# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows Git metadata cleanup in profile distributions

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #117190: fix(profiles): remove Git metadata from distributions on Windows
- PR #119309: fix(windows): harden profile distribution cleanup and metadata boundaries

These issues and fixes address unwanted .git metadata being copied into profile distributions on Windows, and harden the cleanup process for read-only Git objects across checkpoints, plugins, and related components.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #117609. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117609 (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-117609`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #117184: Profile distribution installs copy partial .git metadata on Windows

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117609: fix(windows): Git-tree cleanup deletes read-only objects for checkpoints, plugins, MCP catalog and profile distributions (#117170 #117179 #117176 #117184, salvage #117318)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/sy0u1ti@users.noreply.github.com`, `hermes_cli/mcp_catalog.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/profile_distribution.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_mcp_catalog.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugins_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profile_distribution.py`, `tests/test_utils_rmtree_readonly.py`, `tools/checkpoint_manager.py`, `utils.py`
- **#117190: fix(profiles): remove Git metadata from distributions on Windows**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/profile_distribution.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profile_distribution.py`
- **#119309: fix(windows): harden profile distribution cleanup and metadata boundaries**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/profile_distribution.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profile_distribution.py`, `tests/test_utils_rmtree_readonly.py`, `utils.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/profile-distributions.md`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117609 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-21`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`