manifest_xml: prevent extend-project from inheriting local groups

When extending a project in a local manifest, the project inherits the
`local:` group. This causes the superproject override logic (which omits
projects with `local:` groups) to incorrectly exclude the project from
the override manifest. This leads to "extend-project element specifies
non-existent project" errors during sync reload.

Fix this by stripping `local:` groups from extended projects, ensuring
they remain visible to superproject overrides while still allowing other
inherited groups to persist.

Bug: 470374343
Change-Id: I1a057ebffebc11a19dc14dde7cc13b9f18cdd0a3
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/git-repo/+/543222
Reviewed-by: Peter Kjellerstedt <peter.kjellerstedt@axis.com>
Reviewed-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@google.com>
Tested-by: Gavin Mak <gavinmak@google.com>
Commit-Queue: Gavin Mak <gavinmak@google.com>
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Gavin Mak
2026-01-14 22:14:28 +00:00
committed by LUCI
parent 3b7b20ac1d
commit 3c0e67bbc5
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@@ -549,6 +549,33 @@ class IncludeElementTests(ManifestParseTestCase):
# Check project has set group via extend-project element.
self.assertIn("eg1", proj.groups)
def test_extend_project_does_not_inherit_local_groups(self):
"""Check that extend-project does not inherit local groups."""
root_m = self.manifest_dir / "root.xml"
root_m.write_text(
"""
<manifest>
<remote name="test-remote" fetch="http://localhost" />
<default remote="test-remote" revision="refs/heads/main" />
<project name="project1" path="project1" />
<include name="man1.xml" groups="g1,local:g2" />
</manifest>
"""
)
(self.manifest_dir / "man1.xml").write_text(
"""
<manifest>
<extend-project name="project1" groups="g3" />
</manifest>
"""
)
include_m = manifest_xml.XmlManifest(str(self.repodir), str(root_m))
proj = include_m.projects[0]
self.assertIn("g1", proj.groups)
self.assertNotIn("local:g2", proj.groups)
self.assertIn("g3", proj.groups)
def test_allow_bad_name_from_user(self):
"""Check handling of bad name attribute from the user's input."""