#!/bin/bash # Submit a change request from a machine that cannot push. # # A checkout cloned over https cannot publish anything: a change made on such a # machine is lost at the next pull. So the change is written out, signed, and # handed to whoever can apply it -- see "Can this machine push?" in AGENTS.md. # # dot-request --key ~/.config/dot/inbox-key < request.md # some-agent-writing-a-request | dot-request --key ~/.config/dot/inbox-key # # The request is markdown, and its first line is its title (`# ...`). Say which # files change, give the diff or the exact replacement text rather than a # description of it, why, and how to verify it. # # It posts to the request inbox, which is a public endpoint and named here on # purpose -- see "Can this machine push?" in AGENTS.md. Reaching it proves # nothing on its own: a request is stored only if it carries a signature from a # key authorised for that inbox. Set DOT_REQUEST_URL to point somewhere else # when testing. # # Runs under macOS's /bin/bash 3.2. set -euo pipefail key="" url="${DOT_REQUEST_URL:-https://req.soarez.net/inbox/dot}" usage() { sed -n '3,25p' "$0" | sed 's/^# \{0,1\}//' exit "${1:-0}" } while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do case "$1" in --key) key="${2:-}"; shift 2 ;; --key=*) key="${1#--key=}"; shift ;; -h|--help) usage 0 ;; *) >&2 echo "dot-request: unknown argument: $1"; usage 1 ;; esac done if [[ -z "${key}" ]]; then >&2 echo "dot-request: --key is required (the ssh key this machine signs with)" exit 1 fi if [[ ! -r "${key}" ]]; then >&2 echo "dot-request: cannot read ${key}" exit 1 fi if [[ -t 0 ]]; then >&2 echo "dot-request: the request is read from stdin" usage 1 fi tmp="$(mktemp -d)" trap 'rm -rf "${tmp}"' EXIT cat > "${tmp}/request.md" if [[ ! -s "${tmp}/request.md" ]]; then >&2 echo "dot-request: empty request" exit 1 fi if ! head -1 "${tmp}/request.md" | grep -q '^# '; then >&2 echo "dot-request: the first line must be a markdown heading, '# something'" exit 1 fi # The namespace names the inbox this request is for, and the store verifies # against the same one. It is what stops a request signed here being replayed # into a different inbox, and what stops this key being made to sign for # anything else. ssh-keygen -Y sign -q -f "${key}" -n sz-request:dot "${tmp}/request.md" cat "${tmp}/request.md" "${tmp}/request.md.sig" > "${tmp}/signed.md" code="$(curl -sS -o "${tmp}/reply" -w '%{http_code}' \ -X POST -H 'Content-Type: text/markdown' \ --data-binary "@${tmp}/signed.md" "${url}")" if [[ "${code}" == "201" ]]; then echo "submitted: $(cat "${tmp}/reply")" else >&2 echo "dot-request: rejected (HTTP ${code}): $(cat "${tmp}/reply")" exit 1 fi