Add upstream.codes as a built-in host by kodahhhhh · Pull Request #213 · git-pkgs/forge

kodahhhhh · 2026-11-15T01:00:18Z

Summary

Upstream is a Git forge that serves GitHub's REST API at /api/v3. forge already detects it as GitHub Enterprise, so most commands work if you pass the host. This makes it work inside a clone with no flags.

What changed

upstream.codes is in factory.DefaultForges on the GitHub backend, so the CLI and factory.NewClient both know it.
Upstream clones come from git.coline.app and ssh.git.coline.app, which serve no API. forges.WithHostAlias maps a git host to a forge's domain, and factory.NewClient registers those two from factory.DefaultHostAliases, so a clone URL on either host resolves to upstream.codes. The CLI uses the same defaults for its remote and for -R HOST/OWNER/REPO, and a configured ssh_host still wins.
UPSTREAM_TOKEN is read for upstream.codes, and forge auth status lists the host.

Testing

go vet, go test -race and golangci-lint pass, and the wasm builds succeed. Tested against a scratch repository on upstream.codes: repos, issues, comments, labels, branches, pull requests, reviews, releases, webhooks and notifications.

Not working yet

The collaborator, milestone, deploy-key and secret commands fail because Upstream has no endpoints for them. That's on our side, not in forge.

I work on Upstream, and most of this was written with Claude Code.

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New Features
- Added support for Upstream repositories, including automatic recognition of HTTPS and SSH remotes hosted at git.coline.app and ssh.git.coline.app.
- Upstream repositories connect through the compatible GitHub API. UPSTREAM_TOKEN is supported, and Upstream appears in the authentication status display.
- Added configurable host aliases so repository URLs can resolve to the corresponding forge.
Documentation
- Updated setup guidance for GitHub Enterprise and other compatible hosts, including Upstream’s remote mapping and token configuration.

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coderabbitai · 2026-11-15T01:00:35Z

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Walkthrough

The forge client now supports host aliases. The factory and resolver map git.coline.app and ssh.git.coline.app to upstream.codes. Token lookup, auth status output, tests, and documentation include Upstream support.

Changes: Upstream host support

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Configure and resolve host aliases `forge.go`, `forges_test.go`, `factory/factory_test.go`	The client stores case-insensitive host aliases and applies them during forge lookup. Direct forge registrations take precedence. Tests cover HTTPS and SCP-style repository URLs, alias precedence, and direct registrations.
Register and resolve Upstream hosts `factory/factory.go`, `factory/factory_test.go`, `internal/resolve/resolve.go`, `internal/resolve/resolve_test.go`	The factory registers `upstream.codes` with API base URL `https://upstream.codes/api/v3` and maps Upstream Git hosts to it. The resolver applies default aliases to repository flags and SSH hosts, and checks `UPSTREAM_TOKEN`. Tests cover host resolution, remote parsing, alias precedence, and token lookup.
Document and display Upstream support `internal/cli/auth.go`, `README.md`	The auth status command includes `upstream.codes`. The README describes compatible hosts, Upstream mapping, `UPSTREAM_TOKEN`, and the built-in provider.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: andrew, nopecharon, abhinavgautam01

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 2ee8b

This adds upstream.codes as a built-in host with aliases for its Git hosts, plus UPSTREAM_TOKEN lookup. A forge registered explicitly for an alias host now takes precedence, so the earlier concern is addressed. No merge-blocking risk remains.

Security architecture risk: Moderate · up to 2ee8b

Normal routing preserves explicit registrations and provider-specific credentials. However, a project configuration error can silently replace a user-configured destination with public Upstream, potentially sending private command content or authenticated writes to the wrong service. This requires a customized mapping for one of Upstream’s Git hosts.

Retained concerns

Medium · security · inferred: A configuration-load error now routes git.coline.app or ssh.git.coline.app to public upstream.codes even when user configuration normally maps that host to another API. A repository author can trigger the error through an invalid project .forge, bypassing the user-only mapping. A subsequent issue-create command can send its title and body to the unintended service and, with sufficient credentials, mutate a same-name repository. The base retained the original Git host instead of selecting Upstream. Exposure is limited to customized mappings for these two hosts and commands without an effective explicit host override.

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Security Blast Radius

inferred — The identified failure is bounded to the two built-in Git aliases when a user mapping would normally select another API. Control of a project .forge is sufficient to trigger configuration rejection, but not to configure arbitrary aliases or obtain new credentials. Requests remain bounded by the selected owner/repository and available credential permissions; the traced issue-create path sends user-supplied command content.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

inferred — With a customized ssh_host mapping, an invalid project git_protocol value causes merged configuration loading to fail. Startup ignores that error, host resolution falls back to upstream.codes, and issue creation forwards the title and body through the selected GitHub-backed provider. UPSTREAM_TOKEN or the existing FORGE_TOKEN fallback can authorize an unintended write. Live acceptance and repository existence were not verified.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

observed — Successful configuration loading preserves user ssh_host precedence, and project configuration cannot set ssh_host or tokens. An explicit --host overrides the remote-derived destination. The inherited CLI HTTP client rejects HTTPS-to-HTTP redirects, but this transport control does not prevent selecting the wrong HTTPS service.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

observed — Configuration loading caches both its result and error for the invocation. A rejected project configuration therefore removes the user mapping consistently for subsequent resolution calls rather than recovering it later in the same process.

Hardening Proposals

proposed — Distinguish absent configuration from rejected configuration, and stop automatic destination selection when configuration cannot be trusted, rather than silently replacing a potentially configured host mapping with a public default.

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The title "Add upstream.codes as a built-in host" matches the main change. The changeset registers upstream.codes as a default forge in factory.go, adds default host aliases for git.coline.app and ssh.git.coline.app, and documents and tests the new built-in host. The title is specific and concise, and a reviewer scanning history would understand the primary change.

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Upstream (upstream.codes) serves GitHub's REST API at /api/v3, so the GitHub backend already works against it once the host is detected. Its clone URLs are on git.coline.app and ssh.git.coline.app, which don't serve the API, so forge couldn't resolve a repository from a clone. Register upstream.codes with the defaults, map its git hosts to it, and read UPSTREAM_TOKEN. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

andrew

Thanks for this. The API at upstream.codes/api/v3 responds as described, and the approach of reusing the GitHub backend is right. A built-in host is something every user of the CLI and library carries from then on, so it needs to be complete before it goes in. Four things to change, detailed inline:

The clone-host mapping only applies to the current directory's git remote. It needs to work in the library too, with tests.
There is no test that a configured ssh_host takes precedence over the built-in map.
The README change to the opening sentence should come out.
One comment to trim.

Please also add tests that go in through the public entry points (factory.NewClient with a clone URL, and the CLI resolving a repo from a git.coline.app remote) so the mapping is covered where it is used and not only at mapSSHHost.

andrew · 2026-11-15T13:43:09Z

+		}
 	}
-	if api := cfg.DomainForSSHHost(domain); api != "" {
+	if api, ok := knownGitHosts[domain]; ok {


mapSSHHost is only called when resolving the current directory's remote, and knownGitHosts is in internal/resolve, so the library never sees it. factory.NewClient given https://git.coline.app/owner/repo gets the unmapped host, which serves no API, and so does any CLI path that takes a repo URL directly. Since upstream.codes is being added to factory.DefaultForges, the mapping belongs at the same level: move it into the library so a clone URL on either git host resolves to upstream.codes for both the CLI and factory.NewClient, keep the configured ssh_host precedence in the CLI, and add a factory test that passes a git.coline.app and an ssh.git.coline.app URL.

andrew · 2026-11-15T13:43:09Z

 		{"github.com", "github.com"},
 		{"gitlab.test", "gitlab.test"},
+		// built-in git hosts of a hosted forge
+		{"git.coline.app", "upstream.codes"},


These cases cover the built-in map but not the ordering the rewrite of mapSSHHost introduces. Add a case where the config has a section with ssh_host = git.coline.app pointing at a different domain, and assert the configured domain is returned.

andrew · 2026-11-15T13:43:09Z

 # forge

-Go library and CLI for working with git forges. Supports GitHub, GitLab, Gitea/Forgejo, Bitbucket Cloud, Gerrit, Tangled and Radicle (read-only) through a single interface.
+Go library and CLI for working with git forges. Supports GitHub, GitLab, Gitea/Forgejo, Bitbucket Cloud, Gerrit, Tangled and Radicle (read-only) through a single interface. GitHub Enterprise and other hosts that serve GitHub's REST API, such as [Upstream](https://upstream.codes), work through the GitHub backend.


Please drop the such as [Upstream](https://upstream.codes) clause. The opening sentence lists backends, and Upstream is a host on the GitHub backend. The paragraph further down about git.coline.app remotes is the right place for it and is enough.

andrew · 2026-11-15T13:43:09Z

+	// Upstream clones over https://git.coline.app and git@ssh.git.coline.app,
+	// while its API and web pages are on upstream.codes.


Delete this inner comment. The doc comment above the map and the entries themselves already say it.

Clone URLs on git.coline.app and ssh.git.coline.app now resolve to upstream.codes in factory.NewClient, not only for the current directory's remote in the CLI. WithHostAlias adds such a mapping to any Client, and factory.DefaultHostAliases holds the defaults. The CLI uses the same defaults for its remote and for -R HOST/OWNER/REPO, with a configured ssh_host still taking precedence. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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coderabbitai · 2026-11-15T13:53:28Z

-	c := forges.NewClient(append([]forges.Option{forges.WithDetection(Builders())}, opts...)...)
+	base := []forges.Option{forges.WithDetection(Builders())}
+	for host, domain := range DefaultHostAliases() {
+		base = append(base, forges.WithHostAlias(host, domain))


Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Preserve explicit forge registrations for default alias hosts.

If a caller supplies WithForge("git.coline.app", custom), this default alias still redirects ForgeForURL("https://git.coline.app/owner/project") to the Upstream backend. The caller option writes forges, but alias substitution occurs before that map is checked. Applying caller options last does not preserve this override. Do not apply a default alias when the caller explicitly registers that host. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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A Client given WithForge("git.coline.app", f) sent that host's URLs to upstream.codes, because factory.NewClient's default alias was applied before the registry was checked. The alias now applies only when no forge is registered for the host itself. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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		// Upstream clones over https://git.coline.app and git@ssh.git.coline.app,
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