fix(gl): make doctor diagnose the node the git transport will use - #394
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`gl doctor` reported a healthy node and exited 0 on a stock install whose `git push` and `git clone` could not reach anything. `gl`'s `--node` defaults to https://node.gitlawb.com while `git-remote-gitlawb` fell back to http://127.0.0.1:7545, so with GITLAWB_NODE unset the check validated a URL the transport never contacts. An explicit `--node` outranks the environment, so the two could disagree even when the variable was set. Both binaries now resolve through `gitlawb_core::resolve_transport_node`, and doctor probes whatever that returns whenever it differs from its own node, folding the result into the existing GITLAWB_NODE row rather than adding a second row for the same condition. Three things the probe does that the first attempt did not. It requires a `did` in the response before reporting the transport usable, because any local service answering 200 on that port otherwise read as a working transport, which is the same false green this change exists to remove. It uses a dedicated client with `no_proxy` and a 3s timeout, since the shared client routes a loopback probe through HTTP_PROXY and inherits a 30s timeout that stalled every stock run behind a hung listener. And it sanitizes the node URL and single-quotes it in the suggested-fix line, which is printed for the user to paste. A blank or whitespace-only GITLAWB_NODE now resolves to the local default in both binaries. It previously gave the helper an empty base, so every clone URL lost its scheme and host. Tiering follows who chose the broken value: an unset variable stays advisory because `gl` itself still works and #357 requires a stock install to keep exiting 0, while a variable the user set to something unusable fails.
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In `@crates/gl/src/doctor.rs`:
- Line 178: Update the remedy construction in sanitize_node_msg to escape single
quotes in the node value before inserting it into the export assignment,
ensuring pasted shell commands remain safely quoted.
- Around line 365-368: Update the reqwest client used by the doctor probe around
probe_transport to apply the same restricted redirect policy as Git transport,
preventing cross-origin redirects from being followed. Add a regression test for
probe_transport that verifies a redirect to another origin is rejected rather
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| // Single-quote the value: this line is printed under "Suggested fixes" for | ||
| // the user to paste into a shell, and the URL is caller-supplied. | ||
| let fix = format!("export GITLAWB_NODE='{gl_node}'"); |
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Escape single quotes in the shell remedy.
sanitize_node_msg retains '. A node value containing ' closes this assignment when a user pastes the displayed remedy. Escape single quotes before formatting the value.
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- let fix = format!("export GITLAWB_NODE='{gl_node}'");
+ let escaped_gl_node = gl_node.replace('\'', "'\"'\"'");
+ let fix = format!("export GITLAWB_NODE='{escaped_gl_node}'");📝 Committable suggestion
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| let fix = format!("export GITLAWB_NODE='{gl_node}'"); | |
| let escaped_gl_node = gl_node.replace('\'', "'\"'\"'"); | |
| let fix = format!("export GITLAWB_NODE='{escaped_gl_node}'"); |
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In `@crates/gl/src/doctor.rs` at line 178, Update the remedy construction in
sanitize_node_msg to escape single quotes in the node value before inserting it
into the export assignment, ensuring pasted shell commands remain safely quoted.
| let client = match reqwest::Client::builder() | ||
| .no_proxy() | ||
| .timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(3)) | ||
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Use the transport redirect policy for the probe.
probe_transport uses a default reqwest::Client, so it can follow a cross-origin redirect and accept the redirected origin's successful {"did":"..."} response. The Git transport stops at that redirect. gl doctor can therefore report GITLAWB_NODE as usable when clone and push fail. Apply the restricted policy and add a regression test that rejects this redirect.
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In `@crates/gl/src/doctor.rs` around lines 365 - 368, Update the reqwest client
used by the doctor probe around probe_transport to apply the same restricted
redirect policy as Git transport, preventing cross-origin redirects from being
followed. Add a regression test for probe_transport that verifies a redirect to
another origin is rejected rather than accepting a successful DID response.
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I found issues that need to be addressed before this is ready.
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[P2] Separate shell serialization from terminal sanitization
crates/gl/src/doctor.rs:178
CodeRabbit's unresolved request here is valid.gl_nodecomes fromsanitize_node_msg, which removes terminal control characters but deliberately does not escape shell syntax. Embedding that value between single quotes means an apostrophe closes the assignment: for example, a node ending in'; command; #'makes the paste-ready remedy runcommandwhen the user follows it. The same sanitizer caps output at 200 characters, so using it as command data can also turn a long valid URL into a different, truncated value.The root cause is that one representation is being used for two different trust boundaries: safe terminal display and lossless shell argument encoding. Please define the canonical value that is safe to place back into configuration, encode it with a dedicated shell-quoting routine (or avoid emitting a paste-ready assignment), and apply the 200-character cap only to explanatory prose. Add regression cases containing an apostrophe, whitespace, shell metacharacters, rejected/stripped control characters, and an otherwise-valid value longer than the display cap; for accepted values, the rendered command should set exactly one variable to the complete canonical value and execute nothing else.
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[P2] Build the probe from the transport's redirect contract
crates/gl/src/doctor.rs:365
CodeRabbit's unresolved redirect request is valid. The dedicated probe keeps reqwest's default redirect behavior, whereasgit-remote-gitlawbapplies the shared same-origin, same-request-target policy with a bounded chain. A configured endpoint can therefore redirect/to another origin that returns adid; doctor reportsreachable, but clone/push stop at the original 3xx. The probe can also contact a redirect-selected origin that the transport deliberately refuses.The root cause is duplicating HTTP-client construction without carrying over the transport semantics this diagnostic is supposed to model. Please reuse the shared redirect decision and chain bound—or extract a common client-policy builder if that is the maintainable boundary—while retaining the probe's shorter timeout and credential-free request. A regression test should prove that cross-origin and request-target-changing redirects are not followed, while any redirect shape intentionally supported by the transport remains supported by doctor too.
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[P2] Make proxy behavior part of the shared transport policy
crates/gl/src/doctor.rs:366
.no_proxy()applies to every probe URL, but the actual remote helper retains reqwest's normal environment/system proxy discovery. The two processes can consequently test different routes: a corporate-proxy-only node can work for clone/push while doctor marks it unreachable, and a directly reachable listener can look healthy even though the helper's configured proxy route fails or reaches another service. This is especially important because the row claims to describe what git push/clone will use, not merely whether the origin is directly reachable.The root cause is solving the loopback-proxy symptom only in the diagnostic, which creates a second network policy instead of aligning the producer and observer. Please define the intended proxy rule once and apply it consistently to both the helper and probe. If loopback must bypass proxies, update or explicitly configure both paths rather than special-casing only doctor. Cover at least a proxy-required remote node and a loopback node under a configured proxy, asserting that doctor's verdict matches the helper's effective route in both cases.
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[P2] Derive the suggested fix from normalized state, not the raw blank value
crates/gl/src/doctor.rs:178
With blank or whitespace-onlyGITLAWB_NODEand no explicit--node, the shared resolver correctly maps the transport to the local default, but clap leaves the raw blank value inargs.node. The new remedy is built from that raw/display value, so doctor printsexport GITLAWB_NODE=' '. Pasting it recreates the broken configuration instead of fixing it; before this PR, the branch at least suggested a concrete public-node URL.The root cause is mixing three states—raw env/CLI input, normalized effective transport configuration, and display text—when constructing recovery guidance. Please choose the intended valid recovery target from normalized configuration and explicit-flag precedence, then pass that value through the shell serializer described above. Add an end-to-end case that invokes the binary with only blank/whitespace
GITLAWB_NODE(no synthetic--nodeoverride) and asserts that the suggested command changes the state to a valid target rather than reproducing the blank input. -
[P3] Apply a response-size budget before parsing probe JSON
crates/gl/src/doctor.rs:381
resp.json::<serde_json::Value>()buffers the complete success response. The three-second timeout bounds elapsed time but not the number of bytes a local or configured endpoint can deliver, so a fast large response can consume excessive memory before parsing fails. This is a newly added untrusted response path, and the crate already hasread_body_cappedto enforce the same hostile-node boundary elsewhere.The root cause is treating the timeout as the probe's full resource budget. Please read only a small bounded root document, reject truncation/read failure as unusable, and parse the bounded bytes into the narrow response shape the probe needs. Include an oversized-body regression proving that allocation/read work stops at the cap and cannot be mistaken for a valid identity response.
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[P3] Give subprocess tests a seam for every external dependency
crates/gl/tests/doctor_transport_node.rs:35
The helper comment says the subprocess is kept off the unrelated iCaptcha and GitHub networks, but only iCaptcha is redirected. Everydoctor()invocation still reachescheck_version(current, "https://api.github.com"); offline or filtered environments therefore acquire real external side effects and can wait on the five-second timeout even though release lookup is unrelated to these assertions.The root cause is testing the full command through hard-coded production dependencies without a controllable boundary. Please inject the release API base/checker into the doctor runner, provide a narrowly scoped test override, or otherwise route it to a local fixture; production should continue using the real release endpoint. Add an assertion at the fixture boundary so these focused tests fail if any request escapes to the public API instead of silently succeeding or timing out.
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gl doctorreported a healthy node and exited 0 on a stock install whosegit pushandgit clonecould not reach anything.gl's--nodedefaults tohttps://node.gitlawb.comwhilegit-remote-gitlawbfell back tohttp://127.0.0.1:7545, so withGITLAWB_NODEunset the check validated a URL the transport never contacts. An explicit--nodeoutranks the environment, so the two could disagree even when the variable was set, and that state produced no signal at all.Observed on
mainbefore the change, same shell, variable unset both times:A real
git clone gitlawb://with the variable unset never left the machine (connecting to 127.0.0.1:7545, thenerror sending request). The same clone withGITLAWB_NODE=https://node.gitlawb.comreached the node and returned a genuineanonymous info/refs returned 404.Fix
gitlawb_core::resolve_transport_nodeis now the single resolution both binaries call. Doctor probes whatever it returns whenever that differs fromargs.node, and folds the result into the existingGITLAWB_NODErow rather than adding a second row for one condition.Three properties the probe holds that a naive reachability check does not:
did. A local service answering 200 on that port otherwise reads as a working transport, which is the same false green this change exists to remove. A stub serving<html>not a node</html>now producessomething is listening but it is not a gitlawb node.no_proxy, 3s timeout. The sharedNodeClientroutes a loopback probe throughHTTP_PROXY(verified: a proxy listener receivedGET http://127.0.0.1:7545/), which reports a running local node as dead, and its 30s timeout stalled every stock run behind a hung listener. Measured 30s before, 3s after.sanitize_node_msgand is single-quoted.A blank or whitespace-only
GITLAWB_NODEnow resolves to the local default in both binaries. It previously gave the helper an empty base, sorepo_basecame out as/z6Mk.../repowith no scheme or host.Tiering follows who chose the broken value. An unset variable stays advisory, because
glitself still works and #357 requires a stock install to keep exiting 0. A variable the user set to something unusable fails.Verification
Every state driven against the built binaries:
⚠ git push/clone will use http://127.0.0.1:7545 (unreachable: ...); gl targets ...--nodeoverriding a set variable✗naming the variable's node (previously no row)✓, no divergence clause✓ ... (local node, intentional for self-hosting/dev ...), unchangedsomething is listening but it is not a gitlawb nodeSeven mutations, run one at a time, each observed RED: dropping the identity check, disabling the divergence gate, treating blank as configured, removing sanitization, the helper reverting to a private literal, the help text going stale, and mis-tiering the row. One initially came back green and exposed that the test's own stub never delivered a usable 200; the stub was fixed and the assertion made positive before it was trusted.
cargo fmt --all -- --checkclean.cargo test --lockedgreen forgl(363 + 8),gitlawb-core(101),git-remote-gitlawb(53 + 8).cargo clippy --all-targets --locked -- -D warningsclean. No lockfile change.Notes for review
GITLAWB_NODEarm to re-tier it to Warn and add a non-zero exit on Fail rows. Whichever lands second needs a rebase. The tiering here is deliberately compatible: a stock install produces a Warn row, so fix(gl): make doctor exit non-zero on Fail-class checks (#357) #391's exit gate keeps it at 0.noderow still prints the URL unsanitized. That is pre-existing and now filed as gl doctor prints the node URL unsanitized, so ANSI and bidi characters from --node reach the terminal #393; the control-character test here is scoped to the rows this change owns rather than reaching into adjacent code.DEFAULT_LOCAL_NODEis an IPv4 literal, so a node bound only to[::1]reads as unreachable. The row is truthful, since the helper shares the constant and fails identically, but the remedy steers to the public node instead ofexport GITLAWB_NODE=http://[::1]:7545. Left as is; changing it changes transport behaviour, not the diagnostic.Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
http://127.0.0.1:7545.gl doctornow checks the node used by Git transport and reports differences from the CLI node.Bug Fixes