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[PATCH] setup: fix bug with "includeIf.onbranch" when initializing dir

From
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
May 22, 2024, 10:38 UTC
Message-ID
<cf182bb9ee7d4a7eb46e5dbf4f3ef5deb198d823.1716374321.git.ps@pks.im>
In-Reply-To
<D1F5SJ52H4Z0.1NR7M8APRFTOB@protonmail.com>

It was reported that git-init(1) can fail when initializing an existing directory in case the config contains an "includeIf.onbranch:" condition:

```shell
$ mkdir repo
$ git -c includeIf.onbranch:main.path=nonexistent init repo
BUG: refs.c:2056: reference backend is unknown
```

The same error can also be triggered when re-initializing an already existing repository.

The bug has been introduced in 173761e21b (setup: start tracking ref storage format, 2023-12-29), which wired up the ref storage format. The root cause is in `init_db()`, which tries to read the config before we have initialized `the_repository` and most importantly its ref storage format. We eventually end up calling `include_by_branch()` and execute `refs_resolve_ref_unsafe()`, but because we have not initialized the ref storage format yet this will trigger the above bug.

Interestingly, `include_by_branch()` has a mechanism that will only cause us to resolve the ref when `the_repository->gitdir` is set. This is also the reason why this only happens when we initialize an already existing directory or repository: `gitdir` is set in those cases, but not when creating a new directory.

Now there are two ways to address the issue:
  - We can adapt `include_by_branch()` to also make the code conditional
    on whether `the_repository->ref_storage_format` is set.
  - We can shift around code such that we initialize the repository
    format before we read the config.

While the first approach would be safe, it may also cause us to paper over issues where a ref store should have been set up. In our case for example, it may be reasonable to expect that re-initializing the repo will cause the "onbranch:" condition to trigger, but we would not do that if the ref storage format was not set up yet. This also used to work before the above commit that introduced this bug.

Rearrange the code such that we set up the repository format before reading the config. This fixes the bug and ensures that "onbranch:" conditions can trigger.

Reported-by: Heghedus Razvan <heghedus.razvan@protonmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
---
 setup.c         |  21 +++++-----
 t/t0001-init.sh | 100 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 104 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 9247cded6a..8c7bc7bdb1 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -2286,12 +2286,6 @@ int init_db(const char *git_dir, const char *real_git_dir,
 	}
 	startup_info->have_repository = 1;
 
-	/* Ensure `core.hidedotfiles` is processed */
-	git_config(platform_core_config, NULL);
-
-	safe_create_dir(git_dir, 0);
-
-
 	/* Check to see if the repository version is right.
 	 * Note that a newly created repository does not have
 	 * config file, so this will not fail.  What we are catching
@@ -2302,9 +2296,6 @@ int init_db(const char *git_dir, const char *real_git_dir,
 	validate_hash_algorithm(&repo_fmt, hash);
 	validate_ref_storage_format(&repo_fmt, ref_storage_format);
 
-	reinit = create_default_files(template_dir, original_git_dir,
-				      &repo_fmt, init_shared_repository);
-
 	/*
 	 * Now that we have set up both the hash algorithm and the ref storage
 	 * format we can update the repository's settings accordingly.
@@ -2312,6 +2303,18 @@ int init_db(const char *git_dir, const char *real_git_dir,
 	repo_set_hash_algo(the_repository, repo_fmt.hash_algo);
 	repo_set_ref_storage_format(the_repository, repo_fmt.ref_storage_format);
 
+	/*
+	 * Ensure `core.hidedotfiles` is processed. This must happen after we
+	 * have set up the repository format such that we can evaluate
+	 * includeIf conditions correctly in the case of re-initialization.
+	 */
+	git_config(platform_core_config, NULL);
+
+	safe_create_dir(git_dir, 0);
+
+	reinit = create_default_files(template_dir, original_git_dir,
+				      &repo_fmt, init_shared_repository);
+
 	if (!(flags & INIT_DB_SKIP_REFDB))
 		create_reference_database(repo_fmt.ref_storage_format,
 					  initial_branch, flags & INIT_DB_QUIET);
diff --git a/t/t0001-init.sh b/t/t0001-init.sh
index b131d665db..2239bed198 100755
--- a/t/t0001-init.sh
+++ b/t/t0001-init.sh
@@ -584,14 +584,38 @@ test_expect_success 'init with --ref-format=files' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
-test_expect_success 're-init with same format' '
-	test_when_finished "rm -rf refformat" &&
-	git init --ref-format=files refformat &&
-	git init --ref-format=files refformat &&
-	echo files >expect &&
-	git -C refformat rev-parse --show-ref-format >actual &&
-	test_cmp expect actual
-'
+for from_format in files reftable
+do
+	for to_format in files reftable
+	do
+		if test "$from_format" = "$to_format"
+		then
+			continue
+		fi
+
+		test_expect_success "re-init with same format ($from_format)" '
+			test_when_finished "rm -rf refformat" &&
+			git init --ref-format=$from_format refformat &&
+			git init --ref-format=$from_format refformat &&
+			echo $from_format >expect &&
+			git -C refformat rev-parse --show-ref-format >actual &&
+			test_cmp expect actual
+		'
+
+		test_expect_success "re-init with different format fails ($from_format -> $to_format)" '
+			test_when_finished "rm -rf refformat" &&
+			git init --ref-format=$from_format refformat &&
+			cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+			fatal: attempt to reinitialize repository with different reference storage format
+			EOF
+			test_must_fail git init --ref-format=$to_format refformat 2>err &&
+			test_cmp expect err &&
+			echo $from_format >expect &&
+			git -C refformat rev-parse --show-ref-format >actual &&
+			test_cmp expect actual
+		'
+	done
+done
 
 test_expect_success 'init with --ref-format=garbage' '
 	test_when_finished "rm -rf refformat" &&
@@ -678,4 +702,64 @@ test_expect_success 'branch -m with the initial branch' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'init with includeIf.onbranch condition' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
+	git -c includeIf.onbranch:main.path=nonexistent init repo &&
+	echo $GIT_DEFAULT_REF_FORMAT >expect &&
+	git -C repo rev-parse --show-ref-format >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'init with includeIf.onbranch condition with existing directory' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
+	mkdir repo &&
+	git -c includeIf.onbranch:nonexistent.path=/does/not/exist init repo &&
+	echo $GIT_DEFAULT_REF_FORMAT >expect &&
+	git -C repo rev-parse --show-ref-format >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 're-init with includeIf.onbranch condition' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
+	git init repo &&
+	git -c includeIf.onbranch:nonexistent.path=/does/not/exist init repo &&
+	echo $GIT_DEFAULT_REF_FORMAT >expect &&
+	git -C repo rev-parse --show-ref-format >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 're-init with includeIf.onbranch condition' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
+	git init repo &&
+	git -c includeIf.onbranch:nonexistent.path=/does/not/exist init repo &&
+	echo $GIT_DEFAULT_REF_FORMAT >expect &&
+	git -C repo rev-parse --show-ref-format >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 're-init skips non-matching includeIf.onbranch' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf repo config" &&
+	cat >config <<-EOF &&
+	[
+	garbage
+	EOF
+	git init repo &&
+	git -c includeIf.onbranch:nonexistent.path="$(test-tool path-utils absolute_path config)" init repo
+'
+
+test_expect_success 're-init reads matching includeIf.onbranch' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf repo config" &&
+	cat >config <<-EOF &&
+	[
+	garbage
+	EOF
+	path="$(test-tool path-utils absolute_path config)" &&
+	git init --initial-branch=branch repo &&
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+	fatal: bad config line 1 in file $path
+	EOF
+	test_must_fail git -c includeIf.onbranch:branch.path="$path" init repo 2>err &&
+	test_cmp expect err
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
2.45.1.216.g4365c6fcf9.dirty
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  1. Heghedus RazvanMay 21, 2024
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 21, 2024
  3. Heghedus RazvanMay 21, 2024
  4. Patrick SteinhardtMay 22, 2024
  5. Heghedus RazvanMay 22, 2024
  6. Patrick SteinhardtMay 22, 2024
  7. setup: fix bug with "includeIf.onbranch" when initializing dirPatrick Steinhardt, May 22, 2024
  8. Heghedus RazvanMay 22, 2024
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 22, 2024
  10. Junio C HamanoMay 23, 2024
  11. Patrick SteinhardtMay 23, 2024
  12. setup: fix bug with "includeIf.onbranch" when initializing dirJunio C Hamano, May 23, 2024
  13. [rPATCH v2] setup: fix bug with "includeIf.onbranch" when initializing dirJunio C Hamano, May 23, 2024
  14. Patrick SteinhardtMay 23, 2024

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