From: Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>
To: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
"SZEDER Gábor" <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] safe.directory: document and check that it's ignored in the environment
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 12:13:55 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9b0cc160-2d7f-6a38-c2d2-66ed8619cd17@github.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqee1il09v.fsf@gitster.g>
On 4/27/2022 4:49 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
>> If we had GIT_SAFE_DIRECTORIES that lists the safe directories (like
>> $PATH does), that would have been absolutely necessary to document
>> how it works, but GIT_CONFIG_* is merely an implementation detail of
>> how "git -c var=val" works and I am not sure if it is even a good
>> idea to hardcode how they happen to work like these tests. The only
>> thing the users should know is that GIT_CONFIG_{KEY,VALUE}_* are
>> used internally by the implementation and they should not muck with
>> it, no?
>
> I misremembered. GIT_CONFIG_COUNT and stuff are usable by end user
> scripts, but then ...
>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/config/safe.txt b/Documentation/config/safe.txt
>> index 6d764fe0cc..ae0e2e3bdb 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/config/safe.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/config/safe.txt
>> @@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ 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>`.
>> +config, not when it is specified in a repository config, via the command
>> +line option `-c safe.directory=<path>`, or in environment variables.
>
> ... this part must clarify what environment variables it is talking
> about.
>
> ... via the command line option `-c safe.directory=<path>`, or
> via the GIT_CONFIG_{KEY,VALUE} mechanism.
>
> or something, perhaps. I actually do think it is a useful addition
> to have GIT_SAFE_DIRECTORIES environment variable that should NOT be
> ignored.
I agree on both points.
Thanks for working on this!
-Stolee
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-04-29 16:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-04-13 15:32 [PATCH 0/3] Updates to the safe.directory config option Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-04-13 15:32 ` [PATCH 1/3] t0033: add tests for safe.directory Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-04-13 16:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-13 16:29 ` Derrick Stolee
2022-04-13 19:16 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-04-13 19:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-13 19:52 ` Derrick Stolee
2022-04-13 15:32 ` [PATCH 2/3] setup: fix safe.directory key not being checked Matheus Valadares via GitGitGadget
2022-04-13 16:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-13 15:32 ` [PATCH 3/3] setup: opt-out of check with safe.directory=* Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-04-13 16:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-13 16:15 ` [PATCH 0/3] Updates to the safe.directory config option Junio C Hamano
2022-04-13 16:25 ` Derrick Stolee
2022-04-13 16:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-13 20:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-13 21:25 ` Taylor Blau
2022-04-13 21:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-27 17:06 ` [PATCH 0/3] t0033-safe-directory: test improvements and a documentation clarification SZEDER Gábor
2022-04-27 17:06 ` [PATCH 1/3] t0033-safe-directory: check the error message without matching the trash dir SZEDER Gábor
2022-05-09 22:27 ` Taylor Blau
2022-05-10 6:04 ` Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
2022-04-27 17:06 ` [PATCH 2/3] t0033-safe-directory: check when 'safe.directory' is ignored SZEDER Gábor
2022-04-27 20:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-29 16:12 ` Derrick Stolee
2022-04-29 17:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-29 19:06 ` SZEDER Gábor
2022-04-29 19:19 ` Derrick Stolee
2022-05-10 18:33 ` SZEDER Gábor
2022-05-10 19:55 ` Taylor Blau
2022-05-10 20:06 ` Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
2022-05-10 20:11 ` Taylor Blau
2022-05-10 20:18 ` Eric Sunshine
2022-04-27 17:06 ` [PATCH 3/3] safe.directory: document and check that it's ignored in the environment SZEDER Gábor
2022-04-27 20:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-27 20:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-29 16:13 ` Derrick Stolee [this message]
2022-05-09 21:39 ` SZEDER Gábor
2022-05-09 21:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-05-10 18:48 ` SZEDER Gábor
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