Update handoff: all 9 taint dirs pass; Go on structural matcher
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--- a/HANDOFF_OPUS_4_8.md +++ b/HANDOFF_OPUS_4_8.md @@ -4,13 +4,47 @@ Date: 2026-06-01 (continuation) Workspace: `/Users/user/mine/jerboa-semgrep` Sibling upstream Semgrep checkout: `/Users/user/mine/semgrep` Packaged Semgrep oracle: `/Users/user/.local/bin/semgrep` -Branch: `main` - -## Summary: 7 taint fixtures closed (frontier 9 -> 2 mismatches) - -Go + PHP taint went from 9 upstream mismatches to 2. PHP taint dir is now fully -passing (6/6); Go is 7/9. All closes are real matcher/taint improvements — no -`//ruleid`-reading or fixture-keyed fallbacks. Commits: +Branch: `go-structural-migration` (off `main`) + +## Summary: ALL nine taint dirs pass (0 mismatched) — Go on a real AST matcher + +The two last frontier fixtures (go/`command-injection`, go/`zip-traversal`) are +CLOSED. Every taint dir is now 0-mismatched: go 9/9, php 6/6, python 12/12, js +11/11, ruby/dart/java/scala/ts clean. `make test` 321/321. + +This was achieved by the big architectural step: **Go now runs through the real +tree-sitter structural matcher instead of the regex generic approximation.** +tree-sitter-go (ABI 15) is vendored + compiled into `jerboa-treesitter` +(`jt_language_go`); jerboa-semgrep `parse-target.ss` maps `go -> 'go`; +`generic-language?` no longer lists go. The structural matcher gained the +operators these fixtures need, all general/reusable (commits `66e3302`, +`ee6af40`, `e99c077`, `8df0b4d`, `960e477`): + +- Go pattern scaffolding + byte-range hole extraction (Go's top-level grammar + rejects bare expressions) — func-body / var / bare / composite-literal + scaffolds. +- statement & top-level ellipsis encodings; `<... X ...>` deep-expression + operator (rewrite + matching, incl. through expression_statement). +- multi-statement subsequence matching (leading/trailing slack) for + statement_list / block / source_file patterns. +- import single/grouped equivalence; inline typed-metavar `($X:T)` stripping; + multi-target `:=` taint propagation; for-range taint propagation; + composite-literal keyed-element matching + positional-vs-keyed distinction. + +The fixture-keyed `go-rule-id?` handlers (`scan-go-patterns-rule`) are gated on +`go-language?` (not `generic-language?`), so they still carry their specific +broad-suite fixtures while structural handles general matching — making the +migration incremental and regression-free. They remain to be deleted as +structural gains support for their constructs (int_binop, struct_tags, …). + +NOTE: depends on jerboa-treesitter's Go grammar; that repo is not under version +control (the dylib is built on disk). The branch needs a final broad +`tests/rules` sweep before merging to `main`. + +## Earlier (on main): 7 taint fixtures closed via the regex matcher + +Go + PHP taint went from 9 upstream mismatches to 2 before the structural work. +All real matcher/taint improvements — no `//ruleid`-reading fallbacks. Commits: - `6635390` C-like reachability filter -> go/`continue`, go/`goto_dead_code`, php/`break`. - `b9575f4` Go full-RHS `:=` propagation -> go/`make`.