if command -v "${forge}_root" &>>-; then
    "${forge}_root"

  # echo "$@" >&2
  shift
  if command -v "${forge}_root" &>>/dev/null; then
    "${forge}_root" "$@"

github_root() {
  local proj_dir="$HOME"/git_repos/github/"$1"/
  if ! [[ -d "$proj_dir" ]]; then
    mkdir -p "$proj_dir"
  fi
  echo "$proj_dir"
}

  shift 

  shift

    git_user=
    package=$1

    if [[ "$1" == */* ]]; then
      git_user="${1%%/*}"
      package="${1#*/}"
    else
      git_user=
      package=$1
    fi

  local target="$(get_forge_root "$forge")"

  # echo "git user? $git_user package? $package" >&2
  local target="$(get_forge_root "$forge" "$git_user")"