# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Make backup excluded directories configurable and extensible

## Open now

- 2 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #16988: \[Feature\]: _EXCLUDED_DIRS in backup.py should be externalized and customizable
- #44852: hermes backup includes Git for Windows installation (~9,500 files, 390 MB)
- PR #44859: fix(backup): exclude Git for Windows installation from hermes backup

These issues and PRs address hardcoded backup exclusion lists in hermes backup, specifically requesting that excluded directories be externalized and user-configurable, with Git for Windows installation cited as a concrete example of an unwanted inclusion.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 2 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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

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## Open related issues

- #16988: \[Feature\]: _EXCLUDED_DIRS in backup.py should be externalized and customizable
- #44852: hermes backup includes Git for Windows installation (~9,500 files, 390 MB)

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #28970: Feature Request: Make hermes backup exclusions configurable

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#44994: fix(backup): exclude Git for Windows dir from backups (#44852)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#44859`, `#44852`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#17051: feat(backup): make backup excluded dirs extensible via HERMES_BACKUP_EXTRA_EXCLUDED_DIRS (#16988)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `421ff0a1e65f`, `#25338`
- **#44859: fix(backup): exclude Git for Windows installation from hermes backup**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/backup.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_backup.py`

## Fix status

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