# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows installer and git state edge cases

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address Windows-specific installation and update issues, including handling unusual git repository states such as unborn repos, detached HEAD, and unmerged indexes. A thin installer with first-launch bootstrapping is also introduced.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 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

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #37827: \[Setup\]: Hermes Agent setup for Windows have something error

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#37990: fix(install): recover from unborn Windows install repos**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#38724`
- **#38724: fix(windows): handle detached HEAD in git checkout on update (#37827)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `fc0900d120df5329e58642fa4d5ed28918423f47`

## Fix status

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