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Robert Hensing b5947b55e2 Disallow store path names that are . or .. (plus opt. -)
As discussed in the maintainer meeting on 2024-01-29.

Mainly this is to avoid a situation where the name is parsed and
treated as a file name, mostly to protect users.
.-* and ..-* are also considered invalid because they might strip
on that separator to remove versions. Doesn't really work, but that's
what we decided, and I won't argue with it, because .-* probably
doesn't seem to have a real world application anyway.
We do still permit a 1-character name that's just "-", which still
poses a similar risk in such a situation. We can't start disallowing
trailing -, because a non-zero number of users will need it and we've
seen how annoying and painful such a change is.

What matters most is preventing a situation where . or .. can be
injected, and to just get this done.

(cherry picked from commit f1b4663805)
2024-01-31 18:11:17 +00:00
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internal-api Simplify RapidCheck configure 2024-01-15 08:05:05 -05:00
manual Disallow store path names that are . or .. (plus opt. -) 2024-01-31 18:11:17 +00:00