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# sys-git
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Git operations through Qrexec in Qubes OS.
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## Table of Contents
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* [Description](#description)
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* [Alternatives comparison](#alternatives-comparison)
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* [Security](#security)
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* [Installation](#installation)
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* [Access control](#access-control)
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* [Usage](#usage)
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* [Initialize the server repository](#initialize-the-server-repository)
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* [Prepare the client](#prepare-the-client)
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* [Credits](#credits)
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## Description
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Setup a Git server called "sys-git", an offline Git Server that can be
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accessed from client qubes via Qrexec. Access control via Qrexec policy can
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restrict access to certain repositories, set of git actions for Fetch, Push
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and Init. This is an implementation of split-git.
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## Alternatives comparison
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The following alternatives will be compared against each other and this
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implementation:
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* [Rudd-O/git-remote-qubes](https://github.com/Rudd-O/git-remote-qubes)
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* [QubesOS-contrib/qubes-app-split-git](https://github.com/QubesOS-contrib/qubes-app-split-git)
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* [qubes-os.org/doc/development-workflow/#git-connection-between-vms](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/development-workflow/#git-connection-between-vms)
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| | sys-git | git-remote-qubes | qubes-app-split-git | git-connection-between-vms |
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| :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |
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| Codebase Size | Small | Large | Large | Small |
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| Custom Protocol | True | True | True | False |
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| Path | Repository | Absolute | Repository | Repository |
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| Repository restriction | True | False | True | True |
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| No hanging | True | True | True | False |
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| Fetch | True | True | True (only tags) | True |
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| Push | True | True | False | True |
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| Init | True | False | False | False |
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| Validates git communication | False | False | True | False |
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| Verifies tag signature | False | False | True | False |
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## Security
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It is not possible to filter Git's stdout from a Qrexec call as it is used by
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the local running git process, we rely on Git's parsing and filtering for
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remote operations. A remote can send up to 4 bytes of UTF-8 character to it's
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stdout as packet information during the initial server client negotiation, the
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client will display the characters on stderr with an error message containing
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the character. Git only filters for control characters but other characters
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that are valid UTF-8 such as multibyte are not filtered. The same characters
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can be present in the git log. In reality, there are many other ways the
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remote can make the client display a refname with attacker controlled data
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with a much larger byte size, this cannot be solved while the remote helper
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does not verify each received reference.
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A remote helper that validates the data received can increase the security
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by not printing untrusted data, which is the case with
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[qubes-app-split-git](https://github.com/QubesOS-contrib/qubes-app-split-git/commits/master/),
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but unfortunately it demands signed tags and doesn't work for normal git
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operations with signed commits and branches, as the later can't be signed.
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A fork of the aforementioned project might be the future of this helper.
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Even if the transport is secure, the tool that renders the information of your
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recently acquired repository
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[can](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23521)
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[contain](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41902)
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[bugs](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46663)
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[that](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25652)
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[result](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29007)
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in local code execution and remote code execution. In the end, if you don't
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trust the origin, don't use it.
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## Installation
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* Top:
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```sh
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sudo qubesctl top.enable sys-git
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sudo qubesctl --targets=tpl-sys-git,sys-git state.apply
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sudo qubesctl top.disable sys-git
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```
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* State:
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<!-- pkg:begin:post-install -->
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```sh
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sudo qubesctl state.apply sys-git.create
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sudo qubesctl --skip-dom0 --targets=tpl-sys-git state.apply sys-git.install
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sudo qubesctl --skip-dom0 --targets=sys-git state.apply sys-git.configure
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```
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<!-- pkg:end:post-install -->
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Installation on the client template:
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```sh
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sudo qubesctl --skip-dom0 --targets=tpl-dev state.apply sys-git.install-client
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```
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## Access control
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_Default policy_: `any qube` can `ask` via the `@default` target if you allow
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it to `Fetch` from, `Push` to and `Init` on `sys-git`.
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__Recommended usage__:
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* __Init__: Argument useful when allowing a qube to always create a
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* repository on the server.
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* __Fetch__: Fetch can be allowed by less trusted qubes.
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* __Push__: Push should only be made by trusted qubes.
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Allow qube `dev` to `Fetch` from `sys-git`, but ask to `Push` and `Init`:
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```qrexecpolicy
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qusal.GitFetch * dev @default allow target=sys-git
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qusal.GitPush * dev @default ask target=sys-git default_target=sys-git
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qusal.GitInit * dev @default ask target=sys-git default_target=sys-git
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qusal.GitFetch * dev @anyvm deny
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qusal.GitPush * dev @anyvm deny
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qusal.GitInit * dev @anyvm deny
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```
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Allow qube `untrusted` to `Fetch` `repo` if using target name `sys-git` but
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deny `Push` and `Init` to any other qube:
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```qrexecpolicy
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qusal.GitFetch +repo untrusted sys-git ask target=sys-git default_target=sys-git
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qusal.GitFetch * untrusted @anyvm deny
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qusal.GitPush * untrusted @anyvm deny
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qusal.GitInit * untrusted @anyvm deny
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```
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Deny `Fetch`, `Push` and `Init` from any qube to any other qube:
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```qrexecpolicy
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qusal.GitFetch * @anyvm @anyvm deny
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qusal.GitPush * @anyvm @anyvm deny
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qusal.GitInit * @anyvm @anyvm deny
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```
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## Usage
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### Initialize the server repository
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There are a few constraints regarding repositories:
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* Must be created under `/home/user/src` in `sys-git`;
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* Names must have only letters, numbers, hyphen, underscore and dot. Must
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not begin or end with dot, hyphen and underscore.
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In `sys-git`, create bare repositories under `/home/user/src`.
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From the `server`:
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```sh
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git init --bare ~/src/X.git
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```
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You must use the `.git` prefix to indicate a bare repository.
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Or from the `client`, if the `qusal.GitInit` policy allows:
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```sh
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cd ~/path/to/repo
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git init-qrexec
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```
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### Prepare the client
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Qrexec protocol is supported with the following URL format:
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`qrexec://<QUBE>/<REPO>`, where the `<QUBE>` field can be a literal name or
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token and the `<REPO>` field is the name of the repository that exists on
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`sys-git` under `/home/user/src`.
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Clone an existing repository:
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```sh
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git clone qrexec://@default/qubes-doc
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```
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Or Initialize a new repository:
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```sh
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git init qubes-doc
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cd qubes-doc
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```
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Add a remote using the Qrexec protocol:
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```sh
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git remote add sg qrexec://@default/qubes-doc
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```
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Test fetching from the newly added remote:
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```sh
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git fetch sg
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```
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Make changes to the git repository as you normally would on any system.
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Push to the server and set it as the default upstream:
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```sh
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git push -u sg main
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```
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Following pushes will be simpler:
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```sh
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git push
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```
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## Credits
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* [Unman](https://github.com/unman/shaker/tree/main/git)
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