[CI] fix git errors related to directory ownership #8628
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The
Test R package on Debian
CI job is currently failing onmaster
(build link) and on #8627 (build link) with the following error at the step where the repo isgit clone
'd.I suspect this means that that job started getting a newer version of
git
recently, which contains a patch for the CVE described at https://github.blog/2022-04-12-git-security-vulnerability-announced/.This PR proposes a patch that I think will address it. We've been using something similar over in LightGBM for the last 8 months (microsoft/LightGBM#5152) without issue.