From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 21:45:21 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] safe.directory: document and check that it's ignored in the environment
Message-ID: <xmqqlevabcsu.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20220509213915.GA2043@szeder.dev>

SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com> writes:

> repositoy could trivially safe-list itself.  However, it's unclear (to
> me) why 'git -c safe.directory=...' is ignored: 8959555cee
> (setup_git_directory(): add an owner check for the top-level
> directory, 2022-03-02) only states that it's ignored, but doesn't
> justify why.  Now, let's suppose that there was a compelling reason to

Correct.  I do not think it is a restriction with any sensible
justification, just that it happened to be implemented that way.

IOW, I am saying that GIT_SAFE_DIRECTORIES may be a lot nicer user
interface than fixing the "we ignore 'git -c safe.directory'?"  bug.