From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:23:41 +0000 (+0000) Subject: sideband: do allow ANSI color sequences by default X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a2d5100f7e23150da536f9e8886b1f5c30557eb5;p=thirdparty%2Fgit.git sideband: do allow ANSI color sequences by default The preceding two commits introduced special handling of the sideband channel to neutralize ANSI escape sequences before sending the payload to the terminal, and `sideband.allowControlCharacters` to override that behavior. However, as reported by brian m. carlson, some `pre-receive` hooks that are actively used in practice want to color their messages and therefore rely on the fact that Git passes them through to the terminal, even though they have no way to determine whether the receiving side can actually handle Escape sequences (think e.g. about the practice recommended by Git that third-party applications wishing to use Git functionality parse the output of Git commands). In contrast to other ANSI escape sequences, it is highly unlikely that coloring sequences can be essential tools in attack vectors that mislead Git users e.g. by hiding crucial information. Therefore we can have both: Continue to allow ANSI coloring sequences to be passed to the terminal by default, and neutralize all other ANSI Escape sequences. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/config/sideband.txt b/Documentation/config/sideband.txt index 3fb5045cd7..e5b7383c7a 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/sideband.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/sideband.txt @@ -1,5 +1,17 @@ sideband.allowControlCharacters:: By default, control characters that are delivered via the sideband - are masked, to prevent potentially unwanted ANSI escape sequences - from being sent to the terminal. Use this config setting to override - this behavior. + are masked, except ANSI color sequences. This prevents potentially + unwanted ANSI escape sequences from being sent to the terminal. Use + this config setting to override this behavior: ++ +-- + default:: + color:: + Allow ANSI color sequences, line feeds and horizontal tabs, + but mask all other control characters. This is the default. + false:: + Mask all control characters other than line feeds and + horizontal tabs. + true:: + Allow all control characters to be sent to the terminal. +-- diff --git a/sideband.c b/sideband.c index 997430f2ea..fb43008ab7 100644 --- a/sideband.c +++ b/sideband.c @@ -25,7 +25,12 @@ static struct keyword_entry keywords[] = { { "error", GIT_COLOR_BOLD_RED }, }; -static int allow_control_characters; +static enum { + ALLOW_NO_CONTROL_CHARACTERS = 0, + ALLOW_ANSI_COLOR_SEQUENCES = 1<<0, + ALLOW_DEFAULT_ANSI_SEQUENCES = ALLOW_ANSI_COLOR_SEQUENCES, + ALLOW_ALL_CONTROL_CHARACTERS = 1<<1, +} allow_control_characters = ALLOW_ANSI_COLOR_SEQUENCES; /* Returns a color setting (GIT_COLOR_NEVER, etc). */ static int use_sideband_colors(void) @@ -40,8 +45,26 @@ static int use_sideband_colors(void) if (use_sideband_colors_cached >= 0) return use_sideband_colors_cached; - git_config_get_bool("sideband.allowcontrolcharacters", - &allow_control_characters); + switch (git_config_get_maybe_bool("sideband.allowcontrolcharacters", &i)) { + case 0: /* Boolean value */ + allow_control_characters = i ? ALLOW_ALL_CONTROL_CHARACTERS : + ALLOW_NO_CONTROL_CHARACTERS; + break; + case -1: /* non-Boolean value */ + if (git_config_get_string_tmp("sideband.allowcontrolcharacters", + &value)) + ; /* huh? `get_maybe_bool()` returned -1 */ + else if (!strcmp(value, "default")) + allow_control_characters = ALLOW_DEFAULT_ANSI_SEQUENCES; + else if (!strcmp(value, "color")) + allow_control_characters = ALLOW_ANSI_COLOR_SEQUENCES; + else + warning(_("unrecognized value for `sideband." + "allowControlCharacters`: '%s'"), value); + break; + default: + break; /* not configured */ + } if (!git_config_get_string_tmp(key, &value)) use_sideband_colors_cached = git_config_colorbool(key, value); @@ -70,9 +93,41 @@ void list_config_color_sideband_slots(struct string_list *list, const char *pref list_config_item(list, prefix, keywords[i].keyword); } +static int handle_ansi_color_sequence(struct strbuf *dest, const char *src, int n) +{ + int i; + + /* + * Valid ANSI color sequences are of the form + * + * ESC [ [ [; ]*] m + * + * These are part of the Select Graphic Rendition sequences which + * contain more than just color sequences, for more details see + * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code#SGR. + */ + + if (allow_control_characters != ALLOW_ANSI_COLOR_SEQUENCES || + n < 3 || src[0] != '\x1b' || src[1] != '[') + return 0; + + for (i = 2; i < n; i++) { + if (src[i] == 'm') { + strbuf_add(dest, src, i + 1); + return i; + } + if (!isdigit(src[i]) && src[i] != ';') + break; + } + + return 0; +} + static void strbuf_add_sanitized(struct strbuf *dest, const char *src, int n) { - if (allow_control_characters) { + int i; + + if (allow_control_characters == ALLOW_ALL_CONTROL_CHARACTERS) { strbuf_add(dest, src, n); return; } @@ -81,7 +136,10 @@ static void strbuf_add_sanitized(struct strbuf *dest, const char *src, int n) for (; n && *src; src++, n--) { if (!iscntrl(*src) || *src == '\t' || *src == '\n') strbuf_addch(dest, *src); - else { + else if ((i = handle_ansi_color_sequence(dest, src, n))) { + src += i; + n -= i; + } else { strbuf_addch(dest, '^'); strbuf_addch(dest, *src == 0x7f ? '?' : 0x40 + *src); } diff --git a/t/t5409-colorize-remote-messages.sh b/t/t5409-colorize-remote-messages.sh index e8067df591..f34977b332 100755 --- a/t/t5409-colorize-remote-messages.sh +++ b/t/t5409-colorize-remote-messages.sh @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ test_expect_success 'fallback to color.ui' ' test_expect_success 'disallow (color) control sequences in sideband' ' write_script .git/color-me-surprised <<-\EOF && - printf "error: Have you \\033[31mread\\033[m this?\\n" >&2 + printf "error: Have you \\033[31mread\\033[m this?\\a\\n" >&2 exec "$@" EOF test_config_global uploadPack.packObjectsHook ./color-me-surprised && @@ -109,12 +109,24 @@ test_expect_success 'disallow (color) control sequences in sideband' ' git clone --no-local . throw-away 2>stderr && test_decode_color decoded && + test_grep RED decoded && + test_grep "\\^G" stderr && + tr -dc "\\007" actual && + test_must_be_empty actual && + + rm -rf throw-away && + git -c sideband.allowControlCharacters=false \ + clone --no-local . throw-away 2>stderr && + test_decode_color decoded && test_grep ! RED decoded && + test_grep "\\^G" stderr && rm -rf throw-away && git -c sideband.allowControlCharacters clone --no-local . throw-away 2>stderr && test_decode_color decoded && - test_grep RED decoded + test_grep RED decoded && + tr -dc "\\007" actual && + test_file_not_empty actual ' test_done