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+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package forgepb;
+
+import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto"; // Import the well-known type for Timestamp
+
+// define 3 branches. that is all that is supported
+// the term 'master' is used in the code because 'main' is a reserved word in golang already
+// allow 'read only' and 'private' flags
+// package names sometimes must be different than the binary name
+// for example 'zookeeper' is packaged as 'zookeeper-go'
+//      due to the prior apache foundation project. This happens and is ok!
+message Repo {
+  string name 			= 1;
+  string version 		= 2;
+  string masterBranch		= 3; // git 'main' or 'master' branch name
+  string develBranch		= 4; // whatever the git 'devel' branch name is
+  string userBranch		= 5; // whatever your username branch is
+  bool readonly			= 6; // if you have write access to the repo
+  bool private			= 7; // if the repo can be published
+  string debname 		= 8; // this is the actual .deb name of the package
+  google.protobuf.Timestamp     verstamp      = 9;    // the git commit timestamp of the version
+}
+
+// TODO: autogen 'Repos'
+message Repos {
+	string   uuid	        = 1;    // could be useful for /usr/share/file/magic someday?
+	string   version        = 2;    // could be used for protobuf schema change violations?
+	repeated Repo 	repos = 3;
+}