# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fixing Git partial-clone issues during updates

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address failures and crashes that occur with partial-clone repositories during update operations, including corrupted packs, broken treeless clones, and a Git 2.53+ pack-objects crash on macOS. The fixes involve recovery and self-healing behaviors to get partial clones through the update process.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #127674. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #127674 (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-127674`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #123324: fix(update): macOS source update aborts on Git partial-clone assertion

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#127674: hermes update and the installer rerun get partial clones past the git 2.53+ pack-objects crash (salvage #127149)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gitlock.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_check.py`, `hermes_cli/worktree_ops.py`, `scripts/install.ps1`, `scripts/install.sh`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gitlock.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_shallow_heal.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_worktree.py`, `tests/scripts/install/test_install_sh_repository_stage.py`, `website/docs/getting-started/updating.md`
- **#123403: fix(update): self-heal broken treeless partial clones**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#127674`, `#126150`, `#123254`
- **#123417: fix(update): recover corrupted partial-clone packs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#123403`, `#127674`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #127674 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-29`.