diff --git a/configfile.go b/configfile.go
index a339d70..931f232 100644
--- a/configfile.go
+++ b/configfile.go
@@ -34,3 +34,87 @@ func parsecfg(f string) []string {
 	lines := strings.Split(out, "\n")
 	return lines
 }
+
+func (rl *RepoList) ArgCheckoutUser() bool {
+	log.Info("running git checkout devel everwhere")
+	var failed int = 0
+	for _, repo := range rl.AllRepos() {
+		if repo.Status.ReadOnly() {
+			// log.Info("skipping read-only", repo.Name())
+			continue
+		}
+		if repo.Status.CheckDirty() {
+			log.Info("skipping dirty repo", repo.Name())
+			continue
+		}
+		branch := repo.Status.GetUserBranchName()
+		if branch == repo.Status.GetCurrentBranchName() {
+			// already on user branch
+			continue
+		}
+		cmd := []string{"git", "checkout", branch}
+		log.Info("Running:", cmd, "in", repo.Name())
+		err, output := repo.RunCmd(cmd)
+		if err == nil {
+			log.Info("git checkout worked", output)
+		} else {
+			failed += 1
+			log.Info("git checkout failed")
+			log.Info("Something went wrong. Got err", err)
+			log.Info("output =", output)
+			// return false
+		}
+	}
+	log.Info("Ran git checkout in all repos. failure count =", failed)
+	return true
+}
+
+func (rl *RepoList) ArgGitPull() bool {
+	log.Info("running git pull everywhere")
+	cmd := []string{"git", "pull"}
+	var failed int = 0
+	for _, repo := range rl.AllRepos() {
+		log.Info("Running:", repo.Status.Path(), cmd)
+		err, output := repo.RunCmd(cmd)
+		if err == nil {
+			log.Info(output)
+		} else {
+			failed += 1
+			log.Info("Something went wrong. Got err", err)
+			log.Info("output =", output)
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	log.Info("Ran git pull in all repos. failure count =", failed)
+	return true
+}
+
+func (rl *RepoList) ArgCheckoutDevel() bool {
+	log.Info("running git checkout devel everwhere")
+	var failed int = 0
+	for _, repo := range rl.AllRepos() {
+		if repo.Status.ReadOnly() {
+			// log.Info("skipping read-only", repo.Name())
+			continue
+		}
+		if repo.CheckDirty() {
+			log.Info("skipping dirty repo", repo.Name())
+			continue
+		}
+		branch := repo.Status.GetDevelBranchName()
+		cmd := []string{"git", "checkout", branch}
+		log.Info("Running:", cmd, "in", repo.Name())
+		err, output := repo.RunCmd(cmd)
+		if err == nil {
+			log.Info("git checkout worked", output)
+		} else {
+			failed += 1
+			log.Info("git checkout failed")
+			log.Info("Something went wrong. Got err", err)
+			log.Info("output =", output)
+			// return false
+		}
+	}
+	log.Info("Ran git checkout in all repos. failure count =", failed)
+	return true
+}