[PATCH 09/12] cli/new: add --try-decrypt=(true|false)

Daniel Kahn Gillmor dkg at fifthhorseman.net
Fri Oct 20 19:25:46 PDT 2017


Enable override of the index.try_decrypt setting during "notmuch new"
on a per-invocation basis.

We update the documentation and tab completion, and also add a test.
---
 completion/notmuch-completion.bash | 13 ++++++++--
 doc/man1/notmuch-new.rst           | 12 +++++++++
 notmuch-new.c                      | 10 +++++++-
 test/T357-index-decryption.sh      | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 test/T357-index-decryption.sh

diff --git a/completion/notmuch-completion.bash b/completion/notmuch-completion.bash
index 5201be63..17be6b8f 100644
--- a/completion/notmuch-completion.bash
+++ b/completion/notmuch-completion.bash
@@ -311,11 +311,20 @@ _notmuch_insert()
 _notmuch_new()
 {
     local cur prev words cword split
-    _init_completion || return
+    _init_completion -s || return
+
+    $split &&
+    case "${prev}" in
+	--try-decrypt)
+	    COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "true false" -- "${cur}" ) )
+	    return
+	    ;;
+    esac
 
+    ! $split &&
     case "${cur}" in
 	-*)
-	    local options="--no-hooks --quiet ${_notmuch_shared_options}"
+	    local options="--no-hooks --try-decrypt= --quiet ${_notmuch_shared_options}"
 	    compopt -o nospace
 	    COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${options}" -- ${cur}) )
 	    ;;
diff --git a/doc/man1/notmuch-new.rst b/doc/man1/notmuch-new.rst
index 14bc5da4..bc26aa48 100644
--- a/doc/man1/notmuch-new.rst
+++ b/doc/man1/notmuch-new.rst
@@ -43,6 +43,18 @@ Supported options for **new** include
     ``--quiet``
         Do not print progress or results.
 
+    ``--try-decrypt=(true|false)``
+
+        If true, when encountering an encrypted message, try to
+        decrypt it while indexing.  If decryption is successful, index
+        the cleartext itself.  Be aware that the index is likely
+        sufficient to reconstruct the cleartext of the message itself,
+        so please ensure that the notmuch message index is adequately
+        protected.  DO NOT USE ``--try-decrypt=true`` without
+        considering the security of your index.
+
+        See also ``index.try_decrypt`` in **notmuch-config(1)**.
+
 EXIT STATUS
 ===========
 
diff --git a/notmuch-new.c b/notmuch-new.c
index 0f50457e..fb021b18 100644
--- a/notmuch-new.c
+++ b/notmuch-new.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ add_file (notmuch_database_t *notmuch, const char *filename,
     if (status)
 	goto DONE;
 
-    status = notmuch_database_index_file (notmuch, filename, NULL, &message);
+    status = notmuch_database_index_file (notmuch, filename, indexing_cli_choices.opts, &message);
     switch (status) {
     /* Success. */
     case NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS:
@@ -963,6 +963,7 @@ notmuch_new_command (notmuch_config_t *config, int argc, char *argv[])
 	{ .opt_bool = &verbose, .name = "verbose" },
 	{ .opt_bool = &add_files_state.debug, .name = "debug" },
 	{ .opt_bool = &no_hooks, .name = "no-hooks" },
+	{ .opt_inherit = notmuch_shared_indexing_options },
 	{ .opt_inherit = notmuch_shared_options },
 	{ }
     };
@@ -1080,6 +1081,13 @@ notmuch_new_command (notmuch_config_t *config, int argc, char *argv[])
     if (notmuch == NULL)
 	return EXIT_FAILURE;
 
+    status = notmuch_process_shared_indexing_options (notmuch, config);
+    if (status != NOTMUCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+	fprintf (stderr, "Error: Failed to process index options. (%s)\n",
+		 notmuch_status_to_string (status));
+	return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+
     /* Set up our handler for SIGINT. We do this after having
      * potentially done a database upgrade we this interrupt handler
      * won't support. */
diff --git a/test/T357-index-decryption.sh b/test/T357-index-decryption.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..547a3c7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/T357-index-decryption.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# TODO: test index.decryption=failed
+
+test_description='indexing decrypted mail'
+. $(dirname "$0")/test-lib.sh || exit 1
+
+##################################################
+
+add_gnupg_home
+# get key fingerprint
+FINGERPRINT=$(gpg --no-tty --list-secret-keys --with-colons --fingerprint | grep '^fpr:' | cut -d: -f10)
+
+# create a test encrypted message
+test_begin_subtest 'emacs delivery of encrypted message'
+test_expect_success \
+'emacs_fcc_message \
+    "test encrypted message for cleartext index 001" \
+    "This is a test encrypted message with a wumpus.\n" \
+    "(mml-secure-message-encrypt)"'
+
+test_begin_subtest "search for unindexed cleartext"
+output=$(notmuch search wumpus)
+expected=''
+test_expect_equal \
+    "$output" \
+    "$expected"
+
+# create a test encrypted message that is indexed in the clear
+test_begin_subtest 'emacs delivery of encrypted message'
+test_expect_success \
+'emacs_fcc_message --try-decrypt=true \
+    "test encrypted message for cleartext index 002" \
+    "This is a test encrypted message with a wumpus.\n" \
+    "(mml-secure-message-encrypt)"'
+
+test_begin_subtest "emacs delivery of encrypted message, indexed cleartext"
+output=$(notmuch search wumpus)
+expected='thread:0000000000000002   2000-01-01 [1/1] Notmuch Test Suite; test encrypted message for cleartext index 002 (encrypted inbox)'
+test_expect_equal \
+    "$output" \
+    "$expected"
+
+# and the same search, but by property ($expected is untouched):
+test_begin_subtest "emacs search by property for one message"
+output=$(notmuch search property:index.decryption=success)
+test_expect_equal \
+    "$output" \
+    "$expected"
+
+test_done
-- 
2.14.2



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