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fix(test): keep test git off the developer's repository when GIT_DIR is inherited - #8652
A test that inherits GIT_DIR/GIT_WORK_TREE/GIT_INDEX_FILE (from a hook, git rebase --exec, git bisect run, or a --git-dir/--work-tree wrapper) sent its fixture git commands to that repository instead of the temp directory it was standing in. scratchRepo() in tests/test-layout-tooling.test.ts then reinitialised the developer's shared checkout, wrote user.name=t / user.email into its .git/config (re-authoring every later commit on that host), and with GIT_WORK_TREE set wrote core.worktree=<temp>/tree, which broke git rev-parse --show-toplevel in every linked worktree. Both incidents happened on one host; the regression test reproduces both byte for byte.
Scrubbing process.env is not enough on its own: in Bun 1.4.4, Bun.spawn/Bun.spawnSync without an env option keep the environment the process started with, so the preload cannot clean them in a bare bun test.
scripts/git-repository-env.ts: git's own --local-env-vars list (plus GIT_CONFIG_KEY_n/VALUE_n) and a scrub.
tests/helpers/git-fixture.ts: fixtureGitEnv() for throwaway repos (no inherited repository, no system/global config, identity via GIT_AUTHOR_*/GIT_COMMITTER_* so no fixture writes user.* to any config file) and repositoryGitEnv() for reads of the checkout. Every test-side git spawn passes one; initFixtureRepo writes no config. The exception is the messages-*-differential recorders, which stay byte-identical: messages-sse-baseline-contract pins the SSE recorder's SHA-256, and they only read pinned commits in an env their parent test passes.
createIsolatedTestEnvironment (so a wrapped bun run test starts clean) and tests/preload.ts drop the variables; the preload warns with their names. inspectChangedRun, test-layout move/verify, structure-ssot.ts and file-size-ratchet.ts scrub their env because each reads a root it was given.
tests/helpers/git-config-guard.ts: the preload fails a case after which the checkout's common .git/config changed core.bare, core.hookspath, core.worktree, user.email or user.name (byte compare per case, git parses only on change; key names only, never values; about 9 ms per file, 8 µs per case). Limits are stated in structure/ops/test-sandbox-cleanup.md.
setup-hooks.test.ts passes a hostile base env instead of assigning process.env.GIT_DIR. The old assignment did not leak (synchronous body, restored in finally) but was one await away from it.
.github/scripts/release-evidence-policy.json: a new ci entry pins the changed scripts/test.ts and scripts/structure-ssot.ts blobs (the same append-only update as ci: install Rust for the Linux test shards and test-changed #8630); every other pinned digest is unchanged.
Plan, three audit rounds, and evidence: devlog/_plan/261113_test_git_env_isolation/.
Verification
Red first: b15b20c08 adds tests/ci-workflows/test-git-isolation.test.ts against the old helper: 0 pass / 3 fail (outer config gained [user], then core.worktree = <tmp>/tree; script helpers listed the outer index). After the fix: 11 pass / 0 fail. Mutation checks: removing the preload scrub or the guard's throw turns the matching probe red.
bun run typecheck, bun run structure:check, bun run privacy:scan: pass on the rebased head.
Focused: test-git-isolation, test-layout, test-layout-tooling, file-size-ratchet, setup-hooks, structure-ssot: 111 pass / 0 fail. Every other modified test file (ci-test-lane, ci-review-lanes, release-version-sources, build-release-changelog, ci-gui-typecheck-gate, test-runner, repo-hygiene, repo-import-resolution, platform-dialog-guard) passes.
bun run test:changed: 492 pass / 16 skip / 1 fail. The failure is prepublishOnly runs the reference compiler... hitting its 15 s deadline on a cold tsc under load; it does not touch git, and the dev-base copy of that file fails the same case under the same wrapper on this host.
NOT RUN: full bun run test locally (shared host with concurrent worktrees; this host's git shim also depends on $HOME, which the sandbox replaces). ci:full is set so the full Ubuntu shards run here.
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Scope stays focused and avoids unrelated cleanup.
Docs or release notes were updated when needed.
Security-sensitive changes were reviewed for secrets, auth, and unsafe defaults.
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Bug Fixes
Isolated test and tooling Git operations from inherited repository settings, so they use the intended checkout.
Added checks that report unexpected changes to selected Git configuration during tests.
Tests
Added coverage for environment isolation, configuration changes, fixture repositories, and test-runner behavior.
Updated Git-based tests to use consistent isolated environments.
Documentation
Documented Git environment isolation practices and the checks’ limitations.
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The changes add shared Git environment filters and fixture helpers, apply filtered environments to test and tooling Git calls, and add a test-preload guard for selected checkout Git config keys. New tests cover environment filtering, fixture behavior, guard reports, and preload enforcement.
Shared helpers identify and remove repository-selecting Git variables and create configured fixture repositories. Child scripts and test-layout tooling use the shared fixture runner. Plan, evidence, and sandbox documentation record the scope, environment observations, and verification results.
Test and script Git calls receive filtered repository environments or fixture environments. setup-hooks.test.ts passes hostile variables through test inputs rather than mutating process.env. The new isolation tests check hostile repository variables and filtering behavior.
Checkout Git config guard and preload enforcement tests/helpers/git-config-guard.ts, tests/preload.ts, tests/ci-workflows/test-git-isolation.test.ts
The guard resolves common config paths, parses selected keys, and reports key changes or config-read failures. The preload checks the guard after each test. Tests cover config edits, recovery, and preload enforcement.
This change keeps test Git commands away from a developer's own repository when Git environment variables are inherited. One narrow gap remains: on Windows, a mixed-case Git variable name could slip through the filter in one test file. It affects only test runs and has a small fix, so the PR is mergeable with owner awareness.
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- Line 38: Update the Git environment filter in gitEnv to compare the key’s GIT_
prefix case-insensitively, while continuing to remove every Git-prefixed
variable; add a regression case for a mixed-case Git variable to verify it is
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Match Git variable names case-insensitively in the test environment filter.
gitEnv removes inherited Git variables with a case-sensitive startsWith("GIT_") check. A mixed-case name such as Git_Dir in the base environment passes this filter. On Windows, Git resolves environment names case-insensitively, so it can honor that variable. The retained value then reaches the fixture git init (line 53) and the setup run (line 63). Git can then initialize or change the developer's checkout instead of the fixture.
The precondition is narrow: a Windows environment with a non-uppercase GIT_* name. Impact is limited to test-fixture runs.
Keep this filter's policy of removing every GIT_ name, and make the prefix check case-insensitive:
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--- "a/tests/ci-workflows/setup-hooks.test.ts"+++ "b/tests/ci-workflows/setup-hooks.test.ts"@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
function gitEnv(root: string, base: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env): NodeJS.ProcessEnv {
// The test preload retains the real global Git config. Never let it redirect
// fixture commands or hook writes into the developer's own checkout.
- const env = Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(base).filter(([key]) => !key.startsWith("GIT_")));+ const env = Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(base).filter(([key]) => !key.toUpperCase().startsWith("GIT_")));
return { ...env, GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM: "1", GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL: join(root, ".fixture-gitconfig") };
}
Do not switch to withoutGitRepositoryEnv here. It removes only repository-selecting names, so variables such as GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR and GIT_SSH_COMMAND would then reach fixture commands.
Add a regression case that places a mixed-case selector such as Git_Dir in base and asserts that the external repository is unchanged. On POSIX, Git ignores that name, so the case only exercises the bug on Windows.
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Update the Git environment filter in gitEnv to compare the key’s GIT_ prefix case-insensitively, while continuing to remove every Git-prefixed variable; add a regression case for a mixed-case Git variable to verify it is excluded.
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…R repository
Red on purpose: the shared fixture helper still spawns git with the inherited
environment and writes user.* with git config, so a hostile GIT_DIR/GIT_WORK_TREE
lands user.name, user.email and core.worktree in the outer repository, and the
script helpers read the outer index instead of the root they were given.
…is inherited
A test process that inherits GIT_DIR/GIT_WORK_TREE/GIT_INDEX_FILE (a hook, rebase --exec,
bisect run, a --git-dir/--work-tree wrapper) sent every fixture git command to that
repository: git init reinitialised it with core.worktree, git config wrote user.* into
its .git/config, and add/commit landed in it. Bun.spawn without an env keeps the start
environment, so scrubbing process.env alone cannot fix it.
- scripts/git-repository-env.ts: git's --local-env-vars list and a scrub.
- tests/helpers/git-fixture.ts: fixtureGitEnv (no inherited repo, no system/global config,
identity via GIT_AUTHOR_*/GIT_COMMITTER_*) and repositoryGitEnv for checkout reads;
every test-side git call passes one. initFixtureRepo writes no config.
- createIsolatedTestEnvironment and the preload drop the variables; inspectChangedRun,
test-layout move/verify, structure-ssot and file-size-ratchet scrub their git env.
- tests/helpers/git-config-guard.ts: the preload fails a case after which the checkout's
common .git/config changed core.bare/hookspath/worktree or user.name/email.
- setup-hooks.test.ts passes a hostile base env instead of assigning process.env.GIT_DIR.
…yte-identical
messages-sse-baseline-contract pins the SSE recorder's SHA-256 as provenance for its
golden. The recorders are children doing read-only git reads of pinned commits and get
their env from the parent test, so they keep their original bytes.
… release evidence policy
Append a ci policy entry with the new blobs for scripts/test.ts (1a87e47) and
scripts/structure-ssot.ts (5b2d291), as #8630 did, keeping earlier entries; the
other pinned files are unchanged. node --test .github/scripts/release-evidence.test.cjs:
26 pass, 0 fail.
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Summary
A test that inherits
GIT_DIR/GIT_WORK_TREE/GIT_INDEX_FILE(from a hook,git rebase --exec,git bisect run, or a--git-dir/--work-treewrapper) sent its fixture git commands to that repository instead of the temp directory it was standing in.scratchRepo()intests/test-layout-tooling.test.tsthen reinitialised the developer's shared checkout, wroteuser.name=t/user.emailinto its.git/config(re-authoring every later commit on that host), and withGIT_WORK_TREEset wrotecore.worktree=<temp>/tree, which brokegit rev-parse --show-toplevelin every linked worktree. Both incidents happened on one host; the regression test reproduces both byte for byte.Scrubbing
process.envis not enough on its own: in Bun 1.4.4,Bun.spawn/Bun.spawnSyncwithout anenvoption keep the environment the process started with, so the preload cannot clean them in a barebun test.scripts/git-repository-env.ts: git's own--local-env-varslist (plusGIT_CONFIG_KEY_n/VALUE_n) and a scrub.tests/helpers/git-fixture.ts:fixtureGitEnv()for throwaway repos (no inherited repository, no system/global config, identity viaGIT_AUTHOR_*/GIT_COMMITTER_*so no fixture writesuser.*to any config file) andrepositoryGitEnv()for reads of the checkout. Every test-side git spawn passes one;initFixtureRepowrites no config. The exception is themessages-*-differentialrecorders, which stay byte-identical:messages-sse-baseline-contractpins the SSE recorder's SHA-256, and they only read pinned commits in an env their parent test passes.createIsolatedTestEnvironment(so a wrappedbun run teststarts clean) andtests/preload.tsdrop the variables; the preload warns with their names.inspectChangedRun, test-layout move/verify,structure-ssot.tsandfile-size-ratchet.tsscrub their env because each reads a root it was given.tests/helpers/git-config-guard.ts: the preload fails a case after which the checkout's common.git/configchangedcore.bare,core.hookspath,core.worktree,user.emailoruser.name(byte compare per case, git parses only on change; key names only, never values; about 9 ms per file, 8 µs per case). Limits are stated instructure/ops/test-sandbox-cleanup.md.setup-hooks.test.tspasses a hostile base env instead of assigningprocess.env.GIT_DIR. The old assignment did not leak (synchronous body, restored infinally) but was oneawaitaway from it..github/scripts/release-evidence-policy.json: a newcientry pins the changedscripts/test.tsandscripts/structure-ssot.tsblobs (the same append-only update as ci: install Rust for the Linux test shards and test-changed #8630); every other pinned digest is unchanged.Plan, three audit rounds, and evidence:
devlog/_plan/261113_test_git_env_isolation/.Verification
b15b20c08addstests/ci-workflows/test-git-isolation.test.tsagainst the old helper: 0 pass / 3 fail (outer config gained[user], thencore.worktree = <tmp>/tree; script helpers listed the outer index). After the fix: 11 pass / 0 fail. Mutation checks: removing the preload scrub or the guard's throw turns the matching probe red.bun run typecheck,bun run structure:check,bun run privacy:scan: pass on the rebased head.bun run test:changed: 492 pass / 16 skip / 1 fail. The failure isprepublishOnly runs the reference compiler...hitting its 15 s deadline on a coldtscunder load; it does not touch git, and the dev-base copy of that file fails the same case under the same wrapper on this host.bun run testlocally (shared host with concurrent worktrees; this host'sgitshim also depends on$HOME, which the sandbox replaces).ci:fullis set so the full Ubuntu shards run here.Checklist
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