diff --git a/cmd/mg/cmd/commit.go b/cmd/mg/cmd/commit.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b6f7f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/mg/cmd/commit.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+// commitCmd represents the commit command
+var commitCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "commit",
+	Short: "commit all current repos with the same message",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		fmt.Println("commit called")
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(commitCmd)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/mg/cmd/diff.go b/cmd/mg/cmd/diff.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1f4f96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/mg/cmd/diff.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+// diffCmd represents the diff command
+var diffCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "diff",
+	Short: "compute a collective diff",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		fmt.Println("diff called")
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(diffCmd)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/mg/cmd/fetch.go b/cmd/mg/cmd/fetch.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6689490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/mg/cmd/fetch.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var fetchCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "fetch",
+	Short: "fetch all git repos without merging",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		fmt.Println("fetch called")
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(fetchCmd)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/mg/cmd/pull.go b/cmd/mg/cmd/pull.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96968fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/mg/cmd/pull.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+// pullCmd represents the pull command
+var pullCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "pull",
+	Short: "pull all git repos",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		fmt.Println("pull called")
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(pullCmd)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/mg/cmd/push.go b/cmd/mg/cmd/push.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a2f511
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/mg/cmd/push.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+// pushCmd represents the push command
+var pushCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "push",
+	Short: "push all git repos",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		fmt.Println("push called")
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(pushCmd)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/mg/cmd/register.go b/cmd/mg/cmd/register.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa49f04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/mg/cmd/register.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var registerCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "register",
+	Short: "add current path to list of repos",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		path, err := os.Getwd()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Println(err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		if len(args) == 1 {
+			path = args[0]
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("register called for %s\n", path)
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(registerCmd)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/mg/cmd/root.go b/cmd/mg/cmd/root.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4f94fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/mg/cmd/root.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+// rootCmd represents the base command when called without any subcommands
+var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "mg",
+	Short: "go replacement for myrepos which only supports git repos",
+}
+
+// Execute adds all child commands to the root command and sets flags appropriately.
+// This is called by main.main(). It only needs to happen once to the rootCmd.
+func Execute() {
+	err := rootCmd.Execute()
+	if err != nil {
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/mg/cmd/status.go b/cmd/mg/cmd/status.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..610d3b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/mg/cmd/status.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+// statusCmd represents the status command
+var statusCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "status",
+	Short: "get the combined git status for all git repos",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		fmt.Println("status called")
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(statusCmd)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/mg/cmd/unregister.go b/cmd/mg/cmd/unregister.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..223f97c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/mg/cmd/unregister.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+// unregisterCmd represents the unregister command
+var unregisterCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "unregister",
+	Short: "remove the current repo from the config",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		fmt.Println("unregister called")
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(unregisterCmd)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/mg/main.go b/cmd/mg/main.go
index 65f9777..369cd81 100644
--- a/cmd/mg/main.go
+++ b/cmd/mg/main.go
@@ -1,38 +1,30 @@
 package main
 
-import (
-	"flag"
-	"log"
-	"os"
-
-	"github.com/taigrr/mg/parse"
-)
-
-var jobs = flag.Int("j", 1, "number of jobs to run in parallel")
+import "github.com/taigrr/mg/cmd/mg/cmd"
 
 func main() {
-	flag.Parse()
-	conf, err := parse.LoadMGConfig()
-	if err != nil {
-		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			// Try to load mr config instead
-			mrconf, err := parse.LoadMRConfig()
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Println(err)
-				os.Exit(1)
-			}
+	// conf, err := parse.LoadMGConfig()
+	// if err != nil {
+	//	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	//		// Try to load mr config instead
+	//		mrconf, err := parse.LoadMRConfig()
+	//		if err != nil {
+	//			log.Println(err)
+	//			os.Exit(1)
+	//		}
 
-			conf = mrconf.ToMGConfig()
-			log.Println("migrated mrconfig to mgconfig")
-			err = conf.Save()
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Println(err)
-				os.Exit(1)
-			}
-		}
-	}
+	//		conf = mrconf.ToMGConfig()
+	//		log.Println("migrated mrconfig to mgconfig")
+	//		err = conf.Save()
+	//		if err != nil {
+	//			log.Println(err)
+	//			os.Exit(1)
+	//		}
+	//	}
+	//}
 
 	// fmt.Println(conf)
+	cmd.Execute()
 }
 
 func Register() {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 595f720..de72474 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 module github.com/taigrr/mg
 
 go 1.20
+
+require github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0
+
+require (
+	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3366a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
+github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
+github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
+github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0 h1:hyqWnYt1ZQShIddO5kBpj3vu05/++x6tJ6dg8EC572I=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0/go.mod h1:uLxZILRyS/50WlhOIKD7W6V5bgeIt+4sICxh6uRMrb0=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=