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Part of #88.

Adds a read-only backend for Radicle nodes running radicle-httpd. It follows the plan agreed in the issue and a Radicle repository can now be selected with -R.

What's supported

Area	Radicle API	Notes
Repos().Get	GET /api/v1/repos/:rid	Name, description, default branch, visibility, open issue count and the git-over-HTTP clone URL (https://<node>/<rid>.git)
Repos().ListTags	refs on the repo response	Handles annotated and lightweight tags
Branches().List	canonical refs on the repo response	Falls back to the default branch head on nodes that don't report canonical refs
Files().List	GET .../tree/:sha/*path
Files().Get	GET .../blob/:sha/*path	Binary files are fetched from /raw/:rid/:sha/*path, since the JSON API leaves their content out

Refs (branch names, tag names, HEAD or a full SHA) are resolved to a commit SHA locally from the repo response, because the tree and blob endpoints only accept a commit SHA.

Every write and all other services return ErrNotSupported.

Repository addressing

Radicle repositories have no owner, so the RID is passed as repo with an empty owner.

• -R rad:<RID>: the node comes from --host, FORGE_HOST or a single config section with type = radicle.
• -R HOST/rad:<RID>: uses HOST. A scheme and port are allowed, for example -R http://127.0.0.1:8080/rad:<RID> for a local radicle-httpd.

The rad: prefix already identifies the forge, so the backend is built directly and no detection runs. Malformed input is rejected: an owner before the ID, a path or userinfo in the host, unsupported schemes, an empty host and a conflicting --forge-type.

There is no default node. Following the privacy point raised in the issue, a missing node is an error that suggests --host seed.radicle.dev rather than silently sending the RID to a public seed. Switching to a seed.radicle.dev fallback is a one-line change if that's preferred.

Empty owner handling

• browse now returns browse is not supported for rad:...: the forge has no web interface instead of building https://<host>//rad:....
• A small repoDisplayName helper is used in confirm prompts and repo messages, so they show rad:... instead of /rad:....
• OwnerForBranch and ParseRepoURL are unchanged. rad:// remotes are left for the follow-up agreed in the issue.

Other wiring

• forges.Radicle forge type, a ForgeBuilders.Radicle field and a RegisterDomain case.
• Detection probes /api/v1 and matches "service":"radicle-httpd".
• --forge-type radicle and type = radicle in the config are supported. Domain("radicle") returns "", the same as Gerrit.
• README, --repo, --forge-type and auth --type help text updated.

Not in this PR

• Issues and patches. Radicle identifies them by hex object IDs, but Issues().Get and PullRequests().Get take an int. I left both unsupported until we agree on the approach discussed in Add Radicle Forge #88, so Issue and PullRequest are unchanged.
• Commits().ResolveCommit. forges.ValidateCommitRef requires a non-empty owner.
• rad:// remote detection. This is the agreed follow-up.

Testing

• radicle/radicle_test.go: repo mapping, RID validation (including path traversal and escaped input), 404 and HTTP errors, token header, branch sorting, limit and fallback, tags, file listing at the root and in subdirectories, text, binary and space-containing file paths, ref resolution, ParsePath and unsupported services.
• forges_test.go: Radicle detection, rejection of a non-Radicle /api/v1 root and RegisterDomain with and without the builder.
• internal/resolve/resolve_test.go: every -R form, node selection order, config with one and several nodes, the no-node error and the invalid inputs above.
• internal/cli/radicle_test.go: end to end file ls, file cat, repo view and browse through -R HOST/rad:<RID>.
• Checked manually against seed.radicle.dev with the heartwood repo: repo view, branch list, file ls, file cat --ref releases/1.0.0 plus the expected errors for browse, issue list and a missing node.

gofmt, go vet, go test -race ./..., go test -tags=tinygo ./gitlab, the js and wasip1 wasm builds and golangci-lint all pass.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added read-only support for Radicle repositories, with automatic forge detection and repository selection by Radicle ID.
  • View repository details, branches, tags, and files through a selected Radicle node. Choose a node using a host option, environment variable, or configuration; no default node is selected.
  • Unsupported operations return clear errors, and browsing reports when a repository has no web interface.
• Improvements
  • CLI messages and confirmation prompts display repository names appropriately when no owner is available.

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Walkthrough

This pull request adds a read-only Radicle backend for repositories, branches, tags, and files. It adds forge detection and registration, resolves Radicle repository selectors to configured nodes, and updates CLI output for repositories without owners.

Changes: Radicle forge support

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Backend identity, transport, and registration types.go, detect.go, forge.go, forges_test.go, radicle/radicle.go, radicle/url.go	Adds the Radicle forge type, API detection and HTTP handling, path parsing, and builder registration. Tests cover detection matches, non-matches, and missing builders.
Repository, branch, and file services radicle/repos.go, radicle/branches.go, radicle/files.go, radicle/unsupported.go, radicle/radicle_test.go	Adds repository metadata and ref resolution, branch and tag listing, and file listing and retrieval. Other forge operations return ErrNotSupported. Tests cover service behavior and errors.
Repository selection and node resolution internal/config/config.go, internal/config/config_test.go, internal/resolve/resolve.go, internal/resolve/resolve_test.go	Resolves Radicle selectors using an explicit host, environment setting, or one user-configured Radicle node. Configuration loading retains user-configured forge types. Tests cover node selection and invalid inputs.
CLI integration and documentation internal/cli/*.go, internal/cli/radicle_test.go, README.md	Documents Radicle selectors and backend coverage. CLI output and prompts format ownerless repository IDs, and browsing reports when no web interface is available. Tests cover file commands, repository output, and browsing.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CLI
  participant repoFromFlag
  participant RadicleForge
  participant RepositoryService
  participant radicle-httpd
  CLI->>repoFromFlag: Resolve rad:RID and select node
  repoFromFlag->>RadicleForge: Create forge with selected base URL
  CLI->>RepositoryService: Request repository data
  RepositoryService->>radicle-httpd: GET repository API resource
  radicle-httpd-->>RepositoryService: Return repository response

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Possibly related issues

• git-pkgs/forge#88 — The PR adds read-only repository, branch, tag, and file support. It does not add issues, patches, or write operations.

Merge Risk: Low · previous review bfa2b

Radicle host URLs containing paths are silently reduced to the host, so requests can reach the wrong API path. Use a bare node URL; the change is mergeable with this limitation understood.

Security architecture risk: Moderate · up to bfa2b

The repository and file services avoid sending credentials, but the generic API command bypasses that protection and can send an unrelated fallback token to the selected Radicle node. Exposure requires an API invocation with a token available; its consequences depend on that token’s permissions.

Retained concerns

• High · security · observed: The new Radicle selector reaches a generic API path that bypasses the backend’s no-token policy. With FORGE_TOKEN set, an invocation such as forge --host node.example -R rad:RID api repos/{repo} independently resolves that fallback token and sends it as a bearer credential to node.example. The receiving node needs no privileges on the token’s originating forge to capture it. Although the API command’s authentication behavior predates this PR, ordinary Radicle selection newly reaches it; the base rejected the bare rad:RID selector.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The credential exposure is limited initially to the token selected for an affected API invocation, not every stored credential. A receiving node could reuse a valid fallback token against its originating service; independently reachable accounts, repositories and operations depend on that token’s actual scope, which is not supplied.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

• observed — The credential path is Radicle repository selection, API base URL discovery, independent TokenForDomain lookup, bearer-header construction and HTTP transmission. No redirect or metadata manipulation is required. The no-token tests exercise backend repository and file services, not this generic API path, so they do not contradict the source-level disclosure path.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The selected node supplies repository identity, refs and file content. A nonempty response RID is accepted and reused for subsequent requests. The inspected read path does not independently authenticate that identity or content, so node selection represents a content-trust decision rather than cryptographic verification.
• observed — The shared HTTP client retains its pre-existing default redirect behavior. The Radicle redirect test covers a 302 without Location and verifies an HTTPError, not a same-origin redirect policy. This inherited behavior is not treated as a separately introduced vulnerability.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — Represent outbound credential policy explicitly and apply it to both backend services and generic API requests. Radicle traffic should not automatically inherit fallback credentials merely because it exposes an API base URL.

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Review comments at @internal/resolve/resolve.go:
- Around line 233-239: Track whether each effective domain type came from user
configuration when populating it in the config-loading flow, while continuing to
load project-level types for forge detection. In the `config.Load` domain loop
in `resolve`, select Radicle nodes only when `ds.Type` is Radicle and its
recorded origin is user configuration.

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- Around line 31-39: Update pathSegments to resolve “.” and “..” segments
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[abhinavgautam01]

Thanks! Both findings are fixed in the latest commit. I've left the docstring coverage warning as it is: the repo doesn't enforce it and the trivial service methods follow the existing tangled backend's style.

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Major · Do not send Radicle tokens over plaintext HTTP. · resolve.go:219

internal/resolve/resolve.go:219
Major · Security & Privacy · Detected with Advanced Tier · Quick win

Sensitive Data Exposure

Reachability: External
Exploitability: Difficult
CWE: CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Do not send Radicle tokens over plaintext HTTP. HTTPClient() uses the default transport without rejecting HTTP or defining a redirect policy. radicle.get can therefore send Authorization: Bearer <token> to an explicitly configured http:// node or after an HTTPS-to-HTTP redirect.

Omit the token for HTTP requests and reject HTTPS-to-HTTP redirects:

Protect Radicle credentials

diff --git a/radicle/radicle.go b/radicle/radicle.go
@@
-	if f.token != "" {
+	if f.token != "" && req.URL.Scheme == "https" {
 		req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+f.token)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/resolve/transport.go b/internal/resolve/transport.go
@@
 func HTTPClient() *http.Client {
-	return &http.Client{Transport: &userAgentTransport{base: http.DefaultTransport}}
+	return &http.Client{
+		Transport: &userAgentTransport{base: http.DefaultTransport},
+		CheckRedirect: func(req *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
+			if len(via) > 0 &&
+				via[len(via)-1].URL.Scheme == "https" &&
+				req.URL.Scheme == "http" {
+				return http.ErrUseLastResponse
+			}
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
 }

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Update the Radicle request flow used by radicle.New to attach the bearer token
only to HTTPS requests, and update HTTPClient to reject redirects from HTTPS to
HTTP. Preserve existing behavior for HTTPS requests and other redirects.

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Thanks, both parts are covered now:

• Token over HTTP: the Radicle backend no longer sends Authorization at all (latest commit on this PR). Every endpoint it uses is public and read-only, and the token passed in was often the generic FORGE_TOKEN fallback for another forge, so dropping it removes the risk for both HTTP nodes and redirects. -R rad:... also skips the token lookup entirely now.
• HTTPS to HTTP redirects: HTTPClient() is shared by every backend, so I fixed that separately in Refuse HTTPS to HTTP redirects in the shared HTTP client #200. It refuses any HTTPS to HTTP redirect, keeps the 10-redirect limit and adds a test showing that net/http would otherwise resend Authorization in cleartext on a same-host downgrade.

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Minor · Reject paths in node hosts used by bare rad:<RID>. · resolve.go:179-223

internal/resolve/resolve.go:179-223
Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Reject paths in node hosts used by bare rad:<RID>.

The HOST/rad:<RID> path rejects /, ?, #, and @, but --host node.example/path and FORGE_HOST=node.example/path bypass that check. splitScheme keeps the unschemed value unchanged, and the Radicle backend then sends API requests under https://node.example/path/api/v1. Validate the selected node before constructing the base URL.

Suggested fix

 	} else {
 		var err error
 		domain, err = radicleDomain()
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, "", "", "", err
 		}
+		if domain == "" || strings.ContainsAny(domain, "/?#@") {
+			return nil, "", "", "", fmt.Errorf("invalid Radicle node %q", domain)
+		}
 	}

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Validate the node returned by radicleDomain in radicleRepoFromFlag before
constructing the base URL, rejecting empty values and values containing path,
query, fragment, or user-info delimiters. Preserve the existing host-flag
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Fixed. A node from --host, FORGE_HOST or a config section name now goes through the same check as HOST/rad:<RID>: a bare host[:port] only, with no path, query, fragment or userinfo. Added cases for each source.

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Minor · Reject unfollowed 3xx responses before returning file content. · radicle.go:114-137

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Reject unfollowed 3xx responses before returning file content.

A 3xx response without Location is returned unchanged by http.Client.Do. get accepts it because its status is below 400. Binary retrieval then returns the response body as FileContent.Content, so a redirect or error body can be reported as file content.

Suggested fix

-	if resp.StatusCode >= http.StatusBadRequest {
+	if resp.StatusCode >= http.StatusMultipleChoices {

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Update the status check in radicleForge.get to reject all responses with status
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- Line 215: Update the host resolution flow around splitScheme to validate the
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get now treats any status outside 2xx as an HTTPError, so an unfollowed 3xx can't be returned as JSON or file content. Added a test with a 302 without Location on the raw endpoint.

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[andrew]

The no-default-node behaviour is fine. I'd rather users hit a clear error than have RIDs go to a seed they didn't choose, so keep it as is.

Two things to change.

getJSON and getRaw in radicle/radicle.go read the whole response with no limit. The node can be any seed the user points at, and file cat on a binary file reads the whole of /raw/... into memory. Wrap the body in io.LimitReader with a cap and return an error when it's exceeded, the way readLimited does in tangled/tangled.go, and add a test with an oversized response.

Some comments restate the code or the README. Please cut them:

• detect.go:92: delete // Try the radicle-httpd API root.
• radicleRepoFromFlag in internal/resolve/resolve.go: cut the doc comment to one line about there being no default node.
• splitRadicleRepo: keep only the sentence about hasHost.
• The New doc comment in radicle/radicle.go: one line saying the token is ignored because every endpoint is public is enough.

[abhinavgautam01]

Thanks, both done:

• getJSON and getRaw now read through a readLimited like tangled's and return an error over 32 MiB. The cap is higher than tangled's 1 MiB because blob JSON and /raw/... carry whole file contents. Added tests for an oversized JSON response, an oversized raw response and the exact boundary.
• Trimmed the four comments as suggested.

[andrew]

Thanks, the response cap and the comment trims both look good.

The new commit adds a few comments that restate the code. Please cut them:

• maxResponseBytes in radicle/radicle.go: one line is enough, e.g. "Sized for whole file contents, since the node can be any seed the user points at." Drop "It is a variable so tests can lower it."
• readLimited in radicle/radicle.go: delete the doc comment.
• setMaxResponseBytes in radicle/radicle_test.go: delete the doc comment.

[abhinavgautam01]

Thanks, done. maxResponseBytes is down to the one line you suggested and the readLimited and setMaxResponseBytes doc comments are gone.