Re: [PATCH v5 2/4] git-compat-util: avoid failing dir ownership checks if running privileged

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 3, 2022, 16:54 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqtu91helx.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20220603110507.GA1749@szeder.dev>

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

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> Unfortunately, I haven't been able to follow the discussion on this
> patch series at all, but by a cursory look now I didn't notice any
> discussion about what should happen if someone were to use 'sudo' to
> access a repository owned by root.  I think it should work, and it did
> in fact work in the past, even after bdc77d1d685, but this patch
> broke it.

I thought 4/4 of the series was meant to discuss that? Right now it is split out as Carlo was hesitant to push the step forward?

https://lore.kernel.org/git/20220519152344.ktrifm3pc42bjruh@Carlos-MacBook-Pro-2.local/

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