* Preserve symlinks and old-snapshot immutability
Two real bugs found while implementing this item, both in fs.py:
- copy_direntry() checked entry.is_dir() (default follow_symlinks=True)
before entry.is_symlink(). A symlink pointing at a directory was
misclassified as a directory and an empty real directory was created
in its place, silently destroying the symlink and losing its target
entirely. Fixed by checking is_symlink() first, and is_dir() with
follow_symlinks=False.
- rsync()'s permission/ownership-sync branch called os.chmod/os.chown
on dst_entry.path unconditionally. Two problems: (1) for a symlink
whose target already matched, this had no follow_symlinks=False
guard and could rewrite an external symlink target's permissions;
(2) for a regular file, that path may still be hardlinked to the
same file in the previous, completed snapshot (hardlink_dir() links
unchanged files in at the start of every backup) - mutating it in
place silently corrupted every older snapshot sharing the inode.
Fixed by skipping symlinks entirely (nothing to sync once their
target matches) and adding _break_shared_hardlink(), a copy-on-write
step that gives a file its own inode before any in-place metadata
change.
Also fixed the dir-mtime-restore loop's is_dir() call (same
default-follow_symlinks issue, lower severity since its own operations
were already lstat-based/no-follow).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* Address Copilot review: preserve ownership/timestamps when breaking hardlinks, fix test fd leak
- _break_shared_hardlink() now explicitly restores the original file's
uid/gid and atime/mtime on the new private copy before it replaces
the shared one. copy_file() only carries over mode at create time, so
without this a caller that only meant to update permissions would
silently also reset ownership/mtime as a side effect of the
copy-on-write break itself. Also cleans up the temp file on failure
and uses a less collision-prone temp name.
- Fixed a file descriptor leak in the new hardlink-immutability test
(bare open(...).read() without a context manager)
- Strengthened the same test to assert mtime survives the break
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Co-authored-by: Maxim Shulga <maxim.shulga@alludo.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* Validate topology and destructive path boundaries
- Canonicalize sources/backups_dir and reject overlap in either direction
- Reject duplicate sources and destination basename collisions
- Reject non-normalized relative paths in nest_hardlink
- Give each backup repository a persistent identity, recorded in every
snapshot's completion manifest
- Verify repo identity, directory type (no symlinks), containment, and
device before any recursive snapshot/staging-dir deletion, refusing to
cross mount points
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* Address Copilot review: root-path check, symlink/TOCTOU-safe writes, legacy marker adoption
- _is_same_or_within: drop the redundant, root-mishandling startswith
check; commonpath() alone is already component-aware
- _ensure_repo_id/_write_manifest: write via temp-file + atomic rename
(O_NOFOLLOW, O_EXCL on the temp file) instead of open+write in place,
so writes can never go through a pre-existing symlink and are never
left half-written
- _verify_safe_to_delete: distinguish a legacy empty marker (pre-dates
the manifest format, can only be a pre-migration artifact) from a
non-empty-but-invalid one (corrupt or forged); adopt the former into
the repository instead of refusing to delete it forever
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Co-authored-by: Maxim Shulga <maxim.shulga@alludo.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Fix follow_symlinks parameter being ignored in is_dir(), is_file()
- Change from realpath() to abspath() to preserve symlinks
- Add separate caches for stat() and lstat() results
- Remove incorrect follow_symlinks param from is_symlink()
- Add comprehensive docstring explaining purpose and design
When follow_symlinks=False, methods now correctly return False for
symlinks instead of following them. Previously all symlinks were
resolved, breaking symlink-aware backup operations.
Fixes#8
Initialize file descriptors to None before opening to prevent
UnboundLocalError in the finally block if file opening fails.
Changes:
- Initialize fin = None and fout = None at function start
- Check if descriptors are not None before closing
- Remove UnboundLocalError from exception handling (no longer needed)
This improves code quality by eliminating the need to catch an error
that indicates a logic bug. The existing tests verify correct behavior.
Fixes#6
This commit addresses 8 high-priority issues identified in code analysis.
Fixes#3Fixes#4Fixes#5Fixes#7Fixes#10Fixes#19Fixes#20Fixes#21
## Critical Bug Fixes
1. **Race condition in lock file creation (#3)**
- Changed to atomic file creation using os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL
- Prevents two processes from both acquiring the lock
- Location: curateipsum/backup.py:110-115
2. **Invalid lock file error handling (#4)**
- Added try/except for corrupted/empty lock files
- Gracefully removes corrupted locks and retries
- Location: curateipsum/backup.py:121-133
3. **SIGKILL vs SIGTERM issue (#5)**
- Now sends SIGTERM first for graceful shutdown
- Waits 5 seconds before escalating to SIGKILL
- Allows previous process to clean up resources
- Location: curateipsum/backup.py:146-156
4. **Wrong stat object for permissions (#7)**
- Fixed bug where dst_stat was used instead of src_stat
- Permissions are now correctly updated during rsync
- Location: curateipsum/fs.py:371
5. **os.chown() fails for non-root users (#10)**
- Wrapped all os.chown() calls in try/except blocks
- Logs debug message instead of crashing
- Allows backups to succeed for non-root users
- Locations: curateipsum/fs.py:217-221, 228-231, 383-387, 469-472
## Comprehensive Test Coverage
6. **Lock file tests (#19)**
- Added TestBackupLock class with 7 test cases
- Tests: creation, concurrent prevention, stale locks, corruption
- Location: tests/test_backups.py:228-330
7. **Filesystem operation tests (#20)**
- Added tests/test_fs_extended.py with 6 test classes
- Tests: copy_file, copy_direntry, rsync, hardlink_dir, scantree, rm_direntry
- 20+ test cases covering normal and edge cases
- Location: tests/test_fs_extended.py
8. **Integration tests (#21)**
- Added tests/test_integration.py with 2 test classes
- Tests full backup workflow end-to-end
- Tests: incremental backups, hardlinks, delta dirs, cleanup, recovery
- 14 test cases covering complete backup lifecycle
- Location: tests/test_integration.py
## Test Results
All 68 tests pass successfully:
- 11 original backup cleanup tests
- 7 new lock file tests
- 16 original fs tests
- 20 new fs extended tests
- 14 new integration tests
## Impact
These fixes address critical bugs that could cause:
- Data corruption from concurrent backups
- Incomplete cleanup from forced process termination
- Permission sync failures
- Tool unusability for non-root users
The comprehensive test coverage ensures these bugs are caught early
and provides confidence for future refactoring.
