# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Case-collision fix for contributor email files

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a problem where contributor email files that differ only by letter case cause filesystem conflicts on case-insensitive systems (e.g., macOS, Windows), dirtying checkouts and preventing the add-contributor script from functioning correctly.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #100901. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #100901 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #88257: contributors/emails contains a case-only duplicate that dirties every checkout on case-insensitive filesystems

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#100901: fix(contributors): add_contributor.py refuses case-colliding email files (salvage #88472, supersedes #100055)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `scripts/add_contributor.py`, `tests/scripts/test_contributor_map.py`
- **#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  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#100901`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 #100901 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-02`.
- Subsystem: `contributors`