From 1269abed5695348c75b3da9b30fbfb8420833de1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2025 10:24:59 -0500
Subject: shortcut to init repos

---
 doBuild.go |  4 +---
 doGit.go   | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doBuild.go b/doBuild.go
index 2f8a1bd..2d84dc9 100644
--- a/doBuild.go
+++ b/doBuild.go
@@ -107,10 +107,8 @@ func doBuild() (string, error) {
 				build = "yes"
 				repo.DirtyList = cmd
 				tobuild.Clone(repo)
+				simpletable = append(simpletable, []string{debname, p.Version, age, smartver, bcount, curver, newcount, final, build, arches, cmdstr})
 			}
-
-			simpletable = append(simpletable, []string{debname, p.Version, age, smartver, bcount, curver, newcount, final, build, arches, cmdstr})
-
 		}
 
 		footer := cobol.SimpleTable(simpletable)
diff --git a/doGit.go b/doGit.go
index 9d4712b..f601ca7 100644
--- a/doGit.go
+++ b/doGit.go
@@ -20,10 +20,18 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
-func doGitCreate(namespace string) (string, error) {
+// git clone https://cgit.grid.wit.com/lib/windows/cexample
+// go-clone --non-recursive --repo go.wit.com/lib/windows/cexample
+// git branch devel
+// git check devel
+// git push --set-upstream origin devel
+func doGitCreate(namespace string, template string) (string, error) {
 	var s string
 	var err error
-	templateDir := "/var/lib/git/lib/templates/golib"
+	if template == "" {
+		template = "golib"
+	}
+	templateDir := filepath.Join("/var/lib/git/lib/templates", template)
 	if !shell.IsDir(templateDir) {
 		return "", errors.New("no template/golib")
 	}
@@ -32,12 +40,16 @@ func doGitCreate(namespace string) (string, error) {
 		return "", errors.New("dir " + fullpath + " already exists")
 	}
 	basepath, _ := filepath.Split(fullpath)
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(basepath, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
-		return "", err
+	if err = os.MkdirAll(basepath, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+		return "mkdir failed", err
 	}
 	cmd := []string{"cp", "-a", templateDir, fullpath}
-	shell.RunVerbose(cmd)
-	return s, err
+	_, err = shell.RunVerbose(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "failed to create new repo", err
+	}
+	s = "created new repo"
+	return s, nil
 }
 
 func runCommand(cmds []string) (string, error) {
@@ -80,9 +92,12 @@ func doGit() (string, error) {
 	}
 
 	if argv.Git.Create != "" {
-		s = "attmepting to create new repo"
-	}
-	if argv.Git.Template != "" {
+		s, err = doGitCreate(argv.Git.Create, argv.Git.Template)
+		if err == nil {
+			return "created new repo " + argv.Git.Create, nil
+		}
+		s = "attmepting to ssh?"
+		return s, err
 	}
 
 	if argv.Git.Edit != "" {
-- 
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