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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/config/safe.txt')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/safe.txt b/Documentation/config/safe.txt index bde7f31459..2d45c98b12 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/safe.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/safe.txt @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ repository that contains a bare repository and running a Git command within that directory. + This config setting is only respected in protected configuration (see -<<SCOPES>>). This prevents the untrusted repository from tampering with +<<SCOPES>>). This prevents untrusted repositories from tampering with this value. safe.directory:: @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ override any such directories specified in the system config), add a `safe.directory` entry with an empty value. + This config setting is only respected in protected configuration (see -<<SCOPES>>). This prevents the untrusted repository from tampering with this +<<SCOPES>>). This prevents untrusted repositories from tampering with this value. + The value of this setting is interpolated, i.e. `~/<path>` expands to a @@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ string `*`. This will allow all repositories to be treated as if their directory was listed in the `safe.directory` list. If `safe.directory=*` is set in system config and you want to re-enable this protection, then initialize your list with an empty value before listing the repositories -that you deem safe. +that you deem safe. Giving a directory with `/*` appended to it will +allow access to all repositories under the named directory. + As explained, Git only allows you to access repositories owned by yourself, i.e. the user who is running Git, by default. When Git |