diff --git a/common.go b/common.go
index 4b2215a..a2f71f2 100644
--- a/common.go
+++ b/common.go
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ func (rs *RepoStatus) Changed() (string, bool) {
 		return "", false
 	}
 
-	return rs.Changes(), rs.changed
+	return rs.getChanges(), rs.changed
 }
 
 // keeps a human readable list of things that have
-// changed
-func (rs *RepoStatus) Changes() string {
+// changed. todo: timestampe these?
+func (rs *RepoStatus) getChanges() string {
 	return rs.changes
 }
 
@@ -165,3 +165,26 @@ func (rs *RepoStatus) Build() bool {
 	log.Warn("build failed", name)
 	return false
 }
+
+func (rs *RepoStatus) GetGoSumStatus() string {
+	return rs.goSumStatus.String()
+}
+
+func (rs *RepoStatus) SetGoSumStatus(s string) {
+	rs.goSumStatus.SetText(s)
+}
+
+func (rs *RepoStatus) GetTargetVersion() string {
+	return rs.targetReleaseVersion.String()
+}
+
+func (rs *RepoStatus) IncrementVersion() bool {
+	return rs.setTag()
+}
+
+// TODO: run this through the sanity check!
+func (rs *RepoStatus) SetTargetVersion(s string) {
+	// todo: redo setTag to do increment logic
+	// func (rs *RepoStatus) setTag() bool {
+	rs.targetReleaseVersion.SetText(s)
+}
diff --git a/draw.go b/draw.go
index cc57eae..427b65c 100644
--- a/draw.go
+++ b/draw.go
@@ -31,7 +31,3 @@ func (rs *RepoStatus) drawGitStatus(box *gui.Node) {
 	rs.speed = gadgets.NewOneLiner(newgrid, "refresh speed =")
 	rs.speedActual = gadgets.NewOneLiner(newgrid, "speed actual =")
 }
-
-func (rs *RepoStatus) SetGoSumStatus(s string) {
-	rs.goSumStatus.SetText(s)
-}
diff --git a/new.go b/new.go
index efaf988..cd23bbe 100644
--- a/new.go
+++ b/new.go
@@ -15,14 +15,16 @@ func init() {
 	windowMap = make(map[string]*RepoStatus)
 }
 
-func ListAll() {
+// deprecate this
+func ListAllOld() {
 	for path, rs := range windowMap {
 		log.Warn(rs.GetMasterVersion(), path)
 	}
 }
 
 // returns the object for the path
-func FindPath(path string) *RepoStatus {
+// deprecate this
+func FindPathOld(path string) *RepoStatus {
 	if windowMap[path] == nil {
 		log.Log(INFO, "FindPath() not initialized yet", path)
 		return nil