Users may already store sensitive data such as imap.pass in
.git/config; making the file world-readable when "git config"
is called to edit means their password would be compromised
on a shared system.

Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalper...@yhbt.net>
---
 config.c               | 7 +++++++
 t/t1300-repo-config.sh | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index a30cb5c..a0b6756 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -1636,6 +1636,13 @@ int git_config_set_multivar_in_file(const char 
*config_filename,
                        MAP_PRIVATE, in_fd, 0);
                close(in_fd);
 
+               if (fchmod(fd, st.st_mode & 07777) < 0) {
+                       error("fchmod on %s failed: %s",
+                               lock->filename, strerror(errno));
+                       ret = CONFIG_NO_WRITE;
+                       goto out_free;
+               }
+
                if (store.seen == 0)
                        store.seen = 1;
 
diff --git a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
index 58cd543..d87693e 100755
--- a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
+++ b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
@@ -1158,4 +1158,10 @@ test_expect_failure 'adding a key into an empty section 
reuses header' '
        test_cmp expect .git/config
 '
 
+test_expect_success POSIXPERM,PERL 'preserves existing permissions' '
+       chmod 0600 .git/config &&
+       git config imap.pass Hunter2 &&
+       perl -e "die q(badperm) if ((stat(q(.git/config)))[2] & 07777) != 0600"
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
Eric Wong
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