# NousResearch/hermes-agent · hermes update failing on git add -N entries

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where \`hermes update\` aborts when the git index contains intent-to-add entries, along with related fix attempts making such entries stashable.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #116715. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116715 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-116715`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #115914: \[Bug\]: \`hermes update\` aborts on an intent-to-add (\`git add -N\`) index entry

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116715: fix(update): \`hermes update\` no longer aborts on an intent-to-add (\`git add -N\`) index entry (#115914, salvage #115915)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/plugins_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_stash.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugins_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_autostash.py`
- **#115915: fix(update): make intent-to-add entries stashable so \`hermes update\` can run**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `33d7a470c2bf`, `#116715`, `#115914`, `#115915`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116715 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.