# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Case-colliding contributor filename fix on macOS/Windows

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A filename collision caused by differing letter cases in contributor email files produced phantom unstaged changes on case-insensitive filesystems like macOS and Windows. The cluster covers the bug report and the fix normalizing filenames to lowercase.

## 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 #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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #99966: Windows: case-colliding contributor files (\[redacted:email\] vs \[redacted:email\]) wedge every rebase/checkout with phantom unstaged changes

## 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]`
- **#99995: fix(contributors): remove case-colliding email file; normalize filenames to lowercase**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#99966`

## 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: `other`