hermes - 💡(How to fix) Fix [IMPROVEMENT] No version pinning for installed plugins in $HERMES_HOME [1 participants]

TL;DR

Create a ~/.hermes/manifest.toml file to track plugin installations and enable rollbacks.

Guidance

• Implement a mechanism to write the manifest.toml file during plugin installation via hermes plugins install or deploy_hermes_provider.sh, recording plugin name, version, source URL, and install timestamp.
• Develop a hermes plugins rollback <name> command to read the manifest.toml file and revert to a previous plugin version.
• Consider using an existing package manager like pip to manage plugins and generate a requirements-hermes.txt or pyproject.lock file for easier dependency tracking.
• Verify the fix by installing a plugin, checking the manifest.toml file for correct information, and attempting a rollback to a previous version.

Example

# ~/.hermes/manifest.toml
[[plugin]]
name = "example-plugin"
version = "1.0.0"
source_url = "https://example.com/plugin.git"
install_timestamp = 1643723400

Notes

This solution assumes that the hermes command-line tool and plugin installation scripts have the necessary functionality to write to the manifest.toml file and read from it during rollbacks.

Recommendation

Apply workaround: Create a ~/.hermes/manifest.toml file to track plugin installations, as this provides a straightforward solution to the problem of tracking plugin versions and enabling rollbacks.