# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Exclude Git for Windows installation from hermes backup

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #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

The three members concern the \`hermes backup\` command including a Git for Windows installation (reported as roughly 9,500 files and 390 MB), and two of them are fix proposals to exclude that directory. The titles alone do not show whether any change was merged or whether the behavior has been fixed.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #44852: hermes backup includes Git for Windows installation (~9,500 files, 390 MB)

## 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  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#44859`, `#44852`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._
- **#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`