Desktop update check Git detection on source installs
Cluster 127064 · apps/desktop. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #127070 on 15 Oct 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #127070. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
resolved, deciding PR #127070. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
The members concern the desktop update check's Git lookup, including a reported head-unavailable error on source installs where a package-manager-managed Git is not found and unsuccessful checks are cached. One related item mentions Windows installs without Git for Windows, and another is a pull request about locating package-manager-managed Git for source checks.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#127070 fix(desktop): resolve PM-managed Git for source checks
files:
apps/desktop/electron/git-binary-candidates.test.ts,apps/desktop/electron/git-binary-candidates.ts -
#139352 Desktop update check works on Windows installs without Git for Windows (#122956)
files:
hermes_cli/source_check.py,tests/fixtures/resolution_allowlist.json,tests/hermes_cli/test_source_check.py
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#127064Desktop update check fails with head-unavailable on source installs: git candidate ladder misses the PM-managed Git, and failed checks are cached
How this cluster was grouped
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structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference. -
Pairwise link density
0.67: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36.1.00means every pair is linked.
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