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List:       git
Subject:    Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] Documentation: explain how safe.directory works when running under sudo
From:       Carlo Marcelo Arenas =?utf-8?B?QmVsw7Nu?= <carenas () gmail ! com>
Date:       2022-04-30 14:15:16
Message-ID: 20220430141516.u5yeznmmbxwaki44 () carlos-mbp ! lan
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On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 01:17:46PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 03:58:51AM -0700, Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón wrote:
> > In a previous patch, the behavior of git was changed so it will be able
> > to find the "effective uid" that is required when git was invoked with
> > sudo to root, for example the internal calls made to git when calling
> > the following in git's own repository:
> > 
> >   $ sudo make install
> >
> 
> That is building Git, right?

Technically, installing it.  The full report is more informative of what the
specific impact is, which I obviously forgot to link to:

  https://lore.kernel.org/git/20220412180510.GA2173@szeder.dev/

Another example of it (which started this whole regression fix) is available
in:

  https://lore.kernel.org/git/4ef9287b-6260-9538-7c89-cffb611520ee@maurel.de/

Carlo
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