fix: harden installer migration paths

bin/install.js

@@ -7199,9 +7199,35 @@ function resolveInstallRelativePath(baseDir, relPath) {
   if (fullPath !== root && !fullPath.startsWith(root + path.sep)) {
     return null;
   }
+  if (hasExistingSymlinkBetween(root, fullPath)) {
+    return null;
+  }
   return { relPath: normalized, fullPath };
 }
 
+function hasExistingSymlinkBetween(root, fullPath) {
+  const resolvedRoot = path.resolve(root);
+  const resolvedFullPath = path.resolve(fullPath);
+  if (resolvedFullPath !== resolvedRoot && !resolvedFullPath.startsWith(resolvedRoot + path.sep)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  let cursor = resolvedRoot;
+  if (fs.existsSync(cursor) && fs.lstatSync(cursor).isSymbolicLink()) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const relative = path.relative(resolvedRoot, resolvedFullPath);
+  for (const segment of relative.split(path.sep)) {
+    if (!segment) continue;
+    cursor = path.join(cursor, segment);
+    if (!fs.existsSync(cursor)) return false;
+    if (fs.lstatSync(cursor).isSymbolicLink()) return true;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * Write file manifest after installation for future modification detection
  */

get-shit-done/bin/lib/installer-migrations.cjs

@@ -56,10 +56,14 @@ function normalizeRelPath(relPath) {
     throw new Error('migration action relPath must be a non-empty string');
   }
   const normalized = relPath.replace(/\\/g, '/');
-  if (normalized.startsWith('/') || normalized.includes('../') || normalized === '..') {
+  if (path.isAbsolute(normalized) || path.win32.isAbsolute(normalized)) {
     throw new Error(`migration action relPath must stay inside configDir: ${relPath}`);
   }
-  return normalized;
+  const segments = normalized.split('/');
+  if (segments.some((segment) => segment === '' || segment === '.' || segment === '..')) {
+    throw new Error(`migration action relPath must stay inside configDir: ${relPath}`);
+  }
+  return segments.join('/');
 }
 
 function classifyArtifact(configDir, relPath, manifest) {

tests/bug-2771-user-profile-manifest.test.cjs

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const { describe, test, beforeEach, afterEach, before } = require('node:test');
 const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
+const crypto = require('crypto');
 const { execFileSync } = require('child_process');
 const { createTempDir, cleanup } = require('./helpers.cjs');
 
@@ -220,9 +221,16 @@ describe('#2771: USER_OWNED_ARTIFACTS is a single source of truth', () => {
 
 describe('manifest path safety', () => {
   let tmpDir;
+  let outside;
 
-  beforeEach(() => { tmpDir = createTempDir('gsd-manifest-path-safety-'); });
+  beforeEach(() => {
-  afterEach(() => { cleanup(tmpDir); });
+    tmpDir = createTempDir('gsd-manifest-path-safety-');
+    outside = path.join(tmpDir, '..', `outside-managed-file-${path.basename(tmpDir)}.txt`);
+  });
+  afterEach(() => {
+    if (outside) fs.rmSync(outside, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    cleanup(tmpDir);
+  });
 
   test('saveLocalPatches ignores manifest entries that escape the install root', () => {
     const origMode = process.env.GSD_TEST_MODE;
@@ -236,7 +244,6 @@ describe('manifest path safety', () => {
       else process.env.GSD_TEST_MODE = origMode;
     }
 
-    const outside = path.join(tmpDir, '..', 'outside-managed-file.txt');
     fs.writeFileSync(outside, 'outside user data\n', 'utf8');
     fs.writeFileSync(
       path.join(tmpDir, MANIFEST_NAME),
@@ -254,6 +261,46 @@ describe('manifest path safety', () => {
 
     assert.deepEqual(modified, []);
     assert.equal(fs.readFileSync(outside, 'utf8'), 'outside user data\n');
-    assert.equal(fs.existsSync(path.join(tmpDir, PATCHES_DIR_NAME, '..', 'outside-managed-file.txt')), false);
+    assert.equal(fs.existsSync(path.join(tmpDir, PATCHES_DIR_NAME, '..', path.basename(outside))), false);
+  });
+
+  test('saveLocalPatches does not follow symlinked patch directories outside the install root', () => {
+    const origMode = process.env.GSD_TEST_MODE;
+    process.env.GSD_TEST_MODE = '1';
+    let mod;
+    try {
+      delete require.cache[require.resolve(INSTALL_SCRIPT)];
+      mod = require(INSTALL_SCRIPT);
+    } finally {
+      if (origMode === undefined) delete process.env.GSD_TEST_MODE;
+      else process.env.GSD_TEST_MODE = origMode;
+    }
+
+    const hookPath = path.join(tmpDir, 'hooks', 'managed.js');
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(hookPath), { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(hookPath, 'user edited hook\n', 'utf8');
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(tmpDir, MANIFEST_NAME),
+      JSON.stringify({
+        version: 'legacy',
+        timestamp: '2026-05-11T00:00:00.000Z',
+        files: {
+          'hooks/managed.js': crypto.createHash('sha256').update('managed hook\n').digest('hex'),
+        },
+      }, null, 2),
+      'utf8'
+    );
+
+    fs.mkdirSync(outside, { recursive: true });
+    try {
+      fs.symlinkSync(outside, path.join(tmpDir, PATCHES_DIR_NAME), 'dir');
+    } catch {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const modified = mod.saveLocalPatches(tmpDir);
+
+    assert.deepEqual(modified, []);
+    assert.equal(fs.existsSync(path.join(outside, 'hooks', 'managed.js')), false);
   });
 });

tests/installer-migrations.test.cjs

@@ -407,6 +407,37 @@ test('rejects migration actions that escape the install root', () => {
   }
 });
 
+test('rejects migration actions that normalize to the install root', () => {
+  const configDir = createTempInstall();
+  try {
+    writeManifest(configDir, {});
+
+    for (const relPath of ['.', 'hooks/..']) {
+      assert.throws(
+        () => planInstallerMigrations({
+          configDir,
+          migrations: [
+            {
+              id: `2026-05-11-bad-path-${relPath.replace(/[^a-z0-9]/gi, '-')}`,
+              description: 'Bad path',
+              plan: () => [
+                {
+                  type: 'remove-managed',
+                  relPath,
+                  reason: 'bad path',
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+          ],
+        }),
+        /relPath must stay inside configDir/
+      );
+    }
+  } finally {
+    cleanup(configDir);
+  }
+});
+
 test('runs discovered installer migrations against manifest-managed legacy orphan files', () => {
   const configDir = createTempInstall();
   try {