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Re: [PATCH 3/5] gitweb: Split validate_input into validate_pathname and validate_refname

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Sep 26, 2006, 04:11 UTC
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<7v1wpzw9l9.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
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<200609260157.03035.jnareb@gmail.com>
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:
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> @@ -387,16 +400,37 @@ sub href(%) {
>  ## ======================================================================
>  ## validation, quoting/unquoting and escaping
>  
> -sub validate_input {
> -	my $input = shift;
> +sub validate_pathname {
> +	my $input = shift || return undef;
>  
> -	if ($input =~ m/^[0-9a-fA-F]{40}$/) {
> -		return $input;
> +	# no '.' or '..' as elements of path, i.e. no '.' nor '..'
> +	# at the beginning, at the end, and between slashes.
> +	if ($input =~ m!(^|/)(|\.|\.\.)(/|$)!) {
> +		return undef;
>  	}
> -	if ($input =~ m/(^|\/)(|\.|\.\.)($|\/)/) {
> +	# no doubled slashes
> +	if ($input =~ m!//!) {
>  		return undef;
>  	}

I do not think you need the second check for double-slash. The pattern you borrowed from the original:

	/(^|\/)(|\.|\.\.)($|\/)/)

cleverly matches an empty string with $2, so you already match double-slash with $1 = '/' $2 = '' $3 = '/', don't you?

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> +	# it must be correct pathname
> +	$input = validate_pathname($input)
> +		or return undef;
> +	# restrictions on ref name according to git-check-ref-format
> +	if ($input =~ m!(/\.|\.\.|[\000-\040\177 ~^:?*\[]|/$)!) {
>  		return undef;
>  	}
Why would you need validate_pathname here?
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Message 5 of 10 in “gitweb: A few code cleanup patches”
  1. 0/5 gitweb: A few code cleanup patchesJakub Narebski, Sep 25, 2006
  2. 1/5 gitweb: Strip trailing slashes from $path in git_get_hash_by_pathJakub Narebski, Sep 25, 2006
  3. 2/5 gitweb: Use "return" instead of "return undef" for some subsJakub Narebski, Sep 25, 2006
  4. 3/5 gitweb: Split validate_input into validate_pathname and validate_refnameJakub Narebski, Sep 25, 2006
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 26, 2006
  6. Jakub NarebskiSep 26, 2006
  7. 4/5 gitweb: Add git_url subroutine, and use it to quote full URLsJakub Narebski, Sep 25, 2006
  8. 5/5 gitweb: Quote filename in HTTP Content-Disposition: headerJakub Narebski, Sep 25, 2006
  9. Junio C HamanoSep 26, 2006
  10. Jakub NarebskiSep 26, 2006

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