We ensure that a `rad/root` ref is included in the signed refs file
under `rad/sigrefs` for all remotes. This prevents a certain kind of
"grafting" attack where signed refs can be copied between repositories,
by having the peer sign over the identity root together with the data refs.
When verifying signed refs, we ensure that the ref is present and points
to an identity branch root that matches the repository identity containing
the signed refs.
Alternatives: lots of alternatives were considered, but this one doesn't
introduce any changes to the signing. The `rad/id/root` name was
considered but is invalid due to `rad/id`.
We were using the two pretty interchangeably. "Project" should only be
used to refer to the repository payload. "Repository" should be used
when referring to the resource that is fetched, synced, cloned, checked
out etc.
By default, this command now:
* Follows the peer if not already followed
* Syncs refs of the peer, if it wasn't followed before
* Fetches refs into working copy
This functionality can be disabled via `--no-sync` and `--no-fetch`.
Since forking creates your `rad/sigrefs`, which then needs to be backed
up forever, we avoid forking on `rad clone`. This should make little or
no difference for users, as the "fork" will be created on `git push`.
With the latest changes to fetching, `--scope all` will now clone all
remotes listed by the serving node.
Simplify by the `rad-clone-all` example by removing the extra fetch
and removing the corresponding TODO.
Signed-off-by: Fintan Halpenny <fintan.halpenny@gmail.com>
X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett
Introduces a new COB type to store repository identity documents.
The reason for this change is to:
1. Simplify the code, as the identity document logic resembled a COB,
yet it had custom logic. This allows existing COB code to be used for
identities.
2. Make identity document update logic more flexible, since COB actions
can be added in the future.
3. Re-purpose existing tools around COBs to work on identities, eg. `rad
cob`.
4. Unify the concept of an identity change proposal, with regular identity
changes. This means we can remove the `id.proposal` COB in favor of
using the `id` COB itself.
Notes
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* Each repository has one Identity COB.
* The `Proposal` COB has been repurposed into the `Identity` COB.
* Identity documents are stored as *embeds* inside the Identity COB
actions.
* The action that contains new document versions is called `revision`,
just like the Patches COB.
* The namespaced `rad/id` ref is a symbolic reference to that Identity
COB.
* The canonical `rad/id` ref is a direct reference to the commit in the
Identity COB that contains the latest *accepted* revision of the
document.
* All commands for managing identities have been folded into `rad id`.
Hence `rad delegate` and `rad edit` are removed.
* The concept of "rebasing" an identity document is gone.
* The `rad id` output has been updated to match the style of other
commands.
* When a revision has enough signatures, it is automatically adopted as
the current identity, there is no longer the need for a "commit"
action.
* When an identity revision is proposed, and the current identity has a
threshold of `1`, that identity is automatically accepted due to the
above point.
* The idea of "verifying a peer's identity branch" no longer applies, as
COBs cannot be verified one history at a time.
* Since the root commit of the Identity COB does not have a "Resource"
to point to (it would have to point to itself, which is impossible),
we've made the resource id optional for COBs.
After cloning, we show a cool little summary with some repo stats.
We had to make some adjustments to the way visual width is calculated
due to a bug surfaced around emoji width calculation. Unfortunately
there isn't a perfect solution that works across terminals yet, so the
"variation selector 16" code-point is filtered out for now.
This is a fairly substantial change, which adds a new configuration file
to the user's `$RAD_HOME` that includes node configuration, including
the alias, and also makes node aliases required.
When running `rad auth`, the user is now prompted for an alias, which
defaults to `$USER`.
When running `rad self`, the alias is now shown.
If the user runs radicle without a config file, the defaults are loaded,
and `$USER` is used as the alias.
We consolidate the setup done by `rad checkout`, `rad clone` and `rad
remote add`, so that they all check for node aliases, and are all
capable of setting up tracking branches etc.
Lorenz Leutgeb
cloudhead
Fintan Halpenny
Slack Coder
Alexis Sellier