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360 changes: 66 additions & 294 deletions setup-local/dist/index.js
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"@actions/github": "^6.0.0",
"@actions/io": "^1.0.2",
"@actions/tool-cache": "^1.6.0",
"minimist": "^1.2.6",
"uuid": "^8.3.0"
},
"devDependencies": {
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion setup-local/src/actionInput/index.js
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Expand Up @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class ActionInput {
* @returns {{
* accessKey: String,
* localTesting: String,
* localArgs: String,
* localArgs: Array<String>,
* localIdentifier: String,
* localLoggingLevel: Number
* }}
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69 changes: 55 additions & 14 deletions setup-local/src/actionInput/inputValidator.js
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@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
const core = require('@actions/core');
const { v4: uuidv4 } = require('uuid');
const parseArgs = require('minimist');
const constants = require('../../config/constants');

const {
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return inputLocalIdentifier.split(/\s+/).join('-');
}

/**
* Splits a string into tokens on whitespace, keeping single/double quoted
* sections together (the quotes themselves are removed).
* @param {String} argString Raw args string
* @returns {Array<String>} Tokens
*/
static _tokenizeArgs(argString) {
const tokens = [];
let current = '';
let inToken = false;
let quoteChar = null;

for (const char of argString) {
if (quoteChar) {
if (char === quoteChar) {
quoteChar = null;
} else {
current += char;
}
} else if (char === '"' || char === "'") {
quoteChar = char;
inToken = true;
} else if (/\s/.test(char)) {
if (inToken) {
tokens.push(current);
current = '';
inToken = false;
}
} else {
current += char;
inToken = true;
}
}
if (inToken) tokens.push(current);

return tokens;
}
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printf '\n--- action source ---\n'
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Recognize escaped quotes in the tokenizer.

For --proxy-pass "a\"b c", the tokenizer closes the value at \". The binary receives a\b and c as separate arguments instead of a"b c. Handle escaped quotes before ending the quoted section, while preserving other backslashes.

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- 122:
Update _tokenizeArgs to recognize a backslash-escaped matching quote inside a
quoted section, include that quote in the token without ending the section, and
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/**
* Validates the local-args input. Removes any args which might conflict with
* the input args taken from the action input for the Local Binary.
* Every value following a flag is preserved, so flags taking multiple values
* (e.g. --include-hosts host1 host2) are passed to the binary intact.
* @param {String} inputLocalArgs Action input for 'local-args'
* @returns {String} Parsed args
* @returns {Array<String>} Parsed args, one element per argv entry
*/
static validateLocalArgs(inputLocalArgs) {
const parsedArgs = parseArgs(inputLocalArgs.split(/\s+/));
if (!inputLocalArgs) return [];

delete parsedArgs._;
RESTRICTED_LOCAL_ARGS.forEach((arg) => {
delete parsedArgs[arg];
});
const tokens = InputValidator._tokenizeArgs(inputLocalArgs);
const isFlag = (token) => /^-{1,2}[^-\d]/.test(token);

let parsedArgsString = '';
for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(parsedArgs)) {
const argKey = key.length === 1 ? `-${key}` : `--${key}`;
const argValue = value === true ? '' : value;
parsedArgsString += `${argKey} ${argValue} `;
}
const keptTokens = [];
// Tokens before the first flag have no flag to belong to and are dropped.
let keepCurrentGroup = false;
tokens.forEach((token) => {
if (isFlag(token)) {
const flagName = token.replace(/^-{1,2}/, '').split('=')[0];
keepCurrentGroup = !RESTRICTED_LOCAL_ARGS.includes(flagName);
}
if (keepCurrentGroup) keptTokens.push(token);
});

return parsedArgsString;
return keptTokens;
}
}

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18 changes: 10 additions & 8 deletions setup-local/src/binaryControl.js
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Expand Up @@ -98,28 +98,30 @@ class BinaryControl {
localTesting: binaryAction,
} = this.stateForBinary;

let argsString = `--key ${key} --only-automate --ci-plugin GitHubAction `;
// Built as an argv array (not a command string) so that values containing
// spaces/quotes/backslashes reach the binary verbatim, without re-parsing.
const args = ['--key', key, '--only-automate', '--ci-plugin', 'GitHubAction'];

switch (binaryAction) {
case LOCAL_TESTING.START: {
if (localArgs) argsString += `${localArgs} `;
if (localIdentifier) argsString += `--local-identifier ${localIdentifier} `;
if (localArgs && localArgs.length) args.push(...localArgs);
if (localIdentifier) args.push('--local-identifier', localIdentifier);
if (verbose) {
this._generateLogFileMetadata();
argsString += `--verbose ${verbose} --log-file ${this.logFilePath} `;
args.push('--verbose', `${verbose}`, '--log-file', this.logFilePath);
}
break;
}
case LOCAL_TESTING.STOP: {
if (localIdentifier) argsString += `--local-identifier ${localIdentifier} `;
if (localIdentifier) args.push('--local-identifier', localIdentifier);
break;
}
default: {
throw Error('Invalid Binary Action');
}
}

this.binaryArgs = argsString;
this.binaryArgs = args;
}

/**
Expand All @@ -130,8 +132,8 @@ class BinaryControl {
let triggerOutput = '';
let triggerError = '';
await exec.exec(
`${LOCAL_BINARY_NAME} ${this.binaryArgs} --daemon ${operation}`,
[],
LOCAL_BINARY_NAME,
[...this.binaryArgs, '--daemon', operation],
{
listeners: {
stdout: (data) => {
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46 changes: 44 additions & 2 deletions setup-local/test/actionInput/inputValidator.test.js
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Expand Up @@ -79,8 +79,50 @@ describe('InputValidator class to validate individual fields of the action input
context('Validates local args', () => {
it('Removes the restricted/not-alowed args from the local-args input and returns the string', () => {
const inputLocalArgs = '--key someKey --proxy-host hostname --someOtherKey someValue -z --daemon start --ci-plugin someName -k anotherKey --only-automate --log-file some/path/ --verbose level --local-identifier someIdentifier';
const expectedLocalArgs = '--proxy-host hostname --someOtherKey someValue -z ';
expect(InputValidator.validateLocalArgs(inputLocalArgs)).to.eq(expectedLocalArgs);
const expectedLocalArgs = ['--proxy-host', 'hostname', '--someOtherKey', 'someValue', '-z'];
expect(InputValidator.validateLocalArgs(inputLocalArgs)).to.deep.eq(expectedLocalArgs);
});

['', null, undefined].forEach((value) => {
it(`Returns an empty array if the input is :${JSON.stringify(value)}`, () => {
expect(InputValidator.validateLocalArgs(value)).to.deep.eq([]);
});
});

it('Keeps every value of a flag that takes multiple values (quoted)', () => {
const inputLocalArgs = '--include-hosts "hostA.example.com:443" "hostB.example.com:443" --force-local';
expect(InputValidator.validateLocalArgs(inputLocalArgs)).to.deep.eq([
'--include-hosts', 'hostA.example.com:443', 'hostB.example.com:443', '--force-local',
]);
});

it('Keeps every value of a flag that takes multiple values (unquoted, multi-line)', () => {
const inputLocalArgs = '--include-hosts hostA.example.com\n hostB.example.com\n--exclude-hosts hostC hostD';
expect(InputValidator.validateLocalArgs(inputLocalArgs)).to.deep.eq([
'--include-hosts', 'hostA.example.com', 'hostB.example.com', '--exclude-hosts', 'hostC', 'hostD',
]);
});

it('Removes the values of restricted args even when they have multiple values', () => {
const inputLocalArgs = '--include-hosts hostA hostB --verbose 3 extra --local-identifier=abc --key=secret --proxy-port 8080';
expect(InputValidator.validateLocalArgs(inputLocalArgs)).to.deep.eq([
'--include-hosts', 'hostA', 'hostB', '--proxy-port', '8080',
]);
});

it('Drops tokens that appear before the first flag', () => {
expect(InputValidator.validateLocalArgs('stray value --force-local')).to.deep.eq(['--force-local']);
});

it('Keeps negative numbers as values rather than treating them as flags', () => {
expect(InputValidator.validateLocalArgs('--some-flag -1 --other')).to.deep.eq(['--some-flag', '-1', '--other']);
});

it('Keeps quoted values with spaces, quotes and backslashes as single verbatim args', () => {
const inputLocalArgs = `--folder "C:\\my dir\\" --name 'say "hi"' --other "it's"`;
expect(InputValidator.validateLocalArgs(inputLocalArgs)).to.deep.eq([
'--folder', 'C:\\my dir\\', '--name', 'say "hi"', '--other', "it's",
]);
});
});
});
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Expand Up @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ describe('Binary Control Operations', () => {
it('with localArgs, localIdentifier, localLoggingLevel', () => {
const stateForBinary = {
accessKey: 'someKey',
localArgs: '--arg1 val1 --arg2 val2',
localArgs: ['--arg1', 'val1', '--arg2', 'val2'],
localIdentifier: 'someIdentifier',
localLoggingLevel: 1,
localTesting: 'start',
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os.platform(),
'BrowserStackLocal_someJobName_now.log',
);
const expectedFinalArgs = `--key someKey --only-automate --ci-plugin GitHubAction --arg1 val1 --arg2 val2 --local-identifier someIdentifier --verbose 1 --log-file ${expectedLogFilePath} `;
const expectedFinalArgs = [
'--key', 'someKey', '--only-automate', '--ci-plugin', 'GitHubAction',
'--arg1', 'val1', '--arg2', 'val2',
'--local-identifier', 'someIdentifier', '--verbose', '1', '--log-file', expectedLogFilePath,
];
const binaryControl = new BinaryControl(stateForBinary);
binaryControl._generateArgsForBinary();
expect(binaryControl.binaryArgs).to.eq(expectedFinalArgs);
expect(binaryControl.binaryArgs).to.deep.eq(expectedFinalArgs);
});

it('with localArgs, localIdentifier', () => {
const stateForBinary = {
accessKey: 'someKey',
localArgs: '--arg1 val1 --arg2 val2',
localArgs: ['--arg1', 'val1', '--arg2', 'val2'],
localIdentifier: 'someIdentifier',
localLoggingLevel: 0,
localTesting: 'start',
};

const expectedFinalArgs = `--key someKey --only-automate --ci-plugin GitHubAction --arg1 val1 --arg2 val2 --local-identifier someIdentifier `;
const expectedFinalArgs = ['--key', 'someKey', '--only-automate', '--ci-plugin', 'GitHubAction', '--arg1', 'val1', '--arg2', 'val2', '--local-identifier', 'someIdentifier'];
const binaryControl = new BinaryControl(stateForBinary);
binaryControl._generateArgsForBinary();
expect(binaryControl.binaryArgs).to.eq(expectedFinalArgs);
expect(binaryControl.binaryArgs).to.deep.eq(expectedFinalArgs);
});

it('with localArgs', () => {
const stateForBinary = {
accessKey: 'someKey',
localArgs: '--arg1 val1 --arg2 val2',
localArgs: ['--arg1', 'val1', '--arg2', 'val2'],
localIdentifier: '',
localLoggingLevel: 0,
localTesting: 'start',
};

const expectedFinalArgs = `--key someKey --only-automate --ci-plugin GitHubAction --arg1 val1 --arg2 val2 `;
const expectedFinalArgs = ['--key', 'someKey', '--only-automate', '--ci-plugin', 'GitHubAction', '--arg1', 'val1', '--arg2', 'val2'];
const binaryControl = new BinaryControl(stateForBinary);
binaryControl._generateArgsForBinary();
expect(binaryControl.binaryArgs).to.eq(expectedFinalArgs);
expect(binaryControl.binaryArgs).to.deep.eq(expectedFinalArgs);
});

it('with the default args', () => {
const stateForBinary = {
accessKey: 'someKey',
localArgs: '',
localArgs: [],
localIdentifier: '',
localLoggingLevel: 0,
localTesting: 'start',
};

const expectedFinalArgs = `--key someKey --only-automate --ci-plugin GitHubAction `;
const expectedFinalArgs = ['--key', 'someKey', '--only-automate', '--ci-plugin', 'GitHubAction'];
const binaryControl = new BinaryControl(stateForBinary);
binaryControl._generateArgsForBinary();
expect(binaryControl.binaryArgs).to.eq(expectedFinalArgs);
expect(binaryControl.binaryArgs).to.deep.eq(expectedFinalArgs);
});
});

context('Stop operation', () => {
it('with localIdentifier', () => {
const stateForBinary = {
accessKey: 'someKey',
localArgs: '',
localArgs: [],
localIdentifier: 'someIdentifier',
localLoggingLevel: 0,
localTesting: 'stop',
};

const expectedFinalArgs = `--key someKey --only-automate --ci-plugin GitHubAction --local-identifier someIdentifier `;
const expectedFinalArgs = ['--key', 'someKey', '--only-automate', '--ci-plugin', 'GitHubAction', '--local-identifier', 'someIdentifier'];
const binaryControl = new BinaryControl(stateForBinary);
binaryControl._generateArgsForBinary();
expect(binaryControl.binaryArgs).to.eq(expectedFinalArgs);
expect(binaryControl.binaryArgs).to.deep.eq(expectedFinalArgs);
});

it('without localIdentifier', () => {
const stateForBinary = {
accessKey: 'someKey',
localArgs: '',
localArgs: [],
localIdentifier: '',
localLoggingLevel: 0,
localTesting: 'stop',
};

const expectedFinalArgs = `--key someKey --only-automate --ci-plugin GitHubAction `;
const expectedFinalArgs = ['--key', 'someKey', '--only-automate', '--ci-plugin', 'GitHubAction'];
const binaryControl = new BinaryControl(stateForBinary);
binaryControl._generateArgsForBinary();
expect(binaryControl.binaryArgs).to.eq(expectedFinalArgs);
expect(binaryControl.binaryArgs).to.deep.eq(expectedFinalArgs);
});
});

context('Invalid Operation', () => {
it('Throws error in case its not start/stop', () => {
const stateForBinary = {
accessKey: 'someKey',
localArgs: '',
localArgs: [],
localIdentifier: 'someIdentifier',
localLoggingLevel: 0,
localTesting: 'someOperation',
Expand All @@ -322,7 +326,7 @@ describe('Binary Control Operations', () => {
beforeEach(() => {
sinon.stub(exec, 'exec');
binaryControl = new BinaryControl();
binaryControl.binaryArgs = 'someArgs ';
binaryControl.binaryArgs = ['someArgs'];
});

afterEach(() => {
Expand All @@ -331,7 +335,7 @@ describe('Binary Control Operations', () => {

it('Start Operation', async () => {
const response = await binaryControl._triggerBinary(LOCAL_TESTING.START);
sinon.assert.calledWith(exec.exec, `${LOCAL_BINARY_NAME} someArgs --daemon start`);
sinon.assert.calledWith(exec.exec, LOCAL_BINARY_NAME, ['someArgs', '--daemon', 'start']);
expect(response).to.eql({
output: '',
error: '',
Expand All @@ -340,7 +344,7 @@ describe('Binary Control Operations', () => {

it('Stop Operation', async () => {
const response = await binaryControl._triggerBinary(LOCAL_TESTING.STOP);
sinon.assert.calledWith(exec.exec, `${LOCAL_BINARY_NAME} someArgs --daemon stop`);
sinon.assert.calledWith(exec.exec, LOCAL_BINARY_NAME, ['someArgs', '--daemon', 'stop']);
expect(response).to.eql({
output: '',
error: '',
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