test-lib-functions: restrict test_must_fail usage

In previous commits, we removed the usage of test_must_fail() for most
commands except for a set of pre-approved commands. Since that's done,
only allow test_must_fail() to run those pre-approved commands.

Obviously, we should allow `git`.

We allow `__git*` as some completion functions return an error code that
comes from a git invocation. It's good to avoid using test_must_fail
unnecessarily but it wouldn't hurt to err on the side of caution when
we're potentially wrapping a git command (like in these cases).

We also allow `test-tool` and `test-svn-fe` because these are helper
commands that are written by us and we want to catch their failure.

Finally, we allow `test_terminal` because `test_terminal` just wraps
around git commands. Also, we cannot rewrite
`test_must_fail test_terminal` as `test_terminal test_must_fail` because
test_must_fail() is a shell function and as a result, it cannot be
invoked from the test-terminal Perl script.

We opted to explicitly list the above tools instead of using a catch-all
such as `test[-_]*` because we want to be as restrictive as possible so
that in the future, someone would not accidentally introduce an
unrelated usage of test_must_fail() on an "unapproved" command.

Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

2 files changed, 65 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/t/t0000-basic.sh b/t/t0000-basic.sh
index 2ff176cd5d..90bf1dbc8d 100755
--- a/t/t0000-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t0000-basic.sh
@@ -1271,4 +1271,22 @@ test_expect_success 'very long name in the index handled sanely' '
 	test $len = 4098
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'test_must_fail on a failing git command' '
+	test_must_fail git notacommand
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'test_must_fail on a failing git command with env' '
+	test_must_fail env var1=a var2=b git notacommand
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'test_must_fail rejects a non-git command' '
+	! test_must_fail grep ^$ notafile 2>err &&
+	grep -F "test_must_fail: only '"'"'git'"'"' is allowed" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'test_must_fail rejects a non-git command with env' '
+	! test_must_fail env var1=a var2=b grep ^$ notafile 2>err &&
+	grep -F "test_must_fail: only '"'"'git'"'"' is allowed" err
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
index 3103be8a32..b791933ffd 100644
--- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
@@ -798,6 +798,37 @@ list_contains () {
 	return 1
 }
 
+# Returns success if the arguments indicate that a command should be
+# accepted by test_must_fail(). If the command is run with env, the env
+# and its corresponding variable settings will be stripped before we
+# test the command being run.
+test_must_fail_acceptable () {
+	if test "$1" = "env"
+	then
+		shift
+		while test $# -gt 0
+		do
+			case "$1" in
+			*?=*)
+				shift
+				;;
+			*)
+				break
+				;;
+			esac
+		done
+	fi
+
+	case "$1" in
+	git|__git*|test-tool|test-svn-fe|test_terminal)
+		return 0
+		;;
+	*)
+		return 1
+		;;
+	esac
+}
+
 # This is not among top-level (test_expect_success | test_expect_failure)
 # but is a prefix that can be used in the test script, like:
 #
@@ -817,6 +848,17 @@ list_contains () {
 #     Multiple signals can be specified as a comma separated list.
 #     Currently recognized signal names are: sigpipe, success.
 #     (Don't use 'success', use 'test_might_fail' instead.)
+#
+# Do not use this to run anything but "git" and other specific testable
+# commands (see test_must_fail_acceptable()).  We are not in the
+# business of vetting system supplied commands -- in other words, this
+# is wrong:
+#
+#    test_must_fail grep pattern output
+#
+# Instead use '!':
+#
+#    ! grep pattern output
 
 test_must_fail () {
 	case "$1" in
@@ -828,6 +870,11 @@ test_must_fail () {
 		_test_ok=
 		;;
 	esac
+	if ! test_must_fail_acceptable "$@"
+	then
+		echo >&7 "test_must_fail: only 'git' is allowed: $*"
+		return 1
+	fi
 	"$@" 2>&7
 	exit_code=$?
 	if test $exit_code -eq 0 && ! list_contains "$_test_ok" success