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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Needs better error message when repository is rejected by `git` (related to `safe.directory`)","articleBody":"**Initial state:**\r\nExecutions using the latest version of Git (version 2.39.3), in a repository owned by other user.\r\n\r\n\r\n**Current behavior:**\r\nExecuting: \r\n```\r\nrepo = git.Repo(dir_path)\r\nlast_commit = repo.head.commit\r\n```\r\nAmbiguos error is reported:\r\n```\r\n  File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/git/refs/symbolic.py\", line 226, in _get_commit\r\n    obj = self._get_object()\r\n  File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/git/refs/symbolic.py\", line 219, in _get_object\r\n    return Object.new_from_sha(self.repo, hex_to_bin(self.dereference_recursive(self.repo, self.path)))\r\n  File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/git/objects/base.py\", line 94, in new_from_sha\r\n    oinfo = repo.odb.info(sha1)\r\n  File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/git/db.py\", line 40, in info\r\n    hexsha, typename, size = self._git.get_object_header(bin_to_hex(binsha))\r\n  File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/git/cmd.py\", line 1383, in get_object_header\r\n    return self.__get_object_header(cmd, ref)\r\n  File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/git/cmd.py\", line 1370, in __get_object_header\r\n    return self._parse_object_header(cmd.stdout.readline())\r\n  File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/git/cmd.py\", line 1329, in _parse_object_header\r\n    raise ValueError(\"SHA could not be resolved, git returned: %r\" % (header_line.strip()))\r\nValueError: SHA could not be resolved, git returned: b''\r\n```\r\n\r\n\r\n**Expected behavior:**\r\nMore clear an specific error message or even better a parameter in git.repo() to handle the dubious ownership\r\n\r\n\r\n**Notes:**\r\nDoing some debug found that the new version of Git has enable by default a check for dubious ownership that is not handle gracefully by GitPython.\r\n\r\nA work around for this is add an exception in Git to consider the file safe `git config --global --add safe.directory \u003cdir path\u003e`","author":{"url":"https://github.com/marioaag","@type":"Person","name":"marioaag"},"datePublished":"2023-07-17T17:43:24.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":9},"url":"https://github.com/1616/GitPython/issues/1616"}