# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows Git fallback when PortableGit is blocked

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #129217: \[Bug\]: Windows update permanently fails when a Defender ASR rule blocks PortableGit's system-tool copies — desktop build hard-requires PM git even though system Git is on PATH
- PR #129219: fix(update): use system Git when PortableGit is blocked
- PR #129227: fix(desktop): let a system git satisfy the Windows product build

These items address a scenario where Windows Defender ASR rules block PortableGit, causing update and build failures. The proposed fix allows the system Git on PATH to satisfy requirements instead of hard-requiring the bundled PortableGit.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #129217: \[Bug\]: Windows update permanently fails when a Defender ASR rule blocks PortableGit's system-tool copies — desktop build hard-requires PM git even though system Git is on PATH

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#129219: fix(update): use system Git when PortableGit is blocked**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main_desktop.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_desktop_build_git_windows.py`
- **#129227: fix(desktop): let a system git satisfy the Windows product build**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main_desktop.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_desktop_build_git_windows.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`