You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Git SafetyArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.268,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
When Claude Code's directory-sync feature decides whether it's safe to run git in a synced checkout, it now takes a fingerprint of each git config file (its device, inode, size, and change time, plus a hash for small files, following symlinks) both before and after reading it. If the fingerprint changed during the read, or a follow-up check shows the config changed since it was read, Claude Code now refuses to run git there rather than trusting a config that might have been altered mid-read.
Why
This guards against acting on a git configuration that was modified while it was being read, which could otherwise lead to running git with stale or tampered settings.
