diff --git a/git.go b/git.go
index bc7b283..75f4618 100644
--- a/git.go
+++ b/git.go
@@ -12,12 +12,24 @@ import 	(
 )
 
 func (r *repo) checkoutBranch(branch string) {
-	if ! r.checkDirty() {
-		out := run(r.path, "git", "checkout " + branch)
-		log.Warn(r.path, "git checkout " + branch, "returned", out)
+	if r.checkDirty() {
+		return
+	}
+	out := run(r.path, "git", "checkout " + branch)
+	log.Warn(r.path, "git checkout " + branch, "returned", out)
+
+	realname := r.getCurrentBranchName()
+	realversion := r.getCurrentBranchVersion()
+	log.Warn(r.path, "realname =", realname, "realversion =", realversion)
+	if realname == "jcarr" {
+		r.jcarrVersion.Set(realversion)
+	}
+	if realname == "devel" {
+		r.develVersion.Set(realversion)
+	}
+	if realname == "master" {
+		r.masterVersion.Set(realversion)
 	}
-	r.getCurrentBranchName()
-	r.getCurrentBranchVersion()
 }
 
 func (r *repo) getBranch() {
@@ -28,11 +40,11 @@ func (r *repo) getBranch() {
 func (r *repo) checkDirty() bool {
 	out := run(r.path, "git", "diff-index HEAD")
 	if out == "" {
-		r.sLabel.SetText("")
+		r.dirtyLabel.SetText("")
 		r.pButton.Disable()
 		return false
 	} else {
-		r.sLabel.SetText("dirty")
+		r.dirtyLabel.SetText("dirty")
 		r.pButton.Enable()
 		return true
 	}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 953294e..511d40c 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ type repo struct {
 	lastLabel *gui.Node // last tagged version label
 	vLabel *gui.Node // version label
 	tagsDrop *gui.Node // list of all tags
-	sLabel *gui.Node // git state (dirty or not?)
+	dirtyLabel *gui.Node // git state (dirty or not?)
+
+	masterVersion *gui.Node // the master branch version
+	develVersion *gui.Node // the devel branch version
+	jcarrVersion *gui.Node // the jcarr branch version
 
 	cButton *gui.Node // commit button
 	pButton *gui.Node // push button
@@ -34,6 +38,12 @@ func main() {
 	myGui = gui.New().Default()
 
 	helloworld()
+	checkrepos()
+	for _, r := range allrepos {
+		r.checkoutBranch("master")
+		r.checkoutBranch("devel")
+		r.checkoutBranch("jcarr")
+	}
 	gui.Watchdog()
 }
 
@@ -46,7 +56,11 @@ func addRepo(grid *gui.Node, path string) *repo {
 	newRepo.lastLabel = grid.NewLabel("")
 	newRepo.tagsDrop = grid.NewDropdown("tags")
 	newRepo.vLabel = grid.NewLabel("")
-	newRepo.sLabel = grid.NewLabel("")
+
+	newRepo.masterVersion = grid.NewLabel("")
+	newRepo.develVersion = grid.NewLabel("")
+	newRepo.jcarrVersion = grid.NewLabel("")
+	newRepo.dirtyLabel = grid.NewLabel("")
 
 	newRepo.cButton = grid.NewButton("commit", func () {
 		log.Println("commit")
@@ -66,13 +80,16 @@ func helloworld() {
 	box := win.Box().NewBox("bw vbox", false)
 	box2 := win.Box().NewBox("bw vbox", false)
 	group := box.NewGroup("test")
-	grid := group.NewGrid("test", 8, 1)
+	grid := group.NewGrid("test", 11, 1)
 
 	grid.NewLabel("go repo")
 	grid.NewLabel("branch")
 	grid.NewLabel("last tag")
-	grid.NewLabel("tags")
 	grid.NewLabel("Version")
+	grid.NewLabel("tags")
+	grid.NewLabel("master")
+	grid.NewLabel("devel")
+	grid.NewLabel("jcarr")
 	grid.NewLabel("is dirty?")
 	grid.NewLabel("commit")
 	grid.NewLabel("push to")
@@ -90,9 +107,6 @@ func helloworld() {
 	addRepo(grid, "go.wit.com/gui/digitalocean")
 	addRepo(grid, "go.wit.com/gui/cloudflare")
 
-	box2.NewButton("checkrepos()", func () {
-		checkrepos()
-	})
 	box2.NewButton("checkout jcarr (all repos)", func () {
 		for _, r := range allrepos {
 			r.checkoutBranch("jcarr")
diff --git a/unix.go b/unix.go
index 94a722f..cbf6b28 100644
--- a/unix.go
+++ b/unix.go
@@ -32,9 +32,13 @@ func run(path string, thing string, cmdline string) string {
 		return ""
 	}
 
+	tmp := string(output)
+
+	tmp = strings.TrimSpace(tmp)
+
 	// Print the output
-	log.Info(string(output))
-	return string(output)
+	log.Info("run()", path, thing, cmdline, "=", tmp)
+	return tmp
 }
 
 func listFiles(directory string) []string {