Merge branch 'fixes/2.45.1/2.41' into fixes/2.45.1/2.42

* fixes/2.45.1/2.41:
  Revert "fsck: warn about symlink pointing inside a gitdir"
  Revert "Add a helper function to compare file contents"
  clone: drop the protections where hooks aren't run
  tests: verify that `clone -c core.hooksPath=/dev/null` works again
  Revert "core.hooksPath: add some protection while cloning"
  init: use the correct path of the templates directory again
  hook: plug a new memory leak
  ci: stop installing "gcc-13" for osx-gcc
  ci: avoid bare "gcc" for osx-gcc job
  ci: drop mention of BREW_INSTALL_PACKAGES variable
  send-email: avoid creating more than one Term::ReadLine object
  send-email: drop FakeTerm hack

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -278,8 +278,7 @@ jobs:
             cc: clang
             pool: macos-13
           - jobname: osx-gcc
-            cc: gcc
-            cc_package: gcc-13
+            cc: gcc-13
             pool: macos-13
           - jobname: linux-gcc-default
             cc: gcc

Documentation/fsck-msgids.txt

@@ -157,18 +157,6 @@
 `nullSha1`::
 	(WARN) Tree contains entries pointing to a null sha1.
 
-`symlinkPointsToGitDir`::
-	(WARN) Symbolic link points inside a gitdir.
-
-`symlinkTargetBlob`::
-	(ERROR) A non-blob found instead of a symbolic link's target.
-
-`symlinkTargetLength`::
-	(WARN) Symbolic link target longer than maximum path length.
-
-`symlinkTargetMissing`::
-	(ERROR) Unable to read symbolic link target's blob.
-
 `treeNotSorted`::
 	(ERROR) A tree is not properly sorted.
 

builtin/clone.c

@@ -960,8 +960,6 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	int filter_submodules = 0;
 	int hash_algo;
 	const int do_not_override_repo_unix_permissions = -1;
-	const char *template_dir;
-	char *template_dir_dup = NULL;
 
 	struct transport_ls_refs_options transport_ls_refs_options =
 		TRANSPORT_LS_REFS_OPTIONS_INIT;
@@ -981,13 +979,6 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		usage_msg_opt(_("You must specify a repository to clone."),
 			builtin_clone_usage, builtin_clone_options);
 
-	xsetenv("GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE", "true", 0 /* allow user override */);
-	template_dir = get_template_dir(option_template);
-	if (*template_dir && !is_absolute_path(template_dir))
-		template_dir = template_dir_dup =
-			absolute_pathdup(template_dir);
-	xsetenv("GIT_CLONE_TEMPLATE_DIR", template_dir, 1);
-
 	if (option_depth || option_since || option_not.nr)
 		deepen = 1;
 	if (option_single_branch == -1)
@@ -1135,7 +1126,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		}
 	}
 
-	init_db(git_dir, real_git_dir, template_dir, GIT_HASH_UNKNOWN, NULL,
+	init_db(git_dir, real_git_dir, option_template, GIT_HASH_UNKNOWN, NULL,
 		do_not_override_repo_unix_permissions, INIT_DB_QUIET);
 
 	if (real_git_dir) {
@@ -1479,7 +1470,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	free(dir);
 	free(path);
 	free(repo_to_free);
-	free(template_dir_dup);
+	UNLEAK(repo);
 	junk_mode = JUNK_LEAVE_ALL;
 
 	transport_ls_refs_options_release(&transport_ls_refs_options);

ci/install-dependencies.sh

@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ macos-*)
 	export HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP=1
 	# Uncomment this if you want to run perf tests:
 	# brew install gnu-time
-	test -z "$BREW_INSTALL_PACKAGES" ||
-	brew install $BREW_INSTALL_PACKAGES
 	brew link --force gettext
 	mkdir -p $HOME/bin
 	(

config.c

@@ -1558,19 +1558,8 @@ static int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 	if (!strcmp(var, "core.attributesfile"))
 		return git_config_pathname(&git_attributes_file, var, value);
 
-	if (!strcmp(var, "core.hookspath")) {
-		if (ctx->kvi && ctx->kvi->scope == CONFIG_SCOPE_LOCAL &&
-		    git_env_bool("GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE", 0))
-			die(_("active `core.hooksPath` found in the local "
-			      "repository config:\n\t%s\nFor security "
-			      "reasons, this is disallowed by default.\nIf "
-			      "this is intentional and the hook should "
-			      "actually be run, please\nrun the command "
-			      "again with "
-			      "`GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false`"),
-			    value);
+	if (!strcmp(var, "core.hookspath"))
 		return git_config_pathname(&git_hooks_path, var, value);
-	}
 
 	if (!strcmp(var, "core.bare")) {
 		is_bare_repository_cfg = git_config_bool(var, value);

copy.c

@@ -70,61 +70,3 @@ int copy_file_with_time(const char *dst, const char *src, int mode)
 		return copy_times(dst, src);
 	return status;
 }
-
-static int do_symlinks_match(const char *path1, const char *path2)
-{
-	struct strbuf buf1 = STRBUF_INIT, buf2 = STRBUF_INIT;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	if (!strbuf_readlink(&buf1, path1, 0) &&
-	    !strbuf_readlink(&buf2, path2, 0))
-		ret = !strcmp(buf1.buf, buf2.buf);
-
-	strbuf_release(&buf1);
-	strbuf_release(&buf2);
-	return ret;
-}
-
-int do_files_match(const char *path1, const char *path2)
-{
-	struct stat st1, st2;
-	int fd1 = -1, fd2 = -1, ret = 1;
-	char buf1[8192], buf2[8192];
-
-	if ((fd1 = open_nofollow(path1, O_RDONLY)) < 0 ||
-	    fstat(fd1, &st1) || !S_ISREG(st1.st_mode)) {
-		if (fd1 < 0 && errno == ELOOP)
-			/* maybe this is a symbolic link? */
-			return do_symlinks_match(path1, path2);
-		ret = 0;
-	} else if ((fd2 = open_nofollow(path2, O_RDONLY)) < 0 ||
-		   fstat(fd2, &st2) || !S_ISREG(st2.st_mode)) {
-		ret = 0;
-	}
-
-	if (ret)
-		/* to match, neither must be executable, or both */
-		ret = !(st1.st_mode & 0111) == !(st2.st_mode & 0111);
-
-	if (ret)
-		ret = st1.st_size == st2.st_size;
-
-	while (ret) {
-		ssize_t len1 = read_in_full(fd1, buf1, sizeof(buf1));
-		ssize_t len2 = read_in_full(fd2, buf2, sizeof(buf2));
-
-		if (len1 < 0 || len2 < 0 || len1 != len2)
-			ret = 0; /* read error or different file size */
-		else if (!len1) /* len2 is also 0; hit EOF on both */
-			break; /* ret is still true */
-		else
-			ret = !memcmp(buf1, buf2, len1);
-	}
-
-	if (fd1 >= 0)
-		close(fd1);
-	if (fd2 >= 0)
-		close(fd2);
-
-	return ret;
-}

copy.h

@@ -7,18 +7,4 @@ int copy_fd(int ifd, int ofd);
 int copy_file(const char *dst, const char *src, int mode);
 int copy_file_with_time(const char *dst, const char *src, int mode);
 
-/*
- * Compare the file mode and contents of two given files.
- *
- * If both files are actually symbolic links, the function returns 1 if the link
- * targets are identical or 0 if they are not.
- *
- * If any of the two files cannot be accessed or in case of read failures, this
- * function returns 0.
- *
- * If the file modes and contents are identical, the function returns 1,
- * otherwise it returns 0.
- */
-int do_files_match(const char *path1, const char *path2);
-
 #endif /* COPY_H */

fsck.c

@@ -640,8 +640,6 @@ static int fsck_tree(const struct object_id *tree_oid,
 				retval += report(options, tree_oid, OBJ_TREE,
 						 FSCK_MSG_MAILMAP_SYMLINK,
 						 ".mailmap is a symlink");
-			oidset_insert(&options->symlink_targets_found,
-				      entry_oid);
 		}
 
 		if ((backslash = strchr(name, '\\'))) {
@@ -1278,56 +1276,6 @@ static int fsck_blob(const struct object_id *oid, const char *buf,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (oidset_contains(&options->symlink_targets_found, oid)) {
-		const char *ptr = buf;
-		const struct object_id *reported = NULL;
-
-		oidset_insert(&options->symlink_targets_done, oid);
-
-		if (!buf || size > PATH_MAX) {
-			/*
-			 * A missing buffer here is a sign that the caller found the
-			 * blob too gigantic to load into memory. Let's just consider
-			 * that an error.
-			 */
-			return report(options, oid, OBJ_BLOB,
-					FSCK_MSG_SYMLINK_TARGET_LENGTH,
-					"symlink target too long");
-		}
-
-		while (!reported && ptr) {
-			const char *p = ptr;
-			char c, *slash = strchrnul(ptr, '/');
-			char *backslash = memchr(ptr, '\\', slash - ptr);
-
-			c = *slash;
-			*slash = '\0';
-
-			while (!reported && backslash) {
-				*backslash = '\0';
-				if (is_ntfs_dotgit(p))
-					ret |= report(options, reported = oid, OBJ_BLOB,
-						      FSCK_MSG_SYMLINK_POINTS_TO_GIT_DIR,
-						      "symlink target points to git dir");
-				*backslash = '\\';
-				p = backslash + 1;
-				backslash = memchr(p, '\\', slash - p);
-			}
-			if (!reported && is_ntfs_dotgit(p))
-				ret |= report(options, reported = oid, OBJ_BLOB,
-					      FSCK_MSG_SYMLINK_POINTS_TO_GIT_DIR,
-					      "symlink target points to git dir");
-
-			if (!reported && is_hfs_dotgit(ptr))
-				ret |= report(options, reported = oid, OBJ_BLOB,
-					      FSCK_MSG_SYMLINK_POINTS_TO_GIT_DIR,
-					      "symlink target points to git dir");
-
-			*slash = c;
-			ptr = c ? slash + 1 : NULL;
-		}
-	}
-
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1426,10 +1374,6 @@ int fsck_finish(struct fsck_options *options)
 			  FSCK_MSG_GITATTRIBUTES_MISSING, FSCK_MSG_GITATTRIBUTES_BLOB,
 			  options, ".gitattributes");
 
-	ret |= fsck_blobs(&options->symlink_targets_found, &options->symlink_targets_done,
-			  FSCK_MSG_SYMLINK_TARGET_MISSING, FSCK_MSG_SYMLINK_TARGET_BLOB,
-			  options, "<symlink-target>");
-
 	return ret;
 }
 

fsck.h

@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ enum fsck_msg_type {
 	FUNC(GITATTRIBUTES_LARGE, ERROR) \
 	FUNC(GITATTRIBUTES_LINE_LENGTH, ERROR) \
 	FUNC(GITATTRIBUTES_BLOB, ERROR) \
-	FUNC(SYMLINK_TARGET_MISSING, ERROR) \
-	FUNC(SYMLINK_TARGET_BLOB, ERROR) \
 	/* warnings */ \
 	FUNC(EMPTY_NAME, WARN) \
 	FUNC(FULL_PATHNAME, WARN) \
@@ -75,8 +73,6 @@ enum fsck_msg_type {
 	FUNC(NULL_SHA1, WARN) \
 	FUNC(ZERO_PADDED_FILEMODE, WARN) \
 	FUNC(NUL_IN_COMMIT, WARN) \
-	FUNC(SYMLINK_TARGET_LENGTH, WARN) \
-	FUNC(SYMLINK_POINTS_TO_GIT_DIR, WARN) \
 	/* infos (reported as warnings, but ignored by default) */ \
 	FUNC(BAD_FILEMODE, INFO) \
 	FUNC(GITMODULES_PARSE, INFO) \
@@ -144,8 +140,6 @@ struct fsck_options {
 	struct oidset gitmodules_done;
 	struct oidset gitattributes_found;
 	struct oidset gitattributes_done;
-	struct oidset symlink_targets_found;
-	struct oidset symlink_targets_done;
 	kh_oid_map_t *object_names;
 };
 
@@ -155,8 +149,6 @@ struct fsck_options {
 	.gitmodules_done = OIDSET_INIT, \
 	.gitattributes_found = OIDSET_INIT, \
 	.gitattributes_done = OIDSET_INIT, \
-	.symlink_targets_found = OIDSET_INIT, \
-	.symlink_targets_done = OIDSET_INIT, \
 	.error_func = fsck_error_function \
 }
 #define FSCK_OPTIONS_STRICT { \
@@ -165,8 +157,6 @@ struct fsck_options {
 	.gitmodules_done = OIDSET_INIT, \
 	.gitattributes_found = OIDSET_INIT, \
 	.gitattributes_done = OIDSET_INIT, \
-	.symlink_targets_found = OIDSET_INIT, \
-	.symlink_targets_done = OIDSET_INIT, \
 	.error_func = fsck_error_function, \
 }
 #define FSCK_OPTIONS_MISSING_GITMODULES { \
@@ -175,8 +165,6 @@ struct fsck_options {
 	.gitmodules_done = OIDSET_INIT, \
 	.gitattributes_found = OIDSET_INIT, \
 	.gitattributes_done = OIDSET_INIT, \
-	.symlink_targets_found = OIDSET_INIT, \
-	.symlink_targets_done = OIDSET_INIT, \
 	.error_func = fsck_error_cb_print_missing_gitmodules, \
 }
 

hook.c

@@ -9,31 +9,6 @@
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "environment.h"
 #include "setup.h"
-#include "copy.h"
-
-static int identical_to_template_hook(const char *name, const char *path)
-{
-	const char *env = getenv("GIT_CLONE_TEMPLATE_DIR");
-	const char *template_dir = get_template_dir(env && *env ? env : NULL);
-	struct strbuf template_path = STRBUF_INIT;
-	int found_template_hook, ret;
-
-	strbuf_addf(&template_path, "%s/hooks/%s", template_dir, name);
-	found_template_hook = access(template_path.buf, X_OK) >= 0;
-#ifdef STRIP_EXTENSION
-	if (!found_template_hook) {
-		strbuf_addstr(&template_path, STRIP_EXTENSION);
-		found_template_hook = access(template_path.buf, X_OK) >= 0;
-	}
-#endif
-	if (!found_template_hook)
-		return 0;
-
-	ret = do_files_match(template_path.buf, path);
-
-	strbuf_release(&template_path);
-	return ret;
-}
 
 const char *find_hook(const char *name)
 {
@@ -70,14 +45,6 @@ const char *find_hook(const char *name)
 		}
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	if (!git_hooks_path && git_env_bool("GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE", 0) &&
-	    !identical_to_template_hook(name, path.buf))
-		die(_("active `%s` hook found during `git clone`:\n\t%s\n"
-		      "For security reasons, this is disallowed by default.\n"
-		      "If this is intentional and the hook should actually "
-		      "be run, please\nrun the command again with "
-		      "`GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false`"),
-		    name, path.buf);
 	return path.buf;
 }
 

t/helper/test-path-utils.c

@@ -501,16 +501,6 @@ int cmd__path_utils(int argc, const char **argv)
 		return !!res;
 	}
 
-	if (argc == 4 && !strcmp(argv[1], "do_files_match")) {
-		int ret = do_files_match(argv[2], argv[3]);
-
-		if (ret)
-			printf("equal\n");
-		else
-			printf("different\n");
-		return !ret;
-	}
-
 	fprintf(stderr, "%s: unknown function name: %s\n", argv[0],
 		argv[1] ? argv[1] : "(there was none)");
 	return 1;

t/t0060-path-utils.sh

@@ -610,45 +610,4 @@ test_expect_success !VALGRIND,RUNTIME_PREFIX,CAN_EXEC_IN_PWD '%(prefix)/ works'
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'do_files_match()' '
-	test_seq 0 10 >0-10.txt &&
-	test_seq -1 10 >-1-10.txt &&
-	test_seq 1 10 >1-10.txt &&
-	test_seq 1 9 >1-9.txt &&
-	test_seq 0 8 >0-8.txt &&
-
-	test-tool path-utils do_files_match 0-10.txt 0-10.txt >out &&
-
-	assert_fails() {
-		test_must_fail \
-		test-tool path-utils do_files_match "$1" "$2" >out &&
-		grep different out
-	} &&
-
-	assert_fails 0-8.txt 1-9.txt &&
-	assert_fails -1-10.txt 0-10.txt &&
-	assert_fails 1-10.txt 1-9.txt &&
-	assert_fails 1-10.txt .git &&
-	assert_fails does-not-exist 1-10.txt &&
-
-	if test_have_prereq FILEMODE
-	then
-		cp 0-10.txt 0-10.x &&
-		chmod a+x 0-10.x &&
-		assert_fails 0-10.txt 0-10.x
-	fi &&
-
-	if test_have_prereq SYMLINKS
-	then
-		ln -sf 0-10.txt symlink &&
-		ln -s 0-10.txt another-symlink &&
-		ln -s over-the-ocean yet-another-symlink &&
-		ln -s "$PWD/0-10.txt" absolute-symlink &&
-		assert_fails 0-10.txt symlink &&
-		test-tool path-utils do_files_match symlink another-symlink &&
-		assert_fails symlink yet-another-symlink &&
-		assert_fails symlink absolute-symlink
-	fi
-'
-
 test_done

t/t1350-config-hooks-path.sh

@@ -41,4 +41,11 @@ test_expect_success 'git rev-parse --git-path hooks' '
 	test .git/custom-hooks/abc = "$(cat actual)"
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'core.hooksPath=/dev/null' '
+	git clone -c core.hooksPath=/dev/null . no-templates &&
+	value="$(git -C no-templates config --local core.hooksPath)" &&
+	# The Bash used by Git for Windows rewrites `/dev/null` to `nul`
+	{ test /dev/null = "$value" || test nul = "$value"; }
+'
+
 test_done

t/t1450-fsck.sh

@@ -1050,41 +1050,4 @@ test_expect_success 'fsck reports problems in current worktree index without fil
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'fsck warning on symlink target with excessive length' '
-	symlink_target=$(printf "pattern %032769d" 1 | git hash-object -w --stdin) &&
-	test_when_finished "remove_object $symlink_target" &&
-	tree=$(printf "120000 blob %s\t%s\n" $symlink_target symlink | git mktree) &&
-	test_when_finished "remove_object $tree" &&
-	cat >expected <<-EOF &&
-	warning in blob $symlink_target: symlinkTargetLength: symlink target too long
-	EOF
-	git fsck --no-dangling >actual 2>&1 &&
-	test_cmp expected actual
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'fsck warning on symlink target pointing inside git dir' '
-	gitdir=$(printf ".git" | git hash-object -w --stdin) &&
-	ntfs_gitdir=$(printf "GIT~1" | git hash-object -w --stdin) &&
-	hfs_gitdir=$(printf ".${u200c}git" | git hash-object -w --stdin) &&
-	inside_gitdir=$(printf "nested/.git/config" | git hash-object -w --stdin) &&
-	benign_target=$(printf "legit/config" | git hash-object -w --stdin) &&
-	tree=$(printf "120000 blob %s\t%s\n" \
-		$benign_target benign_target \
-		$gitdir gitdir \
-		$hfs_gitdir hfs_gitdir \
-		$inside_gitdir inside_gitdir \
-		$ntfs_gitdir ntfs_gitdir |
-		git mktree) &&
-	for o in $gitdir $ntfs_gitdir $hfs_gitdir $inside_gitdir $benign_target $tree
-	do
-		test_when_finished "remove_object $o" || return 1
-	done &&
-	printf "warning in blob %s: symlinkPointsToGitDir: symlink target points to git dir\n" \
-		$gitdir $hfs_gitdir $inside_gitdir $ntfs_gitdir |
-	sort >expected &&
-	git fsck --no-dangling >actual 2>&1 &&
-	sort actual >actual.sorted &&
-	test_cmp expected actual.sorted
-'
-
 test_done

t/t1800-hook.sh

@@ -185,19 +185,4 @@ test_expect_success 'stdin to hooks' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'clone protections' '
-	test_config core.hooksPath "$(pwd)/my-hooks" &&
-	mkdir -p my-hooks &&
-	write_script my-hooks/test-hook <<-\EOF &&
-	echo Hook ran $1
-	EOF
-
-	git hook run test-hook 2>err &&
-	grep "Hook ran" err &&
-	test_must_fail env GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=true \
-		git hook run test-hook 2>err &&
-	grep "active .core.hooksPath" err &&
-	! grep "Hook ran" err
-'
-
 test_done

t/t5601-clone.sh

@@ -771,57 +771,6 @@ test_expect_success 'batch missing blob request does not inadvertently try to fe
 	git clone --filter=blob:limit=0 "file://$(pwd)/server" client
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'clone with init.templatedir runs hooks' '
-	git init tmpl/hooks &&
-	write_script tmpl/hooks/post-checkout <<-EOF &&
-	echo HOOK-RUN >&2
-	echo I was here >hook.run
-	EOF
-	git -C tmpl/hooks add . &&
-	test_tick &&
-	git -C tmpl/hooks commit -m post-checkout &&
-
-	test_when_finished "git config --global --unset init.templateDir || :" &&
-	test_when_finished "git config --unset init.templateDir || :" &&
-	(
-		sane_unset GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR &&
-		NO_SET_GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR=t &&
-		export NO_SET_GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR &&
-
-		git -c core.hooksPath="$(pwd)/tmpl/hooks" \
-			clone tmpl/hooks hook-run-hookspath 2>err &&
-		! grep "active .* hook found" err &&
-		test_path_is_file hook-run-hookspath/hook.run &&
-
-		git -c init.templateDir="$(pwd)/tmpl" \
-			clone tmpl/hooks hook-run-config 2>err &&
-		! grep "active .* hook found" err &&
-		test_path_is_file hook-run-config/hook.run &&
-
-		git clone --template=tmpl tmpl/hooks hook-run-option 2>err &&
-		! grep "active .* hook found" err &&
-		test_path_is_file hook-run-option/hook.run &&
-
-		git config --global init.templateDir "$(pwd)/tmpl" &&
-		git clone tmpl/hooks hook-run-global-config 2>err &&
-		git config --global --unset init.templateDir &&
-		! grep "active .* hook found" err &&
-		test_path_is_file hook-run-global-config/hook.run &&
-
-		# clone ignores local `init.templateDir`; need to create
-		# a new repository because we deleted `.git/` in the
-		# `setup` test case above
-		git init local-clone &&
-		cd local-clone &&
-
-		git config init.templateDir "$(pwd)/../tmpl" &&
-		git clone ../tmpl/hooks hook-run-local-config 2>err &&
-		git config --unset init.templateDir &&
-		! grep "active .* hook found" err &&
-		test_path_is_missing hook-run-local-config/hook.run
-	)
-'
-
 . "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-httpd.sh
 start_httpd