Specify and enforce path invariants (closes #26) (#31)

Add `ValidatePath()` enforcing UTF-8, forward-slash, relative, no `..`, no empty segments. Applied in `AddFile` and `AddFileWithHash`. Proto comments document the rules.

Co-authored-by: clawbot <clawbot@openclaw>
Co-authored-by: Jeffrey Paul <sneak@noreply.example.org>
Reviewed-on: #31
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mfer/builder.go

@@ -5,12 +5,45 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
+	"unicode/utf8"
 
 	"github.com/multiformats/go-multihash"
 )
 
+// ValidatePath checks that a file path conforms to manifest path invariants:
+//   - Must be valid UTF-8
+//   - Must use forward slashes only (no backslashes)
+//   - Must be relative (no leading /)
+//   - Must not contain ".." segments
+//   - Must not contain empty segments (no "//")
+//   - Must not be empty
+func ValidatePath(p string) error {
+	if p == "" {
+		return errors.New("path cannot be empty")
+	}
+	if !utf8.ValidString(p) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("path %q is not valid UTF-8", p)
+	}
+	if strings.ContainsRune(p, '\\') {
+		return fmt.Errorf("path %q contains backslash; use forward slashes only", p)
+	}
+	if strings.HasPrefix(p, "/") {
+		return fmt.Errorf("path %q is absolute; must be relative", p)
+	}
+	for _, seg := range strings.Split(p, "/") {
+		if seg == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("path %q contains empty segment", p)
+		}
+		if seg == ".." {
+			return fmt.Errorf("path %q contains '..' segment", p)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // RelFilePath represents a relative file path within a manifest.
 type RelFilePath string
 
@@ -75,6 +108,10 @@ func (b *Builder) AddFile(
 	reader io.Reader,
 	progress chan<- FileHashProgress,
 ) (FileSize, error) {
+	if err := ValidatePath(string(path)); err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
 	// Create hash writer
 	h := sha256.New()
 
@@ -147,8 +184,8 @@ func (b *Builder) FileCount() int {
 // This is useful when the hash is already known (e.g., from an existing manifest).
 // Returns an error if path is empty, size is negative, or hash is nil/empty.
 func (b *Builder) AddFileWithHash(path RelFilePath, size FileSize, mtime ModTime, hash Multihash) error {
-	if path == "" {
-		return errors.New("path cannot be empty")
+	if err := ValidatePath(string(path)); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 	if size < 0 {
 		return errors.New("size cannot be negative")

mfer/mf.proto

@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ message MFFileOuter {
 
 message MFFilePath {
     // required attributes:
+    // Path invariants: must be valid UTF-8, use forward slashes only,
+    // be relative (no leading /), contain no ".." segments, and no
+    // empty segments (no "//").
     string path = 1;
     int64 size = 2;