From c78eff62bb86594f71f9ff43ff151820ae8e94d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 15:42:51 -0500
Subject: new argv PB code location

---
 argv.go | 16 +++++++++-------
 main.go | 23 +++++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/argv.go b/argv.go
index 77f7690..f7ed4f0 100644
--- a/argv.go
+++ b/argv.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"os"
 
-	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/prep"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/argvpb"
 )
 
 /*
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ type args struct {
 type EmptyCmd struct {
 }
 
-func (args) Version() string {
-	return "go-mod-clean " + VERSION + "    Built on " + BUILDTIME
-}
-
 func (a args) Description() string {
 	return `
 go-mod-clean will try to verify your go.* files are using the newest package versions
@@ -54,9 +50,15 @@ func (args) Buildtime() (string, string) {
 	return BUILDTIME, VERSION
 }
 
-func (a args) DoAutoComplete(pb *prep.Auto) {
+func (args) Version() string {
+	return argvpb.StandardVersion(ARGNAME, VERSION, BUILDTIME)
+}
+
+// sends the strings to bash or zsh that will be your options
+func (a args) SendCompletionStrings(pb *argvpb.Argv) {
 	if pb.Cmd == "" {
-		pb.Autocomplete3([]string{"strict", "--restore", "purge", "lax", "--version"})
+		base := []string{"strict", "--restore", "purge", "lax", "--version"}
+		pb.SendStrings(base)
 	} else {
 		pb.SubCommand(pb.Goargs...)
 	}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d4f772f..c0f0c65 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ package main
 import (
 	"os"
 
-	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/prep"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
+	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/argvpb"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
@@ -16,15 +17,14 @@ var BUILDTIME string
 // used for shell auto completion
 var ARGNAME string = "go-mod-clean"
 
-var auto *prep.Auto // more experiments for bash handling
+var newargv *argvpb.Argv // more experiments for bash handling
 var forge *forgepb.Forge
 
 // var check *gitpb.Repo
 var configSave bool
 
 func main() {
-	auto = prep.Bash(&argv) // add support for bash autocomplete with go-arg // this line must be before anything else
-	log.Info(auto.Version())
+	newargv = argvpb.Autocomplete(&argv) // adds shell auto complete to go-args
 
 	forge, _ = forgepb.Init()
 
@@ -32,8 +32,19 @@ func main() {
 	pwd, _ := os.Getwd()
 	check := forge.Repos.FindByFullPath(pwd)
 	if check == nil {
-		log.Info("this directory isn't in a golang project (not in ~/go/src nor a go.work file)")
-		badExit(nil, nil)
+		log.Info("the forge code isn't working right. couldn't figure out path:", pwd)
+		// just run "go mod init" and "go mod tidy"
+		var err error
+		_, err = shell.RunVerbose([]string{"go", "mod", "init"})
+		if err != nil {
+			badExit(nil, nil)
+		}
+		_, err = shell.RunVerbose([]string{"go", "mod", "tidy"})
+		if err != nil {
+			badExit(nil, nil)
+		}
+		log.Info("todo: check return values here in go-mod-clean")
+		newargv.GoodExit("may have worked somewhat") // exits back to the shell via argv (with timing)
 	}
 
 	// deletes all the git notes
-- 
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