Dev/git

Branches

Introduction

While the project is small adrelanos thinks it is best not to make a too difficult policy.

Compare

Upstream git issue. Currently not easy to compare tags in a superproject while showing what changed in the submodules.

git log -p --submodule=log 15.0.0.3.3-stable..15.0.0.3.7-developers-only

git log -p --submodule=log 15.0.0.3.3-stable..15.0.0.3.7-developers-only

master

• Adrelanos's progress of work.
• Not calling it unstable, because the changes will most likely never make it unstable but it is just not tested if it still builds.
• Branching model, project readme, information, gpg...

signed git tags

Releases will be tagged and gpg signed.

Link to Source Code

https://github.com/Whonix/Whonix ^[archive]

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subscribe to code changes

git

Git clone github ^[archive].

A git specific work flow could be:

git fetch

every (few) day(s) and then git diff(tool), merge, etc.

rss feed notification

https://github.com/Whonix/Whonix/commits/master.atom ^[archive]

manually in your browser

Check every now and then https://github.com/Whonix/Whonix/commits/master ^[archive].

Github Commits Mailing List

Whonix ™-commits read only mailing list ^[archive]

(Stay hosted on sourceforge.net. Barely anyone is signed up and it is quite high traffic.)

Twitter

If you prefer Twitter, use the Secondary Twitter Account for Source Code Commit Notification ^[archive].

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grep Whonix ™ source code

Get the Source Code

Get the Signing Key

This step is recommended for better security, but is not strictly required. (See Trust)

Get Whonix Signing Key.

Get the Source Code

FREE

By proceeding, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agreed to our Terms of Service and License Agreement.

Install git.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install git

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install git

Get source code including git submodules.

• Whonix ™ version 15.0.1.3.4 :

  git clone --branch 15.0.1.3.4-stable --jobs=4 --recursive https://github.com/Whonix/Whonix

  git clone --branch 15.0.1.3.4-stable --jobs=4 --recursive https://github.com/Whonix/Whonix

• Whonix ™ version 15.0.1.3.8 and above :

  git clone --branch 15.0.1.3.8-developers-only --jobs=4 --recursive https://gitlab.com/whonix/Whonix.git

  git clone --branch 15.0.1.3.8-developers-only --jobs=4 --recursive https://gitlab.com/whonix/Whonix.git

Shift to the source folder.

cd Whonix

cd Whonix

OpenPGP Verify the Source Code

This chapter is recommended for better security, but is not strictly required.

Change directly into source code folder.

cd Whonix

cd Whonix

Git fetch.

git fetch

git fetch

Verify the chosen tag to build. Replace with tag you want to build.

git verify-tag 15.0.1.3.4-stable

git verify-tag 15.0.1.3.4-stable

The output should look similar to this.

object 1844108109a5f2f8bddcf2257b9f3675be5cfb22 type commit tag 15.0.1.3.4 tagger Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net> 1392320095 +0000

. gpg: Signature made Thu 13 Feb 2014 07:34:55 PM UTC using RSA key ID 77BB3C48 gpg: Good signature from "Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net>" [ultimate]

Check the GPG signature timestamp makes sense. For example, if you previously saw a signature from 2020 and now see a signature from 2019, then this might be a targeted rollback (downgrade) or indefinite freeze attack.

The warning.

gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature! gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.

Is explained on the Whonix Signing Key page and can be safely ignored.

By convention, git tags should point to signed git commits. (forum discussion ^[archive]) It is advisable to verify the signature of the git commit as well (replace 15.0.1.3.4 with the actual git tag being verified).

git verify-commit 15.0.1.3.4-stable^{commit}

git verify-commit 15.0.1.3.4-stable^{commit}

The output should look similar to this.

commit 5aa1c307c943be60e7d2bfa5727fa5ada3a79c4a gpg: Signature made Sun 07 Dec 2014 01:22:22 AM UTC using RSA key ID 77BB3C48 gpg: Good signature from "Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net>" [ultimate] Author: Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@riseup.net> Date: Sun Dec 7 01:22:22 2014 +0000

.

Choose Version

Retrieve a list of available git tags.

git --no-pager tag

git --no-pager tag

Use git checkout to select the preferred version to build.

git checkout --recurse-submodules 15.0.1.3.4-stable

git checkout --recurse-submodules 15.0.1.3.4-stable

Replace 15.0.1.3.4-stable with the actual version chosen for the build: the stable, testers-only or developers version. Common sense is required when choosing the right version number. For example, the latest available version number is not necessarily the most stable or suitable. Follow the Whonix ™ News Blog as it might contain information.

Check if you really got the version you want.

git describe

git describe

Should show:

15.0.1.3.4-stable

Check if source folder is pristine.

git status

git status

Should show nothing.

HEAD detached at 15.0.1.3.4-stable
nothing to commit, working tree clean

If it shows something else, do not continue.

grep

Create folder ~/bin.

mkdir ~/bin

mkdir ~/bin

Create a file ~/bin/mygrep. Paste the following.

#!/bin/bash
set -x
exec \
grep \
--exclude=README.md \
--exclude=GPLv2 \
--exclude=GPLv3 \
--exclude=COPYING \
--exclude=changelog.upstream-old1 \
--exclude-dir=mnt \
--exclude-dir=qubes-src/linux-template-builder/mnt \
--exclude=changelog.upstream \
--exclude-dir=".git" \
--exclude-dir=chroot-debian \

--exclude-dir=chroot-stretch \
--exclude-dir=chroot-jessie "$@"

#!/bin/bash set -x exec \ grep \ --exclude=README.md \ --exclude=GPLv2 \ --exclude=GPLv3 \ --exclude=COPYING \ --exclude=changelog.upstream-old1 \ --exclude-dir=mnt \ --exclude-dir=qubes-src/linux-template-builder/mnt \ --exclude=changelog.upstream \ --exclude-dir=".git" \ --exclude-dir=chroot-debian \ --exclude-dir=chroot-stretch \ --exclude-dir=chroot-jessie "$@"

Save.

chmod +x ~/bin/mygrep

chmod +x ~/bin/mygrep

Make executable.

cd Whonix

cd Whonix

Search for string. For example grub-pc.

mygrep -r grub-pc

mygrep -r grub-pc

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Compiled Code

find . -name '*.c' -not -iwholename '*.git*'

find . -name '*.c' -not -iwholename '*.git*'

./sdwdate/usr/lib/sdwdate/sclockadj.c
./bindp/usr/lib/bindp.c
./kloak/src/main.c
./kloak/src/keycodes.c
./kloak/src/eventcap.c

Put folder under Git Version Control

Setup

Update the package lists.

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get update

Install git.

sudo apt-get install git

sudo apt-get install git

Unless you want to use git for pushing changes to remotes which you probably won't in a testing VM you can use the following git config without using any real names or pseudonyms. (These are the git suggested defaults. )

git config --global user.email "you@example.com"

git config --global user.email "you@example.com"

git config --global user.name "Your Name"

git config --global user.name "Your Name"

Enable Git Version Control for Folder

Go to the folder you want to set under git version control.

cd ~

cd ~

Initialize git version control.

git init

git init

Add all files to git version control.

git add -A

git add -A

Commit all files to git.

git commit -a -m .

git commit -a -m .

Do changes such as changing KDE settings.

See which files changed.

git status

git status

See diff.

git diff

git diff

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Goodies

Optional. Just sharing. Like it or not.

• Bash completion can complete git commands and branch names.
• Colorful git prompt. ^[archive]

screenshot ^[archive]

apt-get source

You need to enable deb-src in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/whonix.list!

sudo apt-get update

Hit:1 tor+http://deb.dds6qkxpwdeubwucdiaord2xgbbeyds25rbsgr73tbfpqpt4a6vjwsyd.onion stretch InRelease
Hit:2 http://deb.qubes-os.org/r4.0/vm stretch InRelease                                            
Ign:3 tor+http://vwakviie2ienjx6t.onion/debian stretch InRelease                                   
Hit:4 tor+http://sgvtcaew4bxjd7ln.onion stretch/updates InRelease                                  
Hit:5 tor+http://vwakviie2ienjx6t.onion/debian stretch Release                                     
Ign:7 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease                                            
Hit:8 http://security.debian.org stretch/updates InRelease                                  
Hit:9 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stretch Release                                       
Hit:11 http://deb.whonix.org stretch InRelease                             
Reading package lists... Done 
E: Failed to fetch tor+http://deb.dds6qkxpwdeubwucdiaord2xgbbeyds25rbsgr73tbfpqpt4a6vjwsyd.onion/dists/stretch/InRelease  Unable to find expected entry 'contrib/source/Sources' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)
E: Failed to fetch http://deb.whonix.org/dists/stretch/InRelease  Unable to find expected entry 'non-free/source/Sources' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

The following can be ignored:

• "Unable to find expected entry 'contrib/source/Sources'" and
• "Unable to find expected entry 'non-free/source/Sources'"

There is nothing in these repositories. Does not limit functionality in any way. Inconinent message but won't fix since only asked once in 5 years.

apt-get source fully functional.

apt-get source apparmor-profiles-hardened-debian

Reading package lists... Done
Picking 'anon-meta-packages' as source package instead of 'apparmor-profiles-hardened-debian'
NOTICE: 'anon-meta-packages' packaging is maintained in the 'Git' version control system at:
https://github.com/{{project_name_short}}/anon-meta-packages.git
Please use:
git clone https://github.com/{{project_name_short}}/anon-meta-packages.git
to retrieve the latest (possibly unreleased) updates to the package.
Need to get 48.9 kB of source archives.
Get:1 tor+http://deb.dds6qkxpwdeubwucdiaord2xgbbeyds25rbsgr73tbfpqpt4a6vjwsyd.onion stretch/main anon-meta-packages 3:7.9-1 (dsc) [5,513 B]
Get:2 tor+http://deb.dds6qkxpwdeubwucdiaord2xgbbeyds25rbsgr73tbfpqpt4a6vjwsyd.onion stretch/main anon-meta-packages 3:7.9-1 (tar) [37.8 kB]
Get:3 tor+http://deb.dds6qkxpwdeubwucdiaord2xgbbeyds25rbsgr73tbfpqpt4a6vjwsyd.onion stretch/main anon-meta-packages 3:7.9-1 (diff) [5,588 B]
Fetched 48.9 kB in 2s (19.4 kB/s)             
dpkg-source: info: extracting anon-meta-packages in anon-meta-packages-7.9
dpkg-source: info: unpacking anon-meta-packages_7.9.orig.tar.xz
dpkg-source: info: unpacking anon-meta-packages_7.9-1.debian.tar.xz

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