# NousResearch/hermes-agent · hermes update git detection bugs in PM envs

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues concern incorrect or misleading git repository detection and state reporting in the \`hermes update\` command when run from a package manager virtual environment or workspace copy. They address false errors, false divergence reports, and inappropriate reinstall advice in that context.

## 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 #126166. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #126166 (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-126166`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #122627: hermes update: "Not a git repository" from a healthy git install (PROJECT_ROOT resolves to the PM env workspace copy)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126166: hermes update tells the truth about git state: no false divergence, no update under a rebase, no 'complete' with a parked patch, works from a PM venv**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/_early_recovery.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_stash.py`, `hermes_cli/update_owning_install.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/git/test_foreign_state.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/git/test_local_modifications.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/git/test_truthful_outcome.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/pm/test_stamps_and_doctor.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_autostash.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_diverged_rescue_ref.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_owning_install.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_parked_branch_guard.py`
- **#122640: fix(update): stop advising a reinstall from a PM environment's workspace**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#126166`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #126166 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-28`.