docs: note the stale global files HERMES_HOME leaves behind - #2586
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Setting HERMES_HOME after having generated global files with an earlier version leaves the files at the old default location untouched, because --delete only reaches the profile root Rulesync currently resolves. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Address review: the stranding happens whenever the resolved profile root changes, not only on an upgrade, and Windows moved too (before v16.2.0 its global files went to ~/.hermes rather than %LOCALAPPDATA%\hermes). Dropped the redundant closing sentence. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Finding 11 of #2439 — the only one still open (findings 1-10 landed in #2483/#2484). Documents the migration hazard for users who set
HERMES_HOME.Changes
docs/reference/supported-tools.md: after theHERMES_HOMEresolution paragraph, note that global files generated by an earlier version under the old default (~/.hermes/) are left behind, because--deleteonly reaches the profile root Rulesync currently resolves — manual cleanup is required. Also states that--global --deleteorphan removal now operates entirely under$HERMES_HOME.src/generated/docs-content.ts(pnpm run generate:docs-content);sync-skill-docsreports no change (skills/rulesync/ships only SKILL.md).No code change.
pnpm cicheckgreen.Closes #2439