diff --git a/spec/first.spec.js b/spec/first.spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d1f92a69..00000000
--- a/spec/first.spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-describe('Tests', function() {
-  it('should work', function() {
-    expect(1).toBeTruthy();
-  });
-});
-
diff --git a/src/js/git/index.js b/src/js/git/index.js
index 2ad04560..3337c9e4 100644
--- a/src/js/git/index.js
+++ b/src/js/git/index.js
@@ -943,6 +943,9 @@ GitEngine.prototype.fetch = function(options) {
     remoteBranch,
     options
   );
+  // remove the ones that already exist (and were missed by our
+  // upwards search)
+  commitsToMake = _.filter(commitsToMake
 
   if (commitsToMake.length === 0) {
     this.command.addWarning(intl.str(
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index a129c80a..46ec9d49 100644
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ Mega Things
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 [-] origin support
 
+Before everything else:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+[ ] fix tests by stubbing out animation factory to resolve promises
+[ ] increase test coverage over everything
+    - unit and integration, but mostly for git operations
+[ ] green refactor level compare
+
 Intl TODO
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 [ ] translation script? might be too late...