# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix case-collision files in contributors/emails directory

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where contributor email files differing only by letter case cause permanent git status dirtiness on Windows, along with fixes involving a sidecar approach and removal of the colliding duplicate file.

## 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 #100416. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #100416 (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-100416`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #88168: Bug: case-collision files under contributors/emails break Windows checkouts (git status permanently dirty)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#100416: chore: case-colliding contributor email file no longer breaks macOS/Windows checkouts**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`
- **#88183: fix(contributors): retire the case-colliding mapping twin from contributors/emails**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `fcdae2cf0b`, `#88168`
- **#88273: fix(contributors): case-collision sidecar for emails differing only by letter case**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#100901`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #100416 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-01`.
- Subsystem: `contributors`