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Never write fetch's temp file into an existing file (closes #115)
downloadFile opened the temp file with os.Create, which opens and
empties a file already at that name. If that file was a hard link to a
file outside the destination directory, fetch overwrote the outside
file. It now removes whatever is at the temp name, which removes only
that name, and creates the temp file with O_EXCL, so the create fails if
anything is still or again there. A leftover temp file from an
interrupted run is still replaced. The new test puts a hard link at the
temp name and checks that fetch succeeds and the outside file is
unchanged. The command name is now the constant cmdFetch, like the other
command names, because lint requires it once a third test uses it.

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# Workflow
- branch (from `main`)
- do the work in Next Step
- move Next Step to the top of Completed Steps
- move the top item of Future Steps into Next Step
- commit (`TODO.md` changes in the same commit as the work)
- merge to `main` if the branch is not protected, otherwise open a PR
- push
# Status
pre-1.0. No git tags. README section "TODO: Remaining Work for 1.0" lists open
design questions and implementation tasks; policy compliance work is in flight
and unmerged.
# Next Step
Work through the remaining compliance items folded from the 2026-07-02 audit
(the first group under Future Steps): `.editorconfig`, `.gitignore` coverage,
gofumpt-based `fmt-check`, README "Getting Started", and the rest.
`.golangci.yml` and `TODO.md` are tracked and committed as of 2026-08-07, so the
only thing left of the `chore/align-repo-policies` branch is the list below.
# Completed Steps
- 2026-10-03: `fetch` removes whatever sits at a file's temp name and then
creates the temp file only if that name is free, so a hard link left there
cannot make it write into a file outside the destination directory (#115)
- 2026-10-03: `fetch` refuses any manifest path that runs through a symlink
already in the destination directory, checked before each of its writes
(directories, temp file, rename), so such a symlink cannot send a write
outside it (#86)
- 2026-10-02: a plain `docker build .` of a clone now stamps the tag or short
commit into `mfer version` instead of nothing: `.dockerignore` sends `.git`
(not `.git/config`), and the build stage takes the `VERSION` build argument,
otherwise `git describe --tags --always`, failing if `.git` is present and no
version comes out. `script/docker` is the canonical copy, which passes
`VERSION`; `bin/gitrev.sh` uses `--tags` too (#112)
- 2026-09-21: validate manifest entry paths on deserialize so untrusted `.mf`
files cannot make `Checker` stat or read outside `basePath` (#61)
- 2026-09-21: rewrote `script/test` to the canonical pattern (30s timeout,
`-race -cover`, quiet-first with verbose-on-failure rerun) and fixed the
process-global logger data race it surfaced (#67)
- 2026-09-21: added the canonical `.editorconfig`, made `.gitignore` cover
secrets, OS, editor, and Go artifacts, and removed the dead Drone CI
references from `.gitignore` and `bin/gitrev.sh` (#72)
- 2026-08-09: added `.prettierrc`/`.prettierignore`, gave `script/fmt` and
`script/fmt-check` one shared prettier file set via `script/prettier`, dropped
the `|| true` that hid prettier failures, and added a node-based Dockerfile
stage so a markdown formatting violation fails `docker build .` (#69)
- 2026-08-07: updated golangci-lint to v2.12.2 everywhere it is pinned
(`Makefile`, `Dockerfile`), added the canonical `.golangci.yml`
(`default: all`), and fixed all resulting lint findings across the codebase
- 2026-07-07 Adopted scripts-to-rule-them-all: `script/` entrypoints, Makefile
shims, README Entrypoints section
- 2026-07-03: aligned repo tooling, docs, and config with standardized policies
(7d9a138, on chore/align-repo-policies, unmerged)
- 2026-06-28: moved to standardized repo policies (#56, on main)
- 2026-04-07: added 1.0 roadmap as README TODO section, removed old TODO.md
(#54)
- 2026-03-20: added Gitea Actions CI workflow (#53)
- 2026-03-17: added REPO_POLICIES.md, renamed CLAUDE.md to AGENTS.md (#51);
removed committed .index.mf (#52)
- 2026-03-15: split Dockerfile with pre-built golangci-lint stage for faster CI
(#45)
- 2026-03-01: 1.0 quality polish: code review, tests, bug fixes, docs (#32)
- 2026-02-20: deterministic file ordering in Builder.Build() (#28); removed
committed vendor/modcache archives (#35)
- 2026-02-08: added --seed flag for deterministic manifest UUID
# Future Steps
- Compliance (fold of TODO.md audit 2026-07-02; verify which items the in-flight
branch already closes, then check off):
- Add .editorconfig (canonical copy from sneak/prompts)
- Make .gitignore cover secrets (.env, _.key, _.pem), OS files (.DS_Store),
and editor files (_.swp, _~)
- Make fmt-check/lint verify with gofumpt, not gofmt -l, so `make check`
matches what `make fmt` writes
- Add README "Getting Started" section with copy-pasteable install/usage
block
- Move FORMAT.md from repo root to docs/ and update the AGENTS.md reference
- Pin Makefile-installed Go tools (`protoc-gen-go@v1.28.1`,
`golangci-lint@v2.12.2`) by module hash, not mutable tag
- Add explicit README "Rationale" heading (content exists under other
names); name the author in the README Description first line
- Reconcile root-level AGENTS.md with directory-hygiene policy (keep or
relocate)
- Add a `make build` target
- Rewrite `make hooks` to use printf or a heredoc instead of non-portable
`echo '...\n...'`
- Answer the 14 owner design questions in the README 1.0 roadmap:
- Format: simplify MFFileChecksum; store file mode; drop atime; specify path
normalization rules; version byte after magic; length-prefix after magic
- Signatures: hash covers compressed or uncompressed data; sign raw bytes vs
hex canonical string; detached .mf.sig support; GPG subprocess vs pure-Go
crypto
- Implementation: deterministic manifests by default; consolidate duplicate
scanner/checker implementations; export the manifest type; canonical Go
module path for 1.0
- Format and correctness:
- Resolve proto go_package vs go.mod module path inconsistency
- Specify and validate path invariants (UTF-8, forward-slash, relative, no
.., no leading /)
- Remove or deprecate atime; reserve mode field; add version byte (all
pending design answers)
- Write a standalone format specification document
- Library:
- Delete internal/scanner and internal/checker; consolidate on the mfer/
package versions (pending design answer)
- Add decompression size limit via io.LimitReader in deserializeInner()
- Fix errors.Is dead code in checker; make AddFile verify totalRead == size
- Export manifest type or define a public interface (pending)
- Replace GPG subprocess with pure-Go crypto (pending); add timeouts to
remaining subprocess calls
- CLI:
- Kebab-case primary flag names; fix fetch URL construction with
url.JoinPath; add http.Client timeout and retry with backoff to fetch;
rate-limit Checker progress output; add --deterministic flag or default;
wire top-level --version properly
- Testing:
- Fuzz NewManifestFromReader; end-to-end tests for freshen and fetch
- Documentation:
- Promote docs/FORMAT.md as primary spec reference; audit error messages;
document the signature scheme fully
- Release:
- Finalize module path, bump version constant, SemVer --version output, tag
v1.0.0