gitleak whitelist commit bug demo

demo.sh

#!/bin/sh

REPO_PATH=$(mktemp -d "/tmp/gittest.XXXXXX")
echo ====== using REPO_PATH $REPO_PATH =====

pushd $REPO_PATH
git init .
git config --local hooks.gitleaks false; # Needed for my local test
echo "SECRET" > README
git add README 
git commit -m "Initial commit"

echo "innocuous" >> README
git commit -am "Add something safe"

echo "PASSWORD" >> README
git commit -am "Add another leak"

popd

cat >gitleaks.toml <<END
[[rules]]
  description = "generic secret regex"
  regex = '''(SECRET|PASSWORD)'''
  tags = ["secret", "example"]
END

echo ====== git leaks should find two leaks =====
gitleaks --repo-path=$REPO_PATH --config=gitleaks.toml

# get first commit 
first=$(git --git-dir=$REPO_PATH/.git rev-list --max-parents=0 HEAD)

# get last commit
last=$(git --git-dir=$REPO_PATH/.git rev-list --max-count=1 HEAD)

cat >>gitleaks.toml <<END
[whitelist]
  commits = [
    "$first",
    "$last"
  ]
END

echo ====== git leaks should find zero leaks =====
gitleaks --repo-path=$REPO_PATH --config=gitleaks.toml --verbose --pretty

rm -rf $REPO_PATH

results.txt

$ ./demo.sh
====== using REPO_PATH /tmp/gittest.CviCwN =====
/tmp/gittest.CviCwN ~/tmp/gitleak_bug
Initialized empty Git repository in /private/tmp/gittest.CviCwN/.git/
[master (root-commit) c60cc34] Initial commit
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 README
[master 898280b] Add something safe
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
[master daa2527] Add another leak
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
~/tmp/gitleak_bug
====== git leaks should find two leaks =====
WARN[2020-05-29T08:07:26-04:00] 2 leaks detected. 3 commits audited in 2 milliseconds 595 microseconds
====== git leaks should find zero leaks =====
{
	"line": "SECRET",
	"offender": "SECRET",
	"commit": "c60cc343f4819d867ef2d6ec0b2b699b0f96e2d6",
	"repo": "gittest.CviCwN",
	"rule": "generic secret regex",
	"commitMessage": "Initial commit\n",
	"author": "Peter Burkholder",
	"email": "[email protected]",
	"file": "README",
	"date": "2020-05-29T08:07:26-04:00",
	"tags": "secret, example"
}
WARN[2020-05-29T08:07:26-04:00] 1 leaks detected. 2 commits audited in 4 milliseconds 436 microseconds