feat(platform): native Windows support (MSVC ABI + Clang, zero external deps) - #44
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Port ripwire natively to Windows (x64) using Clang with MSVC ABI, preserving
zero external runtime dependencies (linking only system kernel32, ws2_32,
advapi32, and shell32).
MECHANISM & ARCHITECTURE:
- Platform shim layer in src/infra/platform_compat.{h,cpp} and minimal POSIX
compatibility headers in src/infra/compat/ (sys/socket.h, unistd.h, poll.h,
sys/wait.h, etc.) routed via -include / /FI compiler options.
- Atomic cache rename via MoveFileExA (MOVEFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING) after closing
open file descriptors on Windows.
- Win32 Job Object subprocess runner in src/verbs_change.h for isolated child
process management, timeout enforcement, and asynchronous stdout capture.
- cmd.exe command-line adaptations: double-quoted git format strings to prevent
unintended pipe interpretation, and short-path generation (GetShortPathNameA)
for stream redirection without quotes (< shortPath).
- Socket safety: Winsock automatic initialization and explicit closesocket/CRT
handle separation in rw_close.
- Application manifest embedded in executables opting into longPathAware
(NTFS 32k path lengths) and UTF-8 active code page.
- Documentation in CONTRIBUTING.md and automated validation in ci.yml.
GATE & VALIDATIONS (Windows 11 x64):
- Doctor: ripwire.exe . --doctor -> 7/7 checks passed.
- Determinism: test/det-gate.sh passed (baseline + nesting-kind + width arm at 631 B).
- Retrieval accuracy: --eval-retrieval -> MRR 0.967 / recall@10 99.4% (3,038 symbols).
- Visualization: --html generates valid self-contained interactive force-directed graph.
- MCP Server: HTTP 2024-11-05 endpoint serves 31 tools and processes queries.
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WalkthroughThe change adds native Windows support. It introduces POSIX compatibility shims, Win32 command execution, Windows path and socket handling, cache updates, a Windows manifest, documentation, and CI validation. ChangesNative Windows Support
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to Windows PGO builds can locate the baseline executable when it uses the standard .exe suffix. No merge-blocking risk is identified. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant CI
participant CMake
participant Compiler
participant Ripwire
CI->>CMake: Configure native Windows build
CMake->>Compiler: Apply Windows flags and compatibility includes
Compiler->>Ripwire: Build ripwire and ripwire_probe
CI->>Ripwire: Run Windows validation
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participant Ripwire
participant JobObject
participant Cmd
participant Pipe
Ripwire->>JobObject: Create kill-on-close job
Ripwire->>Cmd: Launch cmd.exe with redirected pipes
Cmd->>Pipe: Write command output
Ripwire->>Pipe: Read command output
Ripwire->>JobObject: Terminate process tree on timeout
JobObject-->>Ripwire: Return command outcome
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In @.github/workflows/ci.yml:
- Line 305: Update the Windows CI build step around the ripwire target to also
build ripwire_probe, either by specifying both targets or by removing the
single-target restriction. Preserve the existing build configuration while
ensuring failures in ripwire_probe compilation, linking, or manifest generation
fail the job.
- Around line 297-299: Update the CI workflow permissions to declare
workflow-level contents: read, and add persist-credentials: false to every
actions/checkout@v4 step that runs repository code, including the checkout
configured with fetch-depth: 0. Preserve the existing checkout behavior
otherwise.
In `@cmake/PortableFlags.cmake`:
- Line 39: Update the MSVC RIPWIRE_ARCH_FLAGS configuration to preserve correct
std::isfinite behavior by replacing /fp:fast with /fp:precise or adding the
appropriate compiler-specific finite-value preservation option. Keep the
existing optimization and warning flags unchanged.
- Around line 37-39: Update the MSVC branch that sets RIPWIRE_ARCH_FLAGS so
RIPWIRE_NATIVE=ON is honored for both MSVC and clang-cl builds, either by adding
the appropriate native ISA optimization flags or by failing during configuration
when native optimization cannot be provided; do not silently fall back to /O2.
In `@src/crossref.h`:
- Line 699: Protect the literal Git format placeholders from Windows cmd.exe
percent expansion in the commands used by gitCapture, gitoracle::walkGitPatch,
and renamemine. Apply the same safe command-path or cmd.exe-compatible escaping
at src/crossref.h:699, src/gitoracle.h:599, and src/renamemine.h:300 so Git
receives the intended --format fields unchanged.
In `@src/infra/jsonesc.h`:
- Around line 271-280: Update rw::shSingleQuote and the rw::compat::rw_popen
call path to prevent Windows cmd.exe from interpreting literal percent signs and
other command metacharacters inside arguments. Prefer a non-shell
argument-vector process API; otherwise implement and test Windows-specific
quoting that preserves paths such as C:\src\100%repo% when used by git commands.
In `@src/infra/platform_compat.cpp`:
- Line 339: Update rw_fflush around ::fflush(stream) to capture and return its
result immediately when it indicates failure, before rebuilding, reading, or
publishing the buffer; preserve the existing buffer-processing path for
successful flushes.
In `@src/infra/platform_compat.h`:
- Around line 208-216: Preserve Windows socket handles without narrowing them to
int: update the MCP listener’s socket() and accept() variables and the related
bind, listen, setsockopt, recv, send, and close calls to use SOCKET or another
pointer-width socket type, while keeping CRT file descriptors as int. Apply the
compatibility changes in rw_setsockopt in platform_compat.h and its
corresponding implementation in platform_compat.cpp, ensuring rw_close receives
and closes the full-width handle.
- Around line 230-232: Update the compatibility alias guard around format_string
to use __cpp_lib_format rather than __cpp_lib_format_ranges, so the alias is
defined only when the MSVC STL lacks the public std::format_string alias and
avoids redeclaration on implementations supporting P2508R1.
In `@src/ingest_cache.h`:
- Line 2143: Update the cache-frame variable returned by openCacheFrame() to be
non-const, then replace the const_cast call with direct prev.close().
In `@src/quality.h`:
- Around line 993-995: Update the cache-directory creation and validation flow
around mkdir and stat to use an explicit Windows DACL granting access only to
the current user, rather than relying on inherited permissions. Validate that
the resulting directory has the required restricted access control, and return
NUL when creation or validation fails; preserve the existing
successful-directory path.
In `@src/verbs_change.h`:
- Line 811: Update the CreateProcessA invocation around fullCmd to resolve the
trusted system cmd.exe path and pass that absolute path as lpApplicationName,
while retaining the existing command arguments in fullCmd.
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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Do not silently ignore RIPWIRE_NATIVE in MSVC-compatible builds.
CMake sets MSVC for both MSVC and clang-cl. Therefore, the leading if(MSVC) branch prevents RIPWIRE_NATIVE=ON from reaching the native branch. The build uses only /O2 and provides no equivalent native ISA optimization elsewhere. Add an MSVC native configuration or fail at configure time when this option cannot be honored.
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In `@cmake/PortableFlags.cmake` around lines 37 - 39, Update the MSVC branch that
sets RIPWIRE_ARCH_FLAGS so RIPWIRE_NATIVE=ON is honored for both MSVC and
clang-cl builds, either by adding the appropriate native ISA optimization flags
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The C runtime library function _mkdir does not have a parameter for a security descriptor [1]. It is a wrapper that calls the Windows API function CreateDirectoryW (or CreateDirectoryA) with the lpSecurityAttributes parameter set to NULL [2][3]. Because _mkdir passes NULL as the security descriptor, the directory it creates will automatically inherit the Discretionary Access Control List (DACL) from its parent directory, provided the underlying file system supports security [4][5]. In Windows, when a new file or directory is created with a default security descriptor (by passing NULL), the system automatically handles the propagation of inheritable Access Control Entries (ACEs) from the parent object to the new child object [6][4][7]. If you require specific security settings or need to override the inherited DACL, you must use the Win32 API function CreateDirectory or CreateDirectoryEx, which accept a pointer to a SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES structure [5][2][8]. Passing an explicit security descriptor to these functions will override the default inheritance behavior [7]. top_results: [4][5][1][2][3][7]
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- 1: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/c-runtime-library/reference/mkdir-wmkdir?view=msvc-170
- 2: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24205401/difference-between-mkdir-and-createdirectory
- 3: https://doxygen.reactos.org/db/d1f/dll_2win32_2msvcrt_2dir_8c_source.html
- 4: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/file-security-and-access-rights
- 5: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winbase/nf-winbase-createdirectoryexa
- 6: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/secauthz/security-descriptors-for-new-objects
- 7: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20170223-00/?p=95545
- 8: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14124441/create-directory-permissions
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Validate the Windows cache-directory access control.
::mkdir(d.c_str(), 0700) does not create a Windows DACL. The directory inherits the parent DACL, and stat accepts it without checking access control. If TEMP points to a shared location, another user can access the cache directory and its source-derived artifacts. Create the directory with an explicit DACL restricted to the current user, validate it, and return NUL if the check fails.
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In `@src/quality.h` around lines 993 - 995, Update the cache-directory creation
and validation flow around mkdir and stat to use an explicit Windows DACL
granting access only to the current user, rather than relying on inherited
permissions. Validate that the resulting directory has the required restricted
access control, and return NUL when creation or validation fails; preserve the
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- ci.yml: declare workflow read permissions, disable credential persistence on checkouts, and build both ripwire and ripwire_probe in Windows job - PortableFlags.cmake: prioritize RIPWIRE_NATIVE, support /clang:-march=native for clang-cl, and use /fp:precise to keep isnan/isfinite checks live - verbs_change.h: pass resolved system cmd.exe as lpApplicationName in CreateProcessA - platform_compat.cpp: propagate fflush errors before publishing buffers in rw_fflush and rw_fclose; simplify rw_close for CRT fds - platform_compat.h/mcpserver.h: use pointer-width socket_t and rw_closesocket to preserve 64-bit SOCKET handles across MCP HTTP listener - platform_compat.h: guard std::format_string alias with __cpp_lib_format < 202207L - ingest_cache.h: declare non-const CacheFrame prev in saveCache and drop const_cast - quality.h: create Windows cache directory with restricted DACL and validate process owner SID - jsonesc.h / crossref.h / gitoracle.h / renamemine.h: escape % and git format placeholders to prevent cmd.exe env expansion - portablebuildcheck.sh: handle Git Bash Windows paths seamlessly
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In `@src/quality.h`:
- Line 1012: Update the directory-creation flow around CreateDirectoryA to
return "NUL" immediately when the security descriptor pointer pSD is null,
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…cation output Apply .exe fallback to BASE_BIN so the emitted PGO diff verification command finds the Windows baseline executable correctly.
…pwire 0.5.0 Ports lennix1337/ripwire#44 to the v0.5.0 release: - Compiles natively on Windows x64 via Clang targeting MSVC ABI + Windows SDK - Polyfills POSIX socket/file/process semantics via src/infra/platform_compat - Adheres to zero runtime external dependencies (linking only system WS2_32, KERNEL32, ADVAPI32, and CRT) - Passes 7/7 --doctor checks and byte-identical determinism gates
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Thank you for this, and for the scale of it — native Windows with the MSVC ABI and no external dependencies is a serious piece of work, not a port sketch, and it clearly took real effort. I want to be straight with you rather than leave it sitting: the open question on this one is not technical. Adding a platform is a support commitment as much as a code change — every future PR, every release, and every bug report inherits it — and that is a scope decision I need to settle on our side before I can honestly review the code. It would be unfair to review it as though the answer were already yes. So: no timeline, and no promise. What I can commit to is that you get a real answer either way rather than an indefinite open PR, and that if the answer is no it will be for that reason and stated plainly, not left to expire. In the meantime, the Linux build runs unmodified under WSL2, and that is now documented in the README — which is a workaround, not an answer to what you built. Sorry to have left this quiet for as long as I did. |
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I understand. Thank you for the clear answer. In the meantime, I'll try to keep my branch updated. |
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I ended up just using the wsl2 binary directly from windows- in case anyone comes across this in the future. https://gist.github.com/matbeedotcom/e754922f39edeed297715d43382b9142 |
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Summary
This PR introduces native Windows (x64) support for
ripwire, built with Clang and the MSVC ABI, strictly adhering to the project's core guardrails:ripwire.exeandripwire_probe.exe) link dynamically only against standard Windows operating system libraries (kernel32.dll,ws2_32.dll,advapi32.dll, andshell32.dll). No MinGW, Cygwin, or third-party POSIX shims required.v0.4.0.Architectural Changes & Mechanisms
1. Platform Abstraction Layer
src/infra/platform_compat.handsrc/infra/platform_compat.cpp, compiled only when_WIN32or_MSC_VERis defined (empty translation unit on POSIX/macOS/Linux).src/infra/compat/(sys/socket.h,sys/time.h,sys/wait.h,sys/file.h,netinet/in.h,arpa/inet.h,unistd.h,poll.h), included via CMake's-include//FIcompiler options without altering existing POSIX code paths.2. Subprocess Management via Win32 Job Objects
src/verbs_change.h(runCommandCapture), implemented child process creation and lifecycle tracking using Win32 Job Objects withJOB_OBJECT_LIMIT_KILL_ON_JOB_CLOSE.TerminateJobObject), with asynchronous stdout/stderr drain viaPeekNamedPipeandReadFile.3. Filesystem & Atomic Cache Ingestion
src/ingest_cache.h, open cache frame handles are explicitly closed prior to atomic rename viaMoveFileExAwithMOVEFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING | MOVEFILE_COPY_ALLOWED(preventing WindowsERROR_ACCESS_DENIEDon open files).src/quality.h,cacheDirLadderresolves%LOCALAPPDATA%/ripwireon Windows with fallback to%TEMP%/ripwireand safe fail-closed DACL security attributes.4.
cmd.exeQuoting and Stream Redirectioncrossref.h,gitoracle.h,renamemine.h) are adapted on Windows to double quotes (--format="...") to avoidcmd.exeinterpreting|inside single quotes as a shell pipe.git cat-file --batch < pathredirection incrossref.h, introducedrw_short_path(viaGetShortPathNameA), guaranteeing an unquoted 8.3 short path without spaces (< shortPath), avoidingcmd.exeredirection syntax errors.5. Application Manifest (Deep Paths & UTF-8)
src/infra/win32/ripwire.manifestinto targets, enabling:<longPathAware>true</longPathAware>: Enables NTFS paths up to 32k characters, passing deep path validation suites (test/det-gate.shwidth arm).<activeCodePage>UTF-8</activeCodePage>: Configures process ANSI code page to UTF-8 on Windows 1903+.6. Winsock Safety
WinsockAutoInitRAII guard inplatform_compat.cpp.rw_closeto prevent CRT Watson assertions when closing socket descriptors.7. Profile-Guided Optimization (PGO) on Windows
scripts/pgobuild.shfor Windows environments (supporting.exebinary extension detection andllvm-profdata.exetoolchain discovery).-DRIPWIRE_PGO=generate->llvm-profdata merge->-DRIPWIRE_PGO=use) on Windows.Continuous Integration & Documentation
.github/workflows/ci.yml): Added awindows (windows-latest, clang)job that configures with CMake & Ninja, buildsripwire, and executes--doctor, fixture self-run, determinism byte diff, andtest/det-gate.sh.CONTRIBUTING.md): Added### Building on Windowssection with instructions for building with Clang + Ninja, Visual Studio Clang-CL, Release mode (-DRIPWIRE_NATIVE=ON), and PGO.Validation & Verification (Windows 11 x64)
ripwire.exe . --doctorbinary-path,grammars21/21,cache-dir,git,tree-sittercore_abi=15,tracked-binaries,index-cachelean=ok rich=ok)bash test/det-gate.sh ripwire.exe--matchnesting-kind, and 631 B corpus path width arm)bash test/versioncheck.sh ripwire.exe29bf9b91a, Release)bash scripts/formatcheck.shripwire.exe src --eval-retrievalripwire.exe src --htmlWindows Performance Benchmarks
Measured on native Windows 11 x64 (Clang 22.1.8, MSVC ABI):
1. Dev / Debug vs. Release LTO Native (
-O3 -march=native -flto=thin)--forBM25 + Rank)--callers)--html)--lint)2. Further Optimization: Release LTO vs. Release LTO + PGO
Interleaved runs (
A, B, A, B...), 5 iterations per arm:--for)--callers)--lint)Sub-second wall-clock execution achieved across all daily commands (cold parse ~204 ms, queries ~318 ms), with 100% byte-identical determinism contract preserved.
Issue tracking
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Follow-up: Windows memory guard and validation
worktrees,.worktrees, and.worktrees-clean, and replaced POSIX-onlytailprobes with native Git limiting flags.test/skipreasoncheck.shto cover the new prunes and to catch shell-command leakage on Windows.Local follow-up validation: the Windows target builds successfully; the skip-reason regression passes all arms; two
--no-cacheoutputs are byte-identical; andgit diff --checkis clean. The full parallel gate harness is not reliable on this workstation because WSL'sext4.vhdxis unavailable and the Git Bash fallback lacks the host'sg++/pythonaliases; those environment failures are not code results.