1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doMode.go b/doMode.go
index 287aa55..973ab38 100644
--- a/doMode.go
+++ b/doMode.go
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ func doMode() (string, error) {
 		}
 		start := time.Now()
 		err := me.forge.DoAllCheckoutUser(argv.Force)
+		me.forge.ScanRepoDir() // looks for new dirs, checks existing repos for changes
+		me.forge.SaveRepos()
 		dur := time.Since(start)
 		log.Printf("Checked out %d user braches in %s\n", me.forge.Repos.Len(), shell.FormatDuration(dur))
 		if err != nil {
-			me.sh.BadExit("not everything on user braches", err)
+			me.sh.BadExit("not everything is 'normal' yet", err)
 		}
 		setForgeMode(forgepb.ForgeMode_NORMAL)
 		log.Info("normal mode on")