diff --git a/src/bin/ent/main.rs b/src/bin/ent/main.rs
index 1363641..1c9ddaa 100644
--- a/src/bin/ent/main.rs
+++ b/src/bin/ent/main.rs
@@ -45,15 +45,6 @@ enum Commands {
         issue_id: String,
         description: Option<String>,
     },
-
-    /// Sync entomologist data with remote.  This fetches from the remote,
-    /// merges the remote entomologist data branch with the local one,
-    /// and pushes the result back to the remote.
-    Sync {
-        /// Name of the git remote to sync with.
-        #[arg(default_value_t = String::from("origin"))]
-        remote: String,
-    },
 }
 
 fn handle_command(args: &Args, issues_dir: &std::path::Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
@@ -163,24 +154,6 @@ fn handle_command(args: &Args, issues_dir: &std::path::Path) -> anyhow::Result<(
                 }
             }
         }
-
-        Commands::Sync { remote } => {
-            if args.issues_dir.is_some() {
-                return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
-                    "`sync` operates on a branch, don't specify `issues_dir`"
-                ));
-            }
-            // FIXME: Kinda bogus to re-do this thing we just did in
-            // `main()`.  Maybe `main()` shouldn't create the worktree,
-            // maybe we should do it here in `handle_command()`?
-            // That way also each command could decide if it wants a
-            // read-only worktree or a read/write one.
-            let branch = match &args.issues_branch {
-                Some(branch) => branch,
-                None => "entomologist-data",
-            };
-            entomologist::git::sync(issues_dir, remote, branch)?;
-        }
     }
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/src/git.rs b/src/git.rs
index 30f703e..caa5e4b 100644
--- a/src/git.rs
+++ b/src/git.rs
@@ -124,62 +124,6 @@ pub fn git_commit_file(file: &std::path::Path) -> Result<(), GitError> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-pub fn git_fetch(dir: &std::path::Path, remote: &str) -> Result<(), GitError> {
-    let result = std::process::Command::new("git")
-        .args(["fetch", remote])
-        .current_dir(dir)
-        .output()?;
-    if !result.status.success() {
-        println!("stdout: {}", std::str::from_utf8(&result.stdout).unwrap());
-        println!("stderr: {}", std::str::from_utf8(&result.stderr).unwrap());
-        return Err(GitError::Oops);
-    }
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-pub fn sync(dir: &std::path::Path, remote: &str, branch: &str) -> Result<(), GitError> {
-    // We do all the work in a directory that's (FIXME) hopefully a
-    // worktree.  If anything goes wrong we just fail out and ask the
-    // human to fix it by hand :-/
-    // 1. `git fetch`
-    // 2. `git merge REMOTE/BRANCH`
-    // 3. `git push REMOTE BRANCH`
-
-    git_fetch(dir, remote)?;
-
-    // Merge remote branch into local.
-    let result = std::process::Command::new("git")
-        .args(["merge", &format!("{}/{}", remote, branch)])
-        .current_dir(dir)
-        .output()?;
-    if !result.status.success() {
-        println!(
-            "Sync failed!  Merge error!  Help, a human needs to fix the mess in {:?}",
-            dir
-        );
-        println!("stdout: {}", std::str::from_utf8(&result.stdout).unwrap());
-        println!("stderr: {}", std::str::from_utf8(&result.stderr).unwrap());
-        return Err(GitError::Oops);
-    }
-
-    // Push merged branch to remote.
-    let result = std::process::Command::new("git")
-        .args(["push", remote, branch])
-        .current_dir(dir)
-        .output()?;
-    if !result.status.success() {
-        println!(
-            "Sync failed!  Push error!  Help, a human needs to fix the mess in {:?}",
-            dir
-        );
-        println!("stdout: {}", std::str::from_utf8(&result.stdout).unwrap());
-        println!("stderr: {}", std::str::from_utf8(&result.stderr).unwrap());
-        return Err(GitError::Oops);
-    }
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
 pub fn create_orphan_branch(branch: &str) -> Result<(), GitError> {
     {
         let tmp_worktree = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
diff --git a/src/issue.rs b/src/issue.rs
index e099616..c762c82 100644
--- a/src/issue.rs
+++ b/src/issue.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for State {
             State::InProgress => "inprogress",
             State::Done => "done",
             State::WontDo => "wontdo",
+            
         };
         write!(f, "{fmt_str}")
     }
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ impl Issue {
         let mut dir = std::path::PathBuf::from(&self.dir);
         dir.push("comments");
         if !dir.exists() {
+            println!("creating {}", dir.to_string_lossy());
             std::fs::create_dir(&dir)?;
         }