diff --git a/v3/core/api.go b/v3/core/api.go
index e3cd13e..ab2c740 100644
--- a/v3/core/api.go
+++ b/v3/core/api.go
@@ -359,7 +359,9 @@ func (g *GrokkerInternal) ListDocuments() (paths []string) {
 		v100, err := semver.Parse([]byte("1.0.0"))
 		current, err := semver.Parse([]byte(g.Version))
 		Ck(err)
-		if semver.Cmp(current, v100) > 0 {
+		cmp, err := semver.Cmp(current, v100)
+		Ck(err)
+		if cmp > 0 {
 			path = doc.RelPath
 		}
 		paths = append(paths, path)
diff --git a/v3/core/cli.go b/v3/core/cli.go
index 7b8a22a..ae97a76 100644
--- a/v3/core/cli.go
+++ b/v3/core/cli.go
@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ type cmdChat struct {
 	NoAddToDb        bool     `short:"D" help:"Do not add the chat history file to the knowledge base."`
 }
 
-type cmdCommit struct{}
+type cmdCommit struct {
+	Diffargs []string `arg:"" optional:"" type:"string" help:"Arguments to pass to git diff.  If not provided, defaults to '--staged'."`
+}
 
 type cmdCtx struct {
 	Tokenlimit      int  `arg:"" type:"int" help:"Maximum number of tokens to include in the context."`
@@ -572,8 +574,13 @@ func Cli(args []string, config *CliConfig) (rc int, err error) {
 		Ck(err)
 		Pl(res)
 	case "commit":
+		fallthrough
+	case "commit <diffargs>":
 		// generate a git commit message
-		summary, err := commitMessage(grok)
+		if len(cli.Commit.Diffargs) < 1 {
+			cli.Commit.Diffargs = []string{"--staged"}
+		}
+		summary, err := commitMessage(grok, cli.Commit.Diffargs...)
 		Ck(err)
 		Pl(summary)
 	case "models":
@@ -672,11 +679,12 @@ func msg(g *GrokkerInternal, sysmsg string, input string) (res string, err error
 }
 
 // generate a git commit message
-func commitMessage(grok *GrokkerInternal) (summary string, err error) {
+func commitMessage(grok *GrokkerInternal, args ...string) (summary string, err error) {
 	defer Return(&err)
 
-	// run `git diff --staged`
-	cmd := exec.Command("git", "diff", "--staged")
+	// run `git diff @args
+	args = append([]string{"diff"}, args...)
+	cmd := exec.Command("git", args...)
 	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
 	out, err := cmd.Output()
 	Ck(err)
diff --git a/v3/core/cli_test.go b/v3/core/cli_test.go
index 4b531f0..d5f69f2 100644
--- a/v3/core/cli_test.go
+++ b/v3/core/cli_test.go
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ func TestCli(t *testing.T) {
 	run(t, "git", "add", ".")
 	// git diff
 	stdout, stderr, err = grok(emptyStdin, "commit")
-	Tassert(t, err == nil, "CLI returned unexpected error: %v", err)
+	Tassert(t, err == nil, "CLI returned unexpected error: %v\nstdout: %v\nstderr: %v", err, stdout.String(), stderr.String())
 	// check that the stdout buffer contains the expected output
 	match = strings.Contains(stdout.String(), "diff --git")
 	Tassert(t, match, "CLI did not return expected output: %s", stdout.String())
diff --git a/v3/core/grokker.go b/v3/core/grokker.go
index 88c7055..c2786a3 100644
--- a/v3/core/grokker.go
+++ b/v3/core/grokker.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	// See the "Semantic Versioning" section of the README for
 	// information on API and db stability and versioning.
-	version = "3.0.10"
+	version = "3.0.11"
 )
 
 type GrokkerInternal struct {
diff --git a/v3/core/migrate.go b/v3/core/migrate.go
index e63e16d..d8ba351 100644
--- a/v3/core/migrate.go
+++ b/v3/core/migrate.go
@@ -47,13 +47,16 @@ func (g *GrokkerInternal) migrate() (migrated bool, was, now string, err error)
 		Ck(err)
 		codever, err = semver.Parse([]byte(version))
 		Ck(err)
-		if semver.Cmp(dbver, codever) == 0 {
+		var cmp int
+		cmp, err = semver.Cmp(dbver, codever)
+		Ck(err)
+		if cmp == 0 {
 			// no migration necessary
 			break
 		}
 
 		// see if db is newer version than code
-		if semver.Cmp(dbver, codever) > 0 {
+		if cmp > 0 {
 			// db is newer than code
 			err = fmt.Errorf("grokker db is version %s, but you're running version %s -- upgrade grokker", g.Version, version)
 			return
@@ -62,7 +65,8 @@ func (g *GrokkerInternal) migrate() (migrated bool, was, now string, err error)
 		Fpf(os.Stderr, "migrating from %s to %s\n", g.Version, version)
 
 		// if we get here, then dbver < codever
-		_, minor, patch := semver.Upgrade(dbver, codever)
+		var minor, patch bool
+		_, minor, patch, _, err = semver.Upgrade(dbver, codever)
 		Assert(patch, "patch should be true: %s -> %s", dbver, codever)
 
 		// figure out what kind of migration we need to do
diff --git a/v3/core/migration_test.go b/v3/core/migration_test.go
index 6e4a5de..04c7dc8 100644
--- a/v3/core/migration_test.go
+++ b/v3/core/migration_test.go
@@ -163,13 +163,25 @@ func TestMigration_2_1_2(t *testing.T) {
 	// create a file with 1 chunk of 20000 bytes
 	// (about 11300 tokens each chunk depending on hash content)
 	mkDataFile("testfile-1-20000.txt", 1, 20000)
-	run(t, "grok", "add", "testfile-1-20000.txt")
+	run(t, "./grok", "add", "testfile-1-20000.txt")
 
 	// test with 3 chunks much larger than GPT-4 token size
 	// create a file with 3 chunks of 300000 bytes
 	// (about 167600 tokens each chunk depending on hash content)
 	mkDataFile("testfile-3-300000.txt", 3, 300000)
-	run(t, "grok", "add", "testfile-3-300000.txt")
+	run(t, "./grok", "add", "testfile-3-300000.txt")
+}
+
+// test migration from v3.0.9 to 3.0.10 so we know integer ordering
+// works as expected
+func TestMigration_3_0_10(t *testing.T) {
+	mkGrok(t, "v3.0.9", "v3/cmd/grok")
+	// run ls to get upgraded to 3.0.9
+	run(t, "./grok", "ls")
+	// now build 3.0.10
+	mkGrok(t, "v3.0.10", "v3/cmd/grok")
+	// run ls to get upgraded to 3.0.10
+	run(t, "./grok", "ls")
 }
 
 func TestMigrationHead(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/v3/go.mod b/v3/go.mod
index 73cb3c0..52077da 100644
--- a/v3/go.mod
+++ b/v3/go.mod
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ require (
 	// github.com/sashabaranov/go-openai v1.9.0
 	github.com/sashabaranov/go-openai v1.19.1
 	github.com/stevegt/goadapt v0.7.0
-	github.com/stevegt/semver v0.0.0-20230512043732-92220054a49f
 	github.com/tiktoken-go/tokenizer v0.1.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.3.1
 	github.com/stevegt/envi v0.2.0
+	github.com/stevegt/semver v0.0.0-20240217000820-5913d1a31c26
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/v3/go.sum b/v3/go.sum
index 44c8507..0837dba 100644
--- a/v3/go.sum
+++ b/v3/go.sum
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ github.com/stevegt/envi v0.2.0/go.mod h1:Z8w7bE5V9Ce3H02CWNTEYkW3zWE8ulgfROtEt6y
 github.com/stevegt/goadapt v0.0.13/go.mod h1:BWNnTsXdIxaseRo0W/MoVgDeLNf+6L4S4fPhyAsBTi0=
 github.com/stevegt/goadapt v0.7.0 h1:brUmaaA4mr3hqQfglDAQh7/MVSWak52mEAOzfbSoMDg=
 github.com/stevegt/goadapt v0.7.0/go.mod h1:vquRbAl0Ek4iJHCvFUEDxziTsETR2HOT7r64NolhDKs=
-github.com/stevegt/semver v0.0.0-20230512043732-92220054a49f h1:erQJkdWx1bhOImDDPiVoNy+qP8sBoOJ8EsJ7gUiy8S8=
-github.com/stevegt/semver v0.0.0-20230512043732-92220054a49f/go.mod h1:OgjZERzdomhsWRdqEbqfC+2DI1DpdmZwc1CF7vhqAZ8=
+github.com/stevegt/semver v0.0.0-20240217000820-5913d1a31c26 h1:z1tzm2Q22jtCN87NlApplnTx/EPQQ4zyZaDgNvw3wg8=
+github.com/stevegt/semver v0.0.0-20240217000820-5913d1a31c26/go.mod h1:Jm8NvUiaWMGzaCtI0Ja7Vy7/7ZESxEMWYGswGyqW1+A=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0 h1:2E4SXV/wtOkTonXsotYi4li6zVWxYlZuYNCXe9XRJyk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=