diff --git a/src/main/java/com/redhat/trie/HuffNode.java b/src/main/java/com/redhat/trie/HuffNode.java
index 174128e..43b83ab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/redhat/trie/HuffNode.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/redhat/trie/HuffNode.java
@@ -110,6 +110,34 @@ public class HuffNode {
         return this.right;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * search down the tree, for the node,
+     * at address of String bits
+     */
+    public HuffNode findByBits(String bits) {
+        return this.findByBits(this, bits);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * search down the tree, for the node,
+     * at address of String bits, on HuffNode trie
+     */
+    public HuffNode findByBits(HuffNode trie, String bits) {
+        if (bits.length() == 0) {
+            return trie;
+        }
+        char bit = bits.charAt(0);
+        if (bit == '0') {
+            if (getLeft() == null) { throw new RuntimeException("Encoded path not in trie"); }
+            return getLeft().findByBits(bits.substring(1));
+        }
+        else if (bit == '1') {
+            if (getRight() == null) { throw new RuntimeException("Encoded path not in trie"); }
+            return getRight().findByBits(bits.substring(1));
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * pretty information
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/redhat/trie/PathNode.java b/src/main/java/com/redhat/trie/PathNode.java
index 3da0871..c11b1ba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/redhat/trie/PathNode.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/redhat/trie/PathNode.java
@@ -21,33 +21,58 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Collections;
 
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+/**
+ * PathNode is the relationship to an item in the path tree.
+ *
+ * It holds the relationships to children, as well as all parents that regard it as a child.
+ *
+ * The Name of a given PathNode, is inferred by the NodePair that regards this PathNode as it's "connection"
+ */
 public class PathNode {
+    private static org.apache.log4j.Logger log = Logger.getLogger(PathTree.class);
     private long id = 0;
     private List<NodePair> children = new ArrayList<NodePair>();
     private List<PathNode> parents = new ArrayList<PathNode>();
     private NodeContext ctx = null;
 
+    /**
+     * New node, with 0 id.
+     */
     public PathNode() {
         this(new NodeContext());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * New node, with id determined by provided ctx
+     *
+     * @param   ctx     NodeContext, for id increments
+     */
     public PathNode(NodeContext ctx) {
         this.ctx = ctx;
         this.id = this.ctx.nextId();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This node's id
+     */
     public long getId() {
         return this.id;
     }
     
+    /**
+     * The NodeContext used by this node
+     */
     public NodeContext getContext() {
         return this.ctx;
     }
     
-    public void addChild(NodePair cp) {
-        this.children.add(cp);
-    }
-
+    /**
+     * Get the nodes, from here down.
+     *
+     * @return      A unique list of all PathNode nodes, from this node down
+     */
     public Set<PathNode> getAllNodes() {
         return getAllNodes(this);
     }
@@ -67,13 +92,6 @@ public class PathNode {
         return nodes;
     }
 
-
-    public void addParent(PathNode cp) {
-        if (!parents.contains(cp)) {
-            this.parents.add(cp);
-        }
-    }
-
     public List<NodePair> getChildren() {
         Collections.sort(this.children);
         return this.children;
@@ -83,16 +101,45 @@ public class PathNode {
         return this.parents;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * A NodePair cp, as a child.
+     *
+     * TODO - determine uniqueness?
+     */
+    public void addChild(NodePair cp) {
+        this.children.add(cp);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A PathNode cp, as a parent.
+     *
+     * Checks whether this parent is already a parent.
+     */
+    public void addParent(PathNode cp) {
+        if (!parents.contains(cp)) {
+            this.parents.add(cp);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set parents as the new List collection.
+     */
     public void setParents(List<PathNode> parents) {
         this.parents = parents;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * add entire List of parents
+     */
     public void addParents(List<PathNode> parents) {
         for (PathNode pn : parents) {
             addParent(pn);
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * get the inferred name of this node, through the referring NodePair.
+     */
     public String getName() {
         String name = "";
         for (NodePair child : this.getParents().get(0).getChildren()) {
@@ -103,10 +150,16 @@ public class PathNode {
         return name;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Traverse up the tree, and get the highest ancestor PathNode.
+     */
     public PathNode getStartNode() {
         return getStartNode(this);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Traverse up the tree, and get the highest ancestor PathNode, for node.
+     */
     public PathNode getStartNode(PathNode node) {
         if (node.getParents().size() == 0) {
             return node; // this is the end!
@@ -118,10 +171,16 @@ public class PathNode {
         return node; // when in doubt, return yourself
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Traverse down the tree, and get the "endMarker" child.
+     */
     public PathNode getEndNode() {
         return getEndNode(this);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Traverse down the tree, and get the "endMarker" child, for node.
+     */
     public PathNode getEndNode(PathNode node) {
         if (node.getChildren().size() == 0) {
             return node; // this is the end!
@@ -132,7 +191,7 @@ public class PathNode {
         return node; // when in doubt, return yourself
     }
 
-    /*
+    /**
      * same number of children with the same names for child nodes
      */
     public boolean isEquivalentTo(PathNode that) {
@@ -159,7 +218,7 @@ public class PathNode {
     /** 
      * check whether current PathNode, includes the paths in PathNode that, like a mask.
      * 
-     * TODO - this is a stub
+     * FIXME This is not working correctly yet
      *
      * @param that  PathNode to check for
      * @return      boolean of truth!
@@ -181,17 +240,14 @@ public class PathNode {
                 if (thisnp.getName().startsWith("$") || thisnp.getName().equals(thatnp.getName())) {
                     result = thisnp.getConnection().includes(thatnp.getConnection());
                     found.add(new Boolean(result).booleanValue());
+                    log.debug("includes: " + thisnp + " == " + thatnp);
                     break;
                 }
                 found.add(Boolean.FALSE);
             }
         }
 
-        if (found.contains(Boolean.FALSE)) {
-            return false;
-        } else {
-            return true;
-        }
+        return (!found.contains(Boolean.FALSE));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/redhat/trie/PathTree.java b/src/main/java/com/redhat/trie/PathTree.java
index 8275340..c1a3c7d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/redhat/trie/PathTree.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/redhat/trie/PathTree.java
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ public class PathTree {
             while (value != -1) {
                 String someBits = Integer.toString(value, 2);
                 for (int pad = 0; pad < 8 - someBits.length(); pad++) {
-                    this.nodeBits.append("0");
+                    this.getNodeBits().append("0");
                 }
                 this.getNodeBits().append(someBits);
                 value = bais.read();
@@ -334,7 +334,6 @@ public class PathTree {
                     break;
                 }
             }
-            // XXX do hot stuff
         }
 
         return false;
@@ -349,7 +348,7 @@ public class PathTree {
      */
     public void setContentSets(List<String> contentSets) throws PayloadException {
         this.modified = true;
-        this.nodeBits = null;
+        this.setNodeBits(null);
         this.setNodeCount(0);
 
         this.pathNodeContext = new NodeContext();
@@ -381,7 +380,6 @@ public class PathTree {
         }
 
         this.payload = data.toByteArray();
-
         this.modified = false;
     }
 
@@ -462,9 +460,9 @@ public class PathTree {
      * @return  the Set of weighted PathNode
      */
     private Set<PathNode> populatePathNodes(List<HuffNode> nodeDictionary,
-        HuffNode pathTrie, HuffNode nodeTrie, StringBuffer nodeBits) {
+        HuffNode pathTrie, HuffNode nodeTrie, StringBuffer theseNodeBits) {
         Set<PathNode> pathNodes = new HashSet<PathNode>();
-        StringBuffer myNodeBits = new StringBuffer(this.getNodeBits().toString());
+        StringBuffer myNodeBits = new StringBuffer(theseNodeBits.toString());
         for (HuffNode node : nodeDictionary) {
             pathNodes.add((PathNode) node.getValue());
             boolean stillNode = true;
@@ -476,8 +474,7 @@ public class PathTree {
                 while (nameValue == null && stillNode) {
                     nameBits.append(myNodeBits.charAt(0));
                     myNodeBits.deleteCharAt(0);
-                    Object lookupValue = findHuffNodeValueByBits(pathTrie,
-                        nameBits.toString());
+                    Object lookupValue = pathTrie.findByBits(nameBits.toString()).getValue();
                     if (lookupValue != null) {
                         if (lookupValue.equals(HuffNode.END_NODE)) {
                             stillNode = false;
@@ -495,8 +492,7 @@ public class PathTree {
                 while (nodeValue == null && stillNode) {
                     pathBits.append(myNodeBits.charAt(0));
                     myNodeBits.deleteCharAt(0);
-                    PathNode lookupValue = (PathNode) findHuffNodeValueByBits(nodeTrie,
-                        pathBits.toString());
+                    PathNode lookupValue = (PathNode) nodeTrie.findByBits(pathBits.toString()).getValue();
                     if (lookupValue != null) {
                         nodeValue = lookupValue;
                         nodeValue.addParent((PathNode) node.getValue());
@@ -540,26 +536,6 @@ public class PathTree {
         }
     }
 
-    private Object findHuffNodeValueByBits(HuffNode trie, String bits) {
-        HuffNode left = trie.getLeft();
-        HuffNode right = trie.getRight();
-
-        if (bits.length() == 0) {
-            return trie.getValue();
-        }
-
-        char bit = bits.charAt(0);
-        if (bit == '0') {
-            if (left == null) { throw new RuntimeException("Encoded path not in trie"); }
-            return findHuffNodeValueByBits(left, bits.substring(1));
-        }
-        else if (bit == '1') {
-            if (right == null) { throw new RuntimeException("Encoded path not in trie"); }
-            return findHuffNodeValueByBits(right, bits.substring(1));
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-
     private int findSmallest(int exclude, List<HuffNode> nodes) {
         int smallest = -1;
         for (int index = 0; index < nodes.size(); index++) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/redhat/trie/TestHelpers.java b/src/test/java/com/redhat/trie/TestHelpers.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f5fe93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/redhat/trie/TestHelpers.java
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+package com.redhat.trie;
+
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * This class is just to provide helpers for the other tests
+ */
+public class TestHelpers {
+
+    /**
+     * junit requires at least one runnable test
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testDeadVicker() {
+        assertNotNull(new String("What's its diocese?"));
+    }
+
+    // Helpers
+    // 
+    public static boolean cmpStrings(List<String> thisList, List<String> thatList) {
+        Collection<String> thisColl = new ArrayList(thisList);
+        Collection<String> thatColl = new ArrayList(thatList);
+
+        Collection<String> similar = new HashSet<String>( thisColl );
+        Collection<String> different = new HashSet<String>();
+        different.addAll( thisColl );
+        different.addAll( thatColl );
+
+        similar.retainAll( thatColl );
+        different.removeAll( similar );
+        
+        if (different.size() > 0) {
+            System.out.printf("Different:%s%n", different);
+        }
+        return (different.size() == 0);
+    }
+
+    public static void printByteArray(byte[] bytes) {
+        int width = 30;
+        int counter = 0;
+
+        for (byte b : bytes) {
+            System.out.format("%02X ", b);
+            counter++;
+            if (counter > width) {
+                counter = 0;
+                System.out.println();
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println();
+    }
+
+    public static InputStream resStream(Object klass, String filename) {
+        return klass.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(filename);
+    }
+
+    public static byte[] loadBytes(Object klass, String filename) {
+        InputStream in = resStream(klass, filename);
+        ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        int nRead;
+        byte[] data = new byte[16834];
+
+        try {
+            while ((nRead = in.read(data, 0, data.length)) != -1) {
+                buffer.write(data, 0, nRead);
+            }
+            buffer.flush();
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            fail(ex.toString());
+        }
+
+        return buffer.toByteArray();
+    }
+
+    public static List<String> loadContents(Object klass, String filename) {
+        String content;
+        List<String> contentList = new ArrayList<String>();
+        InputStream in = resStream(klass, filename);
+        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
+
+        try {
+            while ((content = br.readLine()) != null) {
+                contentList.add(content);
+            }
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            fail();
+        }
+        return contentList;
+    }
+}
+
+
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/redhat/trie/TestPathNode.java b/src/test/java/com/redhat/trie/TestPathNode.java
index 443c440..694c4ac 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/redhat/trie/TestPathNode.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/redhat/trie/TestPathNode.java
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 package com.redhat.trie;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -38,16 +42,46 @@ public class TestPathNode {
 
         assertTrue(pn0.isEquivalentTo(pn1));
 
-
-        PathNode pn2 = new PathNode(pn0.getContext());
-        PathNode pn3 = new PathNode(pn1.getContext());
         NodePair np0b = new NodePair("bar",endMarker);
         pn0.addChild(np0b);
-        NodePair np1b = new NodePair("baz",endMarker);
-        pn1.addChild(np1b);
 
-        // XXX finish this test !!
-        //assertTrue(pn0.isEquivalentTo(pn1));
+        assertFalse(pn0.isEquivalentTo(pn1));
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testIncludes() {
+        PathNode pn0 = new PathNode();
+        PathNode pn1 = new PathNode();
+        PathNode pn2 = new PathNode();
+
+        PathTree pt0 = new PathTree();
+        PathTree pt1 = new PathTree();
+        PathTree pt2 = new PathTree();
+
+        List<String> contents0 = TestHelpers.loadContents(this, "contents.list");
+        List<String> contents1 = TestHelpers.loadContents(this, "contents_small.list");
+
+        try {
+            pt0.setContentSets(contents0);
+            pn0 = pt0.getRootPathNode(); // setup the larger PathNode
+
+            pt1.setContentSets(contents1);
+            pn1 = pt1.getRootPathNode(); // setup the small PathNode
+
+            contents1.add(new String("/this/is/not/in/the/list"));
+            pt2.setContentSets(contents1);
+            pn2 = pt2.getRootPathNode(); // setup the small PathNode
+        } catch (PayloadException ex) {
+            fail(ex.toString());
+        }
+
+        assertNotNull(pn0);
+        assertNotNull(pn1);
+        assertNotNull(pn2);
+
+        // FIXME - Finish the test first
+        //assertTrue(pn0.includes(pn1));
+        //assertFalse(pn0.includes(pn2));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/redhat/trie/TestPathTree.java b/src/test/java/com/redhat/trie/TestPathTree.java
index 7429a40..d2ab672 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/redhat/trie/TestPathTree.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/redhat/trie/TestPathTree.java
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class TestPathTree {
     @Test
     public void testNew1() {
         PathTree pt = new PathTree();
-        List<String> contents = loadContents("contents.list");
+        List<String> contents = TestHelpers.loadContents(this, "contents.list");
         try {
             pt = new PathTree(contents);
         } catch (PayloadException ex) {
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class TestPathTree {
     @Test
     public void testNew2() {
         PathTree pt = new PathTree();
-        List<String> contents = loadContents("contents.list");
+        List<String> contents = TestHelpers.loadContents(this, "contents.list");
         try {
             pt.setContentSets(contents);
         } catch (PayloadException ex) {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class TestPathTree {
     @Test
     public void testValidation() {
         PathTree pt = new PathTree();
-        List<String> contents = loadContents("contents.list");
+        List<String> contents = TestHelpers.loadContents(this, "contents.list");
         // matches a path
         String shouldPass =  "/content/beta/rhel/server/5/5server/x86_64/sap/os/repomd.xml";
         // is not a match
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class TestPathTree {
             fail(ex.toString());
         }
         // for good measure ...
-        assertTrue(cmpStrings(contents, pt.toList()));
+        assertTrue(TestHelpers.cmpStrings(contents, pt.toList()));
 
         assertTrue(pt.validate(shouldPass));
         assertFalse(pt.validate(shouldFail));
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class TestPathTree {
     @Test
     public void testRootNode() {
         PathTree pt = new PathTree();
-        List<String> contents = loadContents("contents.list");
+        List<String> contents = TestHelpers.loadContents(this, "contents.list");
         try {
             pt.setContentSets(contents);
         } catch (PayloadException ex) {
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class TestPathTree {
         List<String> contents0;
         List<String> contents1;
 
-        bytes = loadBytes("test.bin");
+        bytes = TestHelpers.loadBytes(this, "test.bin");
         pt0 = new PathTree(bytes);
         contents0 = pt0.toList();
         for (String str : contents0) {
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public class TestPathTree {
             assertNotNull(pt1);
             //printByteArray(pt1.getPayload());
             contents1 = pt1.toList();
-            assertTrue(cmpStrings(contents0, contents1));
+            assertTrue(TestHelpers.cmpStrings(contents0, contents1));
             for (String str : contents1) {
                 System.out.println(str);
             }
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ public class TestPathTree {
         PathTree pt1;
         PathTree pt2 = new PathTree();
         PathTree pt3;
-        List<String> contents0 = loadContents("contents.list");
+        List<String> contents0 = TestHelpers.loadContents(this, "contents.list");
         List<String> contents1;
         List<String> contents2;
         List<String> contents3;
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public class TestPathTree {
         contents1 = pt1.toList();
         
         // FIXME These next two fail
-        assertTrue(cmpStrings(contents0, contents1));
+        assertTrue(TestHelpers.cmpStrings(contents0, contents1));
         assertEquals(contents0.size(), contents1.size());
 
 
@@ -174,89 +174,38 @@ public class TestPathTree {
         }
         contents2 = pt2.toList();
 
-        assertTrue(cmpStrings(contents1, contents2));
+        assertTrue(TestHelpers.cmpStrings(contents1, contents2));
         assertEquals(contents1.size(), contents2.size());
 
         pt3 = new PathTree(pt2.getPayload());
         contents3 = pt3.toList();
 
-        assertTrue(cmpStrings(contents2, contents3));
+        assertTrue(TestHelpers.cmpStrings(contents2, contents3));
         assertEquals(contents2.size(), contents3.size());
     }
 
-
-    // Helpers
-    // 
-    private boolean cmpStrings(List<String> thisList, List<String> thatList) {
-        Collection<String> thisColl = new ArrayList(thisList);
-        Collection<String> thatColl = new ArrayList(thatList);
-
-        Collection<String> similar = new HashSet<String>( thisColl );
-        Collection<String> different = new HashSet<String>();
-        different.addAll( thisColl );
-        different.addAll( thatColl );
-
-        similar.retainAll( thatColl );
-        different.removeAll( similar );
-        
-        if (different.size() > 0) {
-            System.out.printf("Different:%s%n", different);
-        }
-        return (different.size() == 0);
-    }
-
-    private void printByteArray(byte[] bytes) {
-        int width = 30;
-        int counter = 0;
-
-        for (byte b : bytes) {
-            System.out.format("%02X ", b);
-            counter++;
-            if (counter > width) {
-                counter = 0;
-                System.out.println();
-            }
-        }
-        System.out.println();
-    }
-
-    private InputStream resStream(String filename) {
-        return getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(filename);
-    }
-
-    private byte[] loadBytes(String filename) {
-        InputStream in = resStream(filename);
-        ByteArrayOutputStream buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-        int nRead;
-        byte[] data = new byte[16834];
-
+    /*
+    @Test
+    public void testSettingContentsTwice() {
+        PathNode pn0 = new PathNode();
+        PathNode pn1 = new PathNode();
+        PathTree pt = new PathTree();
+        List<String> contents0 = TestHelpers.loadContents(this, "contents.list");
+        List<String> contents1 = TestHelpers.loadContents(this, "contents_small.list");
         try {
-            while ((nRead = in.read(data, 0, data.length)) != -1) {
-                buffer.write(data, 0, nRead);
-            }
-            buffer.flush();
-        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            pt.setContentSets(contents0);
+            pn0 = pt.getRootPathNode(); // setup the larger PathNode
+            System.out.println(contents1);
+            pt.setContentSets(contents1);
+            pn1 = pt.getRootPathNode(); // setup the small PathNode
+        } catch (PayloadException ex) {
             fail(ex.toString());
         }
 
-        return buffer.toByteArray();
+        assertNotNull(pn0);
     }
+    */
 
-    private List<String> loadContents(String filename) {
-        String content;
-        List<String> contentList = new ArrayList<String>();
-        InputStream in = resStream(filename);
-        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
-
-        try {
-            while ((content = br.readLine()) != null) {
-                contentList.add(content);
-            }
-        } catch (IOException ex) {
-            fail();
-        }
-        return contentList;
-    }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/test/resources/contents_small.list b/src/test/resources/contents_small.list
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8799fc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/contents_small.list
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/content/beta/rhel/server/5/$releasever/$basearch/vt/os
+/content/dist/rhel/server/5/$releasever/$basearch/vt/os
+/content/dist/rhel/server/6/$releasever/$basearch/sap/os
+/content/dist/rhel/server/6/$releasever/$basearch/debug
+/content/rhb/rhel/client/6/$releasever/$basearch/devtoolset/os