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Closes #443

Before this change, a push from a feature branch could reach main on a public repo in two ways the repo-scoped rule didn't catch.

  • Unique-prefix options. _pushed_branches now maps each --opt[=v] token to its git push long option through policy._long_prefixes. The option list comes from git push -h / builtin/push.c. So --al, --b/--bra and --m/--mirr are read as --all, --branches and --mirror, and --ta as --tags. An ambiguous prefix like --a (all/atomic) stays a plain flag, as git treats it.
  • Glob refspecs. A refspec holding * now gives a new (glob): marker. _judge resolves it through fact() with _glob_branches: it matches the source pattern against every local ref by full refname, substitutes the matched part into the destination, and strips refs/heads/.
    • Matching uses the full refname, unqualified, because that is what git does. With git 2.53, git push -n origin 'feature/*:feature/*' matches nothing, while '*:*' sends main.
    • A + prefix is stripped, and ^ (negative) refspecs are skipped.
    • Configured remote.<name>.push globs in _default_push_branches are mapped the same way.
    • If git can't list refs, the destination is read literally, as before (fail open). DeadlineExceededError is re-raised.

BACKLOG.md moves #443 to Done (unreleased), and CHANGELOG.md gets an [Unreleased] entry. I left the version bump for you.

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  • uv run pytest tests/test_rules.py: 225 passed, 1 failed. The new tests use a real git init --bare remote and cover:
    • --al/--bra/--b/--mirr/--m and CLI glob refspecs from feature/x, all denied
    • --a, --at, --repo=origin, a feature/* glob, a short feature/* glob and a ^ refspec, all allowed
    • a configured remote.origin.push glob: a feature-only glob is allowed, +refs/heads/*:refs/heads/* is denied
    • git lookup failure (a directory that isn't a repo, and git missing): fails open
  • The 1 failure is test_long_repeats_are_judged_within_a_second[bash-c-100000]. It also fails on unmodified main on this machine (I checked with git stash), so it's a timing bound, not this change.
  • tests/test_guard.py + tests/test_policy.py: the same 8 failures with and without this change (git stash), all timing-bound tests plus test_repo_block_message_embeds_governing_excerpt. No new failures.
  • ruff check .: clean. mypy src (strict): clean.
  • Live check against a real repo checked out on feature/x with a bare remote, through rules.evaluate and a branch: [main] rule:
    • denied: --al, --bra, --mirr, 'refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*', '*:*'
    • allowed: --a, the feature/* glob, git push origin feature/x
  • I also ran git push -n with each form to confirm git itself reads them this way.

Did not run

  • The full test suite and the Windows/macOS matrix. CI covers them.
  • An end-to-end run through omind guard check: the consult gate blocks before the note rules run in a fresh session, so I called rules.evaluate directly.

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  • There is no python on PATH (only python3), and uv run pytest failed until I ran uv sync --all-extras to install the dev tools.
  • Several timing-bound guard tests (*_within_a_second, test_other_long_repeats_stay_linear) fail on this machine even on unmodified main.

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git takes any unique prefix of a long option, so `git push --al origin` is
`--all` and `--mirr` is `--mirror`; the push parser matched only the exact
tokens and read them as a bare push of the checked-out branch. Push options
now resolve by unique prefix over git push's long options via
policy._long_prefixes.

A refspec holding `*` (on the command line or in remote.<name>.push) is
judged against every local ref its source matches, mapped to the
destination, instead of a literal branch named `*`. Fails open to the
literal destination when git cannot list refs.

Closes #443

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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  • Bug Fixes
    • Push rules now recognize unique abbreviations of Git’s --all, --branches, and --mirror options; ambiguous abbreviations remain flags.
    • Glob refspecs are checked against matching local refs and their destination branches, including configured push refspecs. If refs cannot be listed, rules check the literal destination as a fallback.

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Push rules now recognize unique prefixes of Git push options and evaluate glob refspecs against matching local refs and their mapped destinations. Tests cover command-line and configured refspecs, negative refspecs, and lookup failures.

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Push rule matching

Layer / File(s) Summary
Parse push options and refspecs
src/omind/rules.py
Push parsing resolves unique long-option prefixes, ignores negative refspecs, and records glob patterns for evaluation. Configured wildcard refspecs are expanded for bare pushes.
Resolve refspecs and validate push rules
src/omind/rules.py, tests/test_rules.py, CHANGELOG.md, BACKLOG.md
Rule evaluation maps matching local refs to destination branches and falls back to the literal destination if ref lookup fails. Tests cover option prefixes, glob refspecs, and failure paths. The changelog and backlog record the change.

Priority: ⬆️ High

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

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sequenceDiagram
  participant PushArguments
  participant _pushed_branches
  participant _judge
  participant _glob_branches
  participant LocalGitRefs
  participant BranchConditions
  PushArguments->>_pushed_branches: Parse options and refspecs
  _pushed_branches-->>_judge: Return branch names and glob markers
  _judge->>_glob_branches: Resolve glob marker
  _glob_branches->>LocalGitRefs: List local refs
  LocalGitRefs-->>_glob_branches: Return local refs
  _glob_branches-->>_judge: Return mapped destinations or literal destination
  _judge->>BranchConditions: Match destination branches
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 5c9f4

Push rules now understand abbreviated options and wildcard refspecs. However, a pruning wildcard push can still delete a protected remote branch unnoticed, and pushes that exclude main with a ^ refspec are wrongly blocked. Address both before merging.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 5c9f4

The change improves branch protection without granting new push permissions. However, wildcard pruning can still bypass the branch check, and lookup failures retain fail-open behavior. These limitations predate this PR; exposure remains bounded by existing push credentials and remote-side permissions.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The pruning attack can affect remote-only refs throughout the supplied destination wildcard namespace, rather than only the checked-out branch. Execution requires existing authority to push to the chosen remote, and deletion still depends on remote-side permissions and protections. No new credentials or cross-service authority are introduced by the inspected change.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • observed — The retained static-trace finding covers a push such as git push --prune origin 'refs/heads/:refs/heads/' when protected main exists remotely but not among local heads. Local mapping omits main, so its branch condition does not trigger even though Git pruning can delete it if the remote permits deletion. Base also missed this destination by comparing the literal wildcard; the finding predates this PR and was not shown to gain exposure.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Attacker-influenced command options and refspecs feed the existing repository-scoped rule check. Head correctly models ordinary wildcard updates that include a local protected branch, and the added tests assert denial for these cases. These checks do not represent remote-only pruning deletions.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Failed Git enumeration returns the literal wildcard destination, preserving the previous fail-open result; the new failure-path test explicitly asserts allowance. The glob resolver separately re-raises judging-deadline exceptions, and evaluate documents guard denial on budget exhaustion. Complete ref-transition coverage is not established for pruning, changes after preflight, or partial remote execution.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Model wildcard pruning as authorization over both updates and remote-only deletions. Where complete mutation targets cannot be established, consider an explicit conservative policy rather than treating a literal wildcard as a fully evaluated branch set. Validate the model against supported Git versions and remote-side protected-branch controls.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly summarizes the main change: push-rule evaluation now handles unique-prefix push options and glob refspecs.
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #443 requires unique-prefix push options, glob-refspec evaluation, real-repository tests, and fail-open handling for ref lookup failures. The PR summary reports that src/omind/rules.py maps un…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The source changes, tests, changelog entry, and BACKLOG.md update all relate to implementing or documenting issue #443. The available summary identifies no unrelated changes.
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- [x] **rules: unique-prefix push options (`--al`, `--mirr`) and glob refspecs reach main from a feature branch** ([#443](https://github.com/CryptoJones/omind/issues/443)) — _bug_ —

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This entry marks #443 done, but the linked GitHub issue remains open. Keep it unchecked under Open until the change ships and the issue closes, or update both records together at that point. (github.com)

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out = _git_out(repo, "for-each-ref", "--format=%(refname)")
if out is None:
return literal
mapped = (_glob_dest(src, dst, ref) for ref in out.split())
return [d.removeprefix("refs/heads/") for d in mapped if d is not None]

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Authorization Bypass

Reachability: External
Exploitability: Moderate
CWE: CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

Include remote branches that --prune will delete.

If local main is absent but remote main exists, git push --prune origin 'refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*' can delete remote main. This lookup returns only destinations mapped from existing local refs, so _judge misses that deletion and allows the push under the public-main rule. Carry the --prune option into glob resolution and include affected remote destinations, as mirror resolution already does for deletions. (git-scm.com)

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Update the glob-resolution path in `_judge` to account for remote destinations
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if token.startswith("^"):
continue # a negative refspec only excludes

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Apply negative refspecs to positive glob matches.

For git push origin 'refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*' '^refs/heads/main', Git excludes main from the push. This branch drops the exclusion, then _glob_branches includes local main. The public-main rule therefore denies a push that does not target main. Keep the negative source patterns and filter expanded refs before judging their destinations. Apply the same rule to configured push refspecs at src/omind/rules.py Lines 473–478. (git-scm.com)

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Update the refspec handling around the token.startswith("^") check to retain
negative source patterns and apply them to refs expanded from positive glob
matches before evaluating destinations. Apply the same exclusion behavior in the
configured push-refspec handling associated with _glob_branches, preserving the
public-main rule’s decision based on the filtered refs.

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