From 6fa3221e265933038342acb50caad3c2bbb6c136 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2025 12:15:41 -0500
Subject: test making go.work files

---
 goWork.go | 12 +++---------
 init.go   |  1 +
 load.go   |  6 ++++--
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/goWork.go b/goWork.go
index 0c8fe4e..d947df7 100644
--- a/goWork.go
+++ b/goWork.go
@@ -3,22 +3,16 @@
 package forgepb
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+
+	"go.wit.com/lib/env"
 )
 
 // very much a hack job
 func (f *Forge) MakeGoWork() error {
-	if f.IsGoWork() {
-		// a go.work file was found
-	} else {
-		// you can use a go.work file in ~/go/src , but you probably shouldn't unless something
-		// has gone terribly wrong
-		return errors.New("if you want a go.work file in ~/go/src/, touch it first")
-	}
-	filename := filepath.Join(getClonePathFromMode(), "go.work")
+	filename := filepath.Join(env.Get("gopath"), "go.work")
 	workf, err := os.OpenFile(filename, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/init.go b/init.go
index 6962c67..26daa49 100644
--- a/init.go
+++ b/init.go
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ func (f *Forge) postInit() error {
 		if godir, ok := fhelp.FindGoWork(); ok {
 			f.mode = ForgeMode_GOLANG
 			cache = "gowork"
+			env.SetGlobal("lib/forgepb", "GoWork", "true")
 			env.SetGlobal("lib/forgepb", "gopath", godir)
 			fullname := filepath.Join(godir, "gowork.pb")
 			env.SetGlobal("lib/forgepb", "ReposPB", fullname)
diff --git a/load.go b/load.go
index 283921d..38790bd 100644
--- a/load.go
+++ b/load.go
@@ -74,9 +74,11 @@ func (f *Forge) reposCacheLoad() error {
 		reposName = "homedir"
 	}
 
-	// get the
+	// load in the repos.pb file
+	// setup the GO env settings
 	fullname := config.MakeCacheFilename("forge", reposName)
-	if env.Get("cache") == "gowork" {
+	if env.True("GoWork") {
+		// if using a go.work file, the filename should have already been set
 		fullname = env.Get("ReposPB")
 	}
 	f.Repos = gitpb.NewRepos()
-- 
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