diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 246ca6b..55fcfbf 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -160,4 +160,6 @@
 [submodule "python-validators"]
 	url = aur@aur.archlinux.org:bdisk-git
 	path = python-validators
+[submodule "bdisk-git"]
 	url = aur@aur.archlinux.org:bdisk-git
+	path = bdisk-git
diff --git a/_bin/new_package.py b/_bin/new_package.py
index 482e5a0..43ae920 100755
--- a/_bin/new_package.py
+++ b/_bin/new_package.py
@@ -50,15 +50,16 @@ def gui_init():
                     "Bazaar (bzr)"]
         vcs_menu = m.menu("What type of VCS system?", vcs_options, "VCS type ('q' to quit):")
         pkg['name'] = input("\nWhat is the name of your package? (Exclude the '-git' etc. suffix, that will be added automatically later on)\n").lower()
-        srcurl = input("\nWhat is the checkout URL for {0}?\n" +
+        srcurl = input(("\nWhat is the checkout URL for {0}?\n" +
                         "(Do not include the directory or VCS type prefix as per\n" +
                         "https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VCS_package_guidelines#VCS_sources ...\n" +
-                        "it will be added automatically)\n".format(pkg['name']))
+                        "it will be added automatically)\n").format(pkg['name']))
         pkg['vcstype'] = ["git",
                 "svn",
                 "hg",
                 "bzr"]
-        pkg['srcurl'] = pkg['name'] + "::" + pkg['vcstype'][vcs_menu-1] + srcurl
+        pkg['vcstype'] = pkg['vcstype'][vcs_menu-1]
+        pkg['srcurl'] = pkg['name'] + "::" + pkg['vcstype'] + '+' + srcurl
         pkg['name'] = pkg['name'] + "-" + pkg['vcstype']
         pkg['type'] = 'vcs'
         pkg['srcfile'] = False
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ def aur_create(pkg):
     # and push...
     aur_repo.remotes.origin.push()
     # and delete the repo and source file
-    shutil.rmtree(repo_dir)
+    #shutil.rmtree(repo_dir)
     if pkg['srcfile']:
         os.remove(pkg['src_dl'])
 
diff --git a/_bin/remove.submodule.sh b/_bin/remove.submodule.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..61e07e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_bin/remove.submodule.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# TODO- incorporate into python script
+
+if [[ -z "${1}" ]];
+then
+	echo "USAGE: ${0} <SUBMODULENAME.TO.REMOVE>"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+PKG=${1}
+PROJPATH='/opt/dev/arch'
+
+cd ${PROJPATH}
+
+# .gitmodules string to match:
+#[submodule "bdisk-git"]
+#	url = aur@aur.archlinux.org:bdisk-git
+#	path = bdisk-git
+sed -i -e "/^[[:space:]]*\[submodule \"${PKG}\"\]$/d" -e "/^[[:space:]]*path[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*${PKG}$/d" .gitmodules
+git add .gitmodules
+
+# .git/config string to match:
+#[submodule "bdisk-git"]
+#	url = aur@aur.archlinux.org:bdisk-git
+sed -i -e "/^[[:space:]]*\[submodule \"${PKG}\"\]$/d" -e "/^[[:space:]]*url[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*aur@aur\.archlinux\.org:${PKG}$/d" .git/config
+
+git rm --cached ${PKG}
+
+rm -rf .git/modules/${PKG}
+
+git commit -m "removed ${PKG} submodule"
+rm -rf ${PKG}
diff --git a/_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d.python/release.all.j2 b/_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d.python/release.all.j2
index e1a2de0..f229108 100644
--- a/_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d.python/release.all.j2
+++ b/_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d.python/release.all.j2
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-{% for tpl in pkgbuild_list %}
-{% include tpl %}
+{% for tpl in pkgbuild_list %}{% include tpl %}
 {% endfor %}
diff --git a/_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d.python/srcinfo.j2 b/_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d.python/srcinfo.j2
index e9293f9..e6e4367 100644
--- a/_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d.python/srcinfo.j2
+++ b/_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d.python/srcinfo.j2
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pkgbase = {{ pkg['name'] }}
 	license = {{ license }}{% endfor %}{% if pkg['deps'] is defined and pkg['deps']|length > 0 %}{% for dep in pkg['deps'] %}
 	depends = {{ dep }}{% endfor %}{% endif %}{% if pkg['optdeps'] is defined and pkg['optdeps']|length > 0 %}{% for dep in pkg['optdeps'] %}
 	optdepends = {{ dep }}{% endfor %}{% endif %}
-	source = {{ pkg['srcurl'] }}{% if pkg['srcfile'] is defined %}
+	source = {{ pkg['srcurl'] }}{% if pkg['srcfile'] is defined and pkg['srcfile'] != false %}
 	source = {{ pkg['srcfile'] }}.sig{% endif %}
 	sha512sums = {{ pkg['srchash'] }}{% if pkg['srcfile'] is defined%}
 	sha512sums = SKIP{% endif %}
diff --git a/_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d.python/vcs.all.j2 b/_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d.python/vcs.all.j2
index e1a2de0..f229108 100644
--- a/_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d.python/vcs.all.j2
+++ b/_docs/PKGBUILD.templates.d.python/vcs.all.j2
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-{% for tpl in pkgbuild_list %}
-{% include tpl %}
+{% for tpl in pkgbuild_list %}{% include tpl %}
 {% endfor %}
diff --git a/bdisk-git b/bdisk-git
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..fe34edb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bdisk-git
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit fe34edbfc13b8765cde55267477b79aa20a32cec