diff --git a/addRepo.go b/addRepo.go
index 04fd1ab..79c78d5 100644
--- a/addRepo.go
+++ b/addRepo.go
@@ -171,8 +171,7 @@ func (r *RepoList) addRepo(grid *gui.Node, path string, master string, devel str
 		newRepo.gitState = newRepo.Status.MirrorGitState()
 		grid.Append(newRepo.gitState)
 
-		newRepo.goState = newRepo.Status.MirrorGoState()
-		grid.Append(newRepo.goState)
+		newRepo.goState = grid.NewLabel("goState")
 
 		newRepo.endBox = grid.NewHorizontalBox("HBOX")
 		newRepo.endBox.NewButton("Configure", func() {
diff --git a/flags.go b/flags.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86b2652
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flags.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package repolist
+
+/*
+	this enables command line options from other packages like 'gui' and 'log'
+*/
+
+import (
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+var REPO *log.LogFlag
+var REPOWARN *log.LogFlag
+
+func init() {
+	full := "go.wit.com/lib/gui/repo"
+	short := "repo"
+
+	REPO = log.NewFlag("REPO", false, full, short, "general repo things")
+	REPOWARN = log.NewFlag("REPOWARN", true, full, short, "general repo things")
+}
diff --git a/goConfig.go b/goConfig.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfe809e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/goConfig.go
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+package repolist
+
+// does processing on the go.mod and go.sum files
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"strings"
+
+	"go.wit.com/log"
+)
+
+// scans through everything in the go.sum file to make
+// sure the versions are correct when attempting to do a GUI release
+func (rl *RepoList) CheckValidGoSum(r *Repo) (bool, error) {
+	log.Log(REPOWARN, "CheckValidGoSum() started")
+	ok, err := r.Status.MakeRedomod()
+	if !ok {
+		log.Log(REPOWARN, "CheckValidGoSum() failed", err)
+		return ok, err
+	}
+
+	// go through each go.sum dependancy to see if the package is released
+	for depPath, version := range r.Status.GoConfig() {
+		log.Log(REPO, "  ", depPath, version)
+
+		// lookup the repo
+		deprs := rl.FindRepo(depPath)
+		if deprs == nil {
+			// well, the go.sum dependancy hasn't been processed or doesn't exist
+			// so, download it? ignore it?
+			// for now, if it's not one of the GUI repos, assume it's readonly and ignore it
+			if strings.HasPrefix(depPath, "go.wit.com") {
+				log.Log(REPOWARN, "Run: go get -v", depPath)
+				// rs.RunCmd([]string{"go", "get", "-v", depname}) // download this here?
+				return false, errors.New("CheckValidGoSum() download repo: " + depPath)
+			}
+			// it's probably okay. running a compile check before this would be a good test
+			continue
+		}
+		if deprs.ReadOnly() {
+			// ignore versioning on other repos. todo: help fix this situation somehow?
+			continue
+		}
+		if deprs.CheckDirty() {
+			return false, errors.New("CheckValidGoSum() depends on dirty repo " + deprs.GoPath())
+		}
+		currentV := deprs.Status.GetCurrentVersion()
+		targetV := deprs.Status.GetTargetVersion()
+		if currentV != targetV {
+			return false, errors.New("CheckValidGoSum() depends on yet unreleased repo " + deprs.GoPath())
+		}
+	}
+	// no dependancies error'd out. It should be ok to release this package
+	log.Log(REPOWARN, "Releasing this should be ok", r.GoPath)
+	return true, nil
+}
+
+/*
+// check if it is safe to remake the go.sum & go.mod files
+func (rs *RepoStatus) CheckSafeGoSumRemakeOld() (bool, []string) {
+	// myGoSumS := rs.goSumStatus.String()
+	if rs.ReadGoMod() {
+		log.Log(REPO, "parsed go.mod", rs.realPath.String())
+	} else {
+		log.Log(REPOWARN, "Something went wrong parsing go.mod", rs.realPath.String())
+		return false, nil
+	}
+	log.Log(REPOWARN, "go.sum:", rs.realPath.String())
+	var clean []string
+	for depname, version := range rs.goConfig {
+		if strings.HasSuffix(depname, "/v2") {
+			log.Log(REPOWARN, "  FOUND /v2 wierd golang stuff. instead, look for:", depname)
+			depname = strings.TrimSuffix(depname, "/v2")
+		}
+		log.Log(REPOWARN, "  ", depname, version)
+		deprs, ok := windowMap[depname]
+		if ok {
+			if deprs.CheckDirty() {
+				log.Log(REPOWARN, "   IS DIRTY", deprs.String())
+				clean = append(clean, deprs.String())
+			}
+			if deprs.readOnly.String() == "true" {
+				log.Log(REPOWARN, "   SKIPPING Read Only", deprs.String())
+			} else {
+				// goSumS := deprs.goSumStatus.String()
+				log.Log(REPOWARN, "   FOUND", deprs.String())
+				username := deprs.mainWorkingName.String()
+				userhash, _ := deprs.gitConfig.hashes[username]
+				userversion, _ := deprs.gitConfig.versions[userhash]
+				log.Log(REPOWARN, "     username :"+username, userhash)
+				log.Log(REPOWARN, "     username :"+username, userversion)
+				if version == userversion {
+					log.Log(REPOWARN, "     USER VERSIONS MATCH", version, userversion)
+					clean = append(clean, deprs.String())
+				} else {
+					os.Unsetenv("GO111MODULE")
+					log.Log(REPOWARN, "     USER VERSIONS MISMATCH", version, userversion)
+					log.Log(REPOWARN, "     IGNORE UNCHANGED REPO. RUNNING 'go get'", depname, userversion)
+					err, output := rs.RunCmd([]string{"go", "get", depname + "@" + userversion})
+					log.Log(REPOWARN, "     go get", depname, err, output)
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			// log.Log(REPOWARN, "   NOT FOUND", depname)
+			// only fail on our stuff
+			if strings.HasPrefix(depname, "go.wit.com") {
+				log.Log(REPOWARN, "   go get -v", depname)
+				// rs.RunCmd([]string{"go", "get", "-v", depname})
+				return false, clean
+			}
+			// log.Log(REPOWARN, "   NOT FOUND BUT IGNORING FOR NOW")
+		}
+	}
+	if len(clean) == 0 {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+	return false, clean
+}
+*/