1 files changed, 71 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/repo.Stats.go b/repo.Stats.go
index 228b3a8..2bad926 100644
--- a/repo.Stats.go
+++ b/repo.Stats.go
@@ -1,5 +1,75 @@
 package gitpb
 
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	sync "sync"
+
+	"go.wit.com/lib/config"
+)
+
+// an experiment to see if this is useful
+// it seems lke the right thing already and I haven't even used it
+var repoStatsMu sync.RWMutex
+var statsMap map[string]*Stats
+
+func initStats() {
+	if statsMap == nil {
+		statsMap = make(map[string]*Stats)
+	}
+}
+
+func (r *Repo) LoadStats() (*Stats, error) {
+	filename := filepath.Join(r.FullPath, ".git/", "stats.pb")
+	if fileExists(filename) {
+		newfilename := filepath.Join(r.FullPath, ".git/origin.pb")
+		os.Rename(filename, newfilename)
+	}
+	return r.Stats(), nil
+}
+
 func (r *Repo) Stats() *Stats {
-	return nil
+	repoStatsMu.Lock()
+	defer repoStatsMu.Unlock()
+	if statsMap == nil {
+		initStats()
+	}
+
+	// by default, assume "origin"
+	lookup := r.Namespace + " origin"
+	origin := statsMap[lookup]
+	if origin == nil {
+		// load or initialize the file
+		origin = NewStats()
+		origin.Filename = filepath.Join(r.FullPath, ".git/origin.pb")
+		if fileExists(origin.Filename) {
+			config.LoadPB(origin)
+		} else {
+			config.SavePB(origin)
+		}
+
+		// add PB to the lookup map
+		statsMap[lookup] = origin
+	}
+	return origin
+}
+
+// todo: move this somewhere
+// fileExists checks if a file exists and is not a directory.
+func fileExists(filename string) bool {
+	info, err := os.Stat(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		// If the error is that the file doesn't exist, it's not an error for us.
+		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+			return false
+		}
+		// A different error occurred (e.g., permission error).
+		// We'll treat this as "does not exist" for simplicity,
+		// but in a real app, you might want to log this error.
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// The path exists, but we also want to ensure it's not a directory.
+	return !info.IsDir()
 }