diff --git a/grunt.js b/grunt.js
index 34720902..173966f6 100644
--- a/grunt.js
+++ b/grunt.js
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
         // aliases: ['jquery:jquery-browserify'],
         entries: ['src/*.js'],
         //prepend: ['<banner:meta.banner>'],
-        append: [],
+        append: []
         /*hook: function (bundle) {
           // Do something with bundle
         }*/
diff --git a/src/animationFactory.js b/src/animationFactory.js
index c3cf4e74..c9aa8884 100644
--- a/src/animationFactory.js
+++ b/src/animationFactory.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ var GRAPHICS = require('./constants').GRAPHICS;
 // essentially a static class
 var AnimationFactory = function() {
 
-}
+};
 
 AnimationFactory.prototype.genCommitBirthAnimation = function(animationQueue, commit, gitVisuals) {
   if (!animationQueue) {
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ AnimationFactory.prototype.rebaseBirthPart = function(animationQueue, rebaseResp
       snapshotPart();
       birthPart();
     };
-        
+
     animationQueue.add(new Animation({
       closure: animation,
       duration: GRAPHICS.defaultAnimationTime * 1.5
diff --git a/src/async.js b/src/async.js
index 9451371d..f8d6747a 100644
--- a/src/async.js
+++ b/src/async.js
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ var AnimationQueue = Backbone.Model.extend({
     setTimeout(_.bind(function() {
       this.next();
     }, this), duration);
-  },
+  }
 });
 
 exports.Animation = Animation;
diff --git a/src/collections.js b/src/collections.js
index d3b9838a..dc557b2c 100644
--- a/src/collections.js
+++ b/src/collections.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var CommitCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
 });
 
 var CommandCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
-  model: Command,
+  model: Command
 });
 
 var BranchCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var CommandEntryCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
 
 var CommandBuffer = Backbone.Model.extend({
   defaults: {
-    collection: null,
+    collection: null
   },
 
   initialize: function(options) {
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ var CommandBuffer = Backbone.Model.extend({
     }
 
     this.popAndProcess();
-  },
+  }
 });
 
 exports.CommitCollection = CommitCollection;
diff --git a/src/commandModel.js b/src/commandModel.js
index 9a863cea..04ff8716 100644
--- a/src/commandModel.js
+++ b/src/commandModel.js
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ var Command = Backbone.Model.extend({
           _.escape('\t git <command> [<args>]'),
           '<br/>',
           'Supported commands:',
-          '<br/>',
+          '<br/>'
         ];
         var commands = OptionParser.prototype.getMasterOptionMap();
 
@@ -182,12 +182,16 @@ var Command = Backbone.Model.extend({
         });
       }],
       [/^refresh$/, function() {
+        var events = require('./main').getEvents();
+
         events.trigger('refreshTree');
         throw new CommandResult({
           msg: "Refreshing tree..."
         });
       }],
       [/^rollup (\d+)$/, function(bits) {
+        var events = require('./main').getEvents();
+
         // go roll up these commands by joining them with semicolons
         events.trigger('rollupCommands', bits[1]);
         throw new CommandResult({
@@ -261,7 +265,7 @@ var Command = Backbone.Model.extend({
     // steal these away so we can be completely JSON
     this.set('generalArgs', optionParser.generalArgs);
     this.set('supportedMap', optionParser.supportedMap);
-  },
+  }
 });
 
 /**
@@ -308,7 +312,7 @@ OptionParser.prototype.getMasterOptionMap = function() {
     },
     reset: {
       '--hard': false,
-      '--soft': false, // this will raise an error but we catch it in gitEngine
+      '--soft': false // this will raise an error but we catch it in gitEngine
     },
     merge: {},
     rebase: {
diff --git a/src/commandViews.js b/src/commandViews.js
index 703eabf9..f21c9d50 100644
--- a/src/commandViews.js
+++ b/src/commandViews.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ var CommandPromptView = Backbone.View.extend({
   },
 
   hideCursor: function() {
-    this.toggleCursor(false); 
+    this.toggleCursor(false);
   },
 
   showCursor: function() {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ var CommandPromptView = Backbone.View.extend({
 
   onKey: function(e) {
     var el = e.srcElement;
-    this.updatePrompt(el)
+    this.updatePrompt(el);
   },
 
   onKeyUp: function(e) {
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ var CommandPromptView = Backbone.View.extend({
       .replace(/</g,'&lt;')
       .replace(/</g,'&lt;')
       .replace(/ /g,'&nbsp;')
-      .replace(/\n/g,'')
+      .replace(/\n/g,'');
   },
 
   updatePrompt: function(el) {
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ var CommandPromptView = Backbone.View.extend({
 
   commandSelectChange: function(delta) {
     this.index += delta;
-    
+
     // if we are over / under, display blank line. yes this eliminates your
     // partially edited command, but i doubt that is much in this demo
     if (this.index >= this.commands.length || this.index < 0) {
@@ -285,10 +285,10 @@ var CommandView = Backbone.View.extend({
     // with jquery rather than brutally delete a html of HTML
     var changes = changeEvent.changes;
     var changeKeys = _.keys(changes);
-    if (_.difference(changeKeys, ['status']) == 0) {
+    if (_.difference(changeKeys, ['status']) === 0) {
       this.updateStatus();
-    } else if (_.difference(changeKeys, ['error']) == 0) {
-      // the above will 
+    } else if (_.difference(changeKeys, ['error']) === 0) {
+      // the above will
       this.render();
     } else {
       this.render();
diff --git a/src/constants.js b/src/constants.js
index 20e230bf..fcc2a18b 100644
--- a/src/constants.js
+++ b/src/constants.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * Constants....!!!
  */
 var TIME = {
-  betweenCommandsDelay: 400,
+  betweenCommandsDelay: 400
 };
 
 // useful for locks, etc
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ var GRAPHICS = {
   defaultNodeStrokeWidth: 2,
   defaultNodeStroke: '#FFF',
 
-  orphanNodeFill: 'hsb(0.5,0.8,0.7)',
+  orphanNodeFill: 'hsb(0.5,0.8,0.7)'
 };
 
 exports.GLOBAL = GLOBAL;
diff --git a/src/git.js b/src/git.js
index 3cc651dc..e1769e6b 100644
--- a/src/git.js
+++ b/src/git.js
@@ -1214,6 +1214,7 @@ GitEngine.prototype.checkout = function(idOrTarget) {
 };
 
 GitEngine.prototype.branchStarter = function() {
+  var args = null;
   // handle deletion first
   if (this.commandOptions['-d'] || this.commandOptions['-D']) {
     var names = this.commandOptions['-d'] || this.commandOptions['-D'];
@@ -1226,14 +1227,14 @@ GitEngine.prototype.branchStarter = function() {
   }
 
   if (this.commandOptions['--contains']) {
-    var args = this.commandOptions['--contains'];
+    args = this.commandOptions['--contains'];
     this.validateArgBounds(args, 1, 1, '--contains');
     this.printBranchesWithout(args[0]);
     return;
   }
 
   if (this.commandOptions['-f']) {
-    var args = this.commandOptions['-f'];
+    args = this.commandOptions['-f'];
     this.twoArgsImpliedHead(args, '-f');
 
     // we want to force a branch somewhere