# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Untracked folder diff broken in desktop review pane

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #81160: Bug: Desktop review pane shows "No diff to show" for untracked folders — \`--no-index\` cannot diff a directory
- PR #81164: fix(desktop/review): diff untracked folder rows, and literalize every pathspec
- PR #130055: fix(desktop/review): diff untracked folder rows, and literalize every pathspec

A bug where untracked folders show 'No diff to show' in the desktop review pane, addressed by fixing diff handling for untracked folder rows and literalizing pathspecs.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #81160: Bug: Desktop review pane shows "No diff to show" for untracked folders — \`--no-index\` cannot diff a directory

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#81164: fix(desktop/review): diff untracked folder rows, and literalize every pathspec**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `ad2c5cfd84`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/git-review-ops.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/git-review-ops.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/no-console-git.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/no-console-git.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/review/file-tree.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/review/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/review/tree-data.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/chat/diff-lines.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/chat/diff-lines.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar_chat.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant_chat.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `hermes_cli/web_git.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_git_review_pathspecs.py`
- **#130055: fix(desktop/review): diff untracked folder rows, and literalize every pathspec**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `1eaa4bf42078b6abacc22235afd2db26768d61f3`
  - files: `apps/desktop/e2e/review-tool-diff-fallback.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/git-review-ops.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/git-review-ops.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/review/file-tree.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/review/file-tree.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/review/index.fallback.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/review/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/review/tree-data.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/changed-files-card.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/changed-files-card.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/changed-files.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/changed-files.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/tool/fallback-model.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/tool/fallback-model/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/chat/diff-lines.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/chat/diff-lines.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/chat/diff-lines.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar_chat.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts` (+11 more)

## Fix status

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