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29.1; Recommending setting transfer.fsckObjects of git to true is not necessary

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Package: emacs; Severity: wishlist; Reported by: Lin Jian <me@HIDDEN>; dated Mon, 29 Jan 2024 23:30:02 UTC; Maintainer for emacs is bug-gnu-emacs@HIDDEN.

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> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@HIDDEN>
> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 19:39:54 -0500
> 
> Lin Jian via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text
> editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@HIDDEN> writes:
> 
> > Recommendation about setting transfer.fsckObjects of git to true can be
> > found in admin/notes/git-workflow and CONTRIBUTE.  In addition, it is
> > set in autogen.sh.
> >
> > This is triggered by a discussion[1] on emacs-devel.  The first commit
> > about this is cedd7cad092809a97c1ed7fb883b68fa844cea58 on 2016-01-31.
> > However, on 2016-02-04, another discussion[2] shows that git is secure
> > by default so setting this option is not necessary.
> >
> > What about removing this unnecessary recommendation?
> >
> > By the way, the same recommendation can be found on Emacswiki[3][4].
> >
> > [1]: https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2016-01/msg01802.html
> > [2]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=813157#29
> > [3]: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/GitQuickStartForEmacsDevs
> > [4]: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/GitForEmacsDevs
> 
> Are you sure?  The git documentation says:
> 
>     transfer.fsckObjects
> 
>     When fetch.fsckObjects or receive.fsckObjects are not set, the value
>     of this variable is used instead. Defaults to false.
> 
>     When set, the fetch or receive will abort in the case of a malformed
>     object or a link to a nonexistent object. In addition, various other
>     issues are checked for, including legacy issues (see fsck.<msg-id>),
>     and potential security issues like the existence of a .GIT directory
>     or a malicious .gitmodules file (see the release notes for v2.2.1
>     and v2.17.1 for details). Other sanity and security checks may be
>     added in future releases.
> 
> https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config.txt-transferfsckObjects

And I have another question: does this setting cause any harm, or can
cause any harm in some situations?  IOW, what are the downsides of
using this setting?




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Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@HIDDEN> writes:

> Are you sure?

I am no expert of git.  So I am not sure.

That being said, have you read those links in my report?  My point is
that the motivation of setting transfer.fsckObjects in [1], i.e.,
security, is made invalid in [2] because git is secure by default.
However, related commits are made before (and after) [2].

[1]: https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2016-01/msg01802.html
[2]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=813157#29




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Lin Jian via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text
editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@HIDDEN> writes:

> Recommendation about setting transfer.fsckObjects of git to true can be
> found in admin/notes/git-workflow and CONTRIBUTE.  In addition, it is
> set in autogen.sh.
>
> This is triggered by a discussion[1] on emacs-devel.  The first commit
> about this is cedd7cad092809a97c1ed7fb883b68fa844cea58 on 2016-01-31.
> However, on 2016-02-04, another discussion[2] shows that git is secure
> by default so setting this option is not necessary.
>
> What about removing this unnecessary recommendation?
>
> By the way, the same recommendation can be found on Emacswiki[3][4].
>
> [1]: https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2016-01/msg01802.html
> [2]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=813157#29
> [3]: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/GitQuickStartForEmacsDevs
> [4]: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/GitForEmacsDevs

Are you sure?  The git documentation says:

    transfer.fsckObjects

    When fetch.fsckObjects or receive.fsckObjects are not set, the value
    of this variable is used instead. Defaults to false.

    When set, the fetch or receive will abort in the case of a malformed
    object or a link to a nonexistent object. In addition, various other
    issues are checked for, including legacy issues (see fsck.<msg-id>),
    and potential security issues like the existence of a .GIT directory
    or a malicious .gitmodules file (see the release notes for v2.2.1
    and v2.17.1 for details). Other sanity and security checks may be
    added in future releases.

https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config.txt-transferfsckObjects




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Recommendation about setting transfer.fsckObjects of git to true can be
found in admin/notes/git-workflow and CONTRIBUTE.  In addition, it is
set in autogen.sh.

This is triggered by a discussion[1] on emacs-devel.  The first commit
about this is cedd7cad092809a97c1ed7fb883b68fa844cea58 on 2016-01-31.
However, on 2016-02-04, another discussion[2] shows that git is secure
by default so setting this option is not necessary.

What about removing this unnecessary recommendation?

By the way, the same recommendation can be found on Emacswiki[3][4].

[1]: https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2016-01/msg01802.html
[2]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=813157#29
[3]: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/GitQuickStartForEmacsDevs
[4]: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/GitForEmacsDevs






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