# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Checkpoints: oversize file names treated as glob pathspecs

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #135605: Checkpoints: oversize file names are passed to \`git rm --cached\` as glob pathspecs, so a small file matching the glob is dropped from the snapshot and deleted by safe restore
- PR #135636: fix(checkpoints): treat oversize names literally in the index drop
- PR #141059: fix(checkpoints): drop oversize files from the index by literal pathspec

One issue and two pull requests concern checkpoint handling of oversize files, where names passed to \`git rm --cached\` are described as being interpreted as glob pathspecs. The issue says this can drop a small matching file from the snapshot and delete it on safe restore, and the PRs propose treating names literally.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #135605: Checkpoints: oversize file names are passed to \`git rm --cached\` as glob pathspecs, so a small file matching the glob is dropped from the snapshot and deleted by safe restore

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#135636: fix(checkpoints): treat oversize names literally in the index drop**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_checkpoint_manager.py`, `tools/checkpoint_manager.py`
- **#136474: fix(checkpoints): drop oversize files with literal pathspecs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#135605`, `#136474`
- **#141059: fix(checkpoints): drop oversize files from the index by literal pathspec**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_checkpoint_manager.py`, `tools/checkpoint_manager.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`