diff -ru git-2.35.5.orig/setup.c git-2.35.5/setup.c
--- git-2.35.5.orig/setup.c	2022-10-06 23:44:02.000000000 +0200
+++ git-2.35.5/setup.c	2022-10-19 13:48:26.183628821 +0200
@@ -1130,6 +1130,13 @@
 static int ensure_valid_ownership(const char *gitfile,
 				const char *worktree, const char *gitdir)
 {
+#if 1
+	(void)gitfile;
+	(void)worktree;
+	(void)gitdir;
+
+	return 1;
+#else
 	struct safe_directory_data data = {
 		.path = worktree ? worktree : gitdir
 	};
@@ -1148,6 +1155,7 @@
 	read_very_early_config(safe_directory_cb, &data);
 
 	return data.is_safe;
+#endif
 }
 
 enum discovery_result {