git-hardening/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog.

[0.2.0] - 2026-03-31

Added

• Gitleaks pre-commit hook installation — creates ~/.config/git/hooks/pre-commit with SKIP_GITLEAKS bypass
• Global gitignore creation (~/.config/git/ignore) with security patterns (.env, *.pem, *.key, credentials, Terraform state)
• Audit of existing global gitignore for missing security patterns
• 8 new git config settings: user.useConfigOnly, protocol.version=2, transfer.bundleURI=false, init.defaultBranch=main, core.symlinks=false (interactive-only), fetch.prune=true, gc.reflogExpire=180.days, gc.reflogExpireUnreachable=90.days
• Combined signing enablement into single prompt (replaces 3 individual prompts)
• 26 new BATS tests (90 total)

Security

• SSH key hygiene audit — scans ~/.ssh/*.pub and IdentityFile entries, warns about DSA/ECDSA/weak RSA keys
• Plaintext credential file detection — warns about ~/.git-credentials, ~/.netrc, ~/.npmrc (auth tokens), ~/.pypirc (passwords)
• safe.directory = * wildcard detection and removal (CVE-2022-24765)

Fixed

• ssh-keygen calls fail on macOS with -- end-of-options separator (removed)
• Interactive tests fail on macOS due to tmux resetting HOME in login shells
• Interactive tests race condition with tmux session cleanup between tests

[0.1.0] - 2026-03-30

Added

• Interactive shell script that audits and hardens global git config
• Audit mode (--audit) with color-coded report and CI-friendly exit codes
• Auto-apply mode (-y) for unattended hardening
• Object integrity checks (transfer.fsckObjects, fetch.fsckObjects, receive.fsckObjects)
• Protocol restrictions with default-deny policy (blocks git:// and ext://)
• Filesystem protection (core.protectNTFS, core.protectHFS, core.fsmonitor=false)
• Hook execution control via core.hooksPath redirection
• Repository safety (safe.bareRepository=explicit, submodule.recurse=false)
• Pull/merge hardening (pull.ff=only, merge.ff=only) with pull.rebase conflict detection
• Transport security (HTTP-to-HTTPS rewrite, http.sslVerify=true)
• Platform-detected credential helper (osxkeychain on macOS, libsecret on Linux)
• SSH signing setup wizard with two tiers: software ed25519 and FIDO2 hardware keys
• SSH config hardening (StrictHostKeyChecking, HashKnownHosts, IdentitiesOnly, algorithm restrictions)
• Allowed signers file management
• Pre-execution safety review gate with AI assistant review instructions
• OSINT privacy advisory about signing key reuse across orgs
• Admin/org-level recommendations printed at end of every run
• Config backup before applying changes
• BATS test suite with 64 tests

Security

• Safe tilde expansion without eval
• SSH config value parsing handles inline comments and quoted paths
• Version comparison uses base-10 arithmetic to prevent octal interpretation
• Temp file cleanup trap in SSH config updates