Fix 'detected dubious ownership in repository' error in Docker build and run process#4645
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…ct UID/GID in Docker build
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The current user and group ID are passed passed to the docker build command and the ownership of the cloned directories are changed to them. This gets rid of git's "dubious ownership" error. Without this changes I got an error: > $ make > docker run --rm -v :/var/www/en -w /var/www -u 1000:1000 php/doc-en > configure.php on PHP 8.2.29, libxml 2.9.14 > > fatal: detected dubious ownership in repository at '/var/www/doc-base' > To add an exception for this directory, call: > > git config --global --add safe.directory /var/www/doc-base > doc-base/temp clean up FAILED. > make: *** [Makefile:22: xhtml] Fehler 1 Resolves: php#4645
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The current user and group ID are passed passed to the docker build command and the ownership of the cloned directories are changed to them. This gets rid of git's "dubious ownership" error. Without this changes I got an error: > $ make > docker run --rm -v :/var/www/en -w /var/www -u 1000:1000 php/doc-en > configure.php on PHP 8.2.29, libxml 2.9.14 > > fatal: detected dubious ownership in repository at '/var/www/doc-base' > To add an exception for this directory, call: > > git config --global --add safe.directory /var/www/doc-base > doc-base/temp clean up FAILED. > make: *** [Makefile:22: xhtml] Fehler 1 Resolves: php#4645
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This pull request solves the problem
fatal: detected dubious ownership in repository at ...when executing the make command. This was solved by passing the UID and GID of the host user as build arguments and adjusting the ownership of the cloned repository in the Dockerfile.Steps to reproduce
Precondition: Ensure that the doc-base and phd repositories are not cloned in directories adjacent to this directory.
Run the following command in the project root directory:
This will trigger the Docker build and run process, which previously resulted in the "detected dubious ownership in repository" error.
Changes
UIDandGIDbuild arguments in the Makefile docker build command./var/www/phdand/var/www/doc-basedirectories.Verification
makecompletes successfully without the dubious ownership error.Note to reviewers
I'm new to contributing to this repo, so please bear with me.
If you have any feedback or suggestions, I'd really appreciate it!