# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Disable git fsmonitor in search_files filename search probes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #137582: search_files(target="files"): git check-ignore runs core.fsmonitor from the searched repository's .git/config
- PR #137586: fix(file): disable fsmonitor in filename search git probes
- PR #137590: fix(tools): search_files never runs a searched repo's fsmonitor

All three members concern search_files (target="files") running git commands such as check-ignore, which can execute the core.fsmonitor setting from the searched repository's .git/config. Two titles describe changes to disable or avoid running that fsmonitor, and one describes the underlying behavior.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #137582: search_files(target="files"): git check-ignore runs core.fsmonitor from the searched repository's .git/config

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#137586: fix(file): disable fsmonitor in filename search git probes**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_file_operations.py`, `tools/file_operations_search.py`
- **#137590: fix(tools): search_files never runs a searched repo's fsmonitor**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_search_git_fsmonitor_hardening.py`, `tools/file_operations_search.py`

## Fix status

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