Dubious ownership detected when using Git project

Problem

When performing Git operations in a project, the following error appears:

fatal: detected dubious ownership in repository at '/path/to/repository'

Cause

Git raises this warning when the owner of the repository directory does not match the user running Git commands. This is a security measure to prevent unauthorized access or modification of repository files.

For more details, see: Git: Detect Dubious Ownership in Repository.

Resolution

• Trust all repositories at once (quickest) — git config --global --add safe.directory '*' — disables the check for every repo; fine on a single-user machine, avoid it on shared machines.

• Add the repository path to Git’s safe directories — git config --global --add safe.directory /path/to/repository

• (Windows only) Try running the IDE as an administrator.

• Fix the underlying ownership (root-cause fix) — chown -R on Linux/macOS, takeown/icacls on Windows.

Note on "run as administrator" (Windows): does not reliably fix this — elevation changes which account runs the IDE, not who owns the folder, so the mismatch could remain.