diff --git a/scripts/bgit b/scripts/bgit
index d4dd8a13..8552ac72 100755
--- a/scripts/bgit
+++ b/scripts/bgit
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ if [ $numrepos -eq 0 ] ; then
                         exit 1
                     fi
 
+                    # consider using legit prompt here for automated LICENSING
+
                     npm init -y
                     npm install -D nodemon prettier jest
 
diff --git a/updates.txt b/updates.txt
index 361d1aba..b6ebb180 100644
--- a/updates.txt
+++ b/updates.txt
@@ -27,58 +27,4 @@ https://www.itechtics.com/windows-10-download-iso/
 
 To understand google-font-installer(gfi): visit: https://github.com/lordgiotto/google-font-installer
 
-Install legit (generic license generator):
-
-doas npm install -g @captainsafia/legit
-
-Install mycli (syntax highlighter/autocompleter for mariadb)
-
-paru mycli
-
-Install pgcli (same for mycli, but for postgres)
-
-paru pgcli (you may need to also install psycopg)
-
-pip install psycopg
-
-To test, you should create a test table(you don't use psql that often, so create a table to test this out):
-
-Install litecli(same as mycli, but for sqlite)
-
-paru litecli
-
-Install updates for npm (checks if dependencies in local directory are up to date)
-doas npm i -g updates
-
-Install calcurse (ncurses calendar app)
-
-paru calcurse
-cp ~/Documents/notes/calcurse/conf ~/.config/calcurse/
-
-Install wallpaper-cli (alternative to feh for wallpaper fill)
-
-doas npm i -g wallpaper-cli
-
-Install google-font-installer:
-
-doas npm install -g google-font-installer
-
-Install grip (markdown previewer specifically for github)
-
-paru grip (check, should be 4)
-
-Install mdlt (command line calculator)
-doas npm i -g mdlt
-
-create a .zip_code file with ZIPCODE=
-in .aliases, above inxi-w alias:
-source .zip_code
-
-Fix Inkscape
-
-poppler and poppler-glib need to be reverted back to 22.08.0-2
-inkscape needs to be reverted to 1.2.1-2
-
-doas pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/poppler-glib-22.08.0-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst /var/cache/pacman/pkg/poppler-22.08.0-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
-
-doas pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/inkscape-1.2.1-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
+set a $PHONE env by putting your number into $HOME/.phone_number for textme script to work
diff --git a/zshrc.txt b/zshrc.txt
index f87882ce..04555d0a 100644
--- a/zshrc.txt
+++ b/zshrc.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 # to change default shell, use chsh -s $(which zsh)
 
+# prevent overwriting of existing files
+set -o noclobber
+# reverse with:
+# set +o noclobber
+
 # create custom env variables:
 export cproj="/home/brian/Documents/Code/web_tutorials/advanced_programming_in_the_UNIX_environment_midterm"