# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Migration symlink same-file error handling

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #24943: \[claw migrate\] Migration fails with "are the same file" when source workspace contains symlinks
- PR #24956: fix(migration): handle symlinks and SameFileError in claw migrate workspace copy

These members address a failure in the claw migrate command when source workspaces contain symlinks that cause source and destination to resolve to the same file. The work involves detecting and skipping the copy operation in that scenario.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #24943: \[claw migrate\] Migration fails with "are the same file" when source workspace contains symlinks

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#24956: fix(migration): handle symlinks and SameFileError in claw migrate workspace copy**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `optional-skills/migration/openclaw-migration/scripts/openclaw_to_hermes.py`, `tests/skills/test_openclaw_migration.py`
- **#124423: fix(claw-migrate): skip copy_file when source and destination resolve to the same file (#24943)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `832d0bf6bb`, `#24943`

## Fix status

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