# NousResearch/hermes-agent · hermes update causes .git bloat and history issues

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #58172: \[Setup\]: hermes update causes unbounded .git directory growth on long-running VPS

Multiple issues and fixes addressing how 'hermes update' corrupts or truncates git history, leading to unbounded .git directory growth, false 'behind' counts in the update checker, and edge cases with diverged or non-main branches.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.39`: 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

- #58172: \[Setup\]: hermes update causes unbounded .git directory growth on long-running VPS

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #66957: \`hermes update\` hard-resets git history, causing \`.git\` bloat and false "behind" counts in WebUI update checker

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#66958: fix(update): restore git ancestry chain after hard reset to prevent .git bloat and false behind counts (#66957)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#58177: fix(cli): run git gc --auto after update to bound .git growth (#58172)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `54a12e575`, `#58172`

## Fix status

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