test(tools/git): a skip that exits 0 is a pass -- refuse instead
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be-coder-07 (#1089 review 131) showed the precondition guard exited 0 when the
scratch dir turned out to be inside a git worktree:

    ( cd "$TMP" && git rev-parse --git-dir ) && { echo "SKIP"; exit 0; }

so pointing TMPDIR beneath a git worktree made this test PASS against unchanged
main. A skip that exits 0 is indistinguishable from a pass -- the same defect
this suite exists to catch, in the suite itself.

Now: set GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES to the PHYSICAL path (it is matched physically,
and /tmp is commonly a symlink, so a logical path silently disables the ceiling),
and if the outside-a-repo precondition still cannot be established, FAIL with an
explicit message rather than skipping.

Replaying be-coder-07's attack (TMPDIR beneath a worktree):
    before: fix rc=0, main rc=0   <- both "pass", the vulnerability
    after:  fix rc=1, main rc=1   <- both refuse; no false pass either way
Normal conditions are unchanged and still discriminate: fix rc=0, main rc=1.

The test refuses to report a result it cannot establish. That is weaker than
running under a hostile TMPDIR and strictly better than lying about it.

Reported-by: be-coder-07
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2026-08-06 19:02:29 -05:00
parent b4b70675b6
commit 92a63e7027
@@ -27,8 +27,21 @@ run_outside() { # $1=function name -> "rc:sawmessage"
}
check() { if [ "$2" = "$3" ]; then echo " PASS $1 ($2)"; else echo " FAIL $1: got $2, want $3"; fail=1; fi; }
# $TMP is deliberately not a git repo, and must not be inside one.
( cd "$TMP" && git rev-parse --git-dir >/dev/null 2>&1 ) && { echo " SKIP scratch dir is inside a repo"; exit 0; }
# $TMP must not be inside a git repo. Do not SKIP on failure: be-coder-07 showed the
# original SKIP exited 0, so pointing TMPDIR beneath a git worktree made this test PASS
# against unchanged main. A skip that exits 0 is indistinguishable from a pass.
# GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES stops git walking above $TMP, making the condition hold
# regardless of where TMPDIR lives, rather than merely detecting when it does not.
# GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES is matched against the PHYSICAL path -- a symlinked TMPDIR
# (/tmp is commonly one) makes the logical path never match, and the ceiling silently
# does nothing. Resolve it before exporting.
TMP="$(cd "$TMP" && pwd -P)"
export GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES="$TMP"
if ( cd "$TMP" && git rev-parse --git-dir >/dev/null 2>&1 ); then
echo " FAIL scratch dir is inside a git repo even with GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES set;"
echo " the outside-a-repo precondition cannot be established -- refusing to report a result"
exit 1
fi
echo "== outside a git repo: rc=1 AND the diagnostic is emitted =="
check "detect_platform" "$(run_outside detect_platform)" "1:yes"