diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2ba7a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "gcklib"]
+	path = gcklib
+	url = https://github.com/gck-org/gcklib
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9335231..53a44a1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 PREFIX = /usr/bin/
 
-YAIT_SRCS := $(wildcard src/*.c)
+YAIT_SRCS := $(wildcard src/*.c) $(wildcard lib/*.c)
 YAIT_OBJS := $(patsubst src/%.c,build/obj/%.o,$(YAIT_SRCS))
 
 YAIT := bin/yait
 
-ALLOWED_DIRS = doc include man src tools
+ALLOWED_DIRS = doc include man src tools lib
 DISTDIRS := $(sort $(shell find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -not -name '.' -printf '%f\n'))
 
 -include config.mak
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ build:
 	mkdir -p build/obj
 
 build/obj/%.o: src/%.c config.mak
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -DCOMMIT=$(shell git rev-list --count --all) -Iinclude -c $< -o $@
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -DCOMMIT=$(shell git rev-list --count --all) -Iinclude -Ilib -c $< -o $@
 
 $(YAIT): $(YAIT_OBJS) 
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -Iinclude -DCOMMIT=$(shell git rev-list --count --all) $^ -o $@
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -Iinclude -Ilib -DCOMMIT=$(shell git rev-list --count --all) $^ -o $@
 
 endif
 
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index cefcaf3..18eb2ad 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ GCK yait - TODO
 Todo:
 
   * Refactor to more GNU style main
-	* Implement the extra option
+  * Factor out str_dup
   * Build tarball with Makefile
   * Polish for 1.0
 
diff --git a/gcklib b/gcklib
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..432788e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcklib
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 432788eb5f78afb08b7c011b81118c7f9bc520d9
diff --git a/include/yait.h b/include/yait.h
index 2074218..ef2a3ac 100644
--- a/include/yait.h
+++ b/include/yait.h
@@ -9,25 +9,10 @@
 #ifndef YAIT_H
 #define YAIT_H
 
-typedef enum { MIT, GPL, BSD, UNL, LCOUNT } licence_t;
-typedef enum { MAKE, CMAKE, AUTOTOOLS, BARE, BCOUNT } built_t;
+typedef enum { MIT, GPL, BSD } licence_t;
 
 typedef struct {
 	licence_t licence;
-	built_t build;
-
-	bool lib;
-
-	bool git;
-	bool flat;
-	bool open_editor;
-
-	struct {
-		bool build_nob;
-		bool tools_format;
-		bool tools_Cleanup;
-	} extra;
-
 	char *project;
 	char *author;
 	char *editor;
diff --git a/lib/err.c b/lib/err.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bd1436
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/err.c
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+/* Copyright (C) GCK
+ *
+ * This file is part of gcklib
+ *
+ * This project and file is licensed under the BSD-3-Clause license.
+ * <https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause>
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "err.h"
+
+#define RESET "\e[0m"
+#define ERROR "\e[1;91m"
+#define WARN "\e[1;95m"
+#define NOTE "\e[1;94m"
+#define HINT "\e[38;5;166m"
+
+static bool __check(void)
+{
+	static int done = 0;
+	static bool cached = false;
+
+	if (!done) {
+		const char *term = getenv("TERM");
+		cached = isatty(STDOUT_FILENO) && term != NULL &&
+			 (strstr(term, "color") != NULL ||
+			  strstr(term, "ansi") != NULL ||
+			  strstr(term, "xterm") != NULL);
+		done = 1;
+	}
+
+	return cached;
+}
+
+void errorf(const char *format, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+	va_start(args, format);
+
+	if (__check()) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%serror%s: ", ERROR, RESET);
+	} else {
+		fputs("error: ", stderr);
+	}
+
+	vfprintf(stderr, format, args);
+	fputc('\n', stderr);
+
+	va_end(args);
+}
+void fatalf(const char *format, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+	va_start(args, format);
+
+	if (__check()) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%sfatal%s: ", ERROR, RESET);
+	} else {
+		fputs("fatal: ", stderr);
+	}
+
+	vfprintf(stderr, format, args);
+	fputc('\n', stderr);
+
+	va_end(args);
+
+	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
+void warnf(const char *format, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+	va_start(args, format);
+
+	if (__check()) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%swarning%s: ", WARN, RESET);
+	} else {
+		fputs("warning: ", stderr);
+	}
+
+	vfprintf(stderr, format, args);
+	fputc('\n', stderr);
+
+	va_end(args);
+}
+void notef(const char *format, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+	va_start(args, format);
+
+	if (__check()) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%snote%s: ", NOTE, RESET);
+	} else {
+		fputs("note: ", stderr);
+	}
+
+	vfprintf(stderr, format, args);
+	fputc('\n', stderr);
+
+	va_end(args);
+}
+void hintf(const char *format, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+	va_start(args, format);
+
+	if (__check()) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%shint: ", HINT);
+	} else {
+		fputs("hint: ", stderr);
+	}
+
+	vfprintf(stderr, format, args);
+
+	if (__check()) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", RESET);
+	} else {
+		fputc('\n', stderr);
+	}
+
+	va_end(args);
+}
+
+void errorfa(int code)
+{
+	errorf(strerror(code));
+}
+
+void fatalfa(int code)
+{
+	fatalf(strerror(code));
+}
+
+void notefa(int code)
+{
+	notef(strerror(code));
+}
+
+void warnfa(int code)
+{
+	warnf(strerror(code));
+}
+
+void hintfa(int code)
+{
+	hintf(strerror(code));
+}
diff --git a/lib/err.h b/lib/err.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b53e21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/err.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/* Copyright (C) GCK
+ *
+ * This file is part of gcklib
+ *
+ * This project and file is licensed under the BSD-3-Clause licence.
+ * <https://opensource.org/licence/bsd-3-clause>
+ */
+
+#ifndef ERR_H
+#define ERR_H
+
+void errorf(const char *format, ...);
+void fatalf(const char *format, ...);
+void notef(const char *format, ...);
+void warnf(const char *format, ...);
+void hintf(const char *format, ...);
+
+void errorfa(int code);
+void fatalfa(int code);
+void notefa(int code);
+void warnfa(int code);
+void hintfa(int code);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/proginfo.c b/lib/proginfo.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..410408f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/proginfo.c
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/* Copyright (C) GCK
+ *
+ * This file is part of gcklib
+ *
+ * This project and file is licensed under the BSD-3-Clause licence.
+ * <https://opensource.org/licence/bsd-3-clause>
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "../config.h"
+
+#include "proginfo.h"
+
+const char *prog_name = "";
+
+void set_prog_name(const char *name)
+{
+	prog_name = prog_name ? name : "";
+}
+
+void emit_try_help()
+{
+	printf("Try '%s --help' for more information\n", prog_name);
+}
+
+void emit_version()
+{
+	printf("\
+%s %s %d\n\
+Copyright (C) %d GCK.\n\
+This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.\n\
+There is NO WARRNTY, to the extent permitted by law.\n\
+",
+	       prog_name, VERSION, COMMIT, YEAR);
+}
+
+int parse_standard_options(int argc, char **argv, void (*usage)(int),
+			   void (*version)())
+{
+	for (int i = 0; i < argc; ++i) {
+		if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--help")) {
+			usage(0);
+			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+		} else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--version")) {
+			emit_version();
+			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/lib/proginfo.h b/lib/proginfo.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a426c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/proginfo.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/* Copyright (C) GCK
+ *
+ * This file is part of gcklib
+ *
+ * This project and file is licensed under the BSD-3-Clause licence.
+ * <https://opensource.org/licence/bsd-3-clause>
+ */
+
+#ifndef proginfo_H
+#define proginfo_H
+
+extern const char *prog_name;
+
+void set_prog_name(const char *name);
+
+void emit_try_help();
+void emit_version();
+
+int parse_standard_options(int argc, char **argv, void (*usage)(int),
+			   void (*version)());
+
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/str_dup.c b/lib/str_dup.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c4f1c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/str_dup.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "xmem.h"
+
+#include "str_dup.h"
+
+char *str_dup(char *s)
+{
+	char *new = xmalloc(strlen(s) + 1);
+	strcpy(new, s);
+	return new;
+}
diff --git a/lib/str_dup.h b/lib/str_dup.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ab6a61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/str_dup.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef STR_DUP_H
+#define STR_DUP_H
+
+char *str_dup(char *s);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/xmem.c b/lib/xmem.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dac8abe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xmem.c
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* Copyright (C) GCK
+ *
+ * This file is part of gcklib
+ *
+ * This project and file is licensed under the BSD-3-Clause licence.
+ * <https://opensource.org/licence/bsd-3-clause>
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "err.h"
+
+#include "xmem.h"
+
+void *ensure_nonnull(void *ptr)
+{
+	if (ptr == NULL)
+		fatalf("memory exhausted");
+	return ptr;
+}
+
+void *xmalloc(size_t size)
+{
+	return ensure_nonnull(malloc(size));
+}
+
+void *xrealloc(void *ptr, size_t size)
+{
+	return ensure_nonnull(realloc(ptr, size));
+}
+
+void *xcalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size)
+{
+	return ensure_nonnull(calloc(nmemb, size));
+}
diff --git a/lib/xmem.h b/lib/xmem.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d4ccc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/xmem.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/* Copyright (C) GCK
+ *
+ * This file is part of gcklib
+ *
+ * This project and file is licensed under the BSD-3-Clause licence.
+ * <https://opensource.org/licence/bsd-3-clause>
+ */
+
+#ifndef xmem_H
+#define xmem_H
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+void *xmalloc(size_t size);
+void *xrealloc(void *ptr, size_t size);
+void *xcalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/create_project.c b/src/create_project.c
index 00d7886..24fe92d 100644
--- a/src/create_project.c
+++ b/src/create_project.c
@@ -17,166 +17,166 @@
 #include "licences/licences.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
-int create_project(manifest_t manifest)
-{
-	int status;
-	char buffer[BUFSIZ], *main_source;
-
-	status = mkdir_p(manifest.project);
-	if (status)
-		return 1;
-
-	status = chdir(manifest.project);
-	if (status)
-		return 1;
-
-	cfprintf(
-		"README",
-		"%s ( short description )\n\nThis cool project actions adverbly.\n",
-		manifest.project);
-
-	if (manifest.build != BARE) {
-		main_source = manifest.flat ? "main.c" : "src/main.c";
-		cfprintf(main_source, "#include <stdio.h>\n"
-				      "\n"
-				      "int main()\n"
-				      "{\n"
-				      "\tputs(\"Hello, World!\");\n"
-				      "\treturn 0;\n"
-				      "}\n");
-	}
-	char *upr_name = tostrupr(manifest.project);
-	switch (manifest.build) {
-	case MAKE:
-		cfprintf(
-			"Makefile",
-			"PREFIX = /usr/bin\n"
-			"\n"
-			"%s_SRCS := $(wildcard src/*.c)\n"
-			"%s_OBJS := $(patsubst src/%.c,build/obj/%.o,$(%s_SRCS))"
-			"\n"
-			"%s := bin/%s"
-			"\n"
-			"-include config.mak\n"
-			"\n"
-			"ifeq ($(wildcard config.mak),)\n",
-			upr_name, upr_name, upr_name, upr_name,
-			manifest.project);
-		break;
-	case CMAKE:
-		cfprintf("CMakeLists.txt",
-			 "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)\n"
-			 "\n"
-			 "project(%s\n"
-			 "  VERSION 0.1.0\n"
-			 "  LANGUAGES C)\n"
-			 "\n"
-			 "set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 23)\n"
-			 "set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)\n"
-			 "set(CMAKE_C_EXTENSIONS OFF)\n"
-			 "\n"
-			 "include(GNUInstallDirs)\n"
-			 "\n"
-			 "add_executable(%s\n"
-			 "  src/main.c\n"
-			 ")\n"
-			 "\n"
-			 "install(TARGETS %s\n"
-			 "  RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}\n"
-			 ")\n",
-			 manifest.project, manifest.project, manifest.project);
-		break;
-	case AUTOTOOLS:
-		cfprintf("configure.ac",
-			 "AC_PREREQ([2.69])\n"
-			 "AC_INIT([%s], [0.1], [bug-report@exmaple.com])\n"
-			 "AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign -Wall])\n"
-			 "AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.c])\n"
-			 "AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])"
-			 "AC_PROG_CC\n"
-			 "AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile])\n"
-			 "AC_OUTPUT\n",
-			 manifest.project);
-		cfprintf("Makefile.am", "SUBDIRS = src\n");
-		cfprintf("src/Makefile.am",
-			 "bin_PROGRAMS = %s\n"
-			 "%s_SOURCES = main.c\n",
-			 manifest.project, manifest.project);
-		cfprintf("bootstrap",
-			 "#!/bin/sh\n"
-			 "set -e\n"
-			 "\n"
-			 "autoreconf --install --verbose --force\n");
-		break;
-	case BARE:
-		snprintf(buffer, BUFSIZ, "%s.c", manifest.project);
-		cfprintf(buffer, "");
-		main_source = str_dup(buffer);
-		cfprintf("Makefile",
-			 ".POSIX:\n"
-			 "CC ::= gcc\n"
-			 "CFLAGS ::= -std=c23 -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic\n"
-			 "\n"
-			 "all: %s\n"
-			 "\n"
-			 "clean:\n"
-			 "\t$(RM) %s",
-			 manifest.project, manifest.project);
-		break;
-	case BCOUNT:
-	default:
-		abort();
-	}
-
-	flast = true;
-	switch (manifest.licence) {
-	case MIT:
-		cfprintf("COPYING", "%s", MIT_txt);
-		break;
-	case GPL:
-		cfprintf("COPYING", "%s", GPL_3_0_txt);
-		break;
-	case BSD:
-		cfprintf("COPYING", "%s", BSD_3_Clause_txt);
-		break;
-	case UNL:
-		cfprintf("COPYING", "%s", UNLICENSE_txt);
-		break;
-	case LCOUNT:
-	default:
-		abort();
-	}
-
-	if (!manifest.git) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Initializing git reposity");
-		status = system("git init --quiet");
-		if (status)
-			fprintf(stderr, ", failed.\n");
-		else
-			fprintf(stderr, ", done.\n");
-	}
-
-	if (manifest.build == AUTOTOOLS) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Changing files permissions 1");
-		struct stat st;
-		if (stat("bootstrap", &st) == -1) {
-			perror("stat failed");
-			return 1;
-		}
-		mode_t new_mode = st.st_mode | S_IXUSR;
-		if (chmod("bootstrap", new_mode) == -1) {
-			perror("chmod failed");
-			return 1;
-		}
-		fprintf(stderr, ", done.\n");
-	}
-
-	if (manifest.open_editor) {
-		snprintf(buffer, BUFSIZ, "$EDITOR %s", main_source);
-		status = system(buffer);
-		if (status)
-			fprintf(stderr, "Could not open editor");
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
+// int create_project(manifest_t manifest)
+// {
+// 	int status;
+// 	char buffer[BUFSIZ], *main_source;
+//
+// 	status = mkdir_p(manifest.project);
+// 	if (status)
+// 		return 1;
+//
+// 	status = chdir(manifest.project);
+// 	if (status)
+// 		return 1;
+//
+// 	cfprintf(
+// 		"README",
+// 		"%s ( short description )\n\nThis cool project actions adverbly.\n",
+// 		manifest.project);
+//
+// 	if (manifest.build != BARE) {
+// 		main_source = manifest.flat ? "main.c" : "src/main.c";
+// 		cfprintf(main_source, "#include <stdio.h>\n"
+// 				      "\n"
+// 				      "int main()\n"
+// 				      "{\n"
+// 				      "\tputs(\"Hello, World!\");\n"
+// 				      "\treturn 0;\n"
+// 				      "}\n");
+// 	}
+// 	char *upr_name = tostrupr(manifest.project);
+// 	switch (manifest.build) {
+// 	case MAKE:
+// 		cfprintf(
+// 			"Makefile",
+// 			"PREFIX = /usr/bin\n"
+// 			"\n"
+// 			"%s_SRCS := $(wildcard src/*.c)\n"
+// 			"%s_OBJS := $(patsubst src/%.c,build/obj/%.o,$(%s_SRCS))"
+// 			"\n"
+// 			"%s := bin/%s"
+// 			"\n"
+// 			"-include config.mak\n"
+// 			"\n"
+// 			"ifeq ($(wildcard config.mak),)\n",
+// 			upr_name, upr_name, upr_name, upr_name,
+// 			manifest.project);
+// 		break;
+// 	case CMAKE:
+// 		cfprintf("CMakeLists.txt",
+// 			 "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)\n"
+// 			 "\n"
+// 			 "project(%s\n"
+// 			 "  VERSION 0.1.0\n"
+// 			 "  LANGUAGES C)\n"
+// 			 "\n"
+// 			 "set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 23)\n"
+// 			 "set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)\n"
+// 			 "set(CMAKE_C_EXTENSIONS OFF)\n"
+// 			 "\n"
+// 			 "include(GNUInstallDirs)\n"
+// 			 "\n"
+// 			 "add_executable(%s\n"
+// 			 "  src/main.c\n"
+// 			 ")\n"
+// 			 "\n"
+// 			 "install(TARGETS %s\n"
+// 			 "  RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}\n"
+// 			 ")\n",
+// 			 manifest.project, manifest.project, manifest.project);
+// 		break;
+// 	case AUTOTOOLS:
+// 		cfprintf("configure.ac",
+// 			 "AC_PREREQ([2.69])\n"
+// 			 "AC_INIT([%s], [0.1], [bug-report@exmaple.com])\n"
+// 			 "AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign -Wall])\n"
+// 			 "AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.c])\n"
+// 			 "AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])"
+// 			 "AC_PROG_CC\n"
+// 			 "AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile])\n"
+// 			 "AC_OUTPUT\n",
+// 			 manifest.project);
+// 		cfprintf("Makefile.am", "SUBDIRS = src\n");
+// 		cfprintf("src/Makefile.am",
+// 			 "bin_PROGRAMS = %s\n"
+// 			 "%s_SOURCES = main.c\n",
+// 			 manifest.project, manifest.project);
+// 		cfprintf("bootstrap",
+// 			 "#!/bin/sh\n"
+// 			 "set -e\n"
+// 			 "\n"
+// 			 "autoreconf --install --verbose --force\n");
+// 		break;
+// 	case BARE:
+// 		snprintf(buffer, BUFSIZ, "%s.c", manifest.project);
+// 		cfprintf(buffer, "");
+// 		main_source = str_dup(buffer);
+// 		cfprintf("Makefile",
+// 			 ".POSIX:\n"
+// 			 "CC ::= gcc\n"
+// 			 "CFLAGS ::= -std=c23 -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic\n"
+// 			 "\n"
+// 			 "all: %s\n"
+// 			 "\n"
+// 			 "clean:\n"
+// 			 "\t$(RM) %s",
+// 			 manifest.project, manifest.project);
+// 		break;
+// 	case BCOUNT:
+// 	default:
+// 		abort();
+// 	}
+//
+// 	flast = true;
+// 	switch (manifest.licence) {
+// 	case MIT:
+// 		cfprintf("COPYING", "%s", MIT_txt);
+// 		break;
+// 	case GPL:
+// 		cfprintf("COPYING", "%s", GPL_3_0_txt);
+// 		break;
+// 	case BSD:
+// 		cfprintf("COPYING", "%s", BSD_3_Clause_txt);
+// 		break;
+// 	case UNL:
+// 		cfprintf("COPYING", "%s", UNLICENSE_txt);
+// 		break;
+// 	case LCOUNT:
+// 	default:
+// 		abort();
+// 	}
+//
+// 	if (!manifest.git) {
+// 		fprintf(stderr, "Initializing git reposity");
+// 		status = system("git init --quiet");
+// 		if (status)
+// 			fprintf(stderr, ", failed.\n");
+// 		else
+// 			fprintf(stderr, ", done.\n");
+// 	}
+//
+// 	if (manifest.build == AUTOTOOLS) {
+// 		fprintf(stderr, "Changing files permissions 1");
+// 		struct stat st;
+// 		if (stat("bootstrap", &st) == -1) {
+// 			perror("stat failed");
+// 			return 1;
+// 		}
+// 		mode_t new_mode = st.st_mode | S_IXUSR;
+// 		if (chmod("bootstrap", new_mode) == -1) {
+// 			perror("chmod failed");
+// 			return 1;
+// 		}
+// 		fprintf(stderr, ", done.\n");
+// 	}
+//
+// 	if (manifest.open_editor) {
+// 		snprintf(buffer, BUFSIZ, "$EDITOR %s", main_source);
+// 		status = system(buffer);
+// 		if (status)
+// 			fprintf(stderr, "Could not open editor");
+// 	}
+//
+// 	return 0;
+// }
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 40aee22..c43bea6 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -8,23 +8,80 @@
 
 // Usage: yait [OPTION]... <PROJECT>
 
-#define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200809L // popen extention
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <limits.h>
-#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
+#include "../lib/proginfo.h"
+#include "../lib/err.h"
 #include "../include/yait.h"
-#include "standard.h"
-#include "util.h"
 #include "../config.h"
+#include "name.h"
 
-#define print_option(option, description) \
-	printf("        %-20s %-20s\n", option, description)
+static struct option longopts[] = { { "author", required_argument, 0, 'a' },
+				    { "licence", required_argument, 0, 'l' },
+				    { 0, 0, 0, 0 } };
+
+static int exit_status;
+
+static void usage(int status);
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	int optc;
+	int lose = 0;
+	set_prog_name(argv[0]);
+
+	exit_status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+
+	manifest_t manifest = {
+		.author = get_name(),
+		.editor = NULL,
+		.licence = BSD,
+		.project = "Project",
+	};
+
+	parse_standard_options(argc, argv, usage, emit_version);
+
+	while ((optc = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:l:E", longopts, NULL)) != -1)
+
+		switch (optc) {
+		case 'l':
+			if (!strcmp(optarg, "list")) {
+				printf("BSD\nGPL\nMIT\n");
+				exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+			}
+			if (!strcmp(optarg, "GPL"))
+				manifest.licence = GPL;
+			else if (!strcmp(optarg, "MIT"))
+				manifest.licence = MIT;
+			else {
+				printf("BSD\nGPL\nMIT\n");
+				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+			}
+			break;
+		case 'E':
+			manifest.editor = getenv("EDITOR");
+			break;
+		default:
+			lose = 1;
+		}
+
+	char *cwd = getcwd(NULL, 0);
+	if (!cwd) {
+		fatalfa(errno);
+	}
+	fprintf(stderr, "Created %s at\n %s\n", manifest.project, cwd);
+	free(cwd);
+
+	return exit_status;
+}
 
 static void usage(int status)
 {
@@ -44,222 +101,8 @@ Generates an optionated C project.\n",
 	      stdout);
 	puts("");
 	fputs("\
-      --git                   Initialize git repository (default)\n\
-      --no-git                Do not initialize git repository\n\
-      --lib                   Make this a library\n\
-      -l <licence>            Set licence. This list can be found by passing 'list'\n\
-      -E                      Open $EDITOR after project creation\n\
-      --autotools             Use the autotools build system\n\
-      --cmake                 Use the cmake build system\n\
-      --make                  Use the GNU make build system (default)\n\
-      --bare                  Minimal C project structure\n\
-      --flat                  All files in project root.\n\
-      --extras=<arg1>,<arg2>  Extra build options, Pass list to list out options.\n",
+      -E                      Open $EDITOR after project creation (default false)\n\
+      --author=NAME           Set the program author (default git username)\n\
+      --licence=LICENCE       Set the program licence (default BSD)\n",
 	      stdout);
 }
-
-void print_lines(const char *first, ...)
-{
-	va_list args;
-	const char *s;
-
-	va_start(args, first);
-
-	for (s = first; s != NULL; s = va_arg(args, const char *))
-		printf("%s\n", s);
-
-	va_end(args);
-}
-
-static inline int parse_extras_token(manifest_t *conf, const char *s)
-{
-	if (!strcmp(s, "list")) {
-		print_lines("nob", "Cleanup", "format", NULL);
-		exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
-	}
-
-	if (!strcmp(s, "nob"))
-		return conf->extra.build_nob = true, 0;
-	if (!strcmp(s, "Cleanup"))
-		return conf->extra.tools_Cleanup = true, 0;
-	if (!strcmp(s, "format"))
-		return conf->extra.tools_format = true, 0;
-	fprintf(stderr, "Option '%s' is not valid. See %s --extras=list\n", s,
-		PROGRAM);
-	return 1;
-}
-
-static int parse_arguments(manifest_t *conf, int argc, char **argv)
-{
-	int opt, option_index;
-
-	// clang-format off
-	static struct option long_opts[] = {
-		{ "git", no_argument, 0, 'g' },
-		{ "no-git", no_argument, 0, 'G' },
-		{ "lib", no_argument, 0, 'L' },
-		{ "autotools", no_argument, 0, 'a' },
-		{ "cmake", no_argument, 0, 'c' },
-		{ "make", no_argument, 0, 'm' },
-		{ "bare", no_argument, 0, 'B' },
-		{ "flat", no_argument, 0, 'f' },
-		{ "author", required_argument, 0, 'A' },
-		{ "extras", required_argument, 0, 0 },
-		{ 0, 0, 0, 0 } };
-	// clang-format on
-
-	while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "gGLbacmBfAl:E", long_opts,
-				  &option_index)) != -1) {
-		if (opt == 0 &&
-		    strcmp(long_opts[option_index].name, "extras") == 0) {
-			int err;
-			char *arg = optarg;
-			char *token = strtok(arg, ",");
-			while (token) {
-				err = parse_extras_token(conf, token);
-				if (err)
-					exit(err);
-				token = strtok(NULL, ",");
-			}
-		}
-		switch (opt) {
-		case 'g':
-			conf->git = true;
-			break;
-		case 'G':
-			conf->git = false;
-			break;
-		case 'L':
-			conf->lib = true;
-			break;
-		case 'a':
-			conf->build = AUTOTOOLS;
-			break;
-		case 'c':
-			conf->build = CMAKE;
-			break;
-		case 'm':
-			conf->build = MAKE;
-			break;
-		case 'B':
-			conf->build = BARE;
-			break;
-		case 'f':
-			conf->flat = true;
-			break;
-		case 'A':
-			conf->author = optarg;
-			break;
-		case 'l':
-			if (!strcmp(optarg, "list")) {
-				print_lines("MIT", "BSD", "GPL", "UNL", NULL);
-				exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
-			}
-			conf->licence = TOlicence(optarg);
-			break;
-		case 'E':
-			conf->open_editor = true;
-			conf->editor = getenv("EDITOR");
-			break;
-		default:
-			return 1;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (optind >= argc) {
-		return HELP_REQUESTED;
-	}
-	conf->project = str_dup(argv[optind]);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int get_name(char **output)
-{
-	FILE *fp;
-	char buf[256];
-	char *res = NULL;
-	struct passwd *pw;
-
-	fp = popen("git config --get user.name", "r");
-	if (fp) {
-		if (fgets(buf, sizeof buf, fp)) {
-			size_t len = strlen(buf);
-			if (len > 0 && buf[len - 1] == '\n')
-				buf[len - 1] = '\0';
-			res = strdup(buf);
-		}
-		pclose(fp);
-	}
-
-	if (!res) {
-		pw = getpwuid(getuid());
-		if (!pw || !pw->pw_name)
-			return -1;
-		res = strdup(pw->pw_name);
-	}
-
-	if (!res)
-		return -1;
-
-	*output = res;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-	int status;
-	manifest_t manifest = {
-		.project = "Project",
-		.author = "author",
-		.editor = "vim",
-
-		.licence = UNL,
-
-		.git = true,
-		.build = MAKE,
-		.flat = false,
-		.open_editor = false,
-		.lib = false,
-
-		.extra.build_nob = false,
-		.extra.tools_format = false,
-		.extra.tools_Cleanup = false,
-	};
-
-	status = parse_standard_options(usage, argc, argv);
-	if (status != 0 && status != HELP_REQUESTED)
-		return fprintf(stderr, "error: %s\n", strerror(status)),
-		       EXIT_FAILURE;
-
-	status = parse_arguments(&manifest, argc, argv);
-	if (status == HELP_REQUESTED) {
-		usage(0);
-	}
-
-	if (status) {
-		return EXIT_FAILURE;
-	}
-
-	get_name(&manifest.author);
-	status = create_project(manifest);
-
-	if (status) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", strerror(status));
-		return EXIT_FAILURE;
-	}
-
-	char *cwd;
-
-	cwd = getcwd(NULL, 0);
-	if (cwd == NULL) {
-		perror("getcwd");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-	fprintf(stderr, "Created %s at\n %s\n", manifest.project, cwd);
-
-	free(cwd);
-
-	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-}
diff --git a/src/name.c b/src/name.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6210ac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/name.c
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/* Copyright (C) GCK
+ *
+ * This file is part of yait
+ *
+ * This project and file is licenced under the BSD-3-Clause licence.
+ * <https://opensource.org/licence/bsd-3-clause>
+ */
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <pwd.h>
+
+#include "../lib/str_dup.h"
+
+#include "name.h"
+
+char *get_name()
+{
+	int fds[2];
+	if (pipe(fds) == -1)
+		goto sysuser;
+
+	pid_t pid = fork();
+	if (pid == -1) {
+		close(fds[0]);
+		close(fds[1]);
+		goto sysuser;
+	}
+
+	if (pid == 0) {
+		dup2(fds[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
+		close(fds[0]);
+		close(fds[1]);
+		execlp("git", "git", "config", "--get", "user.name",
+		       (char *)NULL);
+		_exit(127);
+	}
+
+	close(fds[1]);
+	char buf[256];
+	ssize_t n = read(fds[0], buf, sizeof buf - 1);
+	close(fds[0]);
+	int status;
+	waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+	if (n > 0 && WIFEXITED(status) && WEXITSTATUS(status) == 0) {
+		buf[n] = 0;
+		buf[strcspn(buf, "\n")] = 0;
+		return str_dup(buf);
+	}
+
+sysuser: {
+	char *name = getlogin();
+	if (name)
+		return str_dup(name);
+	struct passwd *pw = getpwuid(getuid());
+	if (pw && pw->pw_name)
+		return str_dup(pw->pw_name);
+}
+	return "author";
+}
diff --git a/src/name.h b/src/name.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d6e1fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/name.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* Copyright (C) GCK
+ *
+ * This file is part of yait
+ *
+ * This project and file is licenced under the BSD-3-Clause licence.
+ * <https://opensource.org/licence/bsd-3-clause>
+ */
+
+#ifndef NAME_H
+#define NAME_H
+
+char *get_name();
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/standard.c b/src/standard.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 697017f..0000000
--- a/src/standard.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (C) GCK
- * 
- * This file is part of yait
- *
- * This project and file is licenced under the BSD-3-Clause licence.
- * <https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause>
- */
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-#include "../config.h"
-#include "standard.h"
-
-int parse_standard_options(void (*usage)(int), int argc, char **argv)
-{
-	for (int i = 0; i < argc; ++i) {
-		if (strcmp(argv[i], "--help") == 0) {
-			usage(0);
-			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
-		} else if (strcmp(argv[i], "--version") == 0) {
-			printf("%s %s %d\nCopyright (C) %d %s.\n%s\nThis is "
-			       "free software: "
-			       "you are free to change and redistribute "
-			       "it.\nThere is NO "
-			       "WARRNTY, to the extent permitted by law.\n",
-			       PROGRAM, VERSION, COMMIT, YEAR, AUTHORS,
-			       LICENSE_LINE);
-			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
-		}
-	}
-	return HELP_REQUESTED;
-}
diff --git a/src/standard.h b/src/standard.h
deleted file mode 100644
index a71b41d..0000000
--- a/src/standard.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef STANDARD_H
-#define STANDARD_H
-
-#define HELP_REQUESTED 2
-
-int parse_standard_options(void (*usage)(int), int argc, char **argv);
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 61d3ba7..ed2808d 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ licence_t TOlicence(char *src)
 	if (!strcmp(s, "BSD"))
 		return BSD;
 	free(s);
-	return UNL;
+	return BSD;
 }
 
 char *str_dup(const char *s)