git error when building docs with the git-revision-date plugin

[jeromevdl]

A recent change in Git impacts our GitHub build. We have the error described here:

ERROR    -  Error reading page 'index.md': Cmd('git') failed due to: exit code(128)
  cmdline: git log -n 1 --date=short --format=%ad /docs/docs/index.md
  stderr: 'fatal: unsafe repository ('/docs' is owned by someone else)

Using the workaround didn't work as we are using mkdocs within a container (docker run --rm -t -v ${PWD}:/docs squidfunk/mkdocs-material build).

Until a solution is found, we have removed the plugin from our project. Let us know if you have a workaround or recommendations to use your plugin within GitHub actions.