Classic confinement for git-todos

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In practice (/home/USER/snap/ folder aside), this means:

• /home/USER/.dir
• /home/USER/.file
• /home/USER/dir/.file
• /home/USER/dir/.dir

The bottom line is you can’t access ~/.gitconfig in strict mode, unless (AFAIK) a hypothetical new interface for git is proposed and implemented or LP#1607067 is fixed. Maybe @jdstrand can comment here or in this other related thread:

Accessing git config from a strict snap

We have an application that we’ve snapped that performs a git merge for us. When installed in strict mode, it doesn’t use the .gitconfig in a user’s HOME directory (as it’s redirected to the snap’s HOME). This is problematic in the git case because the user’s name and email address are stored in the .gitconfig file, so access to the configuration file would need to be per-user. Is there anything that can be done, or will we need to switch back to classic confinement?