# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Shallow clone update check false positive fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #98214: update --check: shallow clone with local commits always reports "Update available" when the compare API can't resolve a local-only HEAD SHA
- PR #98537: fix(cli): fall back to local merge-base when GitHub compare returns None (#98214)

Addresses a bug where \`--check\` incorrectly reports an update as available in shallow clones when the GitHub compare API cannot resolve a local-only HEAD SHA. The fix adds a fallback to a local merge-base calculation in that case.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #98214: update --check: shallow clone with local commits always reports "Update available" when the compare API can't resolve a local-only HEAD SHA

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#98293: fix(update): shallow --check must not report "behind" when the compare API can't resolve a local-only HEAD (#98214)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#98537: fix(cli): fall back to local merge-base when GitHub compare returns None (#98214)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#98293`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`