@@ -424,6 +424,8 @@ static int real_merge(struct merge_tree_options *o,
struct merge_result result = { 0 };
int show_messages = o->show_messages;
+ init_merge_options(&opt, the_repository);
+
parent1 = get_merge_parent(branch1);
if (!parent1)
help_unknown_ref(branch1, "merge-tree",
@@ -434,8 +436,6 @@ static int real_merge(struct merge_tree_options *o,
help_unknown_ref(branch2, "merge-tree",
_("not something we can merge"));
- init_merge_options(&opt, the_repository);
-
opt.show_rename_progress = 0;
opt.branch1 = branch1;
@@ -334,4 +334,22 @@ test_expect_success 'turn tree to file' '
test_cmp expect actual
'
+test_expect_success 'merge-tree respects core.useReplaceRefs=false' '
+ test_commit merge-to &&
+ test_commit valid base &&
+ git reset --hard HEAD^ &&
+ test_commit malicious base &&
+
+ test_when_finished "git replace -d $(git rev-parse valid^0)" &&
+ git replace valid^0 malicious^0 &&
+
+ tree=$(git -c core.useReplaceRefs=true merge-tree --write-tree merge-to valid) &&
+ merged=$(git cat-file -p $tree:base) &&
+ test malicious = $merged &&
+
+ tree=$(git -c core.useReplaceRefs=false merge-tree --write-tree merge-to valid) &&
+ merged=$(git cat-file -p $tree:base) &&
+ test valid = $merged
+'
+
test_done
When real merges were implemented in 1f0c3a29da (merge-tree: implement real merges, 2022-06-18), init_merge_options was called after doing get_merge_parent, which means core.useReplaceRefs was not parsed at the moment the commit objects were parsed, and thus essentially this option was ignored. This configuration is typically disabled in git hosts due to the ability to spoof commits in strange ways. Users are able to use refs/replace/ references to make pull requests that look valid but introduce malicious content. The resulting merge has the correct commit history, but the malicious content exists in the root tree of the merge. To fix this let's simply load the configuration before any call to get_merge_parent(). Cc: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> Tests-by: Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com> Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> --- builtin/merge-tree.c | 4 ++-- t/t4300-merge-tree.sh | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)