Exclusion reasons

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ Features:
 * [#268](https://github.com/godaddy/tartufo/issues/268) - Adds a new
   `--recurse / --no-recurse` flag which allows users to recursively scan the entire directory or just
   the root directory
+* [#202](https://github.com/godaddy/tartufo/issues/202) - Supports new format of exclusions in config file 
+  with the ability to specify the reason along with exclusion
 
 v3.0.0-alpha.1 - 11 November 2021
 ---------------------------------

pyproject.toml

@@ -141,11 +141,18 @@ exclude-signatures = [
   "d039c652f27c4d42026c5b5c9be31bfe368b283b24248e98d92f131272580053",
 
   # test secrets
-  "d26b223efb2087d4a3db7b3ff0f65362372c46190fd74b8061db8099f4a2ee60", # tests/data/scan_folder/donotscan.txt
-  "94c45f9acae0551a2438fa8932fac466e903fd9a09bd2e11897198b133937ccd", # tests/data/scan_folder/test.txt
+  "6c70b4a712ada69f2a6c919edc783cf485b6637e3c5429de376ef1a451a042e4", # tests/data/scan_folder/donotscan.txt
+  "357841766ca69979608e4e7fb1da2addeafe6d15cade15466c39d903cc0488a8", # tests/data/scan_folder/test.txt
   "743b893e30777d9c4e28d3d341ca4ba1c2541a9c62b497dece75c2a64420e770", # tests/test_folder_scanner.py
-  "9d1b278fa384c9dc58d607130d97740910309d13b29f13f7ed6348738ea4f32c", # tests/data/scan_folder/scan_sub_folder/sub_folder_test.txt
+  "358a1ae040ab71b3aafeb4318e5d9e318ff1b681c5bf0e99d381584a33ee7833", # tests/data/scan_folder/scan_sub_folder/sub_folder_test.txt
 ]
+
+exclude-findings = [
+  {signature="9d1b278fa384c9dc58d607130d97740910309d13b29f13f7ed6348738ea4f32c", reason="High entropy string added in test_folder_scanner file on 16th November 2021"},
+  {signature="9f675d4d7f43e484e07fb199a1e7ec372ef204631c1f4ec054acc3119fbde4cf", reason="High entropy string added in build_and_publish_docker file on 13th June 2019"},
+  {signature="88152f1d10077f417ee5aea5fa86adaa5b74d3f2de2e87ce4b4aa5cd79c7b2f5", reason="High entropy string added in nothing file on 30th December 2016"},
+]
+
 json = false
 regex = true
 repo-path = "."

tartufo/cli.py

@@ -130,12 +130,25 @@ def get_command(self, ctx: click.Context, cmd_name: str) -> Optional[click.Comma
     "-e",
     "--exclude-signatures",
     multiple=True,
-    help="Specify signatures of matches that you explicitly want to exclude "
+    help="[DEPRECATED] Use the exclude-findings config option instead. "
+    "Specify signatures of matches that you explicitly want to exclude "
     "from the scan, and mark as okay. These signatures are generated during "
     "the scan process, and reported out with each individual match. This "
     "option can be specified multiple times, to exclude as many signatures as "
     "you would like.",
 )
+@click.option(
+    "-ef",
+    "--exclude-findings",
+    hidden=True,
+    multiple=True,
+    help="Specify signatures of matches that you explicitly want to exclude "
+    "from the scan along with the reason, and mark as okay. These signatures "
+    "are generated during the scan process, and reported out with each"
+    "individual match. This option can be specified multiple times, "
+    "to exclude as many signatures as you would like. "
+    "{signature='signature', reason='The reason of excluding the signature'}",
+)
 @click.option(
     "-od",
     "--output-dir",

tartufo/scanner.py

@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ def __bytes__(self) -> bytes:
         return self.__str__().encode("utf8")
 
 
+# pylint: disable=too-many-public-methods
 class ScannerBase(abc.ABC):  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
     """Provide the base, generic functionality needed by all scanners.
 
@@ -149,6 +150,8 @@ class ScannerBase(abc.ABC):  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
     global_options: types.GlobalOptions
     logger: logging.Logger
     _scan_lock: threading.Lock = threading.Lock()
+    _excluded_findings: tuple = ()
+    _config_data: MutableMapping[str, Any] = {}
 
     def __init__(self, options: types.GlobalOptions) -> None:
         self.global_options = options
@@ -336,6 +339,36 @@ def should_scan(self, file_path: str):
             return False
         return True
 
+    @property
+    def config_data(self):
+        return self._config_data
+
+    @config_data.setter
+    def config_data(self, data) -> MutableMapping[str, Any]:
+        self._config_data = data
+        return self._config_data
+
+    @cached_property
+    def excluded_findings(self) -> tuple:
+        configured_signatures = []
+        signatures = self.config_data.get("exclude_signatures", None)
+        if signatures:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "--exclude-signatures has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version. "
+                "Make sure all the exclusions are moved to exclude-findings section with new format. Example: "
+                "exclude-findings = [{signature='signature', reason='The reason of excluding the signature'}]",
+                DeprecationWarning,
+            )
+            configured_signatures.extend(signatures)
+        findings = self.config_data.get("exclude_findings", None)
+        if findings:
+            configured_signatures.extend([finding["signature"] for finding in findings])
+
+        self._excluded_findings = tuple(
+            set(self.global_options.exclude_signatures + tuple(configured_signatures))
+        )
+        return self._excluded_findings
+
     def signature_is_excluded(self, blob: str, file_path: str) -> bool:
         """Find whether the signature of some data has been excluded in configuration.
 
@@ -344,9 +377,8 @@ def signature_is_excluded(self, blob: str, file_path: str) -> bool:
         """
         return (
             blob
-            in self.global_options.exclude_signatures  # Signatures themselves pop up as entropy matches
-            or util.generate_signature(blob, file_path)
-            in self.global_options.exclude_signatures
+            in self.excluded_findings  # Signatures themselves pop up as entropy matches
+            or util.generate_signature(blob, file_path) in self.excluded_findings
         )
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -660,14 +692,7 @@ def load_repo(self, repo_path: str) -> pygit2.Repository:
         except (FileNotFoundError, types.ConfigException):
             config_file = None
         if config_file and config_file != self.global_options.config:
-            signatures = data.get("exclude_signatures", None)
-            if signatures:
-                self.global_options.exclude_signatures = tuple(
-                    set(self.global_options.exclude_signatures + tuple(signatures))
-                )
-            entropy_patterns = data.get("exclude_entropy_patterns", None)
-            if entropy_patterns:
-                self.global_options.exclude_entropy_patterns += tuple(entropy_patterns)
+            self.config_data = data
             include_patterns = list(data.get("include_path_patterns", ()))
             repo_include_file = data.get("include_paths", None)
             if repo_include_file:

tartufo/types.py

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class GlobalOptions:
         "exclude_path_patterns",
         "exclude_entropy_patterns",
         "exclude_signatures",
+        "exclude_findings",
         "output_dir",
         "git_rules_repo",
         "git_rules_files",
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ class GlobalOptions:
     exclude_path_patterns: Tuple[str, ...]
     exclude_entropy_patterns: Tuple[Dict[str, str], ...]
     exclude_signatures: Tuple[str, ...]
+    exclude_findings: Tuple[Dict[str, str], ...]
     output_dir: Optional[str]
     git_rules_repo: Optional[str]
     git_rules_files: Tuple[str, ...]

tests/test_base_scanner.py

@@ -266,23 +266,34 @@ def test_regex_rules_are_computed_when_first_accessed(
 class SignatureTests(ScannerTestCase):
     @mock.patch("tartufo.util.generate_signature")
     def test_matched_signatures_are_excluded(self, mock_signature: mock.MagicMock):
-        self.options.exclude_signatures = ("foo",)
         mock_signature.return_value = "foo"
         test_scanner = TestScanner(self.options)
+        self.options.exclude_signatures = ()
+        test_scanner.config_data = {
+            "exclude_findings": [{"signature": "foo", "reason": "foo finding"}]
+        }
         self.assertTrue(test_scanner.signature_is_excluded("bar", "blah"))
 
     @mock.patch("tartufo.util.generate_signature")
     def test_unmatched_signatures_are_not_excluded(
         self, mock_signature: mock.MagicMock
     ):
-        self.options.exclude_signatures = ("foo",)
         mock_signature.return_value = "bar"
         test_scanner = TestScanner(self.options)
+        self.options.exclude_signatures = ()
+        test_scanner.config_data = {
+            "exclude_findings": [{"signature": "foo", "reason": "foo finding"}]
+        }
         self.assertFalse(test_scanner.signature_is_excluded("blah", "stuff"))
 
     def test_signature_found_as_scan_match_is_excluded(self):
-        self.options.exclude_signatures = ("ford_prefect",)
         test_scanner = TestScanner(self.options)
+        self.options.exclude_signatures = ()
+        test_scanner.config_data = {
+            "exclude_findings": [
+                {"signature": "ford_prefect", "reason": "ford_prefect finding"}
+            ]
+        }
         self.assertTrue(test_scanner.signature_is_excluded("ford_prefect", "/earth"))
 
 

tests/test_folder_scanner.py

@@ -20,14 +20,13 @@ def test_scan_should_detect_entropy_and_not_binary(self):
         self.global_options.entropy = True
         self.global_options.b64_entropy_score = 4.5
         self.global_options.hex_entropy_score = 3
-        self.global_options.exclude_signatures = []
+        self.global_options.exclude_signatures = ()
         self.global_options.exclude_path_patterns = [r"donotscan\.txt"]
 
         test_scanner = scanner.FolderScanner(self.global_options, folder_path, recurse)
         issues = list(test_scanner.scan())
 
         self.assertEqual(2, len(issues))
-        actual_issues = []
         actual_issues = [issue.matched_string for issue in issues]
         self.assertIn("KQ0I97OBuPlGB9yPRxoSxnX52zE=", actual_issues)
         self.assertIn(
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ def test_scan_should_raise_click_error_on_file_permissions_issues(self):
         folder_path = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / "data" / "scan_folder"
         recurse = True
         self.global_options.entropy = True
-        self.global_options.exclude_signatures = []
+        self.global_options.exclude_signatures = ()
 
         test_scanner = scanner.FolderScanner(self.global_options, folder_path, recurse)
 
@@ -52,15 +51,14 @@ def test_scan_all_the_files_recursively(self):
         folder_path = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / "data" / "scan_folder"
         recurse = True
         self.global_options.entropy = True
-        self.global_options.exclude_signatures = []
+        self.global_options.exclude_signatures = ()
         self.global_options.b64_entropy_score = 4.5
         self.global_options.hex_entropy_score = 3
 
         test_scanner = scanner.FolderScanner(self.global_options, folder_path, recurse)
         issues = list(test_scanner.scan())
 
         self.assertEqual(3, len(issues))
-        actual_issues = []
         actual_issues = [issue.matched_string for issue in issues]
         self.assertEqual(2, actual_issues.count("KQ0I97OBuPlGB9yPRxoSxnX52zE="))
         self.assertIn(
@@ -72,15 +70,14 @@ def test_scan_only_root_level_files(self):
         folder_path = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / "data" / "scan_folder"
         recurse = False
         self.global_options.entropy = True
-        self.global_options.exclude_signatures = []
+        self.global_options.exclude_signatures = ()
         self.global_options.b64_entropy_score = 4.5
         self.global_options.hex_entropy_score = 3
 
         test_scanner = scanner.FolderScanner(self.global_options, folder_path, recurse)
         issues = list(test_scanner.scan())
 
         self.assertEqual(2, len(issues))
-        actual_issues = []
         actual_issues = [issue.matched_string for issue in issues]
         self.assertEqual(2, actual_issues.count("KQ0I97OBuPlGB9yPRxoSxnX52zE="))
 

tests/test_git_repo_scanner.py

@@ -93,21 +93,6 @@ def test_extra_exclusions_get_added(self, mock_load: mock.MagicMock):
             ],
         )
 
-    @mock.patch("pygit2.Repository", new=mock.MagicMock())
-    @mock.patch("tartufo.config.load_config_from_path")
-    def test_extra_signatures_get_added(self, mock_load: mock.MagicMock):
-        mock_load.return_value = (
-            self.data_dir / "pyproject.toml",
-            {"exclude_signatures": ["foo", "bar"]},
-        )
-        test_scanner = scanner.GitRepoScanner(
-            self.global_options, self.git_options, str(self.data_dir)
-        )
-        test_scanner.load_repo("../tartufo")
-        self.assertEqual(
-            sorted(test_scanner.global_options.exclude_signatures), ["bar", "foo"]
-        )
-
 
 class FilterSubmoduleTests(ScannerTestCase):
     @mock.patch("pygit2.Repository")