# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Git Bash NUL redirection creates unwanted files

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #103244: \[Bug\]: Native Windows Git Bash turns 2>NUL into literal NUL files in the workspace
- PR #103250: fix(tools): rewrite cmd.exe NUL redirections to /dev/null for Git Bash
- PR #103254: fix(terminal): block Windows-style NUL redirection under Git Bash (#103244)

These items address a bug where Windows-style '2>NUL' shell redirections produce literal files named 'NUL' when running under Git Bash, along with proposed fixes that rewrite such redirections to '/dev/null'.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #103244: \[Bug\]: Native Windows Git Bash turns 2>NUL into literal NUL files in the workspace

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#103250: fix(tools): rewrite cmd.exe NUL redirections to /dev/null for Git Bash**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#103244`, `#103254`, `#103254`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_local_env_windows_msys.py`, `tools/environments/local.py`
- **#103254: fix(terminal): block Windows-style NUL redirection under Git Bash (#103244)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#65363`, `#69293`, `#103250`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_windows_nul_guard.py`, `tools/terminal_tool.py`, `tools/terminal_tool_guards.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`