Reject secret mv onto the same secret under another name (closes #78)

On a case-insensitive filesystem (the macOS default) "Foo" and "foo" name
one secret, so `secret mv --force Foo foo` removed the destination, which
was the source, and lost the secret with every version. Between vaults the
copy replaced the source, and removing the source then removed the copy.

Both kinds of move now compare the two secret directories with
os.SameFile before changing anything and reject the move if they are one,
with or without --force. The tests give one secret two names with
symbolic links on the real filesystem.

Model: opus-5-5

Dockerfile

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ RUN go mod download
 COPY . .
 
 RUN make fmt-check
-RUN make lint
+# Not make lint: script/lint is a docker build, which cannot run in here.
+RUN golangci-lint run --config .golangci.yml ./...
 
 # Build stage — tests and compilation
 # golang 1.24.13-alpine (2026-03-10)

Dockerfile.lint

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Lint image, built by script/lint: golangci-lint runs as a build step, so a
+# successful build is a clean lint. Works where the docker daemon is remote
+# and bind mounts are impossible.
+
+# golangci/golangci-lint:v2.12.2 (Debian-based), 2026-08-07
+FROM golangci/golangci-lint:v2.12.2@sha256:5cceeef04e53efe1470638d4b4b4f5ceefd574955ab3941b2d9a68a8c9ad5240 AS deps
+
+WORKDIR /src
+
+COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+RUN go mod download
+
+# script/lint rebuilds this stage on every run, by this name; the module
+# download above stays cached.
+FROM deps AS lint
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN golangci-lint run --config .golangci.yml ./...

README.md

@@ -499,15 +499,18 @@ standard: normalized scripts in `script/` are the entrypoints for the
 development workflow, and the Makefile targets are thin shims that call
 them. We provide:
 
-- `script/bootstrap` — install all dependencies (Go, golangci-lint, Go
+- `script/bootstrap` — install all dependencies (Go, Go module
-  module download), idempotently
+  download), idempotently; golangci-lint is not installed, it runs in
+  docker
 - `script/setup` — make a fresh clone ready for development: runs
   `script/bootstrap`, then `script/install-precommit`
 - `script/projectname` — output the project name (`secret`); used by
   other scripts such as `script/docker`
 - `script/test` — run `go vet` and the test suite (verbose rerun on
   failure)
-- `script/lint` — run `golangci-lint`
+- `script/lint` — run `golangci-lint` in docker only: builds
+  `Dockerfile.lint`, where the linter is a build step that runs on every
+  call, also on an unchanged tree
 - `script/fmt` — format all Go code (writes)
 - `script/fmt-check` — check formatting without writing
 - `script/check` — run `script/test`, `script/lint`, and

TODO.md

@@ -32,6 +32,19 @@ Bring the repo into policy compliance in one commit:
   vault and between vaults; before, `--force` removed the destination and
   so deleted the secret. A rename that changes only letter case works on a
   case-sensitive filesystem as before.
+- 2026-10-04: Lint runs only in docker: `script/lint` builds
+  `Dockerfile.lint`, where golangci-lint is a build step rebuilt on
+  every run (`--no-cache-filter`), so an unchanged tree is linted too;
+  the module download stays cached. `script/bootstrap` no longer
+  installs golangci-lint, and the `Dockerfile` lint stage calls it
+  directly instead of `make lint`. `golangci-lint config verify` is not
+  run: it fetches its schema live over unpinned HTTPS.
+- 2026-10-04: A PGP unlocker whose metadata has no usable GPG key ID
+  no longer panics: `GetID()` warns with the unlocker's directory and
+  returns `pgp-unknown`. `ListUnlockers` skips, with a warning, an
+  unlocker whose metadata file cannot be checked for, read or parsed
+  instead of failing, so `secret unlocker list` still lists the others;
+  the listing's ID lookup no longer warns about that directory again.
 - 2026-10-03: `secret mv` rejects a move whose destination is the
   source (`mv --force x x`, `mv --force work:x work:`, or an empty
   destination, which defaults to the source name) before changing
@@ -167,8 +180,6 @@ Bring the repo into policy compliance in one commit:
     - Timing attacks: bytes.Equal passphrase compare (cli/init.go:
       209-216); non-constant-time public key compare (vault.go:95-100).
 - High priority:
-    - Return errors instead of panicking on corrupted metadata
-      (pgpunlocker.go:116, keychainunlocker.go:141).
     - Secure temporary file handling and cleanup.
     - Print cobra usage only for argument errors, not internal
       failures.

internal/cli/unlockers.go

@@ -349,6 +349,10 @@ func unlockerIDFromDir(
 // itself cannot be read. Callers must distinguish the two: an unreadable
 // directory means the unlocker's real ID is unknowable, so the entry has
 // to be skipped rather than reported under a synthesized ID.
+//
+// A metadata file that cannot be read or parsed is skipped without a
+// warning: every caller gets metadata from vault.ListUnlockers first,
+// which has already warned about that directory.
 func findUnlockerIDByMetadata(
 	fs afero.Fs, unlockersDir string, metadata secret.UnlockerMetadata,
 	includeSecureEnclave bool,
@@ -371,9 +375,6 @@ func findUnlockerIDByMetadata(
 		// Check if this is the right unlocker by comparing metadata
 		metadataBytes, err := afero.ReadFile(fs, metadataPath)
 		if err != nil {
-			secret.Warn("Could not read unlocker metadata file",
-				"path", metadataPath, "error", err)
-
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -381,9 +382,6 @@ func findUnlockerIDByMetadata(
 
 		err = json.Unmarshal(metadataBytes, &diskMetadata)
 		if err != nil {
-			secret.Warn("Could not parse unlocker metadata file",
-				"path", metadataPath, "error", err)
-
 			continue
 		}
 

internal/cli/unlockers_list_test.go

@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 // Unlocker List Tests
 //
-// Tests for `secret unlocker list` behavior when the unlockers.d directory
+// Tests for `secret unlocker list` behavior when the unlockers.d directory,
-// cannot be read while the listing is being rendered:
+// or an unlocker's metadata in it, cannot be read while the listing is
+// being rendered:
 //
 //   - TestUnlockersListSkipsUnreadableUnlockersDir: an unreadable
 //     unlockers.d yields no rows rather than rows bearing synthesized IDs.
 //   - TestUnlockersListSkipsOnlyUnreadableEntries: a readable entry is
 //     still listed, with its real ID and its current-unlocker marker,
 //     when a later entry's scan fails.
+//   - TestUnlockersListToleratesCorruptMetadata: one unlocker's corrupt
+//     metadata does not stop the others from being listed.
+//   - TestUnlockersListSkipsUnreadableMetadata: an unlocker whose metadata
+//     file cannot be checked for or read is left out, and the other is
+//     still listed.
 //
 // The listing resolves each unlocker's real ID by rescanning unlockers.d
 // after the vault has already enumerated it. If that rescan fails the ID
@@ -22,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -92,6 +99,49 @@ func (f *unlockersDirFailFs) Open(name string) (afero.File, error) {
 	return f.Fs.Open(name)
 }
 
+// errMetadataUnreadable is returned by the test filesystem in place of a
+// successful open of one unlocker's metadata file.
+var errMetadataUnreadable = errors.New("input/output error")
+
+// metadataReadFailFs fails every open of the file at unreadablePath. The
+// file still exists, so checking for it succeeds and only reading it fails.
+type metadataReadFailFs struct {
+	afero.Fs
+
+	unreadablePath string
+}
+
+//nolint:ireturn // afero.File is the interface required by afero.Fs
+func (f *metadataReadFailFs) Open(name string) (afero.File, error) {
+	if name == f.unreadablePath {
+		return nil, errMetadataUnreadable
+	}
+
+	//nolint:wrapcheck // test double must return the wrapped Fs error as-is
+	return f.Fs.Open(name)
+}
+
+// errMetadataUncheckable is returned by the test filesystem in place of a
+// successful check for one unlocker's metadata file.
+var errMetadataUncheckable = errors.New("permission denied")
+
+// metadataStatFailFs fails every check for whether the file at
+// uncheckablePath exists, as when its unlocker directory cannot be entered.
+type metadataStatFailFs struct {
+	afero.Fs
+
+	uncheckablePath string
+}
+
+func (f *metadataStatFailFs) Stat(name string) (os.FileInfo, error) {
+	if name == f.uncheckablePath {
+		return nil, errMetadataUncheckable
+	}
+
+	//nolint:wrapcheck // test double must return the wrapped Fs error as-is
+	return f.Fs.Stat(name)
+}
+
 // writePGPUnlocker writes a PGP unlocker directory with metadata that
 // yields the real ID "pgp-<keyID>".
 func writePGPUnlocker(
@@ -227,3 +277,102 @@ func TestUnlockersListReadableEntriesAreListed(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.True(t, unlockers[0].IsCurrent)
 	assert.False(t, unlockers[1].IsCurrent)
 }
+
+// TestUnlockersListToleratesCorruptMetadata asserts that one unlocker with
+// corrupt metadata does not stop the listing. Metadata that is not JSON
+// leaves that unlocker out; PGP metadata without a usable GPG key ID lists
+// it as "pgp-unknown". The healthy unlocker is listed with its real ID.
+func TestUnlockersListToleratesCorruptMetadata(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	healthyID := "pgp-" + listTestGPGKeyID + "A"
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		metadata string
+		wantIDs  []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "not JSON",
+			metadata: "not json",
+			wantIDs:  []string{healthyID},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "GPG key ID of the wrong type",
+			metadata: `{"type": "pgp", "gpgKeyId": 42}`,
+			wantIDs:  []string{healthyID, "pgp-unknown"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "GPG key ID missing",
+			metadata: `{"type": "pgp"}`,
+			wantIDs:  []string{healthyID, "pgp-unknown"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			fs := newListTestVault(t, 2)
+			metadataPath := filepath.Join(listTestStateDir, "vaults.d",
+				listTestVaultName, listTestUnlockersDirName,
+				listTestUnlockerDirTwo, listTestMetadataFileName)
+			require.NoError(t, afero.WriteFile(
+				fs, metadataPath, []byte(tt.metadata), listTestFilePerm,
+			))
+
+			unlockers := listUnlockersJSON(t, fs)
+			require.Len(t, unlockers, len(tt.wantIDs))
+
+			for i, wantID := range tt.wantIDs {
+				assert.Equal(t, wantID, unlockers[i].ID)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestUnlockersListSkipsUnreadableMetadata asserts that an unlocker whose
+// metadata file cannot be checked for or cannot be read is left out of the
+// listing, and the other unlocker is still listed with its real ID. The
+// failing one sorts first, so finding the other's ID has to step past it
+// as well.
+func TestUnlockersListSkipsUnreadableMetadata(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	failingPath := filepath.Join(listTestStateDir, "vaults.d",
+		listTestVaultName, listTestUnlockersDirName,
+		listTestUnlockerDirOne, listTestMetadataFileName)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		wrap func(base afero.Fs) afero.Fs
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "checking for the file fails",
+			wrap: func(base afero.Fs) afero.Fs {
+				return &metadataStatFailFs{Fs: base, uncheckablePath: failingPath}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "reading the file fails",
+			wrap: func(base afero.Fs) afero.Fs {
+				return &metadataReadFailFs{Fs: base, unreadablePath: failingPath}
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			fs := tt.wrap(newListTestVault(t, 2))
+
+			unlockers := listUnlockersJSON(t, fs)
+
+			require.Len(t, unlockers, 1,
+				"only the unlocker with usable metadata may be listed")
+			assert.Equal(t, "pgp-"+listTestGPGKeyID+"B", unlockers[0].ID,
+				"the listed row must carry the real unlocker ID")
+		})
+	}
+}

internal/secret/pgpunlocker.go

@@ -155,14 +155,18 @@ func (p *PGPUnlocker) GetDirectory() string {
 	return p.Directory
 }
 
-// GetID implements Unlocker interface - generates ID from GPG key ID
+// GetID implements Unlocker interface - generates ID from GPG key ID.
+// If the metadata has no usable GPG key ID, it warns with the unlocker's
+// directory and returns "pgp-unknown", so listing the other unlockers
+// still works.
 func (p *PGPUnlocker) GetID() string {
 	// Generate ID using GPG key ID: pgp-<keyid>
 	gpgKeyID, err := p.GetGPGKeyID()
 	if err != nil {
-		// The vault metadata is corrupt - this is a fatal error
+		Warn("PGP unlocker metadata is corrupt or missing its GPG key ID",
-		// We cannot continue with a fallback ID as that would mask data corruption
+			"directory", p.Directory, "error", err)
-		panic(fmt.Sprintf("PGP unlocker metadata is corrupt or missing GPG key ID: %v", err))
+
+		return "pgp-unknown"
 	}
 
 	return "pgp-" + gpgKeyID
@@ -197,6 +201,10 @@ func (p *PGPUnlocker) GetGPGKeyID() (string, error) {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to parse PGP metadata: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	if pgpMetadata.GPGKeyID == "" {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("PGP metadata: %w", errGPGKeyIDEmpty)
+	}
+
 	return pgpMetadata.GPGKeyID, nil
 }
 

internal/vault/unlockers.go

@@ -233,9 +233,10 @@ func (v *Vault) ListUnlockers() ([]UnlockerMetadata, error) {
 
 			exists, err := afero.Exists(v.fs, metadataPath)
 			if err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf(
+				secret.Warn("Skipping unlocker directory whose metadata file cannot be checked",
-					"failed to check if metadata exists for unlocker %s: %w",
+					"directory", file.Name(), "error", err)
-					file.Name(), err)
+
+				continue
 			}
 
 			if !exists {
@@ -247,16 +248,20 @@ func (v *Vault) ListUnlockers() ([]UnlockerMetadata, error) {
 
 			metadataBytes, err := afero.ReadFile(v.fs, metadataPath)
 			if err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf(
+				secret.Warn("Skipping unlocker directory with unreadable metadata file",
-					"failed to read metadata for unlocker %s: %w", file.Name(), err)
+					"directory", file.Name(), "error", err)
+
+				continue
 			}
 
 			var metadata UnlockerMetadata
 
 			err = json.Unmarshal(metadataBytes, &metadata)
 			if err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf(
+				secret.Warn("Skipping unlocker directory with corrupt metadata file",
-					"failed to parse metadata for unlocker %s: %w", file.Name(), err)
+					"directory", file.Name(), "error", err)
+
+				continue
 			}
 
 			unlockers = append(unlockers, metadata)

script/bootstrap

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # make, node, yarn, go, or python). Node is used directly if installed;
 # otherwise a pinned version is installed via nvm (installing nvm
 # itself first, from a hash-verified release archive, never curl | sh).
+# golangci-lint is never installed: script/lint runs it in docker.
 #
 # Uncomment the language sections in main() that apply to this repo.
 set -eu
@@ -136,12 +137,6 @@ main() {
 
     # ---- Go repos ----
     if missing go; then pkg_install go golang go go; fi
-    # golangci-lint: packaged in nix, brew, and apk. On apt there is no
-    # package: download a specific release archive from GitHub and
-    # verify its hash (verify_sha256), never curl | sh.
-    if missing golangci-lint; then
-        pkg_install golangci-lint golangci-lint golangci-lint golangci-lint
-    fi
     go mod download
 
     # ---- Python repos ----

script/lint

@@ -1,14 +1,24 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# script/lint: run the linter.
+# script/lint: run the linter, in docker only. Builds Dockerfile.lint,
+# where golangci-lint runs as a build step.
+#
+# A cached build lints nothing, so --no-cache-filter rebuilds the lint
+# stage on every run, an unchanged tree included. It ignores a stage name
+# that does not exist, so --target names the same stage: a rename then
+# fails the build instead of serving the lint from cache. cacheonly keeps
+# no image; only the build's success matters.
 set -eu
 
 ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
 
 main() {
     cd "$ROOT"
-    # CGO is required (Makefile exports this too)
+    docker build \
-    export CGO_ENABLED=1
+        --progress=plain \
-    golangci-lint run --timeout 5m
+        --target lint \
+        --no-cache-filter=lint \
+        --output=type=cacheonly \
+        -f Dockerfile.lint .
 }
 
 main "$@"