A developer shared their experience with Claude Code's permission settings, highlighting a near-miss where overly broad allow-list entries permitted dangerous commands like `git push` and `git reset --hard`. They discovered that the `*` wildcard in `Bash(git *)` matched more than intended, and that multiple settings files with varying priorities could override configurations. To prevent future issues, the developer implemented a layered approach to their `settings.json` file, prioritizing user-wide safe defaults and using project-specific files for domain allow-lists and experimental settings. AI
IMPACT Developers using AI coding assistants should carefully configure permissions to prevent unintended access to sensitive commands and files.
RANK_REASON User-level configuration advice for an AI coding assistant.
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