diff --git a/git-cvs2git.sh b/git-cvs2git.sh
index a5f1844..0a6ee5a 100755
--- a/git-cvs2git.sh
+++ b/git-cvs2git.sh
@@ -77,12 +77,10 @@ if [ $NOISY ] ; then echo "git-cvs2git.sh $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6" ; fi
 if [ $DEBUG ] ; then echo "************found ini file: $inifilename" ; fi
 # Make this null if you want lots of output. Still quite a bit anyway
 QUIET="-q"
-curlsilent="-s"
-suppress=" &> /dev/null"
+SILENT="-s"
 if [ $DEBUG ] ; then 
 	QUIET=
-	curlsilent="-v"
-	suppress=
+	SILENT="-v"
 fi
 # Make this null to get curl to check ssl cert
 checkSSL="-k"
@@ -239,7 +237,7 @@ fi
 REPO_NAME=$1
 if [ $DEBUG ] ; then echo "check that $GITEAHOST/$ORGGITEA/$REPO_NAME exists" ; fi
 READMECONTENTS=
-RESPONSE=$(curl $checkSSL $curlsilent -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "$GITEAHOST/api/v1/repos/$ORGGITEA/$REPO_NAME")
+RESPONSE=$(curl $checkSSL $SILENT -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "$GITEAHOST/api/v1/repos/$ORGGITEA/$REPO_NAME")
 if [ "$RESPONSE" == "200" ]; then
     if [ $DEBUG ] ; then echo "************Repository for $1 already exists!" ; fi
 	# If so, clone it (just want the README.md)
@@ -253,7 +251,7 @@ if [ "$RESPONSE" == "200" ]; then
 	fi
 	# Now delete the repo, re-create it and clone it in to local
 	if [ $DEBUG ] ; then echo "Delete $ORGGITEA/$1" ; fi
-	RESPONSE=$(curl "$checkSSL" "$curlsilent" -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -X 'DELETE' \
+	RESPONSE=$(curl "$checkSSL" "$SILENT" -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -X 'DELETE' \
 		"$GITEAHOST/api/v1/repos/$ORGGITEA/$1" \
 		-H 'accept: application/json' \
 		-H "Authorization: token $GITEAACCESSTOKEN")
@@ -279,7 +277,7 @@ cd $GITFiles
 # Re-create the repo
 #
 if [ $DEBUG ] ; then echo "************Creating repo for $1 $PACKAGETYPE" ; fi
-RESPONSE=$(curl "$checkSSL" "$curlsilent" -X 'POST' \
+RESPONSE=$(curl "$checkSSL" "$SILENT" -X 'POST' \
 	"$GITEAHOST/api/v1/orgs/$ORGGITEA/repos"   \
 	-H 'accept: application/json'   \
 	-H "Authorization: token $GITEAACCESSTOKEN" \
@@ -310,7 +308,7 @@ if [[ -z "${HTTP_URL}"  ]]; then
 fi 
 
 # And check it now exists
-RESPONSE=$(curl "$curlsilent" -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "$GITEAHOST/api/v1/repos/$ORGGITEA/$1")
+RESPONSE=$(curl "$SILENT" -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "$GITEAHOST/api/v1/repos/$ORGGITEA/$1")
 if [[ "$RESPONSE" == "200" ]]; then
     if [ $DEBUG ] ; then echo "************Repository for $1 exists" ; fi
 else
@@ -333,7 +331,7 @@ cd $CVSFiles/$1/$BASEORCONTRIB
 # Fully populate the directory (gets the tar file - which is not strictly in CVS) and creates the directory source tree
 # applying the patches to the base in the tar file.
 # Might need to replace this by the code from the makefile if we decide to move "make prep" to git moe likely we'll implement a new one "make gitprep".
-make prep "$suppress"
+make "$SILENT" prep
 
 # Extract the directory name for the file tree (it will include the name of the module plus some version information)
 # Same trick that we use in the makefile.common  - taking the name and verison from the .spec file.
@@ -519,7 +517,7 @@ if [[ $ARCHIVEFILE != "$TREEPATH.tar.gz" ]] ; then
 fi
 
 # Take out any bogus dates:
-/usr/bin/BogusDateBot.sh $(basename $SPECFILE) "$suppress"
+/usr/bin/BogusDateBot.sh $(basename $SPECFILE)
 
 # If it is an SME package, take out the patches and then update the release.
 if [[ "$NAME" =~ ^(smeserver-|e-smith-).* ]]; then
@@ -527,7 +525,7 @@ if [[ "$NAME" =~ ^(smeserver-|e-smith-).* ]]; then
 	sed -i '/^Patch/d; /^%patch/d' $(basename $SPECFILE)
 	# no paths need adjusting at this time!
 	# Bump the release and add changelog
-	change-log $(basename $SPECFILE) "$suppress"
+	change-log $(basename $SPECFILE)
 	# and edit in the reason 
 	# sed  - TBD  - to look for "fix [SME: ]"
 	sed -i 's/fix \[SME: \]/Roll up patches and move to git repo \[SME: 12338\]/' $(basename $SPECFILE)
@@ -646,7 +644,7 @@ if [[ "$NAME" =~ ^(smeserver-|e-smith-).* ]]; then
 		model="text-davinci-003"
 		temperature=0.8
 		# Send the request to the API
-		response=$(curl "$curlsilent" -X POST https://api.openai.com/v1/engines/$model/completions \
+		response=$(curl "$SILENT" -X POST https://api.openai.com/v1/engines/$model/completions \
 			 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 			 -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
 			 -d '{"prompt": "'"$prompt"'", "temperature": 0.8, "max_tokens": 256}')
@@ -670,7 +668,7 @@ else
 		model="text-davinci-003"
 		temperature=0.8
 		# Send the request to the API
-		response=$(curl "$curlsilent" -X POST https://api.openai.com/v1/engines/$model/completions \
+		response=$(curl "$SILENT" -X POST https://api.openai.com/v1/engines/$model/completions \
 			 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 			 -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" \
 			 -d '{"prompt": "'"$prompt"'", "temperature": 0.8, "max_tokens": 256}')
@@ -695,7 +693,7 @@ if [[ -z $WIKILINK ]] ; then
 fi
 
 # and then update the repo parameters
-RESPONSE=$(curl "$curlsilent" -X 'PATCH'   "$GITEAHOST/api/v1/repos/$ORGGITEA/$REPO_NAME"   \
+RESPONSE=$(curl "$SILENT" -X 'PATCH'   "$GITEAHOST/api/v1/repos/$ORGGITEA/$REPO_NAME"   \
 	-H 'accept: application/json'   \
 	-H "Authorization: token $GITEAACCESSTOKEN" \
 	-H 'Content-Type: application/json'   \