On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 11:13 PM, Hilco Wijbenga <hilco.wijbenga@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 9 September 2013 13:48, Niels Basjes <Niels@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> So I propose the following new feature: >> >> 1) A scripting language is put inside git. Perhaps a version of python >> or ruby or go or ... (no need for a 'new' language) > > That sounds nice but ... >> 2) If a project contains a folder called .githooks in the root of the >> code base then the rules/scripts that are present there are executed >> ONLY on the system doing the actual commit. These scripts are run in >> such a limited way that they can only read the files in the >> repository, they cannot do any networking/write to disk/etc and they >> can only do a limited set op actions against the current operation at >> hand (i.e. do checks, parse messages, etc). > ... how would you prevent Ruby/Python/Go/$GeneralProgLang from > executing arbitrary code? Some kind of sandbox? >> Like I said, this is just a proposal and I would like to know what you >> guys think. > > I love the idea but I'm not sure how feasible it is. I think you would > be forced to copy an existing language and somehow "make it secure" > (seems like a maintenance nightmare) or to create your own language > (potentially a lot of work). But perhaps something more declarative > might be usable? As far as I'm concerned it should be the 'best suitable' language for the task at hand. -- Best regards / Met vriendelijke groeten, Niels Basjes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html