// ldflags := "main.GOTAG=" + repo.LastTag()
+
+	filename := c.Package.String()
+	if filename == "" {
+		return false, errors.New("filename is blank")
+	}
+
+	homeDir, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	arch := c.Architecture.String()
+	version := c.Version.String()
+	log.Info("version is:", version)
+	debname := filename + "_" + version + "_" + arch + ".deb"
+	var fulldebname string
+	if argv.OutDir == "" {
+		fulldebname = debname
+	} else {
+		fulldebname = filepath.Join(argv.OutDir, debname)
+	}
+	if shell.Exists(fulldebname) {
+		log.Info("debian package already built: " + fulldebname)
+		if argv.Auto {
+			return true, errors.New("debian package already built: " + fulldebname)
+		} else {
+			return false, errors.New("debian package already built: " + fulldebname)
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	var fullfilename string
+	if argv.Release {
+		fullfilename = filepath.Join(homeDir, "go/bin", filename)
+	} else {
+		fullfilename = filename
+	}
+	shell.Run([]string{"rm", "-f", fullfilename})
+
+	if shell.Exists(fullfilename) {
+		// something wrong
+		return false, errors.New("binary existed before build")
+	}
+
+	/*
+		forgecmd := "forge"
+		if argv.Forge == "go.wit.com/apps/forge" {
+			forgecmd = "last.forge"
+		}
+	*/
+
+	if argv.Release {
+		os.Unsetenv("GO111MODULE")
+		// cmd := []string{forgecmd, "--verbose", "--install", argv.Forge}
+		cmd := []string{"go"}
+		cmd = append(cmd, "install")
+		if argv.Verbose {
+			cmd = append(cmd, "-v")
+			cmd = append(cmd, "-x")
+		}
+		cmd = append(cmd, argv.Forge+"@v"+version)
+		if err := shell.PathExecVerbose("", cmd); err != nil {
+			badExit(err)
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("go build err %v", err)
+		}
+		// must 'go install' then 'go build' so they are both in ~/go/src and in the repo dir
+		// cmd = []string{forgecmd, "--verbose", "--build", argv.Forge}
+		cmd = []string{"go"}
+		cmd = append(cmd, "build")
+		if argv.Verbose {
+			cmd = append(cmd, "-v")
+			cmd = append(cmd, "-x")
+		}
+		cmd = append(cmd, argv.Forge)
+		if err := shell.PathExecVerbose("", cmd); err != nil {
+			badExit(err)
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("go build err %v", err)
+		}
+		log.Warn("forge build worked")
+	} else {
+		// set the GO111 build var to true. pass the versions to the compiler manually
+		os.Setenv("GO111MODULE", "off")
+		cmd := []string{"go", "build"}
+		// set standard ldflag options
+		now := time.Now()
+		datestamp := now.UTC().Format("2006/01/02_1504_UTC")
+		log.Info("datestamp =", datestamp)
+		// add some standard golang flags
+		ldflags := "-X main.VERSION=" + version + " "
+		ldflags += "-X main.BUILDTIME=" + datestamp + " "
+		ldflags += "-X main.GUIVERSION=" + version + "" // todo: git this from the filesystem
+		cmd = append(cmd, "-ldflags", ldflags)
+
+		// add any flags from the command line
+		// this might not actually work
+		// todo: test this
+		for _, flag := range argv.Ldflags {
+			cmd = append(cmd, "-ldflags", "-X "+flag)
+		}
+
+		_, err := shell.RunVerbose(cmd)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("go build err %v", err)
+		}
+		log.Warn("go build worked")
+	}
+
+	filebase := filepath.Base(c.pathL.String())
+	if fullfilename != filebase {
+		// this exception is for when you want to override a package name
+		// sometimes that's the best option. This way you can keep your
+		// name, but the .deb package name can be different so you can
+		// still apt-get it. For an example, look at the gozookeeper package
+		fullfilename = filebase
+	}
+
+	if !shell.Exists(fullfilename) {
+		log.Warn("build failed. filename does not exist", fullfilename)
+		return false, errors.New("missing " + fullfilename)
+	}
+
+	if shell.Exists("files") {
+		shell.Run([]string{"rm", "-rf", "files"})
+		// log.Info("running sync")
+		shell.Run([]string{"sync"})
+		if shell.Exists("files") {
+			log.Warn("rm failed for some reason")
+			return false, errors.New("rm files/")
+		}
+	}
+	shell.Run([]string{"sync"}) // for some reason the next check fails sometimes?
+	if shell.Exists("files") {
+		// probably the 'shell' package id being stupid and not waiting for the process to actually exit
+		log.Warn("rm failed. files/ still exists. is golang doing these in parallel?")
+		return false, errors.New("rm files/")
+	}
+	if err := os.MkdirAll("files/DEBIAN", os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+		return false, errors.New("mkdir files/DEBIAN")
+	}
+	if err := os.MkdirAll("files/usr/bin", os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+		log.Warn("mkdir failed")
+		return false, errors.New("mkdir files/usr/bin")
+	}
+	if os.Getenv("GO_DEB_CUSTOM") == "true" {
+		// skip cp & strip on custom 'control' files
+	} else {
+		if r := shell.Run([]string{"cp", fullfilename, "files/usr/bin"}); r.Error != nil {
+			log.Warn("cp failed")
+			return false, r.Error
+		}
+		if r := shell.Run([]string{"strip", "files/usr/bin/" + filename}); r.Error != nil {
+			log.Warn("strip failed")
+			return false, r.Error
+		}
+	}
+
+	// put the README in there (if missing, generate it?)
+	var readme string = ""
+	if shell.Exists("README.md") {
+		readme = "README.md"
+	}
+
+	if shell.Exists("README") {
+		readme = "README"
+	}
+
+	if readme != "" {
+		path := filepath.Join("files/usr/lib/" + filename)
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(path, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+			return false, errors.New("no files/usr/lib")
+		}
+		if r := shell.Run([]string{"cp", readme, path}); r.Error != nil {
+			return false, r.Error
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !c.writeDebianControlFile() {
+		return false, errors.New("write control file")
+	}
+	if shell.Exists("postinst") {
+		shell.Run([]string{"cp", "postinst", "files/DEBIAN/"})
+	}
+
+	// experiment for the toolkit package
+	// if the git repo has a "./build" script run it before packaging
+	// this way the user can put custom files in the .deb package
+	if shell.Exists("build") {
+		shell.Run([]string{"./build"})
+	}
+
+	shell.Run([]string{"dpkg-deb", "--build", "files", fulldebname})
+	if shell.Exists(fulldebname) {
+	} else {
+		log.Warn("build failed", fulldebname)
+		return false, errors.New("dpkg-deb --build failed")
+	}
+	shell.Run([]string{"dpkg-deb", "-I", fulldebname})
+	shell.Run([]string{"dpkg-deb", "-c", fulldebname})
+
+	// cleanup files
+	if shell.Exists("files") {
+		if argv.KeepFiles {
+			log.Info("keeping the build files/")
+		} else {
+			shell.Run([]string{"rm", "-rf", "files"})
+			// log.Info("running sync")
+			shell.Run([]string{"sync"})
+			if shell.Exists("files") {
+				log.Warn("rm -rf files/ failed. Run() returned false")
+				return false, errors.New("rm files/")
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return true, nil
+}
+
+func (c *controlBox) writeDebianControlFile() bool {
+	cf, err := os.OpenFile("files/DEBIAN/control", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Info("open control file failed", err)
+		return false
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintln(cf, "Package:", c.Package.String())
+	fmt.Fprintln(cf, "Source:", c.Source.String())
+	fmt.Fprintln(cf, "Version:", c.Version.String())
+	fmt.Fprintln(cf, "Architecture:", c.Architecture.String())
+	if c.Depends.String() != "" {
+		fmt.Fprintln(cf, "Depends:", c.Depends.String())
+	}
+	if c.BuildDepends.String() != "" {
+		fmt.Fprintln(cf, "Build-Depends:", c.BuildDepends.String())
+	}
+	stamp := time.Now().UTC().Format("2006/01/02 15:04:05 UTC")
+	// update to now now despite what the GUI is showing
+	fmt.Fprintln(cf, "Package-Build-Date:", stamp)
+	if c.tagDate.String() == "" {
+		// todo: allow this to be set somehow
+	} else {
+		fmt.Fprintln(cf, "Git-Tag-Date:", c.tagDate.String())
+	}
+
+	fmt.Fprintln(cf, "Maintainer:", c.Maintainer.String())
+	fmt.Fprintln(cf, "Packager:", c.Packager.String())
+	if c.GoPath.String() != "" {
+		fmt.Fprintln(cf, "GoPath:", c.URL.String())
+	}
+	if c.URL.String() != "" {
+		fmt.Fprintln(cf, "URL:", c.URL.String())
+	}
+	if c.Conflicts.String() != "" {
+		fmt.Fprintln(cf, "Conflicts:", c.Conflicts.String())
+	}
+
+	desc := c.Description.String()
+	parts := strings.Split(desc, "\n")
+	fmt.Fprintln(cf, "Description:", strings.Join(parts, "\n "))
+
+	return true
+}
+
+// try to guess or figure out the config file values
+// if there is not a control file
+func (c *controlBox) computeControlValues() bool {
+	if c.Package.String() == "" {
+		// get the package name from the repo name
+		path := c.pathL.String()
+		parts := strings.Split(path, "/")
+		name := parts[len(parts)-1]
+		c.Package.SetText(name)
+	}
+	if c.Source.String() == "" {
+		c.Source.SetText(c.Package.String())
+	}
+	if c.BuildDepends.String() == "" {
+		c.BuildDepends.SetText("golang")
+	}
+	if c.Recommends.String() == "" {
+		c.Recommends.SetText("go-gui-toolkits")
+	}
+	// TODO: get this from the git log
+	if c.Maintainer.String() == "" {
+		c.Maintainer.SetText("made by go-deb")
+	}
+	// TODO: get this from gitea (or gitlab or github, etc)
+	// or from the README.md ?
+	if c.Description.String() == "" {
+		path := c.pathL.String()
+		c.Description.SetText("GO binary of " + path)
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// stamp := time.Now().UTC().Format("2006/01/02 15:04:05 UTC")
+
+func (c *controlBox) getDateStamp(tag string) string {
+	var r cmd.Status
+	if me.repo == nil {
+		r = shell.Run([]string{"git", "log", "-1", "--format=%at", tag})
+	} else {
+		r = me.repo.Run([]string{"git", "log", "-1", "--format=%at", tag})
+	}
+
+	out := strings.Join(r.Stdout, "\n")
+	out = strings.TrimSpace(out)
+
+	// Convert the string to an integer
+	gitTagTimestampInt, err := strconv.ParseInt(out, 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error converting timestamp:", err)
+		return "git tag " + tag + " unknown"
+	}
+
+	// Parse the Unix timestamp into a time.Time object
+	gitTagDate := time.Unix(gitTagTimestampInt, 0)
+	return gitTagDate.UTC().Format("2006-01-02_15:04:05_UTC") // same format used in forge. close to RFC3339
+}

control.read.go

@@ -1,145 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"bufio"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
-	"unicode"
-
-	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
-	"go.wit.com/log"
-)
-
-func trimNonNumericPrefix(s string) string {
-	// Find the index of the first character that IS a digit.
-	firstDigitIndex := strings.IndexFunc(s, unicode.IsDigit)
-
-	// If no digit is found, IndexFunc returns -1.
-	// In this case, the result should be an empty string.
-	if firstDigitIndex == -1 {
-		return ""
-	}
-
-	// Return the substring starting from the first digit.
-	return s[firstDigitIndex:]
-}
-
-// readGitConfig reads and parses the control file
-func readControlFile(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
-	pairs := make(map[string]string)
-	var key string
-
-	file, err := os.Open("control")
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Warn("readControlFile() could not find the file")
-		// return errors.New("'control': file not found")
-		// if this happens, make up a fake control file
-		pairs["Architecture"] = "amd64" // TODO: figure this out
-		pairs["Recommends"] = ""
-		pairs["Source"] = "notsure"
-		if me.repo == nil {
-			pairs["Description"] = "put something here"
-		} else {
-			pairs["Description"] = me.repo.GetGoPath()
-		}
-		if repo.Control == nil {
-			repo.Control = make(map[string]string)
-		}
-		for key, value := range pairs {
-			repo.Control[key] = value
-		}
-		if os.Getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME") != "" {
-			author := log.Sprintf("%s <%s>", os.Getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"), os.Getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"))
-			repo.Control["Packager"] = author
-		}
-		_, fname := filepath.Split(repo.GetFullPath())
-		repo.Control["Package"] = fname
-		repo.Control["Version"] = trimNonNumericPrefix(repo.GetCurrentVersion())
-		repo.Control["URL"] = repo.URL
-		return nil
-	}
-	defer file.Close()
-
-	pairs["Version"] = trimNonNumericPrefix(repo.GetCurrentVersion())
-
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
-	for scanner.Scan() {
-		line := scanner.Text()
-
-		// Skip empty lines and comments
-		if line == "" || strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") || strings.HasPrefix(line, ";") {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		// if line starts with a space, it's part of the last key
-		if strings.HasPrefix(line, " ") {
-			pairs[key] = pairs[key] + "\n" + strings.TrimSpace(line)
-			continue
-		}
-
-		partsNew := strings.SplitN(line, ":", 2)
-		if len(partsNew) < 2 {
-			log.Warn("error on line:", line)
-			continue
-		}
-
-		key = strings.TrimSpace(partsNew[0])
-		value := strings.TrimSpace(partsNew[1])
-		pairs[key] = value
-	}
-	if repo.Control == nil {
-		repo.Control = make(map[string]string)
-	}
-	for key, value := range pairs {
-		repo.Control[key] = value
-		/*
-			switch key {
-			case "Source":
-				c.Source.SetText(value)
-			case "Build-Depends":
-				c.BuildDepends.SetText(value)
-			case "Description":
-				c.Description.SetText(value)
-			case "Maintainer":
-				c.Maintainer.SetText(value)
-			case "Packager":
-				c.Packager.SetText(value)
-			case "GoPath":
-				c.GoPath.SetText(value)
-			case "URL":
-				c.URL.SetText(value)
-			case "Depends":
-				c.Depends.SetText(value)
-			case "Recommends":
-				c.Recommends.SetText(value)
-			case "Conflicts":
-				c.Conflicts.SetText(value)
-			case "Version":
-				c.Version.SetText(value)
-			case "Package":
-				c.Package.SetText(value)
-				// if c.Package.String() != value {
-				// 	log.Warn("not sure what to do with Package", c.Package.String(), value)
-				// }
-			case "Architecture":
-				// todo: add logic to find OS arch
-				if c.Architecture.String() != value {
-					log.Warn("attempting to set arch to", value)
-					c.Architecture.SetText(value)
-
-				}
-			default:
-				log.Warn("the 'control' file has a value I don't know about")
-				log.Warn("error unknown key", key, "value:", value)
-			}
-		*/
-	}
-	pairs["Architecture"] = "amd64" // TODO: figure this out
-
-	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}

control.write.go

@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"strconv"
-	"strings"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/go-cmd/cmd"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
-	"go.wit.com/log"
-)
-
-func writeDebianControlFile(repo *gitpb.Repo) bool {
-	filename := "files/DEBIAN/control"
-	cf, err := os.OpenFile(filename, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Info("open control file failed", err)
-		return false
-	}
-	fmt.Fprintln(cf, "Package:", repo.Control["Package"]) // c.Package.String())
-	fmt.Fprintln(cf, "Source:", repo.Control["Source"])   // c.Source.String())
-	fmt.Fprintln(cf, "Version:", repo.Control["Version"])
-	if repo.Control["Architecture"] == "" {
-		repo.Control["Architecture"] = "amd64"
-	}
-	fmt.Fprintln(cf, "Architecture:", repo.Control["Architecture"]) // c.Architecture.String())
-
-	writeControlVar(cf, repo, "Depends")
-	writeControlVar(cf, repo, "Build-Depends")
-	writeControlVar(cf, repo, "Maintainer")
-	writeControlVar(cf, repo, "Packager")
-	writeControlVar(cf, repo, "GoPath")
-	writeControlVar(cf, repo, "URL")
-	writeControlVar(cf, repo, "Conflicts")
-
-	stamp := time.Now().UTC().Format("2006/01/02 15:04:05 UTC")
-	// update to now now despite what the GUI is showing
-	fmt.Fprintln(cf, "Package-Build-Date:", stamp)
-	fmt.Fprintln(cf, "Git-Tag-Date:", "todo: get from repo")
-
-	desc, _ := repo.Control["Description"] // c.Description.String()
-	parts := strings.Split(desc, "\n")
-	fmt.Fprintln(cf, "Description:", strings.Join(parts, "\n "))
-
-	log.Info("file written as:", filename)
-	return true
-}
-
-func writeControlVar(f *os.File, repo *gitpb.Repo, varname string) {
-	val, _ := repo.Control[varname]
-	if val == "" {
-		return
-	}
-	fmt.Fprintln(f, varname+":", val)
-}
-
-// try to guess or figure out the config file values
-// if there is not a control file
-func computeControlValues(repo *gitpb.Repo) bool {
-	if repo.Control["Package"] == "" {
-		// get the package name from the repo name
-		path := repo.Control["pathL"] // c.pathL.String()
-		parts := strings.Split(path, "/")
-		name := parts[len(parts)-1]
-		repo.Control["Package"] = name
-	}
-	if repo.Control["Source"] == "" {
-		repo.Control["Source"] = repo.Control["Package"]
-	}
-	if repo.Control["Build-Depends"] == "" {
-		repo.Control["Build-Depends"] = repo.Control["golang"]
-	}
-	if repo.Control["Recommends"] == "" {
-		repo.Control["Recommends"] = repo.Control["go-gui-toolkits"]
-	}
-	if repo.Control["Maintainer"] == "" {
-		repo.Control["Maintainer"] = "todo: get from ENV"
-	}
-	if repo.Control["Description"] == "" {
-		repo.Control["Description"] = "todo: put URL here"
-	}
-	return true
-}
-
-// stamp := time.Now().UTC().Format("2006/01/02 15:04:05 UTC")
-
-func getDateStamp(tag string) string {
-	var r cmd.Status
-	r = me.repo.Run([]string{"git", "log", "-1", "--format=%at", tag})
-
-	out := strings.Join(r.Stdout, "\n")
-	out = strings.TrimSpace(out)
-
-	// Convert the string to an integer
-	gitTagTimestampInt, err := strconv.ParseInt(out, 10, 64)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Error converting timestamp:", err)
-		return "git tag " + tag + " unknown"
-	}
-
-	// Parse the Unix timestamp into a time.Time object
-	gitTagDate := time.Unix(gitTagTimestampInt, 0)
-	return gitTagDate.UTC().Format("2006-01-02_15:04:05_UTC") // close to RFC3339
-}

controlBox.go

@@ -1,72 +1,46 @@
-// Copyright 2017-2025 WIT.COM Inc. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by the GPL 3.0
-
 package main
 
 import (
-	"os"
-
 	"go.wit.com/gui"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
-	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
-// An app to submit patches for the 30 GO GUI repos
+type controlBox struct {
+	group *gui.Node // the group
+	grid  *gui.Node // the grid
 
-func doGui() {
-	log.Warn("init basicWindow state")
-	win := gadgets.NewGenericWindow("Create .deb files for GO applications", "things")
-	win.Custom = func() {
-		log.Info("got to close")
-		os.Exit(0)
-	}
+	Package      *gadgets.OneLiner
+	Source       *gadgets.OneLiner
+	Version      *gadgets.OneLiner
+	Maintainer   *gadgets.OneLiner
+	Packager     *gadgets.BasicEntry
+	GoPath       *gadgets.BasicEntry
+	URL          *gadgets.BasicEntry
+	Architecture *gadgets.BasicDropdown
+	InstallPath  *gadgets.BasicCombobox
+	Depends      *gadgets.OneLiner
+	BuildDepends *gadgets.OneLiner
+	Recommends   *gadgets.OneLiner
+	Conflicts    *gadgets.BasicEntry
+	Test         gui.Widget
+	Description  *gadgets.OneLiner
 
-	var cbox *controlBox
-
-	vbox := win.Middle.Box().Horizontal()
-	group1 := vbox.NewGroup("controls").Horizontal() // Vertical()
-
-	group1.NewButton("go build", func() {
-		shell.Run([]string{"go", "build", "-v", "-x"})
-	})
-
-	group1.NewButton("read control file", func() {
-		readControlFile(me.repo)
-	})
-
-	group1.NewButton("write control file", func() {
-		writeDebianControlFile(me.repo)
-	})
-
-	group1.NewButton("dump repo.Control", func() {
-		// log.Info("CONTROL:", me.repo.Control)
-		for v := range me.repo.Control {
-			log.Infof("CONTROL: %s: %s\n", v, me.repo.Control[v])
-		}
-	})
-
-	group1.NewButton("Make .deb", func() {
-		win.Disable()
-		if ok, err := buildPackage(me.repo); ok {
-			log.Info("build worked")
-			os.Exit(0)
-		} else {
-			log.Warn("build failed with err:", err)
-		}
-		win.Enable()
-	})
-
-	grid := win.Middle.RawGrid()
-	cbox = newControl(grid)
-
-	updateControl(cbox)
+	// repostatus things
+	pathL     *gadgets.OneLiner
+	lastTag   *gadgets.OneLiner
+	dirtyL    *gadgets.OneLiner
+	currentL  *gadgets.OneLiner
+	buildDate *gadgets.OneLiner
+	tagDate   *gadgets.BasicEntry
+	// status    *repostatus.RepoStatus
 }
 
 // This initializes the control box
-func newControl(grid *gui.Node) *controlBox {
-	c := new(controlBox)
-	c.grid = grid
+func newControl(parent *gui.Node) *controlBox {
+	var c *controlBox
+	c = new(controlBox)
+	c.group = parent.NewGroup("choices")
+	c.grid = c.group.NewGrid("gridiron", 8, 1)
 
 	c.Package = gadgets.NewOneLiner(c.grid, "Package")
 	c.grid.NextRow()
@@ -106,9 +80,6 @@ func newControl(grid *gui.Node) *controlBox {
 	c.GoPath = gadgets.NewBasicEntry(c.grid, "GoPath")
 	c.grid.NextRow()
 
-	c.Namespace = gadgets.NewBasicEntry(c.grid, "Namespace")
-	c.grid.NextRow()
-
 	c.URL = gadgets.NewBasicEntry(c.grid, "URL")
 	c.grid.NextRow()
 
@@ -125,7 +96,6 @@ func newControl(grid *gui.Node) *controlBox {
 	c.grid.NextRow()
 
 	c.Description = gadgets.NewOneLiner(c.grid, "Description")
-	c.Description.SetText("na")
 	c.grid.NextRow()
 
 	return c

exit.go

@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func okExit(thing string) {
-	if thing != "" {
 	log.Info(thing, "ok")
-	}
 	// log.Info("Finished go-clean on", check.GetGoPath(), "ok")
 	os.Exit(0)
 }

forge.go

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"go.wit.com/gui"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+// if there is no "build" file
+// the attempt to use forgepb to init
+// the GO repo
+func doForge() {
+	me.forge = forgepb.Init()
+	os.Setenv("REPO_WORK_PATH", me.forge.GetGoSrc())
+
+	me.repo = me.forge.Repos.FindByFullPath(argv.Forge)
+	if me.repo == nil {
+		log.Info("repo not found", argv.Forge)
+		me.repo = me.forge.FindByGoPath(argv.Forge)
+	}
+	if me.repo == nil {
+		log.Info("I could not determine which go repo you have", argv.Forge)
+		log.Info("you must create a build & control file", argv.Forge)
+		os.Exit(-1)
+	}
+	log.Info("found repo", me.repo.GetGoPath())
+	// build()
+}
+
+func doGui() {
+	me.myGui = gui.New()
+	if !argv.Auto {
+		me.myGui.InitEmbed(resources)
+	}
+	me.myGui.Default()
+
+	me.basicWindow.Show()
+	// go will sit here until the window exits
+	gui.Watchdog()
+	os.Exit(0)
+}

main.go

@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ import (
 	"embed"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"time"
 
 	"go.wit.com/dev/alexflint/arg"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/prep"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
+	"go.wit.com/gui"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/fhelp"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
@@ -19,31 +20,48 @@ var DATE string
 //go:embed resources/*
 var resources embed.FS
 
-var ARGNAME string = "go-deb"
 var argv args
 
 func main() {
 	me = new(mainType)
-	prep.Bash(ARGNAME, argv.DoAutoComplete) // this line should be:  prep.Bash(argv)
-	me.myGui = prep.Gui()                   // prepares the GUI package for go-args
-	me.pp = arg.MustParse(&argv)
 
-	wd, err := os.Getwd()
+	gui.InitArg()
+	arg.MustParse(&argv)
+
+	goSrc, hasWork, err := fhelp.DetermineGoPath()
 	if err != nil {
 		badExit(err)
 	}
+	log.Info("GO src path", goSrc, "go.work is", hasWork)
+	me.goSrc = goSrc
+	me.hasWork = hasWork
 
-	me.repo, err = gitpb.NewRepo(wd)
-	if err != nil {
-		badExit(err)
+	// set the go src path
+	os.Setenv("REPO_WORK_PATH", goSrc)
+
+	if argv.Forge != "" {
+		me.forge = forgepb.Init()
+
+		me.repo = me.forge.Repos.FindByFullPath(argv.Forge)
+		if me.repo == nil {
+			log.Info("repo not found", argv.Forge)
+			me.repo = me.forge.FindByGoPath(argv.Forge)
+		}
+		if me.repo == nil {
+			log.Info("forge failure. repo not found", argv.Forge)
+			os.Exit(-1)
+		}
+		log.Info("found repo", me.repo.GetGoPath())
 	}
-
 	// build()
-	if argv.Show != nil {
-		log.Info("todo: show", me.repo.GetGoPath())
-		okExit("")
+
+	me.myGui = gui.New()
+	if !argv.Auto {
+		me.myGui.InitEmbed(resources)
 	}
-	log.Info("Namespace:", me.repo.GetNamespace(), "Fullpath:", me.repo.GetFullPath())
+	me.myGui.Default()
+
+	me.basicWindow = makebasicWindow()
 
 	// figure out where we are working from
 	// os.Chdir to that directory
@@ -58,30 +76,22 @@ func main() {
 	me.goPath = basename
 	os.Chdir(debpath)
 
+	// scan the repo
+	me.cBox.addRepo()
+
 	// look for a 'config' file in the repo
-	if readControlFile(me.repo) == nil {
+	if me.cBox.readControlFile() == nil {
 		log.Warn("scan worked")
 	} else {
 		log.Warn("scan failed")
 	}
-	computeControlValues(me.repo)
+	me.cBox.computeControlValues()
+	// verify the values for the package
 
-	if argv.Dump != nil {
-		for v := range me.repo.Control {
-			log.Infof("CONTROL: %s: %s\n", v, me.repo.Control[v])
-		}
-		okExit("")
-	}
-
-	if argv.Gui != nil {
-		// only load teh toolkit if you get this far
-		me.myGui.Start() // loads the GUI toolkit
-		doGui()
-		debug()
-	}
-
-	log.Info("go-deb: attempting to build package")
-	if ok, err := buildPackage(me.repo); ok {
+	if argv.Auto {
+		shell.TestTerminalColor()
+		// basicWindow.Show() // broken gui package. convert to protobuf
+		if ok, err := me.cBox.buildPackage(); ok {
 			log.Info("build worked")
 		} else {
 			log.Warn("build failed:", err)
@@ -90,10 +100,8 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
-func debug() {
-	time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
-	for {
-		log.Info("idle loop() todo: could check for things here")
-		time.Sleep(90 * time.Second)
-	}
+	me.basicWindow.Show()
+	// go will sit here until the window exits
+	gui.Watchdog()
+	os.Exit(0)
 }

readControlFile.go

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+// readGitConfig reads and parses the control file
+func (c *controlBox) readControlFile() error {
+	pairs := make(map[string]string)
+	var key string
+
+	file, err := os.Open("control")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Warn("readControlFile() could not find the file")
+		// return errors.New("'control': file not found")
+		// if this happens, make up a fake control file
+		pairs["Maintainer"] = "go-deb build"
+		pairs["Architecture"] = "amd64" // TODO: figure this out
+		pairs["Recommends"] = ""
+		pairs["Source"] = "notsure"
+		if me.repo == nil {
+			pairs["Description"] = "put something here"
+		} else {
+			pairs["Description"] = me.repo.GetGoPath()
+		}
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := scanner.Text()
+
+		// Skip empty lines and comments
+		if line == "" || strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") || strings.HasPrefix(line, ";") {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// if line starts with a space, it's part of the last key
+		if strings.HasPrefix(line, " ") {
+			pairs[key] = pairs[key] + "\n" + strings.TrimSpace(line)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		partsNew := strings.SplitN(line, ":", 2)
+		if len(partsNew) < 2 {
+			log.Warn("error on line:", line)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		key = strings.TrimSpace(partsNew[0])
+		value := strings.TrimSpace(partsNew[1])
+		pairs[key] = value
+	}
+	for key, value := range pairs {
+		switch key {
+		case "Source":
+			c.Source.SetText(value)
+		case "Build-Depends":
+			c.BuildDepends.SetText(value)
+		case "Description":
+			c.Description.SetText(value)
+		case "Maintainer":
+			c.Maintainer.SetText(value)
+		case "Packager":
+			c.Packager.SetText(value)
+		case "GoPath":
+			c.GoPath.SetText(value)
+		case "URL":
+			c.URL.SetText(value)
+		case "Depends":
+			c.Depends.SetText(value)
+		case "Recommends":
+			c.Recommends.SetText(value)
+		case "Conflicts":
+			c.Conflicts.SetText(value)
+		case "Version":
+			c.Version.SetText(value)
+		case "Package":
+			c.Package.SetText(value)
+			// if c.Package.String() != value {
+			// 	log.Warn("not sure what to do with Package", c.Package.String(), value)
+			// }
+		case "Architecture":
+			// todo: add logic to find OS arch
+			if c.Architecture.String() != value {
+				log.Warn("attempting to set arch to", value)
+				c.Architecture.SetText(value)
+
+			}
+		default:
+			log.Warn("the 'control' file has a value I don't know about")
+			log.Warn("error unknown key", key, "value:", value)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}

stateWindow.go

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+// This initializes the first window, a group and a button
+// this is terribly old code. redo this all after widgets are switched to protobuf
+func makebasicWindow() *gadgets.BasicWindow {
+	log.Warn("init basicWindow state")
+	win := gadgets.NewBasicWindow(me.myGui, "Create .deb files for GO applications")
+	win.Make()
+	win.Custom = func() {
+		log.Info("got to close")
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+
+	box1 := win.Box()
+	me.cBox = newControl(box1)
+
+	vbox := box1.Box().Horizontal()
+	group1 := vbox.NewGroup("controls").Horizontal() // Vertical()
+
+	group1.NewButton("go build", func() {
+		shell.Run([]string{"go", "build", "-v", "-x"})
+	})
+
+	group1.NewButton("read control file", func() {
+		me.cBox.readControlFile()
+	})
+
+	group1.NewButton("Make .deb", func() {
+		win.Disable()
+		if ok, err := me.cBox.buildPackage(); ok {
+			log.Info("build worked")
+			os.Exit(0)
+		} else {
+			log.Warn("build failed", err)
+		}
+		win.Enable()
+	})
+
+	return win
+}

structs.go

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/dev/alexflint/arg"
 	"go.wit.com/gui"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/prep"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
 )
 
@@ -16,37 +16,9 @@ type mainType struct {
 	goSrc       string               // path to ~/go/src or go.work file
 	goPath      string               // the goPath to use for the package
 	hasWork     bool                 // true if using go.work file
+	forge       *forgepb.Forge       // the interface to the 'forge' protobuf information
 	repo        *gitpb.Repo          // this is the repo we are in
-	myGui   *prep.GuiPrep // the gui toolkit handle
-}
-
-type controlBox struct {
-	group *gui.Node // the group
-	grid  *gui.Node // the grid
-
-	Package      *gadgets.OneLiner
-	Source       *gadgets.OneLiner
-	Version      *gadgets.OneLiner
-	Maintainer   *gadgets.OneLiner
-	Packager     *gadgets.BasicEntry
-	GoPath       *gadgets.BasicEntry
-	Namespace    *gadgets.BasicEntry
-	URL          *gadgets.BasicEntry
-	Architecture *gadgets.BasicDropdown
-	InstallPath  *gadgets.BasicCombobox
-	Depends      *gadgets.OneLiner
-	BuildDepends *gadgets.OneLiner
-	Recommends   *gadgets.OneLiner
-	Conflicts    *gadgets.BasicEntry
-	Test         gui.Widget
-	Description  *gadgets.OneLiner
-
-	// repostatus things
-	pathL     *gadgets.OneLiner
-	lastTag   *gadgets.OneLiner
-	dirtyL    *gadgets.OneLiner
-	currentL  *gadgets.OneLiner
-	buildDate *gadgets.OneLiner
-	tagDate   *gadgets.BasicEntry
-	// status    *repostatus.RepoStatus
+	myGui       *gui.Node            // the gui toolkit handle
+	cBox        *controlBox          // the GUI box in the main window
+	basicWindow *gadgets.BasicWindow // this is a basic window. the user can open and close it
 }

update.go

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-func updateControl(c *controlBox) {
-	c.Namespace.SetText(me.repo.Namespace)
-	c.URL.SetText(me.repo.URL)
-	c.Package.SetText(me.repo.Control["Package"])
-	c.Source.SetText(me.repo.Control["Source"])
-	c.Maintainer.SetText(me.repo.Control["Maintainer"])
-	c.Packager.SetText(me.repo.Control["Packager"])
-	c.Version.SetText(me.repo.Control["Version"])
-	c.Description.SetText(me.repo.Control["Description"])
-	c.Depends.SetText(me.repo.Control["Depends"])
-	c.Recommends.SetText(me.repo.Control["Recommends"])
-
-	c.Architecture.SetText("amd64")
-}