From ad1144efe5d937ebcd89dcded5834a0911fe3209 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 03:28:07 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] new forge init()

---
 config.go     | 9 +++++++--
 main.go       | 6 ++++--
 releaseBox.go | 7 +++----
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 3a98777..24f047a 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -3,12 +3,17 @@ package main
 import (
 	"go.wit.com/lib/config"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
+	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
 // sent via -ldflags
 
-func configInit() (*forgepb.ForgeConfigs, error) {
+func configInit() *forgepb.ForgeConfigs {
 	configs := new(forgepb.ForgeConfigs)
 	err := config.ConfigLoad(configs, "forge", "forge")
-	return configs, err
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Info("This tool requires your repos be scanned by forge first")
+		badExit(err)
+	}
+	return configs
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index c140b97..879819b 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ func main() {
 	me.myGui = prep.Gui()                   // prepares the GUI package for go-args
 	me.pp = arg.MustParse(&argv)
 
-	// load the ~/.config/forge/ config
-	me.forge = forgepb.Init()
+	// read in forge info
+	cfg := configInit()
+	me.forge = forgepb.InitFromConfig(cfg)
+
 	me.found = new(gitpb.Repos)
 
 	fhelp.CheckGoModCleanExit()
diff --git a/releaseBox.go b/releaseBox.go
index 8a5e1cc..e47b0f3 100644
--- a/releaseBox.go
+++ b/releaseBox.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gadgets"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/repolist"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
-	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
 )
 
@@ -156,9 +155,9 @@ func doReleaseAll() {
 
 func skipToNext() error {
 	shell.RunVerbose([]string{"forge", "dirty"})
-	log.Info("Sleeping for 10 seconds. Forge file should have been rewritten")
-	time.Sleep(10)
-	me.forge = forgepb.Init()
+	log.Info("Sleeping for 3 seconds. Forge file should have been rewritten")
+	time.Sleep(3)
+	me.forge.InitScan()
 	me.found = new(gitpb.Repos)
 
 	me.current.Reload()