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Claude AI's harness reportedly overrides user Git settings

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Users are reporting that Claude's harness is overriding their Git co-authorship and PR comment settings. One user specifically mentioned having hard rules for Git author and comments in their CLAUDE.md file, which they claim Anthropic is attempting to bypass through the harness. AI

IMPACT Potential friction for developers using Claude for code-related tasks, impacting workflow and user control.

RANK_REASON User reports of a specific product feature (harness) behaving unexpectedly and overriding user settings.

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Claude AI's harness reportedly overrides user Git settings

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12 / 100
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User reports of a specific product feature (harness) behaving unexpectedly and overriding user settings.
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COVERAGE [1]

  1. r/ClaudeAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Winter_Simple_159 ·

    Claude Harness Forcing Git Co-Authorship and PR Comments

    <table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1w62h7e/claude_harness_forcing_git_coauthorship_and_pr/"> <img alt="Claude Harness Forcing Git Co-Authorship and PR Comments" src="https://preview.redd.it/cyw4mvr2x9nh1.png?width=640&amp;crop=smart&amp;auto=webp…

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