From 38114955f9d96be7a8584183176fb2c7d41ff130 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 18:05:11 -0500
Subject: go generate

---
 Makefile |  8 ++++++++
 argv.go  |  2 +-
 doDev.go | 12 ++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4d3251b..4e9a441 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ BUILDTIME = $(shell date +%s)
 default: install
 	# forge pull check
 
+generate:
+	forge dev --generate go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/forgepb
+	forge dev --generate go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb
+	forge dev --generate go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/httppb
+	forge dev --generate go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/guipb
+	forge dev --generate go.wit.com/lib/config
+	forge dev --generate go.wit.com/lib/gui/prep
+
 vet:
 	@GO111MODULE=off go vet
 	@echo this go binary package builds okay
diff --git a/argv.go b/argv.go
index c5594b7..2979185 100644
--- a/argv.go
+++ b/argv.go
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ type CommitCmd struct {
 
 type DevCmd struct {
 	Config     *ConfigCmd `arg:"subcommand:config"        help:"show your .config/forge/ settings"`
-	Generate   *EmptyCmd  `arg:"subcommand:generate"      help:"run go generate"`
 	Build      *EmptyCmd  `arg:"subcommand:build"         help:"build this repo"`
 	Install    *EmptyCmd  `arg:"subcommand:install"       help:"build & install this repo"`
+	Generate   string     `arg:"--generate"               help:"run go generate"`
 	DeleteUser bool       `arg:"--delete-user"            help:"delete all user branches (checks for safety)"`
 	BuildForge bool       `arg:"--forge-rebuild"          help:"download all the forge sources and rebuild forge"`
 	URL        string     `arg:"--connect"                help:"forge url"`
diff --git a/doDev.go b/doDev.go
index b36f017..9d7fae2 100644
--- a/doDev.go
+++ b/doDev.go
@@ -19,6 +19,18 @@ var ErrorNeedArgvFix error = errors.New("add --fix")
 // FORGE USES THESE TO RECOVER FROM WHEN TOOLKITS FAIL TO LOAD
 // so don't delete them
 func doDev() (string, error) {
+	if argv.Dev.Generate != "" {
+		found := me.forge.Repos.FindByNamespace(argv.Dev.Generate)
+		if found == nil {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("unknown namespace %s", argv.Dev.Generate)
+		}
+		r := found.RunVerbose([]string{"make", "generate"})
+		if r.Error() != "" {
+			return "go generate failed", fmt.Errorf("%s", r.Error())
+		}
+		return "go generate done", nil
+	}
+
 	if argv.Dev.Untracked {
 		// show untracked files
 		// git ls-files --others
-- 
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