{"version":"2.1.238","anchor":"register-repo-root-screens-paths-before-it-touches-the-disk","canonical_anchor":"register-repo-root-screens-paths-before-it-touches-the-disk","heading":"register_repo_root screens paths before it touches the disk","tier":"internal","area":"Permissions","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.238\/e\/register-repo-root-screens-paths-before-it-touches-the-disk","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.238","markdown":"### `register_repo_root` screens paths before it touches the disk\n\nRegistering a repo root now screens odd Windows and network paths before touching disk.\n\n**What**\n\nThe SDK control request that registers a repository root now expands and screens the target before any filesystem access, rejecting NT-namespace paths, UNC paths, automount locations and suspicious Windows spellings, then re-checks the resolved real path against trusted network directories.\n\n**Details**\n\n- Rejections return a generic message to the caller while recording a specific internal reason per case.\n- Applies to every use of that control request on this build, with no flag.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`register_repo_root: NT-namespace path rejected before filesystem access`\n\n- Area: Permissions\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}