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From: "Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: gitster@pobox.com, me@ttaylorr.com, johannes.schindelin@gmx.de,
	Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>,
	Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] setup: opt-out of check with safe.directory=*
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 15:32:31 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a5faf3a1779b51195313794fa0a48b7e2009c01b.1649863951.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.1215.git.1649863951.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

From: Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>

With the addition of the safe.directory in 8959555ce
(setup_git_directory(): add an owner check for the top-level directory,
2022-03-02) released in v2.35.2, we are receiving feedback from a
variety of users about the feature.

Some users have a very large list of shared repositories and find it
cumbersome to add this config for every one of them.

In a more difficult case, certain workflows involve running Git commands
within containers. The container boundary prevents any global or system
config from communicating `safe.directory` values from the host into the
container. Further, the container almost always runs as a different user
than the owner of the directory in the host.

To simplify the reactions necessary for these users, extend the
definition of the safe.directory config value to include a possible '*'
value. This value implies that all directories are safe, providing a
single setting to opt-out of this protection.

Note that an empty assignment of safe.directory clears all previous
values, and this is already the case with the "if (!value || !*value)"
condition.

Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>
---
 Documentation/config/safe.txt |  7 +++++++
 setup.c                       |  6 ++++--
 t/t0033-safe-directory.sh     | 10 ++++++++++
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/config/safe.txt b/Documentation/config/safe.txt
index 63597b2df8f..6d764fe0ccf 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/safe.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/safe.txt
@@ -19,3 +19,10 @@ line option `-c safe.directory=<path>`.
 The value of this setting is interpolated, i.e. `~/<path>` expands to a
 path relative to the home directory and `%(prefix)/<path>` expands to a
 path relative to Git's (runtime) prefix.
++
+To completely opt-out of this security check, set `safe.directory` to the
+string `*`. This will allow all repositories to be treated as if their
+directory was listed in the `safe.directory` list. If `safe.directory=*`
+is set in system config and you want to re-enable this protection, then
+initialize your list with an empty value before listing the repositories
+that you deem safe.
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index a995c359c32..a42b21307f7 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -1103,9 +1103,11 @@ static int safe_directory_cb(const char *key, const char *value, void *d)
 	if (strcmp(key, "safe.directory"))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!value || !*value)
+	if (!value || !*value) {
 		data->is_safe = 0;
-	else {
+	} else if (!strcmp(value, "*")) {
+		data->is_safe = 1;
+	} else {
 		const char *interpolated = NULL;
 
 		if (!git_config_pathname(&interpolated, key, value) &&
diff --git a/t/t0033-safe-directory.sh b/t/t0033-safe-directory.sh
index 6f33c0dfefa..239d93f4d21 100755
--- a/t/t0033-safe-directory.sh
+++ b/t/t0033-safe-directory.sh
@@ -36,4 +36,14 @@ test_expect_success 'safe.directory matches, but is reset' '
 	expect_rejected_dir
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'safe.directory=*' '
+	git config --global --add safe.directory "*" &&
+	git status
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'safe.directory=*, but is reset' '
+	git config --global --add safe.directory "" &&
+	expect_rejected_dir
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
gitgitgadget

  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-04-13 15:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-04-13 15:32 [PATCH 0/3] Updates to the safe.directory config option Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-04-13 15:32 ` [PATCH 1/3] t0033: add tests for safe.directory Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-04-13 16:24   ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-13 16:29     ` Derrick Stolee
2022-04-13 19:16   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-04-13 19:46     ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-13 19:52     ` Derrick Stolee
2022-04-13 15:32 ` [PATCH 2/3] setup: fix safe.directory key not being checked Matheus Valadares via GitGitGadget
2022-04-13 16:34   ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-13 15:32 ` Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget [this message]
2022-04-13 16:40   ` [PATCH 3/3] setup: opt-out of check with safe.directory=* Junio C Hamano
2022-04-13 16:15 ` [PATCH 0/3] Updates to the safe.directory config option Junio C Hamano
2022-04-13 16:25   ` Derrick Stolee
2022-04-13 16:44     ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-13 20:27       ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-13 21:25         ` Taylor Blau
2022-04-13 21:45           ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-27 17:06 ` [PATCH 0/3] t0033-safe-directory: test improvements and a documentation clarification SZEDER Gábor
2022-04-27 17:06   ` [PATCH 1/3] t0033-safe-directory: check the error message without matching the trash dir SZEDER Gábor
2022-05-09 22:27     ` Taylor Blau
2022-05-10  6:04     ` Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
2022-04-27 17:06   ` [PATCH 2/3] t0033-safe-directory: check when 'safe.directory' is ignored SZEDER Gábor
2022-04-27 20:37     ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-29 16:12       ` Derrick Stolee
2022-04-29 17:57         ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-29 19:06           ` SZEDER Gábor
2022-04-29 19:19             ` Derrick Stolee
2022-05-10 18:33               ` SZEDER Gábor
2022-05-10 19:55                 ` Taylor Blau
2022-05-10 20:06                   ` Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón
2022-05-10 20:11                     ` Taylor Blau
2022-05-10 20:18                   ` Eric Sunshine
2022-04-27 17:06   ` [PATCH 3/3] safe.directory: document and check that it's ignored in the environment SZEDER Gábor
2022-04-27 20:42     ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-27 20:49       ` Junio C Hamano
2022-04-29 16:13         ` Derrick Stolee
2022-05-09 21:39         ` SZEDER Gábor
2022-05-09 21:45           ` Junio C Hamano
2022-05-10 18:48             ` SZEDER Gábor

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