# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows Git binary path discovery fix

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #70432: Fix git-review errors on Windows by adding C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin to git.exe search paths
- PR #75703: fix(desktop): find git in bin/; unify resolveGitBinary() & findGitBash()

These items address a bug where the desktop app fails to find git.exe on Windows because 'C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin' is missing from the search paths. The fix adds that directory and refactors the related binary resolution logic.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #70411: \[Bug\]: Hermes Desktop git-review errors on Windows — missing path C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#70432: Fix git-review errors on Windows by adding C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin to git.exe search paths**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `hermes_cli/profiles.py`
- **#75703: fix(desktop): find git in bin/; unify resolveGitBinary() & findGitBash()**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/find-git-bash.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/find-git-bash.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `website/docs/reference/environment-variables.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/windows-native.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/reference/environment-variables.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide/windows-native.md`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`