On a case-insensitive filesystem (macOS APFS/HFS+, Windows NTFS) a write to
`.ESLINTRC.JS` lands on the exact same inode as `.eslintrc.js`, but the guard
looked the basename up in PROTECTED_FILES with a case-sensitive `Set.has`.
Every entry in that Set is lowercase, so any case-variant path missed the
branch entirely and returned exit 0 — a single Write silently overwrote a
live config while the hook reported success.
Reproduced on macOS APFS: `.eslintrc.js` and `.ESLINTRC.JS` share one inode,
yet the hook returned exit 2 for the former and exit 0 for the latter, and the
uppercase write replaced the real config's contents.
This is a one-step bypass of the whole guard and needs no shell access, unlike
the known delete-then-recreate route.
Fix: also test `basename.toLowerCase()`. All 32 PROTECTED_FILES entries are
already lowercase, so the fallback is exact. On a genuinely case-sensitive
filesystem this costs at most a false positive on a distinct file whose name
differs from a protected one by case alone.
Behaviour deliberately unchanged: first-time creation is still allowed (the
bootstrap affordance), non-config paths still pass through, and the existing
lstat/ENOENT fail-closed semantics are untouched.
Test: adds a case-variant case that asserts exit 2. It guards itself with an
inode comparison and skips on case-sensitive filesystems rather than asserting
something untrue there. Verified in both directions — it FAILS against the
unpatched hook (`Got 0; 0 !== 2`) and passes with the fix. Suite: 9/9.
* feat(hooks): add config protection hook to block linter config manipulation
Agents frequently modify linter/formatter configs (.eslintrc, biome.json,
.prettierrc, .ruff.toml, etc.) to make checks pass instead of fixing
the actual code.
This PreToolUse hook intercepts Write/Edit/MultiEdit calls targeting
known config files and blocks them with a steering message that directs
the agent to fix the source code instead.
Covers: ESLint, Prettier, Biome, Ruff, ShellCheck, Stylelint, and
Markdownlint configs.
Fixes#733
* Address review: fix dead code, add missing configs, export run()
- Removed pyproject.toml from PROTECTED_FILES (was dead code since
it was also in PARTIAL_CONFIG_FILES). Added comment explaining why
it's intentionally excluded.
- Removed PARTIAL_CONFIG_FILES entirely (no longer needed).
- Added missing ESLint v9 TypeScript flat configs: eslint.config.ts,
eslint.config.mts, eslint.config.cts
- Added missing Prettier ESM config: prettier.config.mjs
- Exported run() function for in-process execution via run-with-flags,
avoiding the spawnSync overhead (~50-100ms per call).
* Handle stdin truncation gracefully, log warning instead of fail-open
If stdin exceeds 1MB, the JSON would be malformed and the catch
block would silently pass through. Now we detect truncation and
log a warning. The in-process run() path is not affected.
