Re: [RFC PATCH] sequencer: fix quoting in write_author_script

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On 27/07/18 13:37, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> Hi Phillip, Junio and Akinori,
> 
> I just noticed that t3404 is broken without my patches (but with Junio's
> fixup), on Windows, macOS and Linux. (See log at the end.)
> 
> On Fri, 27 Jul 2018, Phillip Wood wrote:
> 
>> On 26/07/18 13:33, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, 18 Jul 2018, Phillip Wood wrote:
>>>
>>>> Single quotes should be escaped as \' not \\'. Note that this only
>>>> affects authors that contain a single quote and then only external
>>>> scripts that read the author script and users whose git is upgraded from
>>>> the shell version of rebase -i while rebase was stopped. This is because
>>>> the parsing in read_env_script() expected the broken version and for
>>>> some reason sq_dequote() called by read_author_ident() seems to handle
>>>> the broken quoting correctly.
>>>>
>>>> Ideally write_author_script() would be rewritten to use
>>>> split_ident_line() and sq_quote_buf() but this commit just fixes the
>>>> immediate bug.
>>>
>>>> This is untested, unfortuantely I don't have really have time to write a test or
>>>> follow this up at the moment, if someone else want to run with it then please
>>>> do.
>>>
>>> I modified the test that was added by Akinori. As it was added very early,
>>> and as there is still a test case *after* Akinori's that compares a
>>> hard-coded SHA-1, I refrained from using `test_commit` (which would change
>>> that SHA-1). See below.
>>
>> Thanks for adding a test, that sounds like sensible approach, however
>> having thought about it I wonder if we should just be writing a plain
>> text file (e.g rebase-merge/author-data) and fixing the reader to read
>> that if it exists and only then fall back to reading the legacy
>> rebase-merge/author-script with a fix to correctly handle the script
>> written by the shell version - what do you think? The author-script
>> really should be just an implementation detail. If anyone really wants
>> to read it they can still do 'read -r l' and split the lines with
>> ${l%%=*} and ${l#*=}
> 
> In contrast to `git am`, there *is* a use case where power users might
> have come to rely on the presence of the .git/rebase-merge/author-script
> file *and* its nature as a shell script snippet: we purposefully allow
> scripting `rebase -i`.
> 
> So I don't think that we can declare the file and its format as
> implementation detail, even if the idea is very, very tempting.
> 
>>>> diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
>>>> index 5354d4d51e..0b78d1f100 100644
>>>> --- a/sequencer.c
>>>> +++ b/sequencer.c
>>>> @@ -638,21 +638,21 @@ static int write_author_script(const char *message)
>>>>  		else if (*message != '\'')
>>>>  			strbuf_addch(&buf, *(message++));
>>>>  		else
>>>> -			strbuf_addf(&buf, "'\\\\%c'", *(message++));
>>>> +			strbuf_addf(&buf, "'\\%c'", *(message++));
>>>>  	strbuf_addstr(&buf, "'\nGIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL='");
>>>>  	while (*message && *message != '\n' && *message != '\r')
>>>>  		if (skip_prefix(message, "> ", &message))
>>>>  			break;
>>>>  		else if (*message != '\'')
>>>>  			strbuf_addch(&buf, *(message++));
>>>>  		else
>>>> -			strbuf_addf(&buf, "'\\\\%c'", *(message++));
>>>> +			strbuf_addf(&buf, "'\\%c'", *(message++));
>>>>  	strbuf_addstr(&buf, "'\nGIT_AUTHOR_DATE='@");
>>>>  	while (*message && *message != '\n' && *message != '\r')
>>>>  		if (*message != '\'')
>>>>  			strbuf_addch(&buf, *(message++));
>>>>  		else
>>>> -			strbuf_addf(&buf, "'\\\\%c'", *(message++));
>>>> +			strbuf_addf(&buf, "'\\%c'", *(message++));
>>>>  	res = write_message(buf.buf, buf.len, rebase_path_author_script(), 1);
>>>
>>> I resolved the merge conflict with Akinori's patch. FWIW I pushed all of
>>> this, including the fixup to Junio's fixup to the
>>> `fix-t3404-author-script-test` branch at https://github.com/dscho/git.
>>>
>>>>  	strbuf_release(&buf);
>>>>  	return res;
>>>> @@ -666,13 +666,21 @@ static int read_env_script(struct argv_array *env)
>>>>  {
>>>>  	struct strbuf script = STRBUF_INIT;
>>>>  	int i, count = 0;
>>>> -	char *p, *p2;
>>>> +	const char *p2;
>>>> +	char *p;
>>>>  
>>>>  	if (strbuf_read_file(&script, rebase_path_author_script(), 256) <= 0)
>>>>  		return -1;
>>>>  
>>>>  	for (p = script.buf; *p; p++)
>>>> -		if (skip_prefix(p, "'\\\\''", (const char **)&p2))
>>>> +		/*
>>>> +		 * write_author_script() used to escape "'" incorrectly as
>>>> +		 * "'\\\\''" rather than "'\\''" so we check for the correct
>>>> +		 * version the incorrect version in case git was upgraded while
>>>> +		 * rebase was stopped.
>>>> +		 */
>>>> +		if (skip_prefix(p, "'\\''", &p2) ||
>>>> +		    skip_prefix(p, "'\\\\''", &p2))
>>>
>>> I think in this form, it is possibly unsafe because it assumes that the
>>> new code cannot generate output that would trigger that same code path.
>>> Although I have to admit that I did not give this a great deal of thought.
>>
>> Hm, I not sure that it can. If the Author begins \\' then this will be
>> written as the C string "'\\\\'\\''...". If \\' comes at the end then I
>> think this will be written as "\\\\'\\'''", in the middle of the name it
>> will be "\\\\'\\''..."
> 
> Yes, that matches my gut feeling... but...
> 
>>> In any case, if you have to think long and hard about some fix, it might
>>> be better to go with something that is easier to reason about. So how
>>> about this: we already know that the code is buggy, Akinori fixed the bug,
>>> where the author-script missed its trailing single-quote. We can use this
>>> as a tell-tale for *this* bug. Assuming that Junio will advance both your
>>> and Akinori's fix in close proximity.
>>
>> That sounds like a good approach
> 
> I am glad that you agree to this.
> 
> I am a big fan of this age-old wisdom
> that goes somewhat like this: some code is so simple that there is no
> space for obvious bugs, and some code is so complicated that there is no
> space for obvious bugs. In this context, I would use the modified
> version: some code is so easy to reason about that there is no obvious
> flaw, and some other code is so difficult to reason about that there is
> no obvious flaw.
> 
> Besides, using the sq_bug version can serve as a reminder to "pay down
> the technical debt" in the future.
> 
>>> Again, this is pushed to the `fix-t3404-author-script-test` branch at
>>> https://github.com/dscho/git; My fixup on top of your patch looks like
>>> this (feel free to drop the sq_bug part and only keep the test part):
>>>
>>> -- snipsnap --
>>> diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
>>> index 46c0b3e720f..7abe78dc78e 100644
>>> --- a/sequencer.c
>>> +++ b/sequencer.c
>>> @@ -573,13 +573,14 @@ static int write_author_script(const char *message)
>>>  static int read_env_script(struct argv_array *env)
>>>  {
>>>  	struct strbuf script = STRBUF_INIT;
>>> -	int i, count = 0;
>>> +	int i, count = 0, sq_bug;
>>>  	const char *p2;
>>>  	char *p;
>>>  
>>>  	if (strbuf_read_file(&script, rebase_path_author_script(), 256) <= 0)
>>>  		return -1;
>>>  
>>> +	sq_bug = script.len && script.buf[script.len - 1] != '\'';
>>>  	for (p = script.buf; *p; p++)
>>>  		/*
>>>  		 * write_author_script() used to escape "'" incorrectly as
>>> @@ -587,8 +588,9 @@ static int read_env_script(struct argv_array *env)
>>>  		 * version the incorrect version in case git was upgraded while
>>>  		 * rebase was stopped.
>>>  		 */
>>
>> We probably want the change the comment slightly to explain sq_bug
> 
> True. Can you give it a shot? If not, I will try to remember some time mid
> next week.

Sure, I'll send something out tomorrow or Wednesday. I think we should
alter the test to check that there is no empty line at the end of the
author-script file as that will break the test for the missing "'".

> 
> Here the promised log of t3404 with -i -v -x (on macOS, but Linux and
> Windows shows equivalent failures, and the way I read it, the problem is
> simply that the test was introduced in the middle of t3404 and
> subsequent test cases' assumptions are no longer met):
> 
> -- snipsnap --
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2450890Z ok 2 - rebase --keep-empty
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2464690Z 
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2489730Z expecting success: 
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2513840Z 	test_when_finished "git rebase --abort ||:" &&
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2536980Z 	git checkout master &&
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2563050Z 	set_fake_editor &&
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2590300Z 	FAKE_LINES="edit 1" git rebase -i HEAD^ &&
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2614900Z 	test -f .git/rebase-merge/author-script &&
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2639740Z 	(
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2665320Z 		sane_unset GIT_AUTHOR_NAME GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL GIT_AUTHOR_DATE &&
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2688410Z 		eval "$(cat .git/rebase-merge/author-script)" &&
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2710930Z 		test "$(git show --quiet --pretty=format:%an)" = "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME" &&
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2734740Z 		test "$(git show --quiet --pretty=format:%ae)" = "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL" &&
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2756700Z 		test "$(git show --quiet --date=raw --pretty=format:@%ad)" = "$GIT_AUTHOR_DATE"
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2778060Z 	)
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2788910Z 
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2810410Z ++ test_when_finished 'git rebase --abort ||:'
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2831430Z ++ test 0 = 0
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2852830Z ++ test_cleanup='{ git rebase --abort ||:
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2874430Z 		} && (exit "$eval_ret"); eval_ret=$?; :'
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2892720Z ++ git checkout master
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2911560Z Switched to branch 'master'
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2929490Z ++ set_fake_editor
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2947690Z ++ write_script fake-editor.sh
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2966040Z ++ echo '#!/bin/sh'
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.2983780Z ++ cat
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.3001950Z ++ chmod +x fake-editor.sh
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.3019770Z +++ pwd
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.3038530Z ++ test_set_editor '/Users/vsts/agent/2.138.3/work/1/s/t/trash directory.t3404-rebase-interactive/fake-editor.sh'
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.3057950Z ++ FAKE_EDITOR='/Users/vsts/agent/2.138.3/work/1/s/t/trash directory.t3404-rebase-interactive/fake-editor.sh'
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.3076510Z ++ export FAKE_EDITOR
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.3094750Z ++ EDITOR='"$FAKE_EDITOR"'
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.3112610Z ++ export EDITOR
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.3130670Z ++ FAKE_LINES='edit 1'
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.3153990Z ++ git rebase -i 'HEAD^'
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.4674460Z rebase -i script before editing:
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.4698420Z pick 8f99a4f E
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.4710290Z 
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.4792780Z rebase -i script after editing:
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.4817630Z edit 8f99a4f E
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5025190Z Rebasing (1/1)
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5046400Z Stopped at 8f99a4f...  E
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5065680Z You can amend the commit now, with
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5074810Z 
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5092850Z   git commit --amend 
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5101800Z 
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5119900Z Once you are satisfied with your changes, run
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5129030Z 
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5147390Z   git rebase --continue
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5165610Z ++ test -f .git/rebase-merge/author-script
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5183820Z ++ sane_unset GIT_AUTHOR_NAME GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL GIT_AUTHOR_DATE
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5201610Z ++ unset GIT_AUTHOR_NAME GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL GIT_AUTHOR_DATE
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5220730Z ++ return 0
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5244590Z +++ cat .git/rebase-merge/author-script
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5269130Z ++ eval 'GIT_AUTHOR_NAME='\''A U Thor'\''
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5294440Z GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL='\''author@xxxxxxxxxxx'\''
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5319550Z GIT_AUTHOR_DATE='\''@1112912233 -0700'\'''
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5345580Z +++ GIT_AUTHOR_NAME='A U Thor'
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5365960Z +++ GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=author@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5384150Z +++ GIT_AUTHOR_DATE='@1112912233 -0700'
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5402250Z +++ git show --quiet --pretty=format:%an
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5420400Z ++ test 'A U Thor' = 'A U Thor'
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5438410Z +++ git show --quiet --pretty=format:%ae
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5459570Z ++ test author@xxxxxxxxxxx = author@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5477950Z +++ git show --quiet --date=raw --pretty=format:@%ad
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5496180Z ++ test '@1112912233 -0700' = '@1112912233 -0700'
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.5514390Z ++ git rebase --abort
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.6924920Z ++ exit 0
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.6950890Z ++ eval_ret=0
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.6973900Z ++ :
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.6998480Z ok 3 - rebase -i writes out .git/rebase-merge/author-script in "edit" that sh(1) can parse
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.7009400Z 
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.7030290Z expecting success: 
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.7050880Z 	set_fake_editor &&
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.7072520Z 	test_must_fail env FAKE_LINES="1 exec_true" git rebase -i HEAD^ >actual 2>&1 &&
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.7092910Z 	test_i18ncmp expect actual
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.7102960Z 
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.7123150Z ++ set_fake_editor
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.7144080Z ++ write_script fake-editor.sh
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.7164970Z ++ echo '#!/bin/sh'
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.7185360Z ++ cat
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.7212950Z ++ chmod +x fake-editor.sh
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.7236720Z +++ pwd
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.7263500Z ++ test_set_editor '/Users/vsts/agent/2.138.3/work/1/s/t/trash directory.t3404-rebase-interactive/fake-editor.sh'
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.7291390Z ++ FAKE_EDITOR='/Users/vsts/agent/2.138.3/work/1/s/t/trash directory.t3404-rebase-interactive/fake-editor.sh'
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.7314090Z ++ export FAKE_EDITOR
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.7338290Z ++ EDITOR='"$FAKE_EDITOR"'
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.7362710Z ++ export EDITOR
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.7386370Z ++ test_must_fail env 'FAKE_LINES=1 exec_true' git rebase -i 'HEAD^'
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.7412410Z ++ case "$1" in
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.7436170Z ++ _test_ok=
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.7455340Z ++ env 'FAKE_LINES=1 exec_true' git rebase -i 'HEAD^'
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.9560670Z ++ exit_code=0
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.9581700Z ++ test 0 -eq 0
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.9603200Z ++ list_contains '' success
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.9628730Z ++ case ",$1," in
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.9652120Z ++ return 1
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.9677740Z ++ echo 'test_must_fail: command succeeded: env FAKE_LINES=1 exec_true git rebase -i HEAD^'
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.9704590Z test_must_fail: command succeeded: env FAKE_LINES=1 exec_true git rebase -i HEAD^
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.9730750Z ++ return 1
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.9754580Z error: last command exited with $?=1
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.9779100Z not ok 4 - rebase -i with empty HEAD
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.9802670Z #	
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.9826330Z #		set_fake_editor &&
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.9851320Z #		test_must_fail env FAKE_LINES="1 exec_true" git rebase -i HEAD^ >actual 2>&1 &&
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.9875680Z #		test_i18ncmp expect actual
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.9899170Z #	
> 2018-07-27T11:53:04.9923310Z make[1]: *** [t3404-rebase-interactive.sh] Error 1
> 




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