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Thalia Archibald 0df86b6689 fast-import: tighten path unquoting
Path parsing in fast-import is inconsistent and many unquoting errors
are suppressed or not checked.

<path> appears in the grammar in these places:

    filemodify ::= 'M' SP <mode> (<dataref> | 'inline') SP <path> LF
    filedelete ::= 'D' SP <path> LF
    filecopy   ::= 'C' SP <path> SP <path> LF
    filerename ::= 'R' SP <path> SP <path> LF
    ls         ::= 'ls' SP <dataref> SP <path> LF
    ls-commit  ::= 'ls' SP <path> LF

and fast-import.c parses them in five different ways:

1. For filemodify and filedelete:
   Try to unquote <path>. If it unquotes without errors, use the
   unquoted version; otherwise, treat it as literal bytes to the end of
   the line (including any number of SP).
2. For filecopy (source) and filerename (source):
   Try to unquote <path>. If it unquotes without errors, use the
   unquoted version; otherwise, treat it as literal bytes up to, but not
   including, the next SP.
3. For filecopy (dest) and filerename (dest):
   Like 1., but an unquoted empty string is forbidden.
4. For ls:
   If <path> starts with `"`, unquote it and report parse errors;
   otherwise, treat it as literal bytes to the end of the line
   (including any number of SP).
5. For ls-commit:
   Unquote <path> and report parse errors.
   (It must start with `"` to disambiguate from ls.)

In the first three, any errors from trying to unquote a string are
suppressed, so a quoted string that contains invalid escapes would be
interpreted as literal bytes. For example, `"\xff"` would fail to
unquote (because hex escapes are not supported), and it would instead be
interpreted as the byte sequence '"', '\\', 'x', 'f', 'f', '"', which is
certainly not intended. Some front-ends erroneously use their language's
standard quoting routine instead of matching Git's, which could silently
introduce escapes that would be incorrectly parsed due to this and lead
to data corruption.

The documentation states “To use a source path that contains SP the path
must be quoted.”, so it is expected that some implementations depend on
spaces being allowed in paths in the final position. Thus we have two
documented ways to parse paths, so simplify the implementation to that.

Now we have:

1. `parse_path_eol` for filemodify, filedelete, filecopy (dest),
   filerename (dest), ls, and ls-commit:

   If <path> starts with `"`, unquote it and report parse errors;
   otherwise, treat it as literal bytes to the end of the line
   (including any number of SP).

2. `parse_path_space` for filecopy (source) and filerename (source):

   If <path> starts with `"`, unquote it and report parse errors;
   otherwise, treat it as literal bytes up to, but not including, the
   next SP. It must be followed by SP.

There remain two special cases: The dest <path> in filecopy and rename
cannot be an unquoted empty string (this will be addressed subsequently)
and <path> in ls-commit must be quoted to disambiguate it from ls.

Signed-off-by: Thalia Archibald <thalia@archibald.dev>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-04-15 10:06:17 -07:00
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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 to git+subscribe@vger.kernel.org (see https://subspace.kernel.org/subscribing.html for details). The mailing list archives are available at https://lore.kernel.org/git/, https://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):

  • random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
  • stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang.
  • "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
  • "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks