1 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/configLookup.go b/configLookup.go
index 9a61c2e..8715f40 100644
--- a/configLookup.go
+++ b/configLookup.go
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ package forgepb
 
 	IsPrivate(repo)		// repo can't be published to the pkg.go.dev system
 	DebName()		// for 'zookeeper' returns 'zookeeper-go'
+
+	This code is practical, not perfect
 */
 
 import (
@@ -227,3 +229,34 @@ func (fc *ForgeConfigs) IsWritable(thing string) bool {
 
 	return match.Writable
 }
+
+// allows custom user branch names in the forge config
+func (fc *ForgeConfigs) FindUserBranch(thing string) string {
+	var match *ForgeConfig
+
+	all := fc.SortByGoPath() // get the list of repos
+	for all.Scan() {
+		r := all.Next()
+		if r.GoPath == thing {
+			if r.UserBranchName != "" {
+				return r.UserBranchName
+			}
+		}
+		base := filepath.Base(r.GoPath)
+		if base == thing {
+			if r.UserBranchName != "" {
+				return r.UserBranchName
+			}
+		}
+		if r.Directory {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(thing, r.GoPath) {
+				match = r
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if match == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	return match.UserBranchName
+}