Stop the test suite from reaching the real repository - #32
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git exports GIT_DIR, GIT_WORK_TREE, GIT_COMMON_DIR and friends into any process it spawns from a hook, and git prefers those inherited variables over an explicit `-C <path>`. The suite creates disposable fixture repos and addresses them correctly with `-C`, and was silently redirected anyway: `git init`, `worktree add` and `commit` all landed in this repository. The damage was real and repeated. The repository was left with core.bare set, dead worktree registrations, seven fixture branches (task/first, task/live, task/stale and others) written into it, and one branch where a fixture commit deleted 20k lines including .nvmrc -- which is why CI failed at setup-node with a file that is plainly present on main. The same suite reported 290/290 from a shell and 271/290 from a pre-push hook. test/env-sanitize.ts strips the variables at module load, and package.json preloads it via `node --import`. That covers every entry point -- bare `npm test`, `npm run check`, CI, and any hook -- rather than the single path an untracked local hook happened to intercept. test/git-environment-leak.test.ts guards both halves: that package.json still preloads the sanitizer, and that the underlying git precedence behaviour is real, so a future change in git would be caught rather than quietly making the defence pointless. Evidence: npm run check 304/304, tsc clean. Measured against a decoy repository with the variables exported: with the sanitizer, 247/247 pass and the decoy is untouched; without it, 28 tests fail because they were writing somewhere else.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe test command now preloads an environment sanitizer. The sanitizer removes inherited Git variables, including numbered configuration variables. Regression tests verify preload configuration, child-process cleanup, and repository isolation. ChangesGit environment sanitization
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The change prevents inherited Git environment variables from redirecting fixture tests, but the sanitizer still leaves configuration selectors that could affect the wrong repository, and one guard assertion may accept a failed HEAD lookup. These bounded correctness risks should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 2❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)
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In `@test/env-sanitize.ts`:
- Around line 38-40: Update the environment-variable list in
test/env-sanitize.ts to remove GIT_CONFIG, GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL, GIT_CONFIG_SYSTEM,
and GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM in addition to the existing Git selector variables. Add
regression coverage in test/git-environment-leak.test.ts or the relevant
sanitization tests to verify these variables are cleared and
temporary-repository Git configuration commands cannot be redirected or altered
by inherited values.
In `@test/git-environment-leak.test.ts`:
- Line 54: Update the Git fixture setup around run to use a reserved synthetic
email identity such as test@example.invalid instead of the personal-looking
a@b.c value, while preserving the existing temporary repository configuration
behavior.
- Around line 73-76: Extend the test around the leakedEnvironment and spawnSync
flow to launch a child Node process with the leaked variables plus --import
test/env-sanitize.ts, assert inside that process that the variables are absent,
and only then run the fixture command. Keep the existing direct git failure
coverage while ensuring the test would fail if the deletion loops in
test/env-sanitize.ts were removed.
- Line 111: Update headOf to validate the spawnSync result before returning the
trimmed commit hash, failing when git rev-parse exits non-zero or reports an
error; alternatively reuse run() so command failures propagate consistently.
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Review found the guard did not guard. The two existing tests check that package.json preloads the sanitizer and that git's precedence behaviour is real — neither observes the sanitizer's effect. Measured: neutralising every `delete` in env-sanitize.ts left both green. The new test spawns a real child with the leaked variables set and the sanitizer preloaded, exactly as `npm test` does, and asserts none survived. It fails with the deletions neutralised and passes with them restored. Also replaced the fixture commit identity with test@example.invalid. Evidence: npm run check 305/305, tsc clean.
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In `@test/git-environment-leak.test.ts`:
- Around line 57-60: Add the missing sanitized Git environment variables to the
regression test’s leaked set: GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES,
GIT_CONFIG_COUNT, and at least one numbered GIT_CONFIG_KEY_n/GIT_CONFIG_VALUE_n
pair. Ensure the test initializes these variables so it verifies their cleanup
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| const leaked = [ | ||
| "GIT_DIR", "GIT_WORK_TREE", "GIT_COMMON_DIR", "GIT_INDEX_FILE", | ||
| "GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY", "GIT_PREFIX", "GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS", | ||
| ]; |
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Cover every sanitized Git variable in the regression test.
test/env-sanitize.ts also removes GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES, GIT_CONFIG_COUNT, and numbered GIT_CONFIG_KEY_<n> / GIT_CONFIG_VALUE_<n> variables. This test does not set them. If their cleanup is removed, the test can still pass. Add these variables to leaked, including at least one numbered key/value pair.
Proposed test input
const leaked = [
"GIT_DIR", "GIT_WORK_TREE", "GIT_COMMON_DIR", "GIT_INDEX_FILE",
- "GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY", "GIT_PREFIX", "GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS",
+ "GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY", "GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES",
+ "GIT_PREFIX", "GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS", "GIT_CONFIG_COUNT",
+ "GIT_CONFIG_KEY_0", "GIT_CONFIG_VALUE_0",
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| const leaked = [ | |
| "GIT_DIR", "GIT_WORK_TREE", "GIT_COMMON_DIR", "GIT_INDEX_FILE", | |
| "GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY", "GIT_PREFIX", "GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS", | |
| ]; | |
| const leaked = [ | |
| "GIT_DIR", "GIT_WORK_TREE", "GIT_COMMON_DIR", "GIT_INDEX_FILE", | |
| "GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY", "GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES", | |
| "GIT_PREFIX", "GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS", "GIT_CONFIG_COUNT", | |
| "GIT_CONFIG_KEY_0", "GIT_CONFIG_VALUE_0", | |
| ]; |
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In `@test/git-environment-leak.test.ts` around lines 57 - 60, Add the missing
sanitized Git environment variables to the regression test’s leaked set:
GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES, GIT_CONFIG_COUNT, and at least one numbered
GIT_CONFIG_KEY_n/GIT_CONFIG_VALUE_n pair. Ensure the test initializes these
variables so it verifies their cleanup alongside the existing entries.
This is the root cause behind today's CI failures on #24 and #30.
What happens
gitexportsGIT_DIR,GIT_WORK_TREE,GIT_COMMON_DIR(and friends) into any process it spawns from a hook — and git prefers those inherited variables over an explicit-C <path>.That last part is the whole problem. The test suite does the right thing: it creates disposable fixture repositories and addresses every command with
-C fixture. It was silently redirected anyway.git init,git worktree add,git commitandgit checkout -ball landed in this repository instead.The damage, measured
core.bare=trueleft set on the real repoprunableentries pointing nowhere)task/first,task/second,task/caller,task/live,task/stale,task/feature,task/example.nvmrc— which is why CI failed atsetup-nodecomplaining about a file that is plainly present on mainThe fix
test/env-sanitize.tsstrips the variables at module load.package.jsonpreloads it withnode --import, so it runs before any test file's top-level code.That covers every entry point — bare
npm test,npm run check, CI, and any git hook. An earlier local mitigation only unset the variables inside one untrackedpre-pushhook, which protected exactly one path and was not shared with CI or any other clone.The guard
test/git-environment-leak.test.tscovers both halves:package.jsonstill preloads the sanitizer — verified by reverting the wiring and confirming the test fails.-Closes. If git ever changes this, the test fails rather than the defence quietly becoming pointless.Evidence
npm run check304/304, tsc clean.Measured against a decoy repository with the variables exported:
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