From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 16:12:02 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] safe.directory: setting safe.directory="." allows the "current" directory
Message-ID: <xmqq7cd9jvsd.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <ecfd53a7-645b-4e8b-a1e7-17ee5c782ad4@gmail.com>

Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:

> 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?