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[RFC PATCH v6 0/2] credential-store: prevent fatal errors

From
Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón <carenas@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 29, 2020, 20:35 UTC
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<20200429003303.93583-1-carenas@gmail.com>

with the added checks for invalid URLs in credentials, any locally modified store files which might have empty lines or even comments were reported[1] as failing to parse as valid credentials.

document better the format for the credential file and make sure any failures are still handled gently by the new code to avoid regressions but make sure that any invalid credentials are flagged as such instead of being silently ignored.

ideally would like to add a test against the use of cert:// to make sure that is still well supported but don't know of any use case or if it is being used with store (AFAIK, it could and at least in theory it should still work fine with the added validations), hence sending this as an RFC.

also, there is no real reason to have 2 patches but I am keeping them separated because the first one should be AFAIK otherwise almost ready.

but considering that we are validating since v4 against a missing protocol and printing a warning since v5, it seems we should then fully avoid all those silently ignored issues as well (as shown in patch 2) which I hope we could squash and release together (if agreed)

[1] https://stackoverflow.com/a/61420852/5005936
Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón (2):
  credential-store: warn instead of fatal for bogus lines from store
  credential-store: warn for any incomplete credentials instead of using
---
v6:
* get rid of redacter and only use line number for context
* make validation more strict to also catch incomplete credentials
v5:
* q_to_tab this round, with a single echo to make sure empty line
  is covered, as that seems to be a popular issue
* rebase on top of jc/credential-store-file-format-doc
* implement a redacter for credentials to use on errors to avoid
  leaking passwordss
v4:
* use credential_from_url_gently instead as shown by Jonathan
* add documentation to clarify "comments" is not a supported feature
v3:
* avoid using q_to_cr as suggested by Peff
* a more verbose commit message and slightly more complete documentation
v2:
* use a here-doc for clarity as suggested by Eric
* improve commit message and include documentation
 Documentation/git-credential-store.txt | 12 +++-
 credential-store.c                     | 23 +++++---
 t/t0302-credential-store.sh            | 80 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 105 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
base-commit: 272281efcc18fcedd248597b8859f343cae1c5a0
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  1. git-credential-store: skip empty lines and comments from storeCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Apr 26, 2020
  2. Eric SunshineApr 27, 2020
  3. Carlo Marcelo Arenas BelónApr 27, 2020
  4. git-credential-store: skip empty lines and comments from storeCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Apr 27, 2020
  5. Jeff KingApr 27, 2020
  6. Carlo Marcelo Arenas BelónApr 27, 2020
  7. Eric SunshineApr 27, 2020
  8. Junio C HamanoApr 27, 2020
  9. Jeff KingApr 27, 2020
  10. git-credential-store: skip empty lines and comments from storeCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Apr 27, 2020
  11. Philip OakleyApr 27, 2020
  12. Carlo Marcelo Arenas BelónApr 28, 2020
  13. Philip OakleyApr 29, 2020
  14. DirkApr 27, 2020
  15. Junio C HamanoApr 27, 2020
  16. Jeff KingApr 27, 2020
  17. Junio C HamanoApr 27, 2020
  18. Jeff KingApr 27, 2020
  19. Carlo Marcelo Arenas BelónApr 28, 2020
  20. Carlo Marcelo Arenas BelónApr 27, 2020
  21. Jonathan NiederApr 28, 2020
  22. Jeff KingApr 28, 2020
  23. Carlo Marcelo Arenas BelónApr 28, 2020
  24. Jeff KingApr 28, 2020
  25. Carlo Marcelo Arenas BelónApr 28, 2020
  26. Stefan TaunerApr 28, 2020
  27. Junio C HamanoApr 28, 2020
  28. Carlo Marcelo Arenas BelónApr 28, 2020
  29. Junio C HamanoApr 28, 2020
  30. 0/4 credential-store: prevent fatal errorsCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Apr 28, 2020
  31. 1/4 credential-store: document the file format a bit moreCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Apr 28, 2020
  32. 2/4 git-credential-store: skip empty lines and comments from storeCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Apr 28, 2020
  33. Eric SunshineApr 28, 2020
  34. Carlo Marcelo Arenas BelónApr 28, 2020
  35. 3/4 git-credential-store: fix (WIP)Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Apr 28, 2020
  36. Eric SunshineApr 28, 2020
  37. Carlo Marcelo Arenas BelónApr 28, 2020
  38. 4/4 credential-store: make sure there is no regression with missing schemeCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Apr 28, 2020
  39. Eric SunshineApr 28, 2020
  40. Junio C HamanoApr 28, 2020
  41. Junio C HamanoApr 28, 2020
  42. credential-store: warn instead of fatal for bogus lines from storeCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Apr 29, 2020
  43. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2020
  44. Carlo Marcelo Arenas BelónApr 29, 2020
  45. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2020
  46. 0/2 credential-store: prevent fatal errorsCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Apr 29, 2020
  47. 1/2 credential-store: warn instead of fatal for bogus lines from storeCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Apr 29, 2020
  48. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2020
  49. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2020
  50. 2/2 credential-store: warn for any incomplete credentials instead of usingCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Apr 29, 2020
  51. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2020
  52. Carlo Marcelo Arenas BelónApr 29, 2020
  53. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2020
  54. credential-store: warn instead of fatal for bogus lines from storeCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Apr 29, 2020
  55. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2020
  56. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2020
  57. Carlo Marcelo Arenas BelónApr 30, 2020
  58. credential-store: warn instead of fatal for bogus lines from storeCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Apr 30, 2020
  59. credential-store: warn instead of fatal for bogus lines from storeCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Apr 30, 2020
  60. credential-store: warn instead of fatal for bogus lines from storeCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Apr 30, 2020
  61. Junio C HamanoApr 30, 2020
  62. Junio C HamanoApr 30, 2020
  63. Carlo Marcelo Arenas BelónMay 1, 2020
  64. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2020
  65. Carlo ArenasMay 1, 2020
  66. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2020
  67. Carlo Marcelo Arenas BelónMay 1, 2020
  68. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2020
  69. credential-store: warn/ignore for bogus lines from store fileCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, May 1, 2020
  70. 2/1 credential-store: warn also for store and eraseCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, May 1, 2020
  71. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2020
  72. credential-store: ignore bogus lines from store fileCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, May 2, 2020
  73. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2020
  74. Carlo Marcelo Arenas BelónMay 2, 2020
  75. Carlo Marcelo Arenas BelónMay 2, 2020
  76. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2020
  77. Jeff KingMay 3, 2020
  78. Carlo Marcelo Arenas BelónMay 2, 2020
  79. credential-store: ignore bogus lines from store fileCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, May 2, 2020

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