need to run from a unchanged repo

Makefile

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 VERSION = $(shell git describe --tags)
 BUILDTIME = $(shell date +%Y.%m.%d)
 
-all: goimports build
+all: install
 
 goimports:
+	reset
 	goimports -w *.go
 	# // to globally reset paths:
 	# // gofmt -w -r "go.wit.com/gui -> go.wit.com/gui/gui" .

doRelease.go

@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ func doRelease() bool {
 	if shell.Exists("go.mod") {
 		log.Info("go.mod exists ok")
 	} else {
-		log.Info("go.mod missing")
+		pwd, _ := os.Getwd()
+		log.Info("go.mod missing in working dir", pwd)
 		return false
 	}
 
@@ -164,6 +165,13 @@ func doRelease() bool {
 	}
 	log.Info("EVERYTHING OK. RERELEASED", me.current.Name())
 
+	// save autogen files under the tag version (for example: "v0.2.3")
+	newtag := me.release.version.String()
+	if err := check.AutogenSave(autogen, newtag, true); err != nil {
+		log.Info("AutogenSave() error", err)
+		os.Exit(-1)
+	}
+
 	// it's necessary to recreate the the files here
 	// safe to do this here. everything has been published
 	fixGodeps(check)