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diff --git a/Documentation/config/safe.txt b/Documentation/config/safe.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..63597b2df8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/config/safe.txt @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +safe.directory:: + These config entries specify Git-tracked directories that are + considered safe even if they are owned by someone other than the + current user. By default, Git will refuse to even parse a Git + config of a repository owned by someone else, let alone run its + hooks, and this config setting allows users to specify exceptions, + e.g. for intentionally shared repositories (see the `--shared` + option in linkgit:git-init[1]). ++ +This is a multi-valued setting, i.e. you can add more than one directory +via `git config --add`. To reset the list of safe directories (e.g. to +override any such directories specified in the system config), add a +`safe.directory` entry with an empty value. ++ +This config setting is only respected when specified in a system or global +config, not when it is specified in a repository config or via the command +line option `-c safe.directory=<path>`. ++ +The value of this setting is interpolated, i.e. `~/<path>` expands to a +path relative to the home directory and `%(prefix)/<path>` expands to a +path relative to Git's (runtime) prefix. |