builtin/upload-pack: set GIT_NO_LAZY_FETCH to 0 on trusted repo

A previous commit added a new "uploadpack.lazyFetchTrusted" protected
config variable that can contain an allowlist of repos, as well as
functions to check if the current repo is in that list. But when the
current repo is in that list, we currently do nothing.

Let's instead set `GIT_NO_LAZY_FETCH` to `0`, which allows
`upload-pack` and its `pack-objects` child process to lazily fetch the
objects they need to serve a client, for example when the filter used
by the client and the one used by the server don't match.

This allows server operators to properly control lazy fetching. It is
their responsibility, not the client's, to decide if the served repo is
trusted, as the main security issue is that lazily fetching runs `git
fetch`, which may execute arbitrary commands specified in the
configuration and hooks of the served repo.

As `GIT_NO_LAZY_FETCH` is passed down to child processes through the
environment, this works for `pack-objects`, which performs the lazy
fetch when serving a client, without any further plumbing.

Now that "uploadpack.lazyFetchTrusted" is actually doing something,
let's document it and reference it from GIT_NO_LAZY_FETCH's docs.

Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This commit is contained in:
Christian Couder
2026-08-07 15:55:11 +02:00
committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 33afb07a34
commit 1ac27eed51
5 changed files with 131 additions and 1 deletions

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@@ -86,3 +86,45 @@ uploadpack.allowRefInWant::
is intended for the benefit of load-balanced servers which may
not have the same view of what OIDs their refs point to due to
replication delay.
uploadpack.lazyFetchTrusted::
These config entries specify repositories that `upload-pack` is
allowed to lazily fetch missing objects for. By default,
`upload-pack` refuses to lazily fetch (see the description of the
`GIT_NO_LAZY_FETCH` environment variable in
linkgit:git-upload-pack[1]), because doing so would run `git fetch`,
which may execute arbitrary commands specified in the configuration
and hooks of the served repository. Listing a repository here tells
`upload-pack` that it is trusted, so lazy fetching from the promisor
remotes configured in it is allowed. This is equivalent to setting
`GIT_NO_LAZY_FETCH` to `0` for the matching repositories. An
explicitly set `GIT_NO_LAZY_FETCH` takes precedence over this
setting.
+
Note that this allows lazy fetching from any promisor remote
configured in the served repository, not only from the promisor
remotes that the client accepted using the "promisor-remote" protocol
v2 capability (see linkgit:gitprotocol-v2[5]). The served repository
is trusted as a whole, including its configuration, so the promisor
remotes it configures are trusted too. It is the server operator's
responsibility to make sure that the promisor remotes of a trusted
repository are also trustworthy.
+
This is a multi-valued setting, i.e. you can add more than one
repository via `git config (--global|--system) --add`. To reset the
list of trusted repositories (e.g. to override any such repositories
specified in the system config), add a `uploadpack.lazyFetchTrusted`
entry with an empty value.
+
A repository is identified by its worktree, or its git directory for a bare
repository, and the value must be an absolute path. Giving a path with `/*`
appended to it will trust all repositories under the named directory. To trust
all served repositories, set `uploadpack.lazyFetchTrusted` to the string `*`.
+
The value of this setting is interpolated, i.e. `~/<path>` expands to a
path relative to the home directory and `%(prefix)/<path>` expands to a
path relative to Git's (runtime) prefix.
+
Note that this configuration variable is only respected when it is specified
in protected configuration (see <<SCOPES>>). This prevents untrusted
repositories from tampering with this value.

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@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ This is implemented by having `upload-pack` internally set the
(because you are fetching from a partial clone, and you are sure
you trust it), you can explicitly set `GIT_NO_LAZY_FETCH` to
`0`.
+
Instead of setting `GIT_NO_LAZY_FETCH` to `0` in the environment, a
server operator can allow lazy fetching on a per-repository basis by
listing trusted repositories in the `uploadpack.lazyFetchTrusted`
configuration variable. See linkgit:git-config[1].
SECURITY
--------

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@@ -949,7 +949,9 @@ for full details.
`GIT_NO_LAZY_FETCH`::
Setting this Boolean environment variable to true tells Git
not to lazily fetch missing objects from the promisor remote
on demand.
on demand. On the server side, the `uploadpack.lazyFetchTrusted`
configuration variable can control this per-repository. See
linkgit:git-upload-pack[1].
`GIT_REFLOG_ACTION`::
When a ref is updated, reflog entries are created to keep

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@@ -42,10 +42,13 @@ int cmd_upload_pack(int argc,
OPT_END()
};
unsigned enter_repo_flags = ENTER_REPO_ANY_OWNER_OK;
bool no_lazy_fetch_set;
packet_trace_identity("upload-pack");
disable_replace_refs();
save_commit_buffer = 0;
no_lazy_fetch_set = !!getenv(NO_LAZY_FETCH_ENVIRONMENT);
xsetenv(NO_LAZY_FETCH_ENVIRONMENT, "1", 0);
argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, upload_pack_usage, 0);
@@ -62,6 +65,14 @@ int cmd_upload_pack(int argc,
if (!enter_repo(the_repository, dir, enter_repo_flags))
die("'%s' does not appear to be a git repository", dir);
/*
* Relax the GIT_NO_LAZY_FETCH=1 default if the served repo is in
* the "uploadpack.lazyFetchTrusted" protected allowlist and
* GIT_NO_LAZY_FETCH was not already set explicitly.
*/
if (!no_lazy_fetch_set && upload_pack_lazy_fetch_trusted(the_repository))
xsetenv(NO_LAZY_FETCH_ENVIRONMENT, "0", 1);
switch (determine_protocol_version_server()) {
case protocol_v2:
if (advertise_refs)

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@@ -173,6 +173,76 @@ test_expect_success "clone with promisor.acceptfromserver set to 'None'" '
initialize_server 1 "$oid"
'
test_expect_success "clone with uploadpack.lazyFetchTrusted" '
# No promisors are advertised
git -C server config promisor.advertise false &&
test_when_finished "rm -rf client" &&
# The served repo is trusted for lazy fetching
test_config_global uploadpack.lazyFetchTrusted "$(pwd)/server" &&
# Clone without GIT_NO_LAZY_FETCH=0
git clone --no-local --filter="blob:limit=5k" server client &&
# Check that the largest object is not missing on the server
# This means the server lazy fetched it
check_missing_objects server 0 "" &&
# Reinitialize server so that the largest object is missing again
initialize_server 1 "$oid"
'
test_expect_success "clone without uploadpack.lazyFetchTrusted fails" '
# No promisors are advertised
git -C server config promisor.advertise false &&
test_when_finished "rm -rf client" &&
# Note: no uploadpack.lazyFetchTrusted config is set here, so
# the served repo is NOT trusted for lazy fetching.
# Clone without GIT_NO_LAZY_FETCH=0 fails
test_must_fail git clone --no-local --filter="blob:limit=5k" server client 2>err &&
test_grep "lazy fetching disabled" err &&
# Check that the largest object is still missing on the server
check_missing_objects server 1 "$oid"
'
test_expect_success "uploadpack.lazyFetchTrusted is ignored in repo config" '
# No promisors are advertised
git -C server config promisor.advertise false &&
test_when_finished "rm -rf client" &&
# The served repo is trusted for lazy fetching, but this is
# done in the repo config, not in protected config, so this is
# ignored.
test_config -C server uploadpack.lazyFetchTrusted "$(pwd)/server" &&
# Clone without GIT_NO_LAZY_FETCH=0 fails
test_must_fail git clone --no-local --filter="blob:limit=5k" server client 2>err &&
test_grep "lazy fetching disabled" err &&
# Check that the largest object is still missing on the server
check_missing_objects server 1 "$oid"
'
test_expect_success "explicit GIT_NO_LAZY_FETCH overrides uploadpack.lazyFetchTrusted" '
# No promisors are advertised
git -C server config promisor.advertise false &&
test_when_finished "rm -rf client" &&
# The served repo is trusted for lazy fetching
test_config_global uploadpack.lazyFetchTrusted "$(pwd)/server" &&
# But GIT_NO_LAZY_FETCH=1 disables lazy fetching, so clone fails
test_must_fail env GIT_NO_LAZY_FETCH=1 git clone --no-local \
--filter="blob:limit=5k" server client 2>err &&
test_grep "lazy fetching disabled" err &&
# Check that the largest object is still missing on the server
check_missing_objects server 1 "$oid"
'
test_expect_success "init + fetch with promisor.advertise set to 'true'" '
git -C server config promisor.advertise true &&
test_when_finished "rm -rf client" &&