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=`. + The value of this setting is interpolated, i.e. `~/` expands to a path relative to the home directory and `%(prefix)/` expands to a path relative to Git's (runtime) prefix. + To completely opt-out of this security check, set `safe.directory` to the 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.