safe.directory: normalize the checked path

The pathname of a repository comes from getcwd() and it could be a
path aliased via symbolic links, e.g., the real directory may be
/home/u/repository but a symbolic link /home/u/repo may point at it,
and the clone request may come as "git clone file:///home/u/repo/".

A request to check if /home/u/repo is safe would be rejected if the
safe.directory configuration allows /home/u/repository/ but not its
alias /home/u/repo/.  Normalize the path being checked before
comparing with safe.directory value(s).

Suggested-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Author: gitster

setup.c

@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ static int canonicalize_ceiling_entry(struct string_list_item *item,
 }
 
 struct safe_directory_data {
-	const char *path;
+	char *path;
 	int is_safe;
 };
 
@@ -1261,23 +1261,31 @@ static int ensure_valid_ownership(const char *gitfile,
 				  const char *worktree, const char *gitdir,
 				  struct strbuf *report)
 {
-	struct safe_directory_data data = {
-		.path = worktree ? worktree : gitdir
-	};
+	struct safe_directory_data data = { 0 };
 
 	if (!git_env_bool("GIT_TEST_ASSUME_DIFFERENT_OWNER", 0) &&
 	    (!gitfile || is_path_owned_by_current_user(gitfile, report)) &&
 	    (!worktree || is_path_owned_by_current_user(worktree, report)) &&
 	    (!gitdir || is_path_owned_by_current_user(gitdir, report)))
 		return 1;
 
+	/*
+	 * normalize the data.path for comparison with normalized paths
+	 * that come from the configuration file.  The path is unsafe
+	 * if it cannot be normalized.
+	 */
+	data.path = real_pathdup(worktree ? worktree : gitdir, 0);
+	if (!data.path)
+		return 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * data.path is the "path" that identifies the repository and it is
 	 * constant regardless of what failed above. data.is_safe should be
 	 * initialized to false, and might be changed by the callback.
 	 */
 	git_protected_config(safe_directory_cb, &data);
 
+	free(data.path);
 	return data.is_safe;
 }
 

t/t0033-safe-directory.sh

@@ -119,4 +119,61 @@ test_expect_success 'local clone of unowned repo accepted in safe directory' '
 	test_path_is_dir target
 '
 
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'checked paths are normalized' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf repository; rm -f repo" &&
+	(
+		sane_unset GIT_TEST_ASSUME_DIFFERENT_OWNER &&
+		git config --global --unset-all safe.directory
+	) &&
+	git init repository &&
+	ln -s repository repo &&
+	(
+		cd repository &&
+		sane_unset GIT_TEST_ASSUME_DIFFERENT_OWNER &&
+		test_commit sample
+	) &&
+
+	(
+		sane_unset GIT_TEST_ASSUME_DIFFERENT_OWNER &&
+		git config --global safe.directory "$(pwd)/repository"
+	) &&
+	git -C repository for-each-ref &&
+	git -C repository/ for-each-ref &&
+	git -C repo for-each-ref &&
+	git -C repo/ for-each-ref &&
+	test_must_fail git -C repository/.git for-each-ref &&
+	test_must_fail git -C repository/.git/ for-each-ref &&
+	test_must_fail git -C repo/.git for-each-ref &&
+	test_must_fail git -C repo/.git/ for-each-ref
+'
+
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'checked leading paths are normalized' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf repository; rm -f repo" &&
+	(
+		sane_unset GIT_TEST_ASSUME_DIFFERENT_OWNER &&
+		git config --global --unset-all safe.directory
+	) &&
+	mkdir -p repository &&
+	git init repository/s &&
+	ln -s repository repo &&
+	(
+		cd repository/s &&
+		sane_unset GIT_TEST_ASSUME_DIFFERENT_OWNER &&
+		test_commit sample
+	) &&
+
+	(
+		sane_unset GIT_TEST_ASSUME_DIFFERENT_OWNER &&
+		git config --global safe.directory "$(pwd)/repository/*"
+	) &&
+	git -C repository/s for-each-ref &&
+	git -C repository/s/ for-each-ref &&
+	git -C repo/s for-each-ref &&
+	git -C repo/s/ for-each-ref &&
+	git -C repository/s/.git for-each-ref &&
+	git -C repository/s/.git/ for-each-ref &&
+	git -C repo/s/.git for-each-ref &&
+	git -C repo/s/.git/ for-each-ref
+'
+
 test_done