diff --git a/run.go b/run.go
index 15e4633..a239d88 100644
--- a/run.go
+++ b/run.go
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ package shell
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
+	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/svent/go-nbreader"
@@ -237,3 +239,65 @@ func (cmd *Shell) ReadToBuffer(f *File) bool {
 	io.WriteString(cmd.Buffer, strings.Trim(string(oneByte), "\x00"))
 	return false
 }
+
+// send the path and the command
+func RunCmd(workingpath string, parts []string) (error, bool, string) {
+	if len(parts) == 0 {
+		log.Warn("command line was empty")
+		return errors.New("empty"), false, ""
+	}
+	if parts[0] == "" {
+		log.Warn("command line was empty")
+		return errors.New("empty"), false, ""
+	}
+	thing := parts[0]
+	parts = parts[1:]
+	log.Log(INFO, "working path =", workingpath, "thing =", thing, "cmdline =", parts)
+
+	// Create the command
+	cmd := exec.Command(thing, parts...)
+
+	// Set the working directory
+	cmd.Dir = workingpath
+
+	// Execute the command
+	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		if thing == "git" {
+			log.Log(INFO, "git ERROR. maybe okay", workingpath, "thing =", thing, "cmdline =", parts)
+			log.Log(INFO, "git ERROR. maybe okay err =", err)
+			if err.Error() == "exit status 1" {
+				log.Log(INFO, "git ERROR. normal exit status 1")
+				if parts[0] == "diff-index" {
+					log.Log(INFO, "git normal diff-index when repo dirty")
+					return nil, false, "git diff-index exit status 1"
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		log.Warn("ERROR working path =", workingpath, "thing =", thing, "cmdline =", parts)
+		log.Warn("ERROR working path =", workingpath, "thing =", thing, "cmdline =", parts)
+		log.Warn("ERROR working path =", workingpath, "thing =", thing, "cmdline =", parts)
+		log.Error(err)
+		log.Warn("output was", string(output))
+		log.Warn("cmd exited with error", err)
+		// panic("fucknuts")
+		return err, false, string(output)
+
+		// The command failed (non-zero exit status)
+		if exitErr, ok := err.(*exec.ExitError); ok {
+			// Assert that it is an exec.ExitError and get the exit code
+			if status, ok := exitErr.Sys().(syscall.WaitStatus); ok {
+				log.Warn("Exit Status: %d\n", status.ExitStatus())
+			}
+		} else {
+			log.Warn("cmd.Run() failed with %s\n", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	tmp := string(output)
+	tmp = strings.TrimSpace(tmp)
+
+	// Print the output
+	return nil, true, tmp
+}