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Do not follow destination symlink when copying user configuration - #1957

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Type of Change

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Motivation and Context

This PR fixes a narrow case where a user may have modified the user configuration file in the application root to use a symlink. In this case, upon restarting the service, we would follow the symlink, potentially replacing files unintentionally. This PR fixes this issue by using the rename(2) which will override the destPath regardless of its file permissions and status as a symlink or otherwise.

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Signed-off-by: Kathryn Baldauf <k_baldauf@apple.com>
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katiewasnothere force-pushed the config_load_copy_rename branch from 650ff17 to dcfdad3 Compare July 16, 2026 21:46
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let fm = FileManager.default

if fm.fileExists(atPath: destPath.string) {

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I'm not sure I understand. Was removeItem following the symlink and removing the file at the target path?

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Or that the symlink was pointing nowhere and fileExists follows the symlink and then returns false?

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jglogan merged commit 3310f34 into apple:main Jul 20, 2026
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andrewkomkov added a commit to getgantry/gantry that referenced this pull request Aug 1, 2026
…ot args (#14)

apple/container **1.2.0** is out (previously tracked: `1.1.0`).

Upstream notes: https://github.com/apple/container/releases/tag/1.2.0 —
mirrored in `docs/upstream/apple-container-1.2.0.md`.

## Review checklist

- [ ] New or changed CLI flags Gantry should surface (`container
run/create/machine/build`)
- [ ] Changed `--format json` shapes the DockerKit apple transport
decodes
- [ ] Fixed upstream bugs Gantry currently works around
- [ ] `ContainerTooling.recommendedVersion` / feature gates need moving
to `1.2.0`
- [ ] MCP tools and App Intents that expose the affected commands
- [ ] README and CHANGELOG entries for whatever is adopted

Merging records the version as reviewed. Implement the adopted parts on
this branch, or merge as-is and open follow-ups.

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<details><summary>Upstream release notes</summary>

## What's Changed
* Add TestCLISystemLogs and TestCLITermIO integration tests in new
integration test suite by @katiewasnothere in
apple/container#1879
* Restore reverted migrations, migrate last tests. by @jglogan in
apple/container#1880
* Removes obsolete CLITests directory. by @jglogan in
apple/container#1886
* Integration coverage xpc helpers by @noah-thor in
apple/container#1551
* Upgrade grpc-swift-nio-transport to 2.9.0 and remove HTTP2ConnectBuff…
by @adityabagchi24 in apple/container#1790
* Updates containerization to 0.36.0. by @jglogan in
apple/container#1912
* Use containerization version 0.37.0 by @adityaramani in
apple/container#1932
* Verify kernel archive integrity by @haoruilee in
apple/container#1703
* Add commit/issue alert to PR template. by @jglogan in
apple/container#1945
* Remove `--skip-build` from test Makefile target. by @jglogan in
apple/container#1951
* Restore `--skip-build`, enable `import testable` for release builds.
by @jglogan in apple/container#1955
* [package]: bump container-builder-shim to 0.13.0 by @saehejkang in
apple/container#1953
* Validate container ID from XPC requests by @katiewasnothere in
apple/container#1956
* Remove force unwraps on XPC error set/get by @katiewasnothere in
apple/container#1958
* Do not follow destination symlink when copying user configuration by
@katiewasnothere in apple/container#1957
* Fix machine ID length test. by @jglogan in
apple/container#1971
* Address flaky TestCLIKernelSetSerial suite. by @jglogan in
apple/container#1976
* [gitignore]: ignore vscode workspace files by @saehejkang in
apple/container#1966
* Update containerization dependency with new EXT4Unpacker func
definition by @katiewasnothere in
apple/container#1973
* Periodic dependency updates. by @jglogan in
apple/container#1981
* Use ordered journal mode for unpacked images. by @jglogan in
apple/container#1974
* Reword DNS container name resolution doc information by
@katiewasnothere in apple/container#1960
* ci: bump the github-actions group across 1 directory with 3 updates by
@dependabot[bot] in apple/container#1983
* Pass build config in when building protoc dependencies by
@katiewasnothere in apple/container#1972
* Container test fixture package by @katiewasnothere in
apple/container#1887
* Downgrade swift-collections to 1.5.1. by @jglogan in
apple/container#1984
* Use `enum` for warmup images. by @jglogan in
apple/container#1990
* Add missing dependencies to new ContainerTestSupport package by
@katiewasnothere in apple/container#1994
* Add OCI maskedPaths and readonlyPaths support to Container API. by
@jglogan in apple/container#1996
* Integration test - miscellaneous fixture and test refinements. by
@jglogan in apple/container#1993
* Use log instead of print for system start status messages by
@adityabagchi24 in apple/container#1889
* Fix BuilderStart race, parallelize `container build` tests. by
@jglogan in apple/container#2002
* Allow custom kernel boot args via --kernel-arg by @arirubinstein in
apple/container#1744
* fix: Increase XPC timeout for Machine API operations by @dev-kvt in
apple/container#2006
* Update containerization import to latest 0.40.0 by @katiewasnothere in
apple/container#2028
* Fix image env vars, build context checks, TCP/UDP port forward buffer,
and validate plugin name by @katiewasnothere in
apple/container#2027
* Update containerization import to 0.40.1 by @katiewasnothere in
apple/container#2038

## New Contributors
* @haoruilee made their first contribution in
apple/container#1703
* @arirubinstein made their first contribution in
apple/container#1744
* @dev-kvt made their first contribution in
apple/container#2006

**Full Changelog**:
apple/container@1.1.0...1.2.0

</details>

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Co-authored-by: Andrew <Andrew.Komkov@gmail.com>
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