diff --git a/src/js/git/headless.js b/src/js/git/headless.js
index 0e2e1401..37f2cb09 100644
--- a/src/js/git/headless.js
+++ b/src/js/git/headless.js
@@ -67,12 +67,16 @@ HeadlessGit.prototype.init = function() {
   this.gitEngine.init();
 };
 
-HeadlessGit.prototype.sendCommand = function(value) {
+HeadlessGit.prototype.sendCommand = function(value, cb) {
+  var deferred = Q.defer();
+  var chain = deferred.promise;
   util.splitTextCommand(value, function(commandStr) {
     var commandObj = new Command({
       rawStr: commandStr
     });
-    this.gitEngine.dispatch(commandObj, Q.defer());
+    var thisDeferred = Q.defer();
+    this.gitEngine.dispatch(commandObj, thisDeferred);
+    chain = chain.then(thisPromise);
   }, this);
 };
 
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 4b1326ab..5de89489 100644
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Before everything else:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 [ ] increase test coverage over everything
     - unit and integration, but mostly for git operations
-[ ] green refactor tree compare to have map
 
 Intl TODO
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ Origin things:
 
 Medium things:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-[ ] add visuals and text to show compare method
 
 Cases to handle / things to edit
 =======================
@@ -54,6 +52,8 @@ Ideas for cleaning
 Done things:
 (I only started this on Dec 17th 2012 to get a better sense of what was done)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+[x] add visuals and text to show compare method
+[x] green refactor tree compare to have map
 [x] fix tests by stubbing out animation factory to resolve promises
 [x] better git clone and fake teamwork anywhere
 [x] git pull animation