SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@xxxxxxxxx> 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.