Enhance documentation

Add NEWS file, spin installation instructions into INSTALL file, and add
useful information from the git-crypt website to the README.

INSTALL

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+DEPENDENCIES
+
+To use git-crypt, you need:
+
+	* Git 1.6.0 or newer
+	* OpenSSL
+	* For decrypted git diff output, Git 1.6.1 or newer
+	* For decrypted git blame output, Git 1.7.2 or newer
+
+To build git-crypt, you need a C++ compiler and OpenSSL development
+headers.
+
+
+BUILDING GIT-CRYPT
+
+The Makefile is tailored for g++, but should work with other compilers.
+
+	$ make
+	$ cp git-crypt /usr/local/bin/
+
+It doesn't matter where you install the git-crypt binary - choose wherever
+is most convenient for you.

NEWS

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+v0.3 (2013-04-05)
+  * Fix 'git-crypt init' on newer versions of Git.  Previously,
+    encrypted files were not being automatically decrypted after
+    running 'git-crypt init' with recent versions of Git.
+  * Allow 'git-crypt init' to be run even if the working tree contains
+    untracked files.
+  * 'git-crypt init' now properly escapes arguments to the filter
+    commands it configures, allowing both the path to git-crypt and the
+    path to the key file to contain arbitrary characters such as spaces.
+
+v0.2 (2013-01-25)
+  * Numerous improvements to 'git-crypt init' usability.
+  * Fix gitattributes example in README: the old example showed a colon
+    after the filename where there shouldn't be one.
+  * Various build fixes and improvements.
+
+v0.1 (2012-11-29)
+  * Initial release.

README

@@ -16,24 +16,7 @@ For more information, see <http://www.agwa.name/projects/git-crypt>.
 
 BUILDING GIT-CRYPT
 
-See below for dependencies.  The Makefile is tailored for g++.  If you
-have a different compiler, edit Makefile and change the CXX and CFLAGS
-variables.  This will be made easier in a future release.
-
-	$ make
-	$ cp git-crypt /usr/local/bin/
-
-It doesn't matter where you install the git-crypt binary - choose wherever
-is most convenient for you.
-
-
-DEPENDENCIES
-
-To use git-crypt, you need:
-
-	* OpenSSL
-	* For decrypted git diff output, Git 1.6.1 or later
-	* For decrypted git blame output, Git 1.7.2 or later
+See the INSTALL file.
 
 
 USING GIT-CRYPT
@@ -64,3 +47,55 @@ Cloning a repository with encrypted files:
 
 That's all you need to do - after running git-crypt init, you can use
 git normally - encryption and decryption happen transparently.
+
+
+CURRENT STATUS
+
+The latest version of git-crypt is 0.3, released on 2013-04-05.
+git-crypt is not yet feature complete and the user experience is rough
+in places.  There may also be compatibility-breaking changes introduced
+before version 1.0.  That said, git-crypt is reliable and secure and
+used to protect content in real world repositories.
+
+Development on git-crypt is currently focused on improving the user
+experience, especially around setting up repositories.  There are also
+plans to add additional key management schemes, such as passphrase-derived
+keys and keys encrypted with PGP.
+
+
+SECURITY
+
+git-crypt is more secure that other transparent git encryption systems.
+git-crypt encrypts files using AES-256 in CTR mode with a synthetic
+IV derived from the SHA-1 HMAC of the file.  This is provably
+semantically secure under deterministic chosen-plaintext attack.
+That means that although the encryption is deterministic (which is
+required so git can distinguish when a file has and hasn't changed),
+it leaks no information beyond whether two files are identical or not.
+Other proposals for transparent git encryption use ECB or CBC with no
+IV.  These systems are not semantically secure and leak information.
+
+The AES key is stored unencrypted on disk.  The user is responsible for
+protecting it and ensuring it's safely distributed only to authorized
+people.  A future version of git-crypt may support encrypting the key
+with a passphrase.
+
+
+LIMITATIONS
+
+git-crypt is not designed to encrypt an entire repository.  Not only does
+that defeat the aim of git-crypt, which is the ability to selectively
+encrypt files and share the repository with less-trusted developers, there
+are probably better, more efficient ways to encrypt an entire repository,
+such as by storing it on an encrypted filesystem.  Also note that
+git-crypt is somewhat of an abuse of git's smudge, clean, and textconv
+features.  Junio Hamano, git's maintainer, has said not to do this
+<http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/113124/focus=113221>,
+though his main objection ("making a pair of similar 'smudged' contents
+totally dissimilar in their 'clean' counterparts.") does not apply here
+since git-crypt uses deterministic encryption.
+
+git-crypt does not itself provide any authentication.  It assumes that
+either the master copy of your repository is stored securely, or that
+you are using git's existing facilities to ensure integrity (signed tags,
+remembering commit hashes, etc.).

commands.cpp

@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with git-crypt.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Additional permission under GNU GPL version 3 section 7:
+ *
+ * If you modify the Program, or any covered work, by linking or
+ * combining it with the OpenSSL project's OpenSSL library (or a
+ * modified version of that library), containing parts covered by the
+ * terms of the OpenSSL or SSLeay licenses, the licensors of the Program
+ * grant you additional permission to convey the resulting work.
+ * Corresponding Source for a non-source form of such a combination
+ * shall include the source code for the parts of OpenSSL used as well
+ * as that of the covered work.
  */
 
 #include "commands.hpp"
@@ -27,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <string>
 #include <fstream>
+#include <sstream>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <cstring>
@@ -182,16 +194,19 @@ void init (const char* argv0, const char* keyfile)
 	}
 	
 	// 0. Check to see if HEAD exists.  See below why we do this.
-	bool		head_exists = system("git rev-parse HEAD >/dev/null 2>/dev/null") == 0;
+	bool			head_exists = system("git rev-parse HEAD >/dev/null 2>/dev/null") == 0;
 
-	// 1. Make sure working directory is clean
-	int		status;
-	std::string	status_output;
-	status = exec_command("git status --porcelain", status_output);
+	// 1. Make sure working directory is clean (ignoring untracked files)
+	// We do this because we run 'git checkout -f HEAD' later and we don't
+	// want the user to lose any changes.  'git checkout -f HEAD' doesn't touch
+	// untracked files so it's safe to ignore those.
+	int			status;
+	std::stringstream	status_output;
+	status = exec_command("git status -uno --porcelain", status_output);
 	if (status != 0) {
 		std::clog << "git status failed - is this a git repository?\n";
 		std::exit(1);
-	} else if (!status_output.empty() && head_exists) {
+	} else if (status_output.peek() != -1 && head_exists) {
 		// We only care that the working directory is dirty if HEAD exists.
 		// If HEAD doesn't exist, we won't be resetting to it (see below) so
 		// it doesn't matter that the working directory is dirty.
@@ -200,18 +215,23 @@ void init (const char* argv0, const char* keyfile)
 		std::exit(1);
 	}
 
+	// 2. Determine the path to the top of the repository.  We pass this as the argument
+	// to 'git checkout' below. (Determine the path now so in case it fails we haven't already
+	// mucked with the git config.)
+	std::stringstream	cdup_output;
+	if (exec_command("git rev-parse --show-cdup", cdup_output) != 0) {
+		std::clog << "git rev-parse --show-cdup failed\n";
+		std::exit(1);
+	}
+
+	// 3. Add config options to git
+
 	std::string	git_crypt_path(std::strchr(argv0, '/') ? resolve_path(argv0) : argv0);
 	std::string	keyfile_path(resolve_path(keyfile));
 
-
-	// 2. Add config options to git
-
 	// git config filter.git-crypt.smudge "git-crypt smudge /path/to/key"
-	std::string	command("git config filter.git-crypt.smudge \"");
-	command += git_crypt_path;
-	command += " smudge ";
-	command += keyfile_path;
-	command += "\"";
+	std::string	command("git config filter.git-crypt.smudge ");
+	command += escape_shell_arg(escape_shell_arg(git_crypt_path) + " smudge " + escape_shell_arg(keyfile_path));
 	
 	if (system(command.c_str()) != 0) {
 		std::clog << "git config failed\n";
@@ -219,11 +239,8 @@ void init (const char* argv0, const char* keyfile)
 	}
 
 	// git config filter.git-crypt.clean "git-crypt clean /path/to/key"
-	command = "git config filter.git-crypt.clean \"";
-	command += git_crypt_path;
-	command += " clean ";
-	command += keyfile_path;
-	command += "\"";
+	command = "git config filter.git-crypt.clean ";
+	command += escape_shell_arg(escape_shell_arg(git_crypt_path) + " clean " + escape_shell_arg(keyfile_path));
 	
 	if (system(command.c_str()) != 0) {
 		std::clog << "git config failed\n";
@@ -231,11 +248,8 @@ void init (const char* argv0, const char* keyfile)
 	}
 
 	// git config diff.git-crypt.textconv "git-crypt diff /path/to/key"
-	command = "git config diff.git-crypt.textconv \"";
-	command += git_crypt_path;
-	command += " diff ";
-	command += keyfile_path;
-	command += "\"";
+	command = "git config diff.git-crypt.textconv ";
+	command += escape_shell_arg(escape_shell_arg(git_crypt_path) + " diff " + escape_shell_arg(keyfile_path));
 	
 	if (system(command.c_str()) != 0) {
 		std::clog << "git config failed\n";
@@ -243,13 +257,26 @@ void init (const char* argv0, const char* keyfile)
 	}
 
 
-	// 3. Do a hard reset so any files that were previously checked out encrypted
+	// 4. Do a force checkout so any files that were previously checked out encrypted
 	//    will now be checked out decrypted.
 	// If HEAD doesn't exist (perhaps because this repo doesn't have any files yet)
-	// just skip the reset.
-	if (head_exists && system("git reset --hard HEAD") != 0) {
-		std::clog << "git reset --hard failed\n";
-		std::exit(1);
+	// just skip the checkout.
+	if (head_exists) {
+		std::string	path_to_top;
+		std::getline(cdup_output, path_to_top);
+
+		command = "git checkout -f HEAD -- ";
+		if (path_to_top.empty()) {
+			command += ".";
+		} else {
+			command += escape_shell_arg(path_to_top);
+		}
+
+		if (system(command.c_str()) != 0) {
+			std::clog << "git checkout failed\n";
+			std::clog << "git-crypt has been set up but existing encrypted files have not been decrypted\n";
+			std::exit(1);
+		}
 	}
 }
 

commands.hpp

@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with git-crypt.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Additional permission under GNU GPL version 3 section 7:
+ *
+ * If you modify the Program, or any covered work, by linking or
+ * combining it with the OpenSSL project's OpenSSL library (or a
+ * modified version of that library), containing parts covered by the
+ * terms of the OpenSSL or SSLeay licenses, the licensors of the Program
+ * grant you additional permission to convey the resulting work.
+ * Corresponding Source for a non-source form of such a combination
+ * shall include the source code for the parts of OpenSSL used as well
+ * as that of the covered work.
  */
 
 #ifndef _COMMANDS_H

crypto.cpp

@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with git-crypt.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Additional permission under GNU GPL version 3 section 7:
+ *
+ * If you modify the Program, or any covered work, by linking or
+ * combining it with the OpenSSL project's OpenSSL library (or a
+ * modified version of that library), containing parts covered by the
+ * terms of the OpenSSL or SSLeay licenses, the licensors of the Program
+ * grant you additional permission to convey the resulting work.
+ * Corresponding Source for a non-source form of such a combination
+ * shall include the source code for the parts of OpenSSL used as well
+ * as that of the covered work.
  */
 
 #define _BSD_SOURCE

crypto.hpp

@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with git-crypt.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Additional permission under GNU GPL version 3 section 7:
+ *
+ * If you modify the Program, or any covered work, by linking or
+ * combining it with the OpenSSL project's OpenSSL library (or a
+ * modified version of that library), containing parts covered by the
+ * terms of the OpenSSL or SSLeay licenses, the licensors of the Program
+ * grant you additional permission to convey the resulting work.
+ * Corresponding Source for a non-source form of such a combination
+ * shall include the source code for the parts of OpenSSL used as well
+ * as that of the covered work.
  */
 
 #ifndef _CRYPTO_H

git-crypt.cpp

@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with git-crypt.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Additional permission under GNU GPL version 3 section 7:
+ *
+ * If you modify the Program, or any covered work, by linking or
+ * combining it with the OpenSSL project's OpenSSL library (or a
+ * modified version of that library), containing parts covered by the
+ * terms of the OpenSSL or SSLeay licenses, the licensors of the Program
+ * grant you additional permission to convey the resulting work.
+ * Corresponding Source for a non-source form of such a combination
+ * shall include the source code for the parts of OpenSSL used as well
+ * as that of the covered work.
  */
 
 #include "commands.hpp"

util.cpp

@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with git-crypt.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Additional permission under GNU GPL version 3 section 7:
+ *
+ * If you modify the Program, or any covered work, by linking or
+ * combining it with the OpenSSL project's OpenSSL library (or a
+ * modified version of that library), containing parts covered by the
+ * terms of the OpenSSL or SSLeay licenses, the licensors of the Program
+ * grant you additional permission to convey the resulting work.
+ * Corresponding Source for a non-source form of such a combination
+ * shall include the source code for the parts of OpenSSL used as well
+ * as that of the covered work.
  */
 
 #include "util.hpp"
@@ -29,7 +40,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fstream>
 
-int exec_command (const char* command, std::string& output)
+int exec_command (const char* command, std::ostream& output)
 {
 	int		pipefd[2];
 	if (pipe(pipefd) == -1) {
@@ -54,7 +65,7 @@ int exec_command (const char* command, std::string& output)
 	char		buffer[1024];
 	ssize_t		bytes_read;
 	while ((bytes_read = read(pipefd[0], buffer, sizeof(buffer))) > 0) {
-		output.append(buffer, bytes_read);
+		output.write(buffer, bytes_read);
 	}
 	close(pipefd[0]);
 	int		status = 0;
@@ -101,3 +112,17 @@ void	open_tempfile (std::fstream& file, std::ios_base::openmode mode)
 	delete[] path;
 }
 
+std::string	escape_shell_arg (const std::string& str)
+{
+	std::string	new_str;
+	new_str.push_back('"');
+	for (std::string::const_iterator it(str.begin()); it != str.end(); ++it) {
+		if (*it == '"' || *it == '\\' || *it == '$' || *it == '`') {
+			new_str.push_back('\\');
+		}
+		new_str.push_back(*it);
+	}
+	new_str.push_back('"');
+	return new_str;
+}
+

util.hpp

@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with git-crypt.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Additional permission under GNU GPL version 3 section 7:
+ *
+ * If you modify the Program, or any covered work, by linking or
+ * combining it with the OpenSSL project's OpenSSL library (or a
+ * modified version of that library), containing parts covered by the
+ * terms of the OpenSSL or SSLeay licenses, the licensors of the Program
+ * grant you additional permission to convey the resulting work.
+ * Corresponding Source for a non-source form of such a combination
+ * shall include the source code for the parts of OpenSSL used as well
+ * as that of the covered work.
  */
 
 #ifndef _UTIL_H
@@ -24,9 +35,10 @@
 #include <ios>
 #include <iosfwd>
 
-int		exec_command (const char* command, std::string& output);
+int		exec_command (const char* command, std::ostream& output);
 std::string	resolve_path (const char* path);
 void		open_tempfile (std::fstream&, std::ios_base::openmode);
+std::string	escape_shell_arg (const std::string&);
 
 #endif