Avoid dubious ownership errors with newer versions of git

src/ansiblelint/__main__.py

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     render_yaml,
 )
 from ansiblelint.config import get_version_warning, options
-from ansiblelint.constants import EXIT_CONTROL_C_RC, LOCK_TIMEOUT_RC
+from ansiblelint.constants import EXIT_CONTROL_C_RC, GIT_CMD, LOCK_TIMEOUT_RC
 from ansiblelint.file_utils import abspath, cwd, normpath
 from ansiblelint.skip_utils import normalize_tag
 from ansiblelint.version import __version__
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ def _previous_revision() -> Iterator[None]:
     rel_exclude_paths = [normpath(p) for p in options.exclude_paths]
     options.exclude_paths = [abspath(p, worktree_dir) for p in rel_exclude_paths]
     revision = subprocess.run(
-        ["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD^1"],
+        [*GIT_CMD, "rev-parse", "HEAD^1"],
         check=True,
         text=True,
         stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
@@ -318,14 +318,14 @@ def _previous_revision() -> Iterator[None]:
     # Run check will fail if worktree_dir already exists
     # pylint: disable=subprocess-run-check
     subprocess.run(
-        ["git", "worktree", "add", "-f", worktree_dir],
+        [*GIT_CMD, "worktree", "add", "-f", worktree_dir],
         stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
         stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
     )
     try:
         with cwd(worktree_dir):
             subprocess.run(
-                ["git", "checkout", revision],
+                [*GIT_CMD, "checkout", revision],
                 stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
                 stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
                 check=True,

src/ansiblelint/constants.py

@@ -145,3 +145,10 @@ def main():
     "import_role",
     "include_role",
 }
+
+# Newer versions of git might fail to run when different file ownership is
+# found of repo. One example is on GHA runners executing containerized
+# reusable actions, where the mounted volume might have different owner.
+#
+# https://github.com/ansible/ansible-lint-action/issues/138
+GIT_CMD = ["git", "-c", f"safe.directory={os.getcwd()}"]

src/ansiblelint/file_utils.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from wcmatch.wcmatch import RECURSIVE, WcMatch
 
 from ansiblelint.config import BASE_KINDS, options
-from ansiblelint.constants import FileType
+from ansiblelint.constants import GIT_CMD, FileType
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     # https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/3979
@@ -368,14 +368,14 @@ def discover_lintables(options: Namespace) -> dict[str, Any]:
     """
     # git is preferred as it also considers .gitignore
     git_command_present = [
-        "git",
+        *GIT_CMD,
         "ls-files",
         "--cached",
         "--others",
         "--exclude-standard",
         "-z",
     ]
-    git_command_absent = ["git", "ls-files", "--deleted", "-z"]
+    git_command_absent = [*GIT_CMD, "ls-files", "--deleted", "-z"]
     out = None
 
     try:
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ def guess_project_dir(config_file: str | None) -> str:
     if path is None:
         try:
             result = subprocess.run(
-                ["git", "rev-parse", "--show-toplevel"],
+                [*GIT_CMD, "rev-parse", "--show-toplevel"],
                 capture_output=True,
                 text=True,
                 check=True,

test/test_progressive.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from ansiblelint.constants import GIT_CMD
 from ansiblelint.file_utils import cwd
 
 FAULTY_PLAYBOOK = """---
@@ -29,16 +30,16 @@
 
 def git_init() -> None:
     """Init temporary git repository."""
-    subprocess.run(["git", "init", "--initial-branch=main"], check=True)
-    subprocess.run(["git", "config", "user.email", "[email protected]"], check=True)
-    subprocess.run(["git", "config", "user.name", "test"], check=True)
+    subprocess.run([*GIT_CMD, "init", "--initial-branch=main"], check=True)
+    subprocess.run([*GIT_CMD, "config", "user.email", "[email protected]"], check=True)
+    subprocess.run([*GIT_CMD, "config", "user.name", "test"], check=True)
 
 
 def git_commit(filename: Path, content: str) -> None:
     """Create and commit a file."""
     filename.write_text(content)
-    subprocess.run(["git", "add", filename], check=True)
-    subprocess.run(["git", "commit", "-a", "-m", f"Commit {filename}"], check=True)
+    subprocess.run([*GIT_CMD, "add", filename], check=True)
+    subprocess.run([*GIT_CMD, "commit", "-a", "-m", f"Commit {filename}"], check=True)
 
 
 def run_lint(cmd: list[str]) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess[str]:

test/test_utils.py

@@ -288,11 +288,8 @@ def test_cli_auto_detect(capfd: CaptureFixture[str]) -> None:
     out, err = capfd.readouterr()
 
     # Confirmation that it runs in auto-detect mode
-    assert (
-        "Discovered files to lint using: git ls-files --cached --others --exclude-standard -z"
-        in err
-    )
-    assert "Excluded removed files using: git ls-files --deleted -z" in err
+    assert "Discovered files to lint using: git" in err
+    assert "Excluded removed files using: git" in err
     # An expected rule match from our examples
     assert (
         "examples/playbooks/empty_playbook.yml:1:1: "