diff --git a/globalDisplayOptions.go b/globalDisplayOptions.go
index 498055b..93c75b5 100644
--- a/globalDisplayOptions.go
+++ b/globalDisplayOptions.go
@@ -9,18 +9,21 @@ import (
 	// "go.wit.com/gui/gadgets"
 )
 
-func globalDisplayHide() {
+func globalDisplaySetRepoState() {
 	for _, repo := range me.allrepos {
 		if me.autoHideReadOnly.Checked() {
 			if repo.status.ReadOnly() {
 				repo.Hide()
+				continue
 			}
 		}
 		if me.autoHidePerfect.Checked() {
 			if repo.dirtyLabel.String() == "PERFECT" {
 				repo.Hide()
+				continue
 			}
 		}
+		repo.Show()
 	}
 }
 
@@ -46,10 +49,25 @@ func globalDisplayOptions(box *gui.Node) {
 	group1 := vbox.NewGroup("Global Display Options")
 
 	group1.NewButton("Show Repository Window", func() {
-		globalDisplayHide()
+		globalDisplaySetRepoState()
 		reposwin.Toggle()
 	})
 	group1.NewButton("Create Release Window", func() {
+		if release.win == nil {
+			log.Info("Creating the Release Window")
+			createReleaseWindow()
+			log.Info("Toggling the Release Window")
+			release.win.Toggle()
+		}
+		log.Info("Toggling the Release Window")
+		release.openrepo.Disable()
+		for _, repo := range me.allrepos {
+			repo.newScan()
+		}
+		reposwin.Toggle()
+		release.win.Toggle()
+	})
+	group1.NewButton("Create Release Window (fullscan)", func() {
 		if release.win == nil {
 			log.Info("Creating the Release Window")
 			createReleaseWindow()
@@ -57,6 +75,7 @@ func globalDisplayOptions(box *gui.Node) {
 				repo.status.Update()
 				repo.newScan()
 			}
+			globalDisplaySetRepoState()
 			// open the repo window
 			reposwin.Toggle()
 			log.Info("Toggling the Release Window")
@@ -85,16 +104,16 @@ func globalDisplayOptions(box *gui.Node) {
 	me.autoHideReadOnly = group1.NewCheckbox("Hide read-only repos").SetChecked(true)
 	me.autoHideReadOnly.Custom = func() {
 		if me.autoHideReadOnly.Checked() {
-			globalDisplayHide()
+			globalDisplaySetRepoState()
 		} else {
 			globalDisplayShow()
 		}
 	}
 
-	me.autoHidePerfect = group1.NewCheckbox("Hide Perfectly clean repos").SetChecked(true)
+	me.autoHidePerfect = group1.NewCheckbox("Hide Perfectly clean repos").SetChecked(false)
 	me.autoHidePerfect.Custom = func() {
 		if me.autoHidePerfect.Checked() {
-			globalDisplayHide()
+			globalDisplaySetRepoState()
 		} else {
 			globalDisplayShow()
 		}
diff --git a/releaseWindow.go b/releaseWindow.go
index d9e3f40..62c8953 100644
--- a/releaseWindow.go
+++ b/releaseWindow.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ type releaseStruct struct {
 	checkDirtyB  *gui.Node
 	makeRedomodB *gui.Node
 	sendVersionB *gui.Node
+	checkSafeB   *gui.Node
 }
 
 func createReleaseWindow() {
@@ -60,11 +61,17 @@ func createReleaseWindow() {
 	release.grid.NewButton("next repo", func() {
 		log.Info("find the next repo to release here")
 		if findNextDirty() {
-			log.Info("found a dirty repo")
-		} else {
-			findNextRepo()
+			log.Info("findNextDirty() found a repo")
+			return
+		}
+		if findNextRepo() {
+			log.Info("findNextRepo() found a repo")
+			return
+		}
+		if findDirty2() {
+			log.Info("findDirty2() found a repo")
+			return
 		}
-		findDirty2()
 	})
 
 	release.openrepo = release.grid.NewButton("open repo", func() {
@@ -128,6 +135,11 @@ func createReleaseWindow() {
 		}
 		buttonEnable()
 	})
+	release.checkSafeB = release.grid.NewButton("checkSafeGoSumRemake()", func() {
+		buttonDisable()
+		release.current.checkSafeGoSumRemake()
+		buttonEnable()
+	})
 	release.checkGoSumB = release.grid.NewButton("CheckGoSum()", func() {
 		buttonDisable()
 		tmp := release.current.String()
@@ -141,6 +153,9 @@ func createReleaseWindow() {
 				if release.current.getGoSumStatus() == "BAD" {
 					release.current.setGoSumStatus("BAD VERSION")
 				}
+				if release.current.getGoSumStatus() == "CLEAN" {
+					release.current.setGoSumStatus("BAD VERSION")
+				}
 			} else {
 				log.Info("BAD VERSION repo has go.sum requirements that are screwed up.", tmp)
 				log.Info("BAD VERSION need to addRepo() the missing repo", missing)
@@ -211,6 +226,7 @@ func buttonDisable() {
 	release.openrepo.Disable()
 	release.checkDirtyB.Disable()
 	release.sendVersionB.Disable()
+	release.checkSafeB.Disable()
 }
 
 func buttonEnable() {
@@ -220,6 +236,7 @@ func buttonEnable() {
 	release.openrepo.Enable()
 	release.checkDirtyB.Enable()
 	release.sendVersionB.Enable()
+	release.checkSafeB.Enable()
 }
 
 func findDirty2() bool {
@@ -314,7 +331,7 @@ func findNextDirty() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func findNextRepo() {
+func findNextRepo() bool {
 	for _, repo := range me.allrepos {
 		goSumS := repo.getGoSumStatus()
 		dirtyS := repo.dirtyLabel.String()
@@ -335,7 +352,7 @@ func findNextRepo() {
 				continue
 			}
 			if setCurrentRepo(repo, "clean round 2", "check manually") {
-				return
+				return true
 			}
 		}
 		if goSumS == "DIRTY" {
@@ -349,14 +366,15 @@ func findNextRepo() {
 			}
 
 			if setCurrentRepo(repo, "dirty", "commit changes") {
-				return
+				return true
 			}
 		}
 		if goSumS == "BAD" {
 			if setCurrentRepo(repo, "bad", "redo go.sum") {
-				return
+				return true
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	log.Info("tried to findNextRepo() but not sure what to do next")
+	return false
 }
diff --git a/scan.go b/scan.go
index f60f73a..e8c613d 100644
--- a/scan.go
+++ b/scan.go
@@ -86,6 +86,16 @@ func (r *repo) setGoSumStatus(s string) {
 	r.status.SetGoSumStatus(s)
 }
 
+func (r *repo) checkSafeGoSumRemake() {
+	if ok, bad := r.status.CheckSafeGoSumRemake(); ok {
+		log.Info("checkSafeGoSumRemake() is safe to redo")
+		r.setGoSumStatus("SAFE")
+	} else {
+		log.Info("checkSafeGoSumRemake() is not safe. problems:", bad)
+		r.setGoSumStatus("BAD DEP")
+	}
+}
+
 func scanGoSum() {
 	for _, repo := range me.allrepos {
 		latestversion := repo.status.GetLastTagVersion()