| commit | 9cf85473209ea8ae2b56c13145c4704d12ee1374 | [log] [tgz] |
|---|---|---|
| author | Filip Hejsek <filip.hejsek@gmail.com> | Sun Jan 28 05:09:17 2024 +0100 |
| committer | Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> | Wed Apr 17 22:30:01 2024 +0200 |
| tree | 33ca22f079c0d224fd9b70ab6b1d1ba252c37616 | |
| parent | b20c10fd9b035f46e48112d2cd33d7cb740012b6 [diff] |
clone: prevent clashing git dirs when cloning submodule in parallel While it is expected to have several git dirs within the `.git/modules/` tree, it is important that they do not interfere with each other. For example, if one submodule was called "captain" and another submodule "captain/hooks", their respective git dirs would clash, as they would be located in `.git/modules/captain/` and `.git/modules/captain/hooks/`, respectively, i.e. the latter's files could clash with the actual Git hooks of the former. To prevent these clashes, and in particular to prevent hooks from being written and then executed as part of a recursive clone, we introduced checks as part of the fix for CVE-2019-1387 in a8dee3ca61 (Disallow dubiously-nested submodule git directories, 2019-10-01). It is currently possible to bypass the check for clashing submodule git dirs in two ways: 1. parallel cloning 2. checkout --recurse-submodules Let's check not only before, but also after parallel cloning (and before checking out the submodule), that the git dir is not clashing with another one, otherwise fail. This addresses the parallel cloning issue. As to the parallel checkout issue: It requires quite a few manual steps to create clashing git dirs because Git itself would refuse to initialize the inner one, as demonstrated by the test case. Nevertheless, let's teach the recursive checkout (namely, the `submodule_move_head()` function that is used by the recursive checkout) to be careful to verify that it does not use a clashing git dir, and if it does, disable it (by deleting the `HEAD` file so that subsequent Git calls won't recognize it as a git dir anymore). Note: The parallel cloning test case contains a `cat err` that proved to be highly useful when analyzing the racy nature of the operation (the operation can fail with three different error messages, depending on timing), and was left on purpose to ease future debugging should the need arise. Signed-off-by: Filip Hejsek <filip.hejsek@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals.
Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses, compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net.
Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
Many Git online resources are accessible from https://git-scm.com/ including full documentation and Git related tools.
See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and Documentation/git-<commandname>.txt for documentation of each command. If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be read with man gittutorial or git help tutorial, and the documentation of each command with man git-<commandname> or git help <commandname>.
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt (man gitcvs-migration or git help cvs-migration if git is installed).
The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission and Documentation/CodingGuidelines).
Those wishing to help with error message, usage and informational message string translations (localization l10) should see po/README.md (a po file is a Portable Object file that holds the translations).
To subscribe to the list, send an email with just “subscribe git” in the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org (not the Git list). The mailing list archives are available at https://lore.kernel.org/git/, http://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites.
Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to the Git Security mailing list git-security@googlegroups.com.
The maintainer frequently sends the “What's cooking” reports that list the current status of various development topics to the mailing list. The discussion following them give a good reference for project status, development direction and remaining tasks.
The name “git” was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very first version. He described the tool as “the stupid content tracker” and the name as (depending on your mood):