Merge U-H3: PreToolUse Bash guard for pipe-masked exit status

Supervisor-verified against the two real commands that produced false 'pushed'
messages earlier today (both flagged, rc=2), and against six legitimate
commands from the same session including a correct 'set -o pipefail' form
(none flagged). Advisory only — exit 2 feedback, never blocks.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014KNyfHmHpMbdMrHZXDRkAp
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Paul O'Reilly
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# PreToolUse hook for Bash — flags pipelines whose left side changes state but
# whose exit status is then consumed by `&&`, `||`, or an `if`-condition.
#
# bug or subtlety: `git push -q origin main 2>&1 | tail -1 && echo "pushed"`
# reads tail's exit status, not git's. A push that was rejected
# as non-fast-forward still reports "pushed".
#
# Contract:
# - exit 0 for anything it does not understand, and for any parse failure.
# A hook that breaks Bash is far worse than the bug it prevents.
# - exit 2 with a short stderr explanation when it sees the pattern.
# Advisory only — never block.
#
# Reads tool_input.command from stdin JSON (same shape post-edit-lint.sh parses).
set -uo pipefail
INPUT="$(cat 2>/dev/null || true)"
[ -n "$INPUT" ] || exit 0
command -v python3 >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0
# Inline the matcher as a python script in a temp file. Single-quoted heredoc
# prevents shell expansion of $-characters in the python source.
TMPPY="$(mktemp -t bpg.XXXXXX 2>/dev/null || mktemp -t bpg.XXXXXX)" || exit 0
[ -n "$TMPPY" ] || exit 0
trap 'rm -f "$TMPPY"' EXIT INT TERM HUP
cat >"$TMPPY" <<'PYTHON_EOF'
import json
import re
import sys
raw = sys.stdin.read()
try:
data = json.loads(raw)
except Exception:
# Parse failure → silent pass
sys.exit(0)
if not isinstance(data, dict):
sys.exit(0)
tool_input = data.get("tool_input")
if not isinstance(tool_input, dict):
sys.exit(0)
cmd = tool_input.get("command", "")
if not isinstance(cmd, str) or not cmd:
sys.exit(0)
def strip_quotes(s):
# Strip double-quoted and single-quoted strings so we don't match a verb
# that lives inside a quoted argument or echo payload.
s = re.sub(r'"[^"]*"', "", s)
s = re.sub(r"'[^']*'", "", s)
return s
# Author has handled the masked-status problem → no need to flag.
if re.search(r"set\s+-o\s+pipefail", cmd):
sys.exit(0)
if re.search(r"\$\{?PIPESTATUS", cmd):
sys.exit(0)
# Walk the command once and record single-pipe positions, skipping `||`.
pipes = []
i = 0
while i < len(cmd):
c = cmd[i]
if c == "|" and i + 1 < len(cmd) and cmd[i + 1] == "|":
i += 2
continue
if c == "|":
pipes.append(i)
i += 1
if not pipes:
sys.exit(0)
# Left side = everything before the first pipe (the segment whose status we
# care about).
left = strip_quotes(cmd[: pipes[0]])
# State-changing verbs. Matched conservatively — these are the verbs the brief
# enumerates, matched as `verb` (not as a prefix).
state_verbs = [
(r"\bgit\s+push\b", "git push"),
(r"\bgit\s+commit\b", "git commit"),
(r"\bgit\s+merge\b", "git merge"),
(r"\bgit\s+rebase\b", "git rebase"),
(r"\bkubectl\s+apply\b", "kubectl apply"),
(r"\bkubectl\s+delete\b", "kubectl delete"),
(r"\bkubectl\s+patch\b", "kubectl patch"),
(r"\bdocker\s+push\b", "docker push"),
(r"\bhelm\s+upgrade\b", "helm upgrade"),
(r"\bhelm\s+install\b", "helm install"),
]
verb = None
for pat, name in state_verbs:
if re.search(pat, left):
verb = name
break
# curl is special: only state-changing when paired with a write method or a
# data payload. Read-only `curl ... | jq` must not be flagged.
if not verb and re.search(r"\bcurl\b", left):
if re.search(r"-X\s*(POST|PUT|DELETE)", left, re.IGNORECASE) or re.search(
r"--data", left
):
verb = "curl"
if not verb:
sys.exit(0)
# Is the pipeline's status consumed by `&&`, `||`, or an `if`-test whose
# `then` clause follows the pipeline?
rest = cmd[pipes[-1] + 1 :]
if re.search(r"&&|\|\|", rest):
print(verb)
sys.exit(0)
if re.search(r"\bthen\b", rest):
print(verb)
sys.exit(0)
sys.exit(0)
PYTHON_EOF
# Pipe the raw hook input through the python matcher; capture stdout (the verb
# name to surface in the advisory). Any non-zero exit from python (e.g. a real
# crash) is treated as a silent pass — same policy as a parse failure.
RESULT="$(printf '%s' "$INPUT" | python3 "$TMPPY" 2>/dev/null)" || exit 0
[ -n "$RESULT" ] || exit 0
{
printf 'Pipeline masks %s exit status: &&/|| reads the LAST command in the pipe, not the first. Use ${PIPESTATUS[0]} or drop the pipe.\n' \
"$RESULT"
} >&2
exit 2

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Tests for hooks/bash-pipeline-guard.sh
#
# Convention: bash, `set -uo pipefail`, one PASS:/FAIL: per assertion,
# FAIL=1 aggregate, ALL_OK on full pass.
#
# Each test invokes the hook as a subprocess with real JSON on stdin — never
# source the hook, so we test its actual stdin/stdout/stderr contract.
set -uo pipefail
PASS_COUNT=0
FAIL_COUNT=0
FAIL=0
HOOK="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)/bash-pipeline-guard.sh"
[ -x "$HOOK" ] || {
echo "FATAL: hook not found or not executable: $HOOK" >&2
exit 2
}
command -v python3 >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
echo "FATAL: python3 required to build test JSON" >&2
exit 2
}
pass() {
printf 'PASS: %s\n' "$1"
PASS_COUNT=$((PASS_COUNT + 1))
}
fail() {
printf 'FAIL: %s\n' "$1"
FAIL_COUNT=$((FAIL_COUNT + 1))
FAIL=1
}
# Build the JSON envelope the hook expects.
json_for_cmd() {
python3 -c '
import json, sys
print(json.dumps({"tool_input": {"command": sys.argv[1]}}))
' "$1"
}
# Run the hook with the given stdin payload. Captures stderr to a file (so the
# test name stays readable on stdout) and stdout to nothing.
run_hook_with_stdin() {
local payload="$1"
local stderr_file
stderr_file="$(mktemp)"
printf '%s' "$payload" | "$HOOK" 2>"$stderr_file" >/dev/null
HOOK_RC=$?
HOOK_STDERR="$(cat "$stderr_file")"
rm -f "$stderr_file"
}
# assert_flag <label> <command>
# Hook must exit 2 and emit a non-empty stderr line.
assert_flag() {
local label="$1" cmd="$2"
run_hook_with_stdin "$(json_for_cmd "$cmd")"
if [ "$HOOK_RC" -eq 2 ] && [ -n "$HOOK_STDERR" ]; then
pass "$label"
else
fail "$label (expected exit=2 + stderr; got exit=$HOOK_RC stderr='$HOOK_STDERR')"
fi
}
# assert_pass <label> <command>
# Hook must exit 0 (no blocking). Stderr allowed to be non-empty — the brief
# says exit 0 for anything the hook doesn't understand, including cases where
# it might surface information; but in practice our hook is silent on pass.
assert_pass() {
local label="$1" cmd="$2"
run_hook_with_stdin "$(json_for_cmd "$cmd")"
if [ "$HOOK_RC" -eq 0 ]; then
pass "$label"
else
fail "$label (expected exit=0; got exit=$HOOK_RC stderr='$HOOK_STDERR')"
fi
}
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# SHOULD FLAG — state-changing left side + pipe + && / || / if-test consumer
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
assert_flag "git push masked by tail && echo pushed (brief example)" \
'git push -q origin main 2>&1 | tail -1 && echo "pushed"'
assert_flag "git push simple mask" \
'git push origin main | head && echo done'
assert_flag "git commit masked" \
'git commit -m msg file.txt | head && echo done'
assert_flag "git merge masked" \
'git merge feature | head && echo done'
assert_flag "git rebase masked" \
'git rebase main | head && echo done'
assert_flag "kubectl apply masked" \
'kubectl apply -f foo.yaml | head && echo done'
assert_flag "kubectl delete masked" \
'kubectl delete pod foo | head && echo done'
assert_flag "kubectl patch masked" \
'kubectl patch svc foo -p {} | head && echo done'
assert_flag "docker push masked" \
'docker push registry.example.com/img | head && echo done'
assert_flag "helm upgrade masked" \
'helm upgrade foo bar | head && echo done'
assert_flag "helm install masked" \
'helm install foo bar | head && echo done'
assert_flag "curl -X POST masked" \
'curl -X POST https://api.example.com | jq && echo done'
assert_flag "curl -X PUT masked" \
'curl -X PUT https://api.example.com | jq && echo done'
assert_flag "curl -X DELETE masked" \
'curl -X DELETE https://api.example.com | jq && echo done'
assert_flag "curl --data masked" \
"curl --data 'foo' https://api.example.com | jq && echo done"
assert_flag "git push consumed by ||" \
'git push | head || echo fallback'
assert_flag "multi-pipe state-changing left (git push | tee | tail)" \
'git push | tee /tmp/log | tail && echo done'
assert_flag "if-test consumes pipeline status (git push)" \
'if git push origin main | head; then echo done; fi'
assert_flag "if-test consumes pipeline status (kubectl apply)" \
'if kubectl apply -f foo.yaml | tee /tmp/log; then deploy; fi'
assert_flag "state-changing verb with quoted arg" \
'git push "origin main" | head && echo done'
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# SHOULD NOT FLAG — read-only, handled, or non-consuming contexts
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
assert_pass "no pipe, just &&" \
'git push origin main && echo done'
assert_pass "pipe with semicolon (no consumption)" \
'git push origin main | head -1; echo done'
assert_pass "set -o pipefail suppresses flag" \
'set -o pipefail; git push | head && echo done'
assert_pass "\${PIPESTATUS[0]} suppresses flag" \
'git push | head; echo ${PIPESTATUS[0]} && echo done'
assert_pass "git log is read-only" \
'git log | head && echo done'
assert_pass "ls is read-only" \
'ls | grep foo && echo done'
assert_pass "cat is read-only" \
'cat file | grep foo && echo done'
assert_pass "grep is read-only" \
'grep foo file | head && echo done'
assert_pass "curl without write method" \
'curl https://api.example.com | jq && echo done'
assert_pass "git status is read-only" \
'git status | head && echo done'
assert_pass "state verb quoted (echo \"git push\")" \
'echo "git push" | head && echo done'
assert_pass "then keyword is in if-body, not after pipe" \
'if [ -f foo ]; then git push | head; fi'
# Malformed JSON, empty input, command with quotes and newlines
assert_pass "malformed JSON does not crash" \
'not json {{{'
assert_pass "empty JSON object does not crash" \
'{}'
assert_pass "missing tool_input does not crash" \
'{"foo":"bar"}'
assert_pass "tool_input as non-dict does not crash" \
'{"tool_input":"oops"}'
assert_pass "empty stdin does not crash" \
''
# Command containing quotes and newlines. State verb is inside an echo — must
# not flag. The newlines are encoded as literal "\n" in JSON; the hook sees a
# real newline.
assert_pass "command with embedded newline (state verb quoted)" \
$'echo "git push" | head && echo done'
# A real multi-line state-changing push that the hook should still flag.
assert_flag "real state-changing push spanning newlines" \
$'git push \\\n | head && echo done'
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Mutation tests — prove the suite can catch real regressions
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Each mutation rewrites one piece of the matcher in a temp copy of the hook,
# runs a previously-passing case through it, and expects the hook to either
# fail to flag (when we broke detection of a flag case) or unexpectedly flag
# (when we broke detection of a pass case). A mutation that does not change
# the outcome is a test that cannot fail.
echo
echo "--- Mutation tests ---"
# Apply a string substitution to a copy of the hook. Use python so we don't
# fight BRE/ERE escaping.
apply_mutation() {
local hook_src="$1" mutation="$2" out="$3"
python3 -c '
import sys
old, new = sys.argv[1].split("=>", 1)
with open(sys.argv[2]) as f:
src = f.read()
if old not in src:
sys.stderr.write("mutation pattern not found: " + repr(old) + "\n")
sys.exit(1)
with open(sys.argv[3], "w") as f:
f.write(src.replace(old, new, 1))
' "$mutation" "$hook_src" "$out"
}
# verify_mutation <name> <mutation> <cmd> <expected>
# expected = "flag" → the broken hook must no longer flag this should-flag case
# expected = "no-flag" → the broken hook must no longer crash or block a pass case
verify_mutation() {
local name="$1" mutation="$2" cmd="$3" expected="$4"
local broken
broken="$(mktemp -t bpgmut.XXXXXX)" || {
fail "mutation $name: mktemp failed"
return
}
if ! apply_mutation "$HOOK" "$mutation" "$broken"; then
fail "mutation $name: could not apply"
rm -f "$broken"
return
fi
chmod +x "$broken"
local stderr_file rc stderr_content
stderr_file="$(mktemp)"
json_for_cmd "$cmd" | "$broken" 2>"$stderr_file" >/dev/null
rc=$?
stderr_content="$(cat "$stderr_file")"
rm -f "$stderr_file" "$broken"
case "$expected" in
flag)
if [ "$rc" -eq 2 ]; then
fail "mutation $name: still flags (rc=$rc) — test did NOT go red"
else
pass "mutation $name: no longer flags (rc=$rc) — test went red"
fi
;;
no-flag)
if [ "$rc" -eq 0 ]; then
fail "mutation $name: pass-case still passes (rc=$rc) — test did NOT go red"
else
pass "mutation $name: pass-case now fails (rc=$rc stderr=$stderr_content) — test went red"
fi
;;
esac
}
MUTATION_OK=1
# Mutation A: kill the git-push pattern. The flag-case must stop being flagged.
verify_mutation "git-push pattern" \
'r"\bgit\s+push\b"=>r"\bgit\s+pull\b"' \
'git push -q origin main 2>&1 | tail -1 && echo "pushed"' \
"flag"
# Mutation B: never consume \|| when present. The flag-case with && stays flagged,
# so instead break the && check.
verify_mutation "and-or consumption check" \
're.search(r"&&|\|\|", rest)=>re.search(r"XXX", rest)' \
'git push | head && echo done' \
"flag"
# Mutation C: treat every `|` as a `||` and skip it, so the parser thinks
# the command has no single pipe and never flags.
verify_mutation "single-pipe detection" \
'if c == "|" and i + 1 < len(cmd) and cmd[i + 1] == "|":=>if c == "|" or i + 1 < len(cmd) and cmd[i + 1] == "|":' \
'git push -q origin main 2>&1 | tail -1 && echo "pushed"' \
"flag"
# Mutation D: drop the curl-with-write branch so a state-changing curl stops
# being flagged.
verify_mutation "curl write-method detection" \
'verb = "curl"=>verb = "WEB' \
'curl -X POST https://api.example.com | jq && echo done' \
"flag"
# Mutation E: kill the `then` check so the if-context case stops being flagged.
verify_mutation "then-keyword check" \
're.search(r"\bthen\b", rest)=>re.search(r"XXXXX", rest)' \
'if git push origin main | head; then echo done; fi' \
"flag"
# Mutation F: kill the PIPESTATUS bailout so a should-pass command with
# PIPESTATUS now incorrectly flags.
verify_mutation "PIPESTATUS bailout" \
're.search(r"\$\{?PIPESTATUS", cmd)=>re.search(r"\$\{?XXXXXXXX", cmd)' \
'git push | head; echo ${PIPESTATUS[0]} && echo done' \
"no-flag"
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Summary
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
echo
echo "Passed: $PASS_COUNT"
echo "Failed: $FAIL_COUNT"
if [ "$FAIL" -eq 0 ]; then
echo "ALL_OK"
exit 0
else
exit 1
fi