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Replaces the per-directory shadow-repo design with a single shared shadow
git store at ~/.hermes/checkpoints/store/. Object DB is now deduplicated
across every working directory the agent has ever touched; a dozen
worktrees of the same project cost near-zero in additional disk.
Why
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Pre-v2 design had three compounding problems that let ~/.hermes/checkpoints/
grow to multi-GB on active machines:
1. Each working directory got its own full shadow git repo — no object
dedup across projects or across worktrees of the same project.
2. _prune() was a documented no-op: max_snapshots only limited the
/rollback listing. Loose objects accumulated forever.
3. Defaults: enabled=True, auto_prune=False — users paid the disk cost
without ever asking for /rollback.
Field report on a single workstation: 847 MB across 47 shadow repos,
mostly redundant clones of the hermes-agent source tree.
Changes
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- tools/checkpoint_manager.py: full rewrite. Single bare store, per-project
refs (refs/hermes/<hash>), per-project indexes (store/indexes/<hash>),
per-project metadata (store/projects/<hash>.json with workdir +
created_at + last_touch). On first v2 init, any pre-v2 per-directory
shadow repos are auto-migrated into legacy-<timestamp>/ so the new
store starts clean. _prune() now actually rewrites the per-project ref
to the last max_snapshots commits and runs git gc --prune=now. New
_enforce_size_cap() drops oldest commits round-robin across projects
when the store exceeds max_total_size_mb. _drop_oversize_from_index()
filters any single file larger than max_file_size_mb out of the snapshot.
- hermes_cli/checkpoints.py: new 'hermes checkpoints' CLI
(status / list / prune / clear / clear-legacy) for managing the store
outside a session.
- hermes_cli/config.py: flipped defaults — enabled=False, max_snapshots=20,
auto_prune=True. Added max_total_size_mb=500, max_file_size_mb=10.
Tightened DEFAULT_EXCLUDES (added target/, *.so/*.dylib/*.dll,
*.mp4/*.mov, *.zip/*.tar.gz, .worktrees/, .mypy_cache/, etc.).
- run_agent.py / cli.py / gateway/run.py: thread the new kwargs through
AIAgent and the startup auto_prune hooks.
- Tests rewritten to match v2 storage while keeping backwards-compat
coverage for the pre-v2 prune path (per-directory shadow repos under
base/ are still swept correctly for anyone mid-migration).
- Docs updated: user-guide/checkpoints-and-rollback.md explains the
shared store, new defaults, migration, and the new CLI;
reference/cli-commands.md documents 'hermes checkpoints'.
E2E validated
-------------
- Legacy migration: pre-v2 shadow repos auto-archived into legacy-<ts>/.
- Object dedup: two projects with an identical shared.py blob resolve to
7 total objects in the store (v1 would have stored the blob twice).
- max_snapshots=3 actually enforced: after 6 commits, list shows 3.
- Orphan prune: deleting a project's workdir + 'hermes checkpoints prune
--retention-days 0' removes its ref, index, and metadata; GC reclaims
the objects.
- max_file_size_mb=1 excludes a 2 MB weights.bin while keeping the
tracked source code files.
- hermes checkpoints {status,prune,clear,clear-legacy} all work from the
CLI without an agent running.
Breaking / migration
--------------------
No in-place data migration — legacy per-directory shadow repos are moved
into legacy-<timestamp>/ on first run. Old /rollback history is still
accessible by inspecting the archive with git; run
'hermes checkpoints clear-legacy' to reclaim the space when ready. Users
relying on /rollback must now set checkpoints.enabled=true (or pass
--checkpoints) explicitly.
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| .. | ||
| browser_providers | ||
| environments | ||
| neutts_samples | ||
| __init__.py | ||
| ansi_strip.py | ||
| approval.py | ||
| binary_extensions.py | ||
| browser_camofox.py | ||
| browser_camofox_state.py | ||
| browser_cdp_tool.py | ||
| browser_dialog_tool.py | ||
| browser_supervisor.py | ||
| browser_tool.py | ||
| budget_config.py | ||
| checkpoint_manager.py | ||
| clarify_tool.py | ||
| code_execution_tool.py | ||
| credential_files.py | ||
| cronjob_tools.py | ||
| debug_helpers.py | ||
| delegate_tool.py | ||
| discord_tool.py | ||
| env_passthrough.py | ||
| feishu_doc_tool.py | ||
| feishu_drive_tool.py | ||
| file_operations.py | ||
| file_state.py | ||
| file_tools.py | ||
| fuzzy_match.py | ||
| homeassistant_tool.py | ||
| image_generation_tool.py | ||
| interrupt.py | ||
| kanban_tools.py | ||
| managed_tool_gateway.py | ||
| mcp_oauth.py | ||
| mcp_oauth_manager.py | ||
| mcp_tool.py | ||
| memory_tool.py | ||
| mixture_of_agents_tool.py | ||
| neutts_synth.py | ||
| openrouter_client.py | ||
| osv_check.py | ||
| patch_parser.py | ||
| path_security.py | ||
| process_registry.py | ||
| registry.py | ||
| rl_training_tool.py | ||
| schema_sanitizer.py | ||
| send_message_tool.py | ||
| session_search_tool.py | ||
| skill_manager_tool.py | ||
| skill_provenance.py | ||
| skill_usage.py | ||
| skills_guard.py | ||
| skills_hub.py | ||
| skills_sync.py | ||
| skills_tool.py | ||
| slash_confirm.py | ||
| terminal_tool.py | ||
| tirith_security.py | ||
| todo_tool.py | ||
| tool_backend_helpers.py | ||
| tool_output_limits.py | ||
| tool_result_storage.py | ||
| transcription_tools.py | ||
| tts_tool.py | ||
| url_safety.py | ||
| vision_tools.py | ||
| voice_mode.py | ||
| web_tools.py | ||
| website_policy.py | ||
| xai_http.py | ||
| yuanbao_tools.py | ||