Merge pull request #10102 from NixOS/backport-10044-to-2.20-maintenance

[Backport 2.20-maintenance] Handle empty Git repositories / workdirs

.version

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.20.0
+2.20.4

Makefile

@@ -47,6 +47,17 @@ makefiles += \
   tests/functional/plugins/local.mk
 endif
 
+# Some makefiles require access to built programs and must be included late.
+makefiles-late =
+
+ifeq ($(ENABLE_DOC_GEN), yes)
+makefiles-late += doc/manual/local.mk
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(ENABLE_INTERNAL_API_DOCS), yes)
+makefiles-late += doc/internal-api/local.mk
+endif
+
 # Miscellaneous global Flags
 
 OPTIMIZE = 1
@@ -95,24 +106,16 @@ installcheck:
 	@exit 1
 endif
 
-# Documentation or else fallback stub rules.
-#
-# The documentation makefiles be included after `mk/lib.mk` so rules
-# refer to variables defined by `mk/lib.mk`. Rules are not "lazy" like
-# variables, unfortunately.
+# Documentation fallback stub rules.
 
-ifeq ($(ENABLE_DOC_GEN), yes)
-$(eval $(call include-sub-makefile, doc/manual/local.mk))
-else
+ifneq ($(ENABLE_DOC_GEN), yes)
 .PHONY: manual-html manpages
 manual-html manpages:
 	@echo "Generated docs are disabled. Configure without '--disable-doc-gen', or avoid calling 'make manpages' and 'make manual-html'."
 	@exit 1
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(ENABLE_INTERNAL_API_DOCS), yes)
-$(eval $(call include-sub-makefile, doc/internal-api/local.mk))
-else
+ifneq ($(ENABLE_INTERNAL_API_DOCS), yes)
 .PHONY: internal-api-html
 internal-api-html:
 	@echo "Internal API docs are disabled. Configure with '--enable-internal-api-docs', or avoid calling 'make internal-api-html'."

doc/manual/rl-next/leading-period.md

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+synopsis: Store paths are allowed to start with `.`
+issues: 912
+prs: 9867 9091 9095 9120 9121 9122 9130 9219 9224
+---
+
+Leading periods were allowed by accident in Nix 2.4. The Nix team has considered this to be a bug, but this behavior has since been relied on by users, leading to unnecessary difficulties.
+From now on, leading periods are officially, definitively supported. The names `.` and `..` are disallowed, as well as those starting with `.-` or `..-`.
+
+Nix versions that denied leading periods are documented [in the issue](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/912#issuecomment-1919583286).

flake.nix

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       inherit (import (builtins.fetchTarball { url = "https://github.com/NixOS/nix/archive/1bdcd7fc8a6a40b2e805bad759b36e64e911036b.tar.gz"; sha256 = "sha256:14ljlpdsp4x7h1fkhbmc4bd3vsqnx8zdql4h3037wh09ad6a0893"; }))
         fileset;
 
-      officialRelease = false;
+      officialRelease = true;
 
       # Set to true to build the release notes for the next release.
       buildUnreleasedNotes = false;
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 
           nix =
             let
-              officialRelease = false;
+              officialRelease = true;
               versionSuffix =
                 if officialRelease
                 then ""
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
                 stdenv
                 versionSuffix
                 ;
-              officialRelease = false;
+              officialRelease = true;
               boehmgc = final.boehmgc-nix;
               libgit2 = final.libgit2-nix;
               busybox-sandbox-shell = final.busybox-sandbox-shell or final.default-busybox-sandbox-shell;

mk/lib.mk

@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ $(foreach test-group, $(install-tests-groups), \
     $(eval $(call run-test,$(test),$(install_test_init))) \
     $(eval $(test-group).test-group: $(test).test)))
 
+# Include makefiles requiring built programs.
+$(foreach mf, $(makefiles-late), $(eval $(call include-sub-makefile,$(mf))))
+
+
 $(foreach file, $(man-pages), $(eval $(call install-data-in, $(file), $(mandir)/man$(patsubst .%,%,$(suffix $(file))))))
 
 

src/libcmd/installable-value.cc

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ ref<InstallableValue> InstallableValue::require(ref<Installable> installable)
 std::optional<DerivedPathWithInfo> InstallableValue::trySinglePathToDerivedPaths(Value & v, const PosIdx pos, std::string_view errorCtx)
 {
     if (v.type() == nPath) {
-        auto storePath = fetchToStore(*state->store, v.path());
+        auto storePath = fetchToStore(*state->store, v.path(), FetchMode::Copy);
         return {{
             .path = DerivedPath::Opaque {
                 .path = std::move(storePath),

src/libexpr/eval.cc

@@ -507,13 +507,13 @@ EvalState::~EvalState()
 void EvalState::allowPath(const Path & path)
 {
     if (auto rootFS2 = rootFS.dynamic_pointer_cast<AllowListInputAccessor>())
-        rootFS2->allowPath(CanonPath(path));
+        rootFS2->allowPrefix(CanonPath(path));
 }
 
 void EvalState::allowPath(const StorePath & storePath)
 {
     if (auto rootFS2 = rootFS.dynamic_pointer_cast<AllowListInputAccessor>())
-        rootFS2->allowPath(CanonPath(store->toRealPath(storePath)));
+        rootFS2->allowPrefix(CanonPath(store->toRealPath(storePath)));
 }
 
 void EvalState::allowAndSetStorePathString(const StorePath & storePath, Value & v)
@@ -2338,7 +2338,14 @@ StorePath EvalState::copyPathToStore(NixStringContext & context, const SourcePat
     auto dstPath = i != srcToStore.end()
         ? i->second
         : [&]() {
-            auto dstPath = fetchToStore(*store, path, path.baseName(), FileIngestionMethod::Recursive, nullptr, repair);
+            auto dstPath = fetchToStore(
+                *store,
+                path.resolveSymlinks(),
+                settings.readOnlyMode ? FetchMode::DryRun : FetchMode::Copy,
+                path.baseName(),
+                FileIngestionMethod::Recursive,
+                nullptr,
+                repair);
             allowPath(dstPath);
             srcToStore.insert_or_assign(path, dstPath);
             printMsg(lvlChatty, "copied source '%1%' -> '%2%'", path, store->printStorePath(dstPath));

src/libexpr/flake/lockfile.cc

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ LockFile::LockFile(const nlohmann::json & json, const Path & path)
                 std::string inputKey = i.value();
                 auto k = nodeMap.find(inputKey);
                 if (k == nodeMap.end()) {
-                    auto nodes = json["nodes"];
+                    auto & nodes = json["nodes"];
                     auto jsonNode2 = nodes.find(inputKey);
                     if (jsonNode2 == nodes.end())
                         throw Error("lock file references missing node '%s'", inputKey);

src/libexpr/primops.cc

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ StringMap EvalState::realiseContext(const NixStringContext & context)
     return res;
 }
 
-static SourcePath realisePath(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value & v, bool resolveSymlinks = true)
+static SourcePath realisePath(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value & v, std::optional<SymlinkResolution> resolveSymlinks = SymlinkResolution::Full)
 {
     NixStringContext context;
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static SourcePath realisePath(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value & v, bo
             auto realPath = state.toRealPath(rewriteStrings(path.path.abs(), rewrites), context);
             path = {path.accessor, CanonPath(realPath)};
         }
-        return resolveSymlinks ? path.resolveSymlinks() : path;
+        return resolveSymlinks ? path.resolveSymlinks(*resolveSymlinks) : path;
     } catch (Error & e) {
         e.addTrace(state.positions[pos], "while realising the context of path '%s'", path);
         throw;
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static void mkOutputString(
    argument. */
 static void import(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value & vPath, Value * vScope, Value & v)
 {
-    auto path = realisePath(state, pos, vPath, false);
+    auto path = realisePath(state, pos, vPath, std::nullopt);
     auto path2 = path.path.abs();
 
     // FIXME
@@ -1534,13 +1534,16 @@ static void prim_pathExists(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value * * args,
     try {
         auto & arg = *args[0];
 
-        auto path = realisePath(state, pos, arg);
-
         /* SourcePath doesn't know about trailing slash. */
+        state.forceValue(arg, pos);
         auto mustBeDir = arg.type() == nString
             && (arg.string_view().ends_with("/")
                 || arg.string_view().ends_with("/."));
 
+        auto symlinkResolution =
+            mustBeDir ? SymlinkResolution::Full : SymlinkResolution::Ancestors;
+        auto path = realisePath(state, pos, arg, symlinkResolution);
+
         auto st = path.maybeLstat();
         auto exists = st && (!mustBeDir || st->type == SourceAccessor::tDirectory);
         v.mkBool(exists);
@@ -1777,7 +1780,7 @@ static std::string_view fileTypeToString(InputAccessor::Type type)
 
 static void prim_readFileType(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
 {
-    auto path = realisePath(state, pos, *args[0], false);
+    auto path = realisePath(state, pos, *args[0], std::nullopt);
     /* Retrieve the directory entry type and stringize it. */
     v.mkString(fileTypeToString(path.lstat().type));
 }
@@ -2241,7 +2244,14 @@ static void addPath(
             });
 
         if (!expectedHash || !state.store->isValidPath(*expectedStorePath)) {
-            auto dstPath = fetchToStore(*state.store, path, name, method, filter.get(), state.repair);
+            auto dstPath = fetchToStore(
+                *state.store,
+                path.resolveSymlinks(),
+                settings.readOnlyMode ? FetchMode::DryRun : FetchMode::Copy,
+                name,
+                method,
+                filter.get(),
+                state.repair);
             if (expectedHash && expectedStorePath != dstPath)
                 state.debugThrowLastTrace(Error("store path mismatch in (possibly filtered) path added from '%s'", path));
             state.allowAndSetStorePathString(dstPath, v);

src/libfetchers/fetch-to-store.cc

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ namespace nix {
 StorePath fetchToStore(
     Store & store,
     const SourcePath & path,
+    FetchMode mode,
     std::string_view name,
     ContentAddressMethod method,
     PathFilter * filter,
@@ -47,18 +48,19 @@ StorePath fetchToStore(
     } else
         debug("source path '%s' is uncacheable", path);
 
-    Activity act(*logger, lvlChatty, actUnknown, fmt("copying '%s' to the store", path));
+    Activity act(*logger, lvlChatty, actUnknown,
+        fmt(mode == FetchMode::DryRun ? "hashing '%s'" : "copying '%s' to the store", path));
 
     auto filter2 = filter ? *filter : defaultPathFilter;
 
     auto storePath =
-        settings.readOnlyMode
+        mode == FetchMode::DryRun
         ? store.computeStorePath(
             name, *path.accessor, path.path, method, HashAlgorithm::SHA256, {}, filter2).first
         : store.addToStore(
             name, *path.accessor, path.path, method, HashAlgorithm::SHA256, {}, filter2, repair);
 
-    if (cacheKey)
+    if (cacheKey && mode == FetchMode::Copy)
         fetchers::getCache()->add(store, *cacheKey, {}, storePath, true);
 
     return storePath;

src/libfetchers/fetch-to-store.hh

@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
+enum struct FetchMode { DryRun, Copy };
+
 /**
  * Copy the `path` to the Nix store.
  */
 StorePath fetchToStore(
     Store & store,
     const SourcePath & path,
+    FetchMode mode,
     std::string_view name = "source",
     ContentAddressMethod method = FileIngestionMethod::Recursive,
     PathFilter * filter = nullptr,

src/libfetchers/fetchers.cc

@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ void InputScheme::clone(const Input & input, const Path & destDir) const
 std::pair<StorePath, Input> InputScheme::fetch(ref<Store> store, const Input & input)
 {
     auto [accessor, input2] = getAccessor(store, input);
-    auto storePath = fetchToStore(*store, SourcePath(accessor), input2.getName());
+    auto storePath = fetchToStore(*store, SourcePath(accessor), FetchMode::Copy, input2.getName());
     return {storePath, input2};
 }
 

src/libfetchers/filtering-input-accessor.cc

@@ -51,33 +51,33 @@ void FilteringInputAccessor::checkAccess(const CanonPath & path)
 
 struct AllowListInputAccessorImpl : AllowListInputAccessor
 {
-    std::set<CanonPath> allowedPaths;
+    std::set<CanonPath> allowedPrefixes;
 
     AllowListInputAccessorImpl(
         ref<InputAccessor> next,
-        std::set<CanonPath> && allowedPaths,
+        std::set<CanonPath> && allowedPrefixes,
         MakeNotAllowedError && makeNotAllowedError)
         : AllowListInputAccessor(SourcePath(next), std::move(makeNotAllowedError))
-        , allowedPaths(std::move(allowedPaths))
+        , allowedPrefixes(std::move(allowedPrefixes))
     { }
 
     bool isAllowed(const CanonPath & path) override
     {
-        return path.isAllowed(allowedPaths);
+        return path.isAllowed(allowedPrefixes);
     }
 
-    void allowPath(CanonPath path) override
+    void allowPrefix(CanonPath prefix) override
     {
-        allowedPaths.insert(std::move(path));
+        allowedPrefixes.insert(std::move(prefix));
     }
 };
 
 ref<AllowListInputAccessor> AllowListInputAccessor::create(
     ref<InputAccessor> next,
-    std::set<CanonPath> && allowedPaths,
+    std::set<CanonPath> && allowedPrefixes,
     MakeNotAllowedError && makeNotAllowedError)
 {
-    return make_ref<AllowListInputAccessorImpl>(next, std::move(allowedPaths), std::move(makeNotAllowedError));
+    return make_ref<AllowListInputAccessorImpl>(next, std::move(allowedPrefixes), std::move(makeNotAllowedError));
 }
 
 bool CachingFilteringInputAccessor::isAllowed(const CanonPath & path)

src/libfetchers/filtering-input-accessor.hh

@@ -54,18 +54,19 @@ struct FilteringInputAccessor : InputAccessor
 };
 
 /**
- * A wrapping `InputAccessor` that checks paths against an allow-list.
+ * A wrapping `InputAccessor` that checks paths against a set of
+ * allowed prefixes.
  */
 struct AllowListInputAccessor : public FilteringInputAccessor
 {
     /**
-     * Grant access to the specified path.
+     * Grant access to the specified prefix.
      */
-    virtual void allowPath(CanonPath path) = 0;
+    virtual void allowPrefix(CanonPath prefix) = 0;
 
     static ref<AllowListInputAccessor> create(
         ref<InputAccessor> next,
-        std::set<CanonPath> && allowedPaths,
+        std::set<CanonPath> && allowedPrefixes,
         MakeNotAllowedError && makeNotAllowedError);
 
     using FilteringInputAccessor::FilteringInputAccessor;

src/libfetchers/git-utils.cc

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "fs-input-accessor.hh"
 #include "input-accessor.hh"
 #include "filtering-input-accessor.hh"
+#include "memory-input-accessor.hh"
 #include "cache.hh"
 #include "finally.hh"
 #include "processes.hh"
@@ -750,17 +751,21 @@ ref<InputAccessor> GitRepoImpl::getAccessor(const Hash & rev, bool exportIgnore)
 ref<InputAccessor> GitRepoImpl::getAccessor(const WorkdirInfo & wd, bool exportIgnore, MakeNotAllowedError makeNotAllowedError)
 {
     auto self = ref<GitRepoImpl>(shared_from_this());
+    /* In case of an empty workdir, return an empty in-memory tree. We
+       cannot use AllowListInputAccessor because it would return an
+       error for the root (and we can't add the root to the allow-list
+       since that would allow access to all its children). */
     ref<InputAccessor> fileAccessor =
-        AllowListInputAccessor::create(
-                makeFSInputAccessor(path),
-                std::set<CanonPath> { wd.files },
-                std::move(makeNotAllowedError));
-    if (exportIgnore) {
+        wd.files.empty()
+        ? makeEmptyInputAccessor()
+        : AllowListInputAccessor::create(
+            makeFSInputAccessor(path),
+            std::set<CanonPath> { wd.files },
+            std::move(makeNotAllowedError)).cast<InputAccessor>();
+    if (exportIgnore)
         return make_ref<GitExportIgnoreInputAccessor>(self, fileAccessor, std::nullopt);
-    }
-    else {
+    else
         return fileAccessor;
-    }
 }
 
 std::vector<std::tuple<GitRepoImpl::Submodule, Hash>> GitRepoImpl::getSubmodules(const Hash & rev, bool exportIgnore)

src/libfetchers/git.cc

@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ std::vector<PublicKey> getPublicKeys(const Attrs & attrs)
 
 }  // end namespace
 
+static const Hash nullRev{HashAlgorithm::SHA1};
+
 struct GitInputScheme : InputScheme
 {
     std::optional<Input> inputFromURL(const ParsedURL & url, bool requireTree) const override
@@ -708,10 +710,12 @@ struct GitInputScheme : InputScheme
             if (auto ref = repo->getWorkdirRef())
                 input.attrs.insert_or_assign("ref", *ref);
 
-            auto rev = repoInfo.workdirInfo.headRev.value();
+            /* Return a rev of 000... if there are no commits yet. */
+            auto rev = repoInfo.workdirInfo.headRev.value_or(nullRev);
 
             input.attrs.insert_or_assign("rev", rev.gitRev());
-            input.attrs.insert_or_assign("revCount", getRevCount(repoInfo, repoInfo.url, rev));
+            input.attrs.insert_or_assign("revCount",
+                rev == nullRev ? 0 : getRevCount(repoInfo, repoInfo.url, rev));
 
             verifyCommit(input, repo);
         } else {

src/libfetchers/memory-input-accessor.cc

@@ -20,4 +20,10 @@ ref<MemoryInputAccessor> makeMemoryInputAccessor()
     return make_ref<MemoryInputAccessorImpl>();
 }
 
+ref<InputAccessor> makeEmptyInputAccessor()
+{
+    static auto empty = makeMemoryInputAccessor().cast<InputAccessor>();
+    return empty;
+}
+
 }

src/libfetchers/memory-input-accessor.hh

@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ struct MemoryInputAccessor : InputAccessor
 
 ref<MemoryInputAccessor> makeMemoryInputAccessor();
 
+ref<InputAccessor> makeEmptyInputAccessor();
+
 }

src/libstore/builtins/fetchurl.cc

@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ void builtinFetchurl(const BasicDerivation & drv, const std::string & netrcData)
         writeFile(settings.netrcFile, netrcData, 0600);
     }
 
+    auto out = get(drv.outputs, "out");
+    if (!out)
+        throw Error("'builtin:fetchurl' requires an 'out' output");
+
+    if (!(drv.type().isFixed() || drv.type().isImpure()))
+        throw Error("'builtin:fetchurl' must be a fixed-output or impure derivation");
+
     auto getAttr = [&](const std::string & name) {
         auto i = drv.env.find(name);
         if (i == drv.env.end()) throw Error("attribute '%s' missing", name);
@@ -59,13 +66,12 @@ void builtinFetchurl(const BasicDerivation & drv, const std::string & netrcData)
     };
 
     /* Try the hashed mirrors first. */
-    if (getAttr("outputHashMode") == "flat")
+    auto dof = std::get_if<DerivationOutput::CAFixed>(&out->raw);
+    if (dof && dof->ca.method.getFileIngestionMethod() == FileIngestionMethod::Flat)
         for (auto hashedMirror : settings.hashedMirrors.get())
             try {
                 if (!hasSuffix(hashedMirror, "/")) hashedMirror += '/';
-                std::optional<HashAlgorithm> ht = parseHashAlgoOpt(getAttr("outputHashAlgo"));
-                Hash h = newHashAllowEmpty(getAttr("outputHash"), ht);
-                fetch(hashedMirror + printHashAlgo(h.algo) + "/" + h.to_string(HashFormat::Base16, false));
+                fetch(hashedMirror + printHashAlgo(dof->ca.hash.algo) + "/" + dof->ca.hash.to_string(HashFormat::Base16, false));
                 return;
             } catch (Error & e) {
                 debug(e.what());

src/libstore/path-regex.hh

@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
-static constexpr std::string_view nameRegexStr = R"([0-9a-zA-Z\+\-_\?=][0-9a-zA-Z\+\-\._\?=]*)";
+
+static constexpr std::string_view nameRegexStr =
+    // This uses a negative lookahead: (?!\.\.?(-|$))
+    //   - deny ".", "..", or those strings followed by '-'
+    //   - when it's not those, start again at the start of the input and apply the next regex, which is [0-9a-zA-Z\+\-\._\?=]+
+    R"((?!\.\.?(-|$))[0-9a-zA-Z\+\-\._\?=]+)";
 
 }

src/libstore/path.cc

@@ -9,9 +9,20 @@ static void checkName(std::string_view path, std::string_view name)
     if (name.size() > StorePath::MaxPathLen)
         throw BadStorePath("store path '%s' has a name longer than %d characters",
             path, StorePath::MaxPathLen);
-    if (name[0] == '.')
-        throw BadStorePath("store path '%s' starts with illegal character '.'", path);
     // See nameRegexStr for the definition
+    if (name[0] == '.') {
+        // check against "." and "..", followed by end or dash
+        if (name.size() == 1)
+            throw BadStorePath("store path '%s' has invalid name '%s'", path, name);
+        if (name[1] == '-')
+            throw BadStorePath("store path '%s' has invalid name '%s': first dash-separated component must not be '%s'", path, name, ".");
+        if (name[1] == '.') {
+            if (name.size() == 2)
+                throw BadStorePath("store path '%s' has invalid name '%s'", path, name);
+            if (name[2] == '-')
+                throw BadStorePath("store path '%s' has invalid name '%s': first dash-separated component must not be '%s'", path, name, "..");
+        }
+    }
     for (auto c : name)
         if (!((c >= '0' && c <= '9')
                 || (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z')

src/libutil/config-impl.hh

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Template implementations (as opposed to mere declarations).
  *
- * This file is an exmample of the "impl.hh" pattern. See the
+ * This file is an example of the "impl.hh" pattern. See the
  * contributing guide.
  *
  * One only needs to include this when one is declaring a

src/libutil/config.cc

@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ void AbstractConfig::reapplyUnknownSettings()
 void Config::getSettings(std::map<std::string, SettingInfo> & res, bool overriddenOnly)
 {
     for (const auto & opt : _settings)
-        if (!opt.second.isAlias && (!overriddenOnly || opt.second.setting->overridden))
+        if (!opt.second.isAlias
+            && (!overriddenOnly || opt.second.setting->overridden)
+            && experimentalFeatureSettings.isEnabled(opt.second.setting->experimentalFeature))
             res.emplace(opt.first, SettingInfo{opt.second.setting->to_string(), opt.second.setting->description});
 }
 

src/libutil/source-path.cc

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ bool SourcePath::operator<(const SourcePath & x) const
     return std::tie(*accessor, path) < std::tie(*x.accessor, x.path);
 }
 
-SourcePath SourcePath::resolveSymlinks() const
+SourcePath SourcePath::resolveSymlinks(SymlinkResolution mode) const
 {
     auto res = SourcePath(accessor);
 
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ SourcePath SourcePath::resolveSymlinks() const
     for (auto & c : path)
         todo.push_back(std::string(c));
 
+    bool resolve_last = mode == SymlinkResolution::Full;
+
     while (!todo.empty()) {
         auto c = *todo.begin();
         todo.pop_front();
@@ -81,14 +83,16 @@ SourcePath SourcePath::resolveSymlinks() const
             res.path.pop();
         else {
             res.path.push(c);
-            if (auto st = res.maybeLstat(); st && st->type == InputAccessor::tSymlink) {
-                if (!linksAllowed--)
-                    throw Error("infinite symlink recursion in path '%s'", path);
-                auto target = res.readLink();
-                res.path.pop();
-                if (hasPrefix(target, "/"))
-                    res.path = CanonPath::root;
-                todo.splice(todo.begin(), tokenizeString<std::list<std::string>>(target, "/"));
+            if (resolve_last || !todo.empty()) {
+                if (auto st = res.maybeLstat(); st && st->type == InputAccessor::tSymlink) {
+                    if (!linksAllowed--)
+                        throw Error("infinite symlink recursion in path '%s'", path);
+                    auto target = res.readLink();
+                    res.path.pop();
+                    if (hasPrefix(target, "/"))
+                        res.path = CanonPath::root;
+                    todo.splice(todo.begin(), tokenizeString<std::list<std::string>>(target, "/"));
+                }
             }
         }
     }

src/libutil/source-path.hh

@@ -11,6 +11,26 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
+/**
+ * Note there is a decent chance this type soon goes away because the problem is solved another way.
+ * See the discussion in https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9985.
+ */
+enum class SymlinkResolution {
+    /**
+     * Resolve symlinks in the ancestors only.
+     *
+     * Only the last component of the result is possibly a symlink.
+     */
+    Ancestors,
+
+    /**
+     * Resolve symlinks fully, realpath(3)-style.
+     *
+     * No component of the result will be a symlink.
+     */
+    Full,
+};
+
 /**
  * An abstraction for accessing source files during
  * evaluation. Currently, it's just a wrapper around `CanonPath` that
@@ -102,11 +122,14 @@ struct SourcePath
     bool operator<(const SourcePath & x) const;
 
     /**
-     * Resolve any symlinks in this `SourcePath` (including its
-     * parents). The result is a `SourcePath` in which no element is a
-     * symlink.
+     * Resolve any symlinks in this `SourcePath` according to the
+     * given resolution mode.
+     *
+     * @param mode might only be a temporary solution for this. 
+     * See the discussion in https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9985.
      */
-    SourcePath resolveSymlinks() const;
+    SourcePath resolveSymlinks(
+        SymlinkResolution mode = SymlinkResolution::Full) const;
 };
 
 std::ostream & operator << (std::ostream & str, const SourcePath & path);

tests/functional/experimental-features.sh

@@ -31,17 +31,19 @@ source common.sh
 NIX_CONFIG='
   experimental-features = nix-command
   accept-flake-config = true
-' nix config show accept-flake-config 1>$TEST_ROOT/stdout 2>$TEST_ROOT/stderr
-grepQuiet "false" $TEST_ROOT/stdout
+' expect 1 nix config show accept-flake-config 1>$TEST_ROOT/stdout 2>$TEST_ROOT/stderr
+[[ $(cat $TEST_ROOT/stdout) = '' ]]
 grepQuiet "Ignoring setting 'accept-flake-config' because experimental feature 'flakes' is not enabled" $TEST_ROOT/stderr
+grepQuiet "error: could not find setting 'accept-flake-config'" $TEST_ROOT/stderr
 
 # 'flakes' experimental-feature is disabled after, ignore and warn
 NIX_CONFIG='
   accept-flake-config = true
   experimental-features = nix-command
-' nix config show accept-flake-config 1>$TEST_ROOT/stdout 2>$TEST_ROOT/stderr
-grepQuiet "false" $TEST_ROOT/stdout
+' expect 1 nix config show accept-flake-config 1>$TEST_ROOT/stdout 2>$TEST_ROOT/stderr
+[[ $(cat $TEST_ROOT/stdout) = '' ]]
 grepQuiet "Ignoring setting 'accept-flake-config' because experimental feature 'flakes' is not enabled" $TEST_ROOT/stderr
+grepQuiet "error: could not find setting 'accept-flake-config'" $TEST_ROOT/stderr
 
 # 'flakes' experimental-feature is enabled before, process
 NIX_CONFIG='

tests/functional/fetchGit.sh

@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ echo hello >> $TEST_ROOT/worktree/hello
 rev2=$(git -C $repo rev-parse HEAD)
 git -C $repo tag -a tag2 -m tag2
 
-# Fetch a worktree
+# Check whether fetching in read-only mode works.
+nix-instantiate --eval -E "builtins.readFile ((builtins.fetchGit file://$TEST_ROOT/worktree) + \"/hello\") == \"utrecht\\n\""
+
+# Fetch a worktree.
 unset _NIX_FORCE_HTTP
 path0=$(nix eval --impure --raw --expr "(builtins.fetchGit file://$TEST_ROOT/worktree).outPath")
 path0_=$(nix eval --impure --raw --expr "(builtins.fetchTree { type = \"git\"; url = file://$TEST_ROOT/worktree; }).outPath")
@@ -268,3 +271,28 @@ git -C "$repo" add hello .gitignore
 git -C "$repo" commit -m 'Bla1'
 cd "$repo"
 path11=$(nix eval --impure --raw --expr "(builtins.fetchGit ./.).outPath")
+
+# Test a workdir with no commits.
+empty="$TEST_ROOT/empty"
+git init "$empty"
+
+emptyAttrs='{ lastModified = 0; lastModifiedDate = "19700101000000"; narHash = "sha256-pQpattmS9VmO3ZIQUFn66az8GSmB4IvYhTTCFn6SUmo="; rev = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"; revCount = 0; shortRev = "0000000"; submodules = false; }'
+
+[[ $(nix eval --impure --expr "builtins.removeAttrs (builtins.fetchGit $empty) [\"outPath\"]") = $emptyAttrs ]]
+
+echo foo > "$empty/x"
+
+[[ $(nix eval --impure --expr "builtins.removeAttrs (builtins.fetchGit $empty) [\"outPath\"]") = $emptyAttrs ]]
+
+git -C "$empty" add x
+
+[[ $(nix eval --impure --expr "builtins.removeAttrs (builtins.fetchGit $empty) [\"outPath\"]") = '{ lastModified = 0; lastModifiedDate = "19700101000000"; narHash = "sha256-wzlAGjxKxpaWdqVhlq55q5Gxo4Bf860+kLeEa/v02As="; rev = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"; revCount = 0; shortRev = "0000000"; submodules = false; }' ]]
+
+# Test a repo with an empty commit.
+git -C "$empty" rm -f x
+
+git -C "$empty" config user.email "foobar@example.com"
+git -C "$empty" config user.name "Foobar"
+git -C "$empty" commit --allow-empty --allow-empty-message --message ""
+
+nix eval --impure --expr "let attrs = builtins.fetchGit $empty; in assert attrs.lastModified != 0; assert attrs.rev != \"0000000000000000000000000000000000000000\"; assert attrs.revCount == 1; true"

tests/functional/fetchurl.sh

@@ -78,3 +78,9 @@ outPath=$(nix-build -vvvvv --expr 'import <nix/fetchurl.nix>' --argstr url file:
 
 test -x $outPath/fetchurl.sh
 test -L $outPath/symlink
+
+# Make sure that *not* passing a outputHash fails.
+requireDaemonNewerThan "2.20"
+expected=100
+if [[ -v NIX_DAEMON_PACKAGE ]]; then expected=1; fi # work around the daemon not returning a 100 status correctly
+expectStderr $expected nix-build --expr '{ url }: builtins.derivation { name = "nix-cache-info"; system = "x86_64-linux"; builder = "builtin:fetchurl"; inherit url; outputHashMode = "flat"; }' --argstr url file://$narxz 2>&1 | grep 'must be a fixed-output or impure derivation'

tests/functional/impure-derivations.sh

@@ -63,3 +63,7 @@ path5=$(nix build -L --no-link --json --file ./impure-derivations.nix contentAdd
 path6=$(nix build -L --no-link --json --file ./impure-derivations.nix inputAddressedAfterCA | jq -r .[].outputs.out)
 [[ $(< $path6) = X ]]
 [[ $(< $TEST_ROOT/counter) = 5 ]]
+
+# Test nix/fetchurl.nix.
+path7=$(nix build -L --no-link --print-out-paths --expr "import <nix/fetchurl.nix> { impure = true; url = file://$PWD/impure-derivations.sh; }")
+cmp $path7 $PWD/impure-derivations.sh

tests/functional/lang/eval-okay-pathexists.nix

@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@ builtins.pathExists (./lib.nix)
 && builtins.pathExists (builtins.toPath { outPath = builtins.toString ./lib.nix; })
 && builtins.pathExists ./lib.nix
 && !builtins.pathExists ./bla.nix
+&& builtins.pathExists ./symlink-resolution/foo/overlays/overlay.nix
+&& builtins.pathExists ./symlink-resolution/broken
+&& builtins.pathExists (builtins.toString ./symlink-resolution/foo/overlays + "/.")

tests/functional/lang/symlink-resolution/broken

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+nonexistent

tests/functional/nix-channel.sh

@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ unset NIX_CONFIG
 # Create a channel.
 rm -rf $TEST_ROOT/foo
 mkdir -p $TEST_ROOT/foo
-nix copy --to file://$TEST_ROOT/foo?compression="bzip2" $(nix-store -r $(nix-instantiate dependencies.nix))
+drvPath=$(nix-instantiate dependencies.nix)
+nix copy --to file://$TEST_ROOT/foo?compression="bzip2" $(nix-store -r "$drvPath")
 rm -rf $TEST_ROOT/nixexprs
 mkdir -p $TEST_ROOT/nixexprs
 cp config.nix dependencies.nix dependencies.builder*.sh $TEST_ROOT/nixexprs/
@@ -64,3 +65,5 @@ grepQuiet 'item.*attrPath="foo".*name="dependencies-top"' $TEST_ROOT/meta.xml
 nix-env -i dependencies-top
 [ -e $TEST_HOME/.nix-profile/foobar ]
 
+# Test evaluation through a channel symlink (#9882).
+nix-instantiate '<foo/dependencies.nix>'

tests/unit/libstore-support/tests/path.cc

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <rapidcheck/gen/Arbitrary.h>
 #include <regex>
 
 #include <rapidcheck.h>
@@ -20,63 +21,60 @@ void showValue(const StorePath & p, std::ostream & os)
 namespace rc {
 using namespace nix;
 
-Gen<StorePathName> Arbitrary<StorePathName>::arbitrary()
+Gen<char> storePathChar()
 {
-    auto len = *gen::inRange<size_t>(
-        1,
-        StorePath::MaxPathLen - StorePath::HashLen);
-
-    std::string pre;
-    pre.reserve(len);
-
-    for (size_t c = 0; c < len; ++c) {
-        switch (auto i = *gen::inRange<uint8_t>(0, 10 + 2 * 26 + 6)) {
+    return rc::gen::apply([](uint8_t i) -> char {
+        switch (i) {
             case 0 ... 9:
-                pre += '0' + i;
+                return '0' + i;
             case 10 ... 35:
-                pre += 'A' + (i - 10);
-                break;
+                return 'A' + (i - 10);
             case 36 ... 61:
-                pre += 'a' + (i - 36);
-                break;
+                return 'a' + (i - 36);
             case 62:
-                pre += '+';
-                break;
+                return '+';
             case 63:
-                pre += '-';
-                break;
+                return '-';
             case 64:
-                // names aren't permitted to start with a period,
-                // so just fall through to the next case here
-                if (c != 0) {
-                    pre += '.';
-                    break;
-                }
+                return '.';
             case 65:
-                pre += '_';
-                break;
+                return '_';
             case 66:
-                pre += '?';
-                break;
+                return '?';
             case 67:
-                pre += '=';
-                break;
+                return '=';
             default:
                 assert(false);
         }
-    }
+    },
+    gen::inRange<uint8_t>(0, 10 + 2 * 26 + 6));
+}
 
-    return gen::just(StorePathName {
-        .name = std::move(pre),
-    });
+Gen<StorePathName> Arbitrary<StorePathName>::arbitrary()
+{
+    return gen::construct<StorePathName>(
+        gen::suchThat(
+            gen::container<std::string>(storePathChar()),
+            [](const std::string & s) {
+                return
+                    !( s == ""
+                    || s == "."
+                    || s == ".."
+                    || s.starts_with(".-")
+                    || s.starts_with("..-")
+                    );
+            }
+        )
+    );
 }
 
 Gen<StorePath> Arbitrary<StorePath>::arbitrary()
 {
-    return gen::just(StorePath {
-        *gen::arbitrary<Hash>(),
-        (*gen::arbitrary<StorePathName>()).name,
-    });
+    return
+        gen::construct<StorePath>(
+            gen::arbitrary<Hash>(),
+            gen::apply([](StorePathName n){ return n.name; }, gen::arbitrary<StorePathName>())
+        );
 }
 
 } // namespace rc

tests/unit/libstore/path.cc

@@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ TEST_DONT_PARSE(double_star, "**")
 TEST_DONT_PARSE(star_first, "*,foo")
 TEST_DONT_PARSE(star_second, "foo,*")
 TEST_DONT_PARSE(bang, "foo!o")
-TEST_DONT_PARSE(dotfile, ".gitignore")
+TEST_DONT_PARSE(dot, ".")
+TEST_DONT_PARSE(dot_dot, "..")
+TEST_DONT_PARSE(dot_dot_dash, "..-1")
+TEST_DONT_PARSE(dot_dash, ".-1")
+TEST_DONT_PARSE(dot_dot_dash_a, "..-a")
+TEST_DONT_PARSE(dot_dash_a, ".-a")
 
 #undef TEST_DONT_PARSE
 
@@ -63,6 +68,11 @@ TEST_DO_PARSE(underscore, "foo_bar")
 TEST_DO_PARSE(period, "foo.txt")
 TEST_DO_PARSE(question_mark, "foo?why")
 TEST_DO_PARSE(equals_sign, "foo=foo")
+TEST_DO_PARSE(dotfile, ".gitignore")
+TEST_DO_PARSE(triple_dot_a, "...a")
+TEST_DO_PARSE(triple_dot_1, "...1")
+TEST_DO_PARSE(triple_dot_dash, "...-")
+TEST_DO_PARSE(triple_dot, "...")
 
 #undef TEST_DO_PARSE
 
@@ -84,6 +94,64 @@ RC_GTEST_FIXTURE_PROP(
     RC_ASSERT(p == store->parseStorePath(store->printStorePath(p)));
 }
 
+
+RC_GTEST_FIXTURE_PROP(
+    StorePathTest,
+    prop_check_regex_eq_parse,
+    ())
+{
+    static auto nameFuzzer =
+        rc::gen::container<std::string>(
+            rc::gen::oneOf(
+                // alphanum, repeated to weigh heavier
+                rc::gen::oneOf(
+                    rc::gen::inRange('0', '9'),
+                    rc::gen::inRange('a', 'z'),
+                    rc::gen::inRange('A', 'Z')
+                ),
+                // valid symbols
+                rc::gen::oneOf(
+                    rc::gen::just('+'),
+                    rc::gen::just('-'),
+                    rc::gen::just('.'),
+                    rc::gen::just('_'),
+                    rc::gen::just('?'),
+                    rc::gen::just('=')
+                ),
+                // symbols for scary .- and ..- cases, repeated for weight
+                rc::gen::just('.'), rc::gen::just('.'),
+                rc::gen::just('.'), rc::gen::just('.'),
+                rc::gen::just('-'), rc::gen::just('-'),
+                // ascii symbol ranges
+                rc::gen::oneOf(
+                    rc::gen::inRange(' ', '/'),
+                    rc::gen::inRange(':', '@'),
+                    rc::gen::inRange('[', '`'),
+                    rc::gen::inRange('{', '~')
+                ),
+                // typical whitespace
+                rc::gen::oneOf(
+                    rc::gen::just(' '),
+                    rc::gen::just('\t'),
+                    rc::gen::just('\n'),
+                    rc::gen::just('\r')
+                ),
+                // some chance of control codes, non-ascii or other garbage we missed
+                rc::gen::inRange('\0', '\xff')
+        ));
+
+    auto name = *nameFuzzer;
+
+    std::string path = store->storeDir + "/575s52sh487i0ylmbs9pvi606ljdszr0-" + name;
+    bool parsed = false;
+    try {
+        store->parseStorePath(path);
+        parsed = true;
+    } catch (const BadStorePath &) {
+    }
+    RC_ASSERT(parsed == std::regex_match(std::string { name }, nameRegex));
+}
+
 #endif
 
 }

tests/unit/libutil-support/tests/hash.cc

@@ -11,10 +11,17 @@ using namespace nix;
 
 Gen<Hash> Arbitrary<Hash>::arbitrary()
 {
-    Hash hash(HashAlgorithm::SHA1);
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < hash.hashSize; ++i)
-        hash.hash[i] = *gen::arbitrary<uint8_t>();
-    return gen::just(hash);
+    Hash prototype(HashAlgorithm::SHA1);
+    return
+        gen::apply(
+            [](const std::vector<uint8_t> & v) {
+                Hash hash(HashAlgorithm::SHA1);
+                assert(v.size() == hash.hashSize);
+                std::copy(v.begin(), v.end(), hash.hash);
+                return hash;
+            },
+            gen::container<std::vector<uint8_t>>(prototype.hashSize, gen::arbitrary<uint8_t>())
+        );
 }
 
 }