CI review: fail the run when git cannot read the skip marks by davidbzyk · Pull Request #10 · davidbzyk/code_review

davidbzyk · 2026-10-11T16:31:03Z

A background security review found a fail-open in run-review.sh. With a git older than 2.40, which has no check-attr --source (a self-hosted runner on Ubuntu 22.04's git, for example), the error was swallowed. No path came back, and the run reported "nothing to review" and passed, so the change went unreviewed.

Replicated with a git shim that rejects check-attr: the old script printed "nothing to review" and exited 0.
Fix: check-attr writes its output to a file first, and a failure exits 2 with a message saying git 2.40 or newer is needed.
Test: test_a_git_that_cannot_read_the_marks_fails_the_run_instead_of_skipping (red, then green). Full suite: 786 passed, 40 skipped. Ruff clean. .code-review/ reinstalled.

…d of skipping Before 2.40, git has no check-attr --source; the error was swallowed, every changed file read as marked, and the run reported nothing to review and passed. check-attr now writes to a file first and a failure exits 2. Replicated with a git shim in the new test.

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Bug Fixes
- Review runs now stop with a clear error if Git cannot read file attributes, rather than continuing with an incomplete list of files.
- When the required Git option is unavailable, the error indicates that Git 2.40 or newer is needed.

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Both review scripts now check whether Git can read changed-file attributes before parsing the results. If the lookup fails, each script exits with status 2. A regression test covers Git rejecting the --source option.

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Attribute lookup error handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Check attribute lookup and test failure handling `.code-review/run-review.sh`, `action/run-review.sh`, `tests/launcher/test_install_ci.py`	Both scripts save attribute results before parsing and exit with status 2 if `git check-attr` fails. The regression test checks that an unsupported `--source` option causes a nonzero exit and does not report “nothing to review.”

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The fix makes the review run fail when Git cannot read the skip marks. The accompanying test is slightly loose about the exit status, which is a small follow-up rather than a merge blocker.

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[error] 385-385: Command coming from incoming request
Context: subprocess.run([*git, "add", "-A"], check=True, capture_output=True)
Note: [CWE-78] Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection').

(subprocess-from-request)

[error] 386-386: Command coming from incoming request
Context: subprocess.run([*git, "commit", "-q", "-m", "install"], check=True, capture_output=True)
Note: [CWE-78] Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection').

(subprocess-from-request)

[error] 387-387: Command coming from incoming request
Context: subprocess.run([*git, "tag", "installed"], check=True, capture_output=True)
Note: [CWE-78] Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection').

(subprocess-from-request)

[error] 389-389: Command coming from incoming request
Context: subprocess.run([*git, "add", "-A"], check=True, capture_output=True)
Note: [CWE-78] Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection').

(subprocess-from-request)

[error] 390-390: Command coming from incoming request
Context: subprocess.run([*git, "commit", "-q", "-m", "code"], check=True, capture_output=True)
Note: [CWE-78] Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection').

(subprocess-from-request)

[error] 393-393: Command coming from incoming request
Context: subprocess.run(["which", "git"], capture_output=True, text=True)
Note: [CWE-78] Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection').

(subprocess-from-request)

[error] 405-406: Command coming from incoming request
Context: subprocess.run(["bash", str(workdir / ".code-review" / "run-review.sh")], env=env,
capture_output=True, text=True)
Note: [CWE-78] Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection').

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What the change does

The review launcher now stores the output of `git check-attr` before processing generated and vendored file marks.
If Git cannot read those marks with `--source`, the launcher reports an error and exits with status 2.
The launcher still excludes paths marked generated or vendored from the review slice.
A launcher test simulates an unsupported `check-attr --source` option and checks that the run fails instead of claiming there is nothing to review.

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