Thanks, Junio and Johannes. Looking forward to making use of this again! > On May 21, 2024, at 1:56 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> > > As part of the protections added in Git v2.45.1 and friends, > repository-local `core.hooksPath` settings are no longer allowed, as a > defense-in-depth mechanism to prevent future Git vulnerabilities to > raise to critical level if those vulnerabilities inadvertently allow the > repository-local config to be written. > > What the added protection did not anticipate is that such a > repository-local `core.hooksPath` can not only be used to point to > maliciously-placed scripts in the current worktree, but also to > _prevent_ hooks from being called altogether. > > We just reverted the `core.hooksPath` protections, based on the Git > maintainer's recommendation in > https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqq4jaxvm8z.fsf@gitster.g/ to address this > concern as well as related ones. Let's make sure that we won't regress > while trying to protect the clone operation further. > > Reported-by: Brooke Kuhlmann <brooke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > t/t1350-config-hooks-path.sh | 7 +++++++ > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/t/t1350-config-hooks-path.sh b/t/t1350-config-hooks-path.sh > index f6dc83e2aa..45a0492917 100755 > --- a/t/t1350-config-hooks-path.sh > +++ b/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 > -- > 2.45.1-216-g4365c6fcf9 >
