gitk: sanitize 'exec' arguments: redirections

As in the previous commits, introduce a function that sanitizes
arguments intended for the process and in addition allows to pass
redirections verbatim, which are interpreted by Tcl's 'exec'.
Redirections can include the background operator '&'.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
This commit is contained in:
Johannes Sixt
2025-03-29 17:01:54 +01:00
committed by Taylor Blau
parent 88139a617f
commit 6b631ee8ed

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@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ proc safe_exec {cmd} {
eval exec [make_arglist_safe $cmd]
}
# executes one command with redirections
# no pipelines are possible
# cmd is a list that specifies the command and its arguments
# redir is a list that specifies redirections (output, background)
# calls `exec` and returns its value
proc safe_exec_redirect {cmd redir} {
eval exec [make_arglist_safe $cmd] $redir
}
proc safe_open_file {filename flags} {
# a file name starting with "|" would attempt to run a process
# but such a file name must be treated as a relative path
@@ -2135,7 +2144,7 @@ proc makewindow {} {
{mc "Reread re&ferences" command rereadrefs}
{mc "&List references" command showrefs -accelerator F2}
{xx "" separator}
{mc "Start git &gui" command {exec git gui &}}
{mc "Start git &gui" command {safe_exec_redirect [list git gui] [list &]}}
{xx "" separator}
{mc "&Quit" command doquit -accelerator Meta1-Q}
}}
@@ -3655,7 +3664,7 @@ proc gitknewtmpdir {} {
proc save_file_from_commit {filename output what} {
global nullfile
if {[catch {exec git show $filename -- > $output} err]} {
if {[catch {safe_exec_redirect [list git show $filename --] [list > $output]} err]} {
if {[string match "fatal: bad revision *" $err]} {
return $nullfile
}
@@ -3884,7 +3893,7 @@ proc external_blame {parent_idx {line {}}} {
# being given an absolute path...
set f [make_relative $f]
lappend cmdline $base_commit $f
if {[catch {eval exec $cmdline &} err]} {
if {[catch {safe_exec_redirect $cmdline [list &]} err]} {
error_popup "[mc "git gui blame: command failed:"] $err"
}
}
@@ -7193,8 +7202,8 @@ proc browseweb {url} {
global web_browser
if {$web_browser eq {}} return
# Use eval here in case $web_browser is a command plus some arguments
if {[catch {eval exec $web_browser [list $url] &} err]} {
# Use concat here in case $web_browser is a command plus some arguments
if {[catch {safe_exec_redirect [concat $web_browser [list $url]] [list &]} err]} {
error_popup "[mc "Error starting web browser:"] $err"
}
}
@@ -9207,8 +9216,8 @@ proc diffcommits {a b} {
set fna [file join $tmpdir "commit-[string range $a 0 7]"]
set fnb [file join $tmpdir "commit-[string range $b 0 7]"]
if {[catch {
exec git diff-tree -p --pretty $a >$fna
exec git diff-tree -p --pretty $b >$fnb
safe_exec_redirect [list git diff-tree -p --pretty $a] [list >$fna]
safe_exec_redirect [list git diff-tree -p --pretty $b] [list >$fnb]
} err]} {
error_popup [mc "Error writing commit to file: %s" $err]
return
@@ -9730,7 +9739,7 @@ proc exec_citool {tool_args {baseid {}}} {
}
}
eval exec git citool $tool_args &
safe_exec_redirect [concat git citool $tool_args] [list &]
array unset env GIT_AUTHOR_*
array set env $save_env