diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0f5003b..9969099 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 .*.swp
-warren
+/warren
diff --git a/cmd_build.go b/cmd_build.go
index a01fdae..267c356 100644
--- a/cmd_build.go
+++ b/cmd_build.go
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/dballard/warren/src/warren"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
-	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -31,20 +31,11 @@ func buildRun(cmd *Command, args ...string) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	githash, err := exec.Command("git", "rev-parse", "HEAD").Output()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	gitbranchb, err := exec.Command("git", "rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD").Output()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	gitbranch := strings.TrimSpace(string(gitbranchb))
 	date := time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339)
-	gobuild := exec.Command("go", "build", "-ldflags", fmt.Sprintf("-X main.Build.Date %s -X main.Build.GitHash %s -X main.Build.GitBranch %s\"", date, githash, gitbranch))
+	gobuild := exec.Command("go", "build", "-ldflags", fmt.Sprintf("-X main.Build.Date %s -X main.Build.GitHash %s -X main.Build.GitBranch %s\"", date, warren.GitHash(), warren.GitBranch()))
 	gobuild.Stderr = os.Stderr
 	gobuild.Stdout = os.Stdout
-	err = gobuild.Run()
+	err := gobuild.Run()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd_deploy.go b/cmd_deploy.go
index 852d395..cbabb22 100644
--- a/cmd_deploy.go
+++ b/cmd_deploy.go
@@ -16,9 +16,26 @@ var deployCmd = &Command{
 	Run:     deployRun,
 }
 
+func checkDeployDir() {
+	// does ./deploy exist?
+	// if not make
+	// does ./deploy/DST exist?
+	// if not make
+}
+
+func getDeployFilesList() []string {
+
+	return []string{""}
+}
+
 func deployRun(cmd *Command, args ...string) {
 	if len(args) > 0 && args[0] == "help" {
 		fmt.Print(cmd.Help)
 		return
 	}
+
+	checkDeployDir()
+
+	//files := getDeployFilesList()
+
 }
diff --git a/src/warren/warren.go b/src/warren/warren.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..600b459
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/warren/warren.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package warren
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func GitHash() string {
+	hash, err := exec.Command("git", "rev-parse", "HEAD").Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return string(hash)
+}
+
+func GitBranch() string {
+	gitbranch, err := exec.Command("git", "rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD").Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(string(gitbranch))
+}
diff --git a/warren.go b/warren.go
index 2b334b5..ccd52b7 100644
--- a/warren.go
+++ b/warren.go
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ import (
 	"text/template"
 )
 
+type BuildInfo struct {
+	GitHash   string
+	GitBranch string
+	Date      string
+}
+
+var Build BuildInfo
+
 var usagePrefix = `
 warren is a tool for building, deploying and running multiple versions of a Go server
 
@@ -26,6 +34,7 @@ var commands = []*Command{
 }
 
 func usage() {
+	fmt.Println(Build.GitBranch, " ", Build.GitHash, " ", Build.Date)
 	fmt.Print(usagePrefix)
 	usageTmpl.Execute(os.Stdout, commands)
 }