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Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] safe.directory: setting safe.directory="." allows the "current" directory

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 25, 2024, 16:12 UTC
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Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:
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> Hi Junio
>
> On 23/07/2024 03:19, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> When "git daemon" enters a repository, it chdir's to the requested
>> repository and then uses "." (the curent directory) to consult the
>> "is this repository considered safe?" when it is not owned by the
>> same owner as the process.
>> Make sure this access will be allowed by setting safe.directory to
>> ".".
>
> Setting safe.directory to "." should be unnecessary after the previous
> two patches. It might be better to test that "git daemon" works
> without safe.directory containing "." instead.

Hmph. Even without the two previous steps, it was a working workaround, wasn't it?

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Message 20 of 39 in “safe.directory clean-up”
  1. 0/2 safe.directory clean-upJunio C Hamano, Jul 20, 2024
  2. 1/2 safe.directory: normalize the checked pathJunio C Hamano, Jul 20, 2024
  3. 2/2 safe.directory: normalize the configured pathJunio C Hamano, Jul 20, 2024
  4. 3/2 setup: use a single return path in setup_git_directory*()Junio C Hamano, Jul 20, 2024
  5. 4/2 setup: cache normalized safe.directory configurationJunio C Hamano, Jul 20, 2024
  6. 0/3 safe.directory clean-upJunio C Hamano, Jul 23, 2024
  7. 1/3 safe.directory: normalize the checked pathJunio C Hamano, Jul 23, 2024
  8. 2/3 safe.directory: normalize the configured pathJunio C Hamano, Jul 23, 2024
  9. Phillip WoodJul 25, 2024
  10. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2024
  11. Phillip WoodAug 14, 2024
  12. Junio C HamanoAug 14, 2024
  13. Phillip WoodAug 15, 2024
  14. Junio C HamanoAug 15, 2024
  15. Jeff KingJul 26, 2024
  16. Junio C HamanoJul 26, 2024
  17. Jeff KingJul 27, 2024
  18. 3/3 safe.directory: setting safe.directory="." allows the "current" directoryJunio C Hamano, Jul 23, 2024
  19. Phillip WoodJul 25, 2024
  20. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2024
  21. Phillip WoodJul 25, 2024
  22. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2024
  23. 0/3 safe.directory clean-upJunio C Hamano, Jul 30, 2024
  24. 1/3 safe.directory: normalize the checked pathJunio C Hamano, Jul 30, 2024
  25. 2/3 safe.directory: normalize the configured pathJunio C Hamano, Jul 30, 2024
  26. Jeff KingJul 30, 2024
  27. Junio C HamanoJul 30, 2024
  28. Jeff KingJul 30, 2024
  29. Jeff KingJul 30, 2024
  30. Junio C HamanoJul 30, 2024
  31. safe.directory: preliminary clean-upJunio C Hamano, Jul 30, 2024
  32. Jeff KingJul 30, 2024
  33. Jeff KingJul 30, 2024
  34. 3/3 safe.directory: setting safe.directory="." allows the "current" directoryJunio C Hamano, Jul 30, 2024
  35. 0/4 safe.directory clean-upJunio C Hamano, Jul 30, 2024
  36. 2/4 safe.directory: normalize the checked pathJunio C Hamano, Jul 30, 2024
  37. 1/4 safe.directory: preliminary clean-upJunio C Hamano, Jul 30, 2024
  38. 4/4 safe.directory: setting safe.directory="." allows the "current" directoryJunio C Hamano, Jul 30, 2024
  39. 3/4 safe.directory: normalize the configured pathJunio C Hamano, Jul 30, 2024

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