diff --git a/p2p-repo/src/branch.rs b/p2p-repo/src/branch.rs
index 7b7d7cf..985b144 100644
--- a/p2p-repo/src/branch.rs
+++ b/p2p-repo/src/branch.rs
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ impl Branch {
             let id = cobj.id();
 
             // root has no deps
-            let is_root = cobj.deps().len() == 0;
+            let is_root = cobj.is_root();
             //debug_println!("     deps: {:?}", cobj.deps());
 
             // check if this commit object is present in their_heads
diff --git a/p2p-repo/src/object.rs b/p2p-repo/src/object.rs
index f38cc03..914e803 100644
--- a/p2p-repo/src/object.rs
+++ b/p2p-repo/src/object.rs
@@ -379,6 +379,11 @@ impl Object {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn is_root(&self) -> bool {
+        self.deps().len() == 0
+        //TODO: add && sdeps().len() == 0 && self.acks().len() == 0 && self.nacks().len() == 0
+    }
+
     pub fn root(&self) -> &Block {
         self.blocks.last().unwrap()
     }