[PATCH 6/6] fast-import: use early_scan_options() for --allow-unsafe-features
From: Christian Couder <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-02 16:11:32
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
The "feature" lines at the start of the stream are processed before the command line options are parsed, so cmd_fast_import() scans its arguments early to find out if `--allow-unsafe-features` was given. That scan doesn't know which options take their value as a separate argument, and it stops at the first argument that doesn't start with a dash. So it disagrees with parse_options(), which accepts values separated from their option by a space, for a command line like "--depth 5 --allow-unsafe-features": the scan stops at "5" and never sees the option, so unsafe "feature" commands from the stream are refused even though the option was given. Let's fix this by building the options for the scan from the same `struct option` array that parse_options() uses, so that both agree on which options take a value. Note that the scan still only matches the exact option spelling, while parse_options() also accepts unambiguous abbreviations, so the two still disagree for a command line like "--allow-unsafe". This errs on the safe side, and is now documented as a restriction. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <redacted> --- Documentation/git-fast-import.adoc | 10 +++---- builtin/fast-import.c | 46 +++++++++++++++++++----------- t/t9300-fast-import.sh | 14 +++++++++ 3 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.adoc b/Documentation/git-fast-import.adoc
index fd165e11d2..9758ba5275 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.adoc@@ -66,12 +66,10 @@ fast-import stream! This option is enabled automatically for remote-helpers that use the `import` capability, as they are already trusted to run their own code. + -Note that this option has to be spelled in full, and has to appear -before any option whose value is separated from it by a space, for -the unsafe `feature` commands in the stream to be allowed. So -`--allow-unsafe` or `--depth 5 --allow-unsafe-features` still refuse -them, while `--allow-unsafe-features --depth 5` and -`--depth=5 --allow-unsafe-features` allow them. +Note that this option has to be spelled in full for the unsafe +`feature` commands in the stream to be allowed. So while +`--allow-unsafe` is accepted as an unambiguous abbreviation of this +option, it still refuses them. `--signed-tags=<mode>`:: Specify how to handle signed tags. Behaves in the same way as
diff --git a/builtin/fast-import.c b/builtin/fast-import.c
index fbd919982c..cf0504f01c 100644
--- a/builtin/fast-import.c
+++ b/builtin/fast-import.c@@ -4120,12 +4120,29 @@ static int option_parse_quiet(const struct option *opt UNUSED, return 0; } +/* + * The only option the early scan below is interested in, as it decides + * whether unsafe "feature" commands from the stream are allowed. + */ +static const char *early_wanted[] = { "allow-unsafe-features", NULL }; + +static int option_parse_early_allow_unsafe( + const struct early_scan_option *opt UNUSED, + const char *value UNUSED, int pos UNUSED, void *data) +{ + struct fast_import_state *state = data; + + state->allow_unsafe_features = 1; + return 0; +} + int cmd_fast_import(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, struct repository *repo) { struct fast_import_state state; + struct early_scan_option *early; struct option fast_import_options[] = { OPT_GROUP(N_("Common")),
@@ -4218,23 +4235,20 @@ int cmd_fast_import(int argc, * line to override stream data). But we must do an early parse of any * command-line options that impact how we interpret the feature lines. * - * NEEDSWORK: This scan only matches the exact "--allow-unsafe-features" - * spelling and stops at the first argument that doesn't start with a - * dash. As parse_options() below also accepts unambiguous abbreviations - * and values separated by a space from their option, the two disagree - * for command lines like "--allow-unsafe" or "--depth 5 - * --allow-unsafe-features": parse_options() accepts the option, but - * this scan doesn't see it, so unsafe features from the stream are - * still refused. This errs on the safe side, but should be fixed by - * teaching this scan about the options that take a value. + * NEEDSWORK: This scan only matches the exact + * "--allow-unsafe-features" spelling, while parse_options() below + * also accepts unambiguous abbreviations, so the two disagree for + * a command line like "--allow-unsafe": parse_options() accepts + * the option, but this scan doesn't see it, so unsafe features + * from the stream are still refused. This errs on the safe side. */ - for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) { - const char *arg = argv[i]; - if (*arg != '-' || !strcmp(arg, "--")) - break; - if (!strcmp(arg, "--allow-unsafe-features")) - state.allow_unsafe_features = 1; - } + early = early_scan_options_from_options(fast_import_options, + early_wanted); + early_scan_options(argc - 1, argv + 1, early, + EARLY_SCAN_STOP_AT_DASHDASH | + EARLY_SCAN_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION, + option_parse_early_allow_unsafe, &state); + free(early); rc_free = mem_pool_alloc(&fi_mem_pool, cmd_save * sizeof(*rc_free)); for (unsigned int i = 0; i < (cmd_save - 1); i++)
diff --git a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
index d9de2ef0d8..1a37f2b8e6 100755
--- a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
+++ b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh@@ -2344,6 +2344,20 @@ test_expect_success 'R: export-marks options can be overridden by commandline op test_path_is_missing feature-sub ' +test_expect_success 'R: --allow-unsafe-features found after a value' ' + echo "feature import-marks-if-exists=nonexistent.marks" >input && + git fast-import --allow-unsafe-features <input && + git fast-import --depth=5 --allow-unsafe-features <input && + git fast-import --depth 5 --allow-unsafe-features <input && + git fast-import --date-format raw --allow-unsafe-features <input +' + +test_expect_success 'R: --allow-unsafe-features has to be spelled in full' ' + echo "feature import-marks-if-exists=nonexistent.marks" >input && + test_must_fail git fast-import --allow-unsafe <input 2>err && + test_grep "forbidden in input without --allow-unsafe-features" err +' + test_expect_success 'R: catch typo in marks file name' ' test_must_fail git fast-import --import-marks=nonexistent.marks </dev/null && echo "feature import-marks=nonexistent.marks" |
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