Getting code 128: fatal: detected dubious ownership in repository

AhmedFarazSiddiqui

'git status' failed with code 128: fatal: detected dubious ownership in repository 'DIRECTORY PATH'

I have executed the command 
git config --global --add safe.directory 'DIRECTORY PATH'

The repository started working in the terminal, however, I'm still getting the error on Sourcetree UI.

Patrik S

Hello @AhmedFarazSiddiqui and thank you for reaching out to Atlassian Community!

I would suspect that Sourcetree is running git with a different user than the user you get in the terminal, which is causing the error to persist.

Since the --global flag only applies to the current user, I would suggest trying to use the --system flag with the '*' wildcard that will disable ownership verification for all the users and all the repositories : 

git config --system --add safe.directory '*' # For all users and all repositories

The wildcard '*' is only available for git version > 2.36

Before adding paths/repositories to the exception list, please make sure to understand the security implications of CVE-2022-24765 and setup_git_directory. This error is returned when the user that owns the local repository is different than the user executing the git command. To avoid this, it's strongly recommended for each user have their own clone of the repository. 

More details are available in the following article : 

• https://confluence.atlassian.com/bbkb/git-command-returns-fatal-error-about-the-repository-being-owned-by-someone-else-1167744132.html

Thank you, @AhmedFarazSiddiqui !

Patrik S