dev-cmd/tap-new: improve handling of multi-user setups

Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/tap-new.rb

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 require "abstract_command"
 require "fileutils"
 require "tap"
+require "utils/uid"
 
 module Homebrew
   module DevCmd
@@ -172,16 +173,32 @@ module Homebrew
         write_path(tap, ".github/workflows/publish.yml", actions_publish)
 
         unless args.no_git?
-          cd tap.path do
+          cd tap.path do |path|
             Utils::Git.set_name_email!
             Utils::Git.setup_gpg!
 
             # Would be nice to use --initial-branch here but it's not available in
             # older versions of Git that we support.
             safe_system "git", "-c", "init.defaultBranch=#{branch}", "init"
-            safe_system "git", "add", "--all"
-            safe_system "git", "commit", "-m", "Create #{tap} tap"
-            safe_system "git", "branch", "-m", branch
+
+            args = []
+            git_owner = File.stat(File.join(path, ".git")).uid
+            if git_owner != Process.uid && git_owner == Process.euid
+              # Under Homebrew user model, EUID is permitted to execute commands under the UID.
+              # Root users are never allowed (see brew.sh).
+              args << "-c" << "safe.directory=#{path}"
+            end
+
+            # Use the configuration of the original user, which will have author information and signing keys.
+            Utils::UID.drop_euid do
+              env = { HOME: Utils::UID.uid_home }.compact
+              env[:TMPDIR] = nil if (tmpdir = ENV.fetch("TMPDIR", nil)) && !File.writable?(tmpdir)
+              with_env(env) do
+                safe_system "git", *args, "add", "--all"
+                safe_system "git", *args, "commit", "-m", "Create #{tap} tap"
+                safe_system "git", *args, "branch", "-m", branch
+              end
+            end
           end
         end
 

Library/Homebrew/utils/github/api.rb

@@ -135,15 +135,6 @@ module GitHub
       JSON::ParserError,
     ].freeze
 
-    sig { returns(T.nilable(String)) }
-    private_class_method def self.uid_home
-      require "etc"
-      Etc.getpwuid(Process.uid)&.dir
-    rescue ArgumentError
-      # Cover for misconfigured NSS setups
-      nil
-    end
-
     # Gets the token from the GitHub CLI for github.com.
     sig { returns(T.nilable(String)) }
     def self.github_cli_token
@@ -152,7 +143,7 @@ module GitHub
         # Avoid `Formula["gh"].opt_bin` so this method works even with `HOMEBREW_DISABLE_LOAD_FORMULA`.
         env = {
           "PATH" => PATH.new(HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"opt/gh/bin", ENV.fetch("PATH")),
-          "HOME" => uid_home,
+          "HOME" => Utils::UID.uid_home,
         }.compact
         gh_out, _, result = system_command "gh",
                                            args:         ["auth", "token", "--hostname", "github.com"],
@@ -173,7 +164,7 @@ module GitHub
         git_credential_out, _, result = system_command "git",
                                                        args:         ["credential-osxkeychain", "get"],
                                                        input:        ["protocol=https\n", "host=github.com\n"],
-                                                       env:          { "HOME" => uid_home }.compact,
+                                                       env:          { "HOME" => Utils::UID.uid_home }.compact,
                                                        print_stderr: false
         return unless result.success?
 

Library/Homebrew/utils/uid.rb

@@ -15,5 +15,14 @@ module Utils
         Process::Sys.seteuid(original_euid)
       end
     end
+
+    sig { returns(T.nilable(String)) }
+    def self.uid_home
+      require "etc"
+      Etc.getpwuid(Process.uid)&.dir
+    rescue ArgumentError
+      # Cover for misconfigured NSS setups
+      nil
+    end
   end
 end