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[PATCH v3] credential-cache: respect request capabilities

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M Hickford via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 6, 2025, 23:05 UTC
Message-ID
<pull.1842.v3.git.1736204756030.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
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From: M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com>
Previously, credential-cache populated authtype regardless of request.
Signed-off-by: M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com>
---
    credential-cache: respect request capabilities
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1842%2Fhickford%2Fcache-capability-v3
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1842/hickford/cache-capability-v3
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1842
Range-diff vs v2:
 1:  696780d4782 ! 1:  e9851c5c4ac credential-cache: respect request capabilities
     @@ Metadata
       ## Commit message ##
          credential-cache: respect request capabilities
      
     -    Previously, credential-cache responded with capability[]=authtype
     -    regardless of request.
     -
     -    The capabilities in a credential helper response should be a subset of
     -    the capabilities in the request.
     +    Previously, credential-cache populated authtype regardless of request.
      
          Signed-off-by: M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com>
      
       ## builtin/credential-cache--daemon.c ##
      @@ builtin/credential-cache--daemon.c: static void serve_one_client(FILE *in, FILE *out)
     - 	else if (!strcmp(action.buf, "get")) {
     - 		struct credential_cache_entry *e = lookup_credential(&c);
     - 		if (e) {
     --			e->item.capa_authtype.request_initial = 1;
     --			e->item.capa_authtype.request_helper = 1;
     --
     --			fprintf(out, "capability[]=authtype\n");
     -+			if (credential_has_capability(&c.capa_authtype, CREDENTIAL_OP_RESPONSE)) {
     -+				fprintf(out, "capability[]=authtype\n");
     -+			}
     - 			if (e->item.username)
       				fprintf(out, "username=%s\n", e->item.username);
       			if (e->item.password)
       				fprintf(out, "password=%s\n", e->item.password);
     @@ t/lib-credential.sh: helper_test_authtype() {
       		EOF
       	'
       
     -+	test_expect_success "helper ($HELPER) get authtype only if request has authtype capability" '
     ++	test_expect_success "helper ($HELPER) gets authtype and credential only if request has authtype capability" '
      +		check fill $HELPER <<-\EOF
      +		protocol=https
      +		host=git.example.com
      +		--
     ++		capability[]=authtype
      +		protocol=https
      +		host=git.example.com
      +		username=askpass-username
 builtin/credential-cache--daemon.c |  4 ++--
 t/lib-credential.sh                | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/credential-cache--daemon.c b/builtin/credential-cache--daemon.c
index bc22f5c6d24..e707618e743 100644
--- a/builtin/credential-cache--daemon.c
+++ b/builtin/credential-cache--daemon.c
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ static void serve_one_client(FILE *in, FILE *out)
 				fprintf(out, "username=%s\n", e->item.username);
 			if (e->item.password)
 				fprintf(out, "password=%s\n", e->item.password);
-			if (credential_has_capability(&c.capa_authtype, CREDENTIAL_OP_HELPER) && e->item.authtype)
+			if (credential_has_capability(&c.capa_authtype, CREDENTIAL_OP_RESPONSE) && e->item.authtype)
 				fprintf(out, "authtype=%s\n", e->item.authtype);
-			if (credential_has_capability(&c.capa_authtype, CREDENTIAL_OP_HELPER) && e->item.credential)
+			if (credential_has_capability(&c.capa_authtype, CREDENTIAL_OP_RESPONSE) && e->item.credential)
 				fprintf(out, "credential=%s\n", e->item.credential);
 			if (e->item.password_expiry_utc != TIME_MAX)
 				fprintf(out, "password_expiry_utc=%"PRItime"\n",
diff --git a/t/lib-credential.sh b/t/lib-credential.sh
index 58b9c740605..8da0afe9395 100644
--- a/t/lib-credential.sh
+++ b/t/lib-credential.sh
@@ -566,6 +566,22 @@ helper_test_authtype() {
 		EOF
 	'
 
+	test_expect_success "helper ($HELPER) gets authtype and credential only if request has authtype capability" '
+		check fill $HELPER <<-\EOF
+		protocol=https
+		host=git.example.com
+		--
+		capability[]=authtype
+		protocol=https
+		host=git.example.com
+		username=askpass-username
+		password=askpass-password
+		--
+		askpass: Username for '\''https://git.example.com'\'':
+		askpass: Password for '\''https://askpass-username@git.example.com'\'':
+		EOF
+	'
+
 	test_expect_success "helper ($HELPER) stores authtype and credential with username" '
 		check approve $HELPER <<-\EOF
 		capability[]=authtype

base-commit: 92999a42db1c5f43f330e4f2bca4026b5b81576f
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  1. credential-cache: respect request capabilitiesM Hickford via GitGitGadget, Dec 20, 2024
  2. credential-cache: respect request capabilitiesM Hickford via GitGitGadget, Jan 6, 2025
  3. brian m. carlsonJan 6, 2025
  4. M HickfordJan 6, 2025
  5. brian m. carlsonJan 6, 2025
  6. credential-cache: respect request capabilitiesM Hickford via GitGitGadget, Jan 6, 2025
  7. credential-cache: respect request capabilitiesM Hickford via GitGitGadget, Jan 7, 2025
  8. Junio C HamanoJan 8, 2025
  9. credential-cache: respect authtype capabilityM Hickford via GitGitGadget, Jan 9, 2025
  10. M HickfordJan 18, 2025
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