'safe.directory' setting ignored for some operations?

From: Nikolaus Rath <nikolaus@quadrature.ai>
Date: Apr 10, 2025, 13:21 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPzgaL1NH_GofMko6f2Auz4e1TjTJNH0w4-ph8np04QRfT_R7A@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAPzgaL2Q4v0LMSek=osugTDCDww9D-Tg+tDsFhFvRSVXFR8g6Q@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,

It seems to me that the 'safe.directory = *' option is ignored for some operations:

---snip-- $ git --version git version 2.43.0

$ git config --get-all --show-scope safe.directory command *

$ git status -v --untracked=all --ignored HEAD detached at e116555 [...] nothing to commit, working tree clean

$ git clone -v --no-checkout -- /builds/coreinfra/grafana_terraform/.git /builds/coreinfra/grafana_terraform/tmpus18hzbs Cloning into '/builds/coreinfra/grafana_terraform/tmpus18hzbs'... fatal: detected dubious ownership in repository at '/builds/coreinfra/grafana_terraform/.git' To add an exception for this directory, call:

git config --global --add safe.directory /builds/coreinfra/grafana_terraform/.git fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists. ---snip--

Is this a known issue, or working as intended?

(Without setting safe.directory, both `git status` and `git clone` fail as expected).

Best, -Nikolaus

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