# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Docker missing git dependency for npm packages

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple reports and fixes addressing the absence of git in Docker container dependencies, which causes failures when npm installs git-based packages. Several parallel fix attempts add git to the container's system packages.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #8442. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #8442 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-8442`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #8439: \[Bug\]: docker builds fail due to missing git

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#8442: fix(Docker): add git to the container installed packages**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `Dockerfile`
  - fix hunks:
  - `Dockerfile`

    ```diff
    @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ENV PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH=/opt/hermes/.playwright
     # Install system dependencies in one layer, clear APT cache
     RUN apt-get update && \
         apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
    -        build-essential nodejs npm python3 ripgrep ffmpeg gcc python3-dev libffi-dev procps && \
    +        build-essential nodejs npm python3 ripgrep ffmpeg gcc python3-dev libffi-dev procps git && \
         rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
     
     # Non-root user for runtime; UID can be overridden via HERMES_UID at runtime
    ```
- **#9042: fix(docker): add git to apt dependencies for npm git-based packages**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `a27b3c87259f9a3b85c3a459961455a6b35fbae3`, `#8439`
- **#9143: fix(docker): add git to system dependencies for npm install**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#8442`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #8442 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-04-13`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.