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Mathieu Fenniak 78d92aafd7 feat: strip EXIF information from uploaded avatars (#9638)
Strips EXIF information from uploaded avatars (excluding the orientation tag), affecting both user & repo avatars.  Adds a new subcommand `forgejo admin avatar-strip-exif` to perform a retroactive update of avatar files.

Fixes #9608.

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## Release notes
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- Features
  - [PR](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/pulls/9638): <!--number 9638 --><!--line 0 --><!--description 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-->Uploaded avatar images can sometimes contain unexpected metadata such as the location where the image was created, or the device the image was created with, stored in a format called EXIF. Forgejo now removes EXIF data when custom user and repository images are uploaded in order to reduce the risk of personally identifiable information being leaked unexpectedly. A new CLI subcommand `forgejo doctor avatar-strip-exif` can be used to strip EXIF information from all existing avatars; we recommend that administrators run this command once after upgrade in order to minimize this risk for existing stored files.<!--description-->
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Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/pulls/9638
Reviewed-by: Gusted <gusted@noreply.codeberg.org>
Co-authored-by: Mathieu Fenniak <mathieu@fenniak.net>
Co-committed-by: Mathieu Fenniak <mathieu@fenniak.net>
2025-10-13 23:16:17 +02:00
.devcontainer Update mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/go Docker tag to v2 (forgejo) (#9617) 2025-10-10 20:00:57 +02:00
.forgejo Update renovate to v41.146.0 (forgejo) (#9664) 2025-10-13 03:03:00 +02:00
assets feat: strip EXIF information from uploaded avatars (#9638) 2025-10-13 23:16:17 +02:00
build Update module mvdan.cc/gofumpt to v0.9.1 (forgejo) (#9580) 2025-10-09 12:16:59 +02:00
cmd feat: strip EXIF information from uploaded avatars (#9638) 2025-10-13 23:16:17 +02:00
contrib chore: collect coverage using GOCOVERDIR (#9004) 2025-08-26 10:10:46 +02:00
custom/conf feat: implement "concurrency" block in Forgejo Actions at the workflow level (#9434) 2025-10-03 18:43:02 +02:00
docker bugfix check for alternate ssh host certificate location (#34146) 2025-04-14 15:53:35 +02:00
models fix: db.Iterate can miss records, can return records twice (#9657) 2025-10-12 21:47:26 +02:00
modules feat: strip EXIF information from uploaded avatars (#9638) 2025-10-13 23:16:17 +02:00
options chore(i18n): migrate download counts to json (#9625) 2025-10-10 22:15:36 +02:00
public Add support for migrating from Pagure (#8513) 2025-08-11 16:56:26 +02:00
release-notes feat: strip EXIF information from uploaded avatars (#9638) 2025-10-13 23:16:17 +02:00
release-notes-published chore(release-notes): add chroma update to v12.0.0 release notes 2025-10-05 17:43:06 +05:00
releases/images [DOCS] RELEASE-NOTES.md 2024-02-05 14:44:32 +01:00
routers chore: remove branding from context imports (#9628) 2025-10-11 01:52:51 +02:00
services chore: remove branding from context imports (#9628) 2025-10-11 01:52:51 +02:00
templates feat: move more modals to native dialogs (#9636) 2025-10-13 17:48:49 +02:00
tests feat: move more modals to native dialogs (#9636) 2025-10-13 17:48:49 +02:00
tools chore: remove gopls in Makefile (#8205) 2025-06-17 08:28:26 +02:00
web_src feat: move more modals to native dialogs (#9636) 2025-10-13 17:48:49 +02:00
.air.toml Reduce air verbosity (#31417) 2024-06-23 12:30:09 +02:00
.deadcode-out feat(email): reference the commit closing the issue (#9522) 2025-10-05 05:56:45 +02:00
.dockerignore fix: Dockerfile should re-use bindata files when possible 2025-06-13 14:00:57 +02:00
.editorconfig Cover go.mod and go.sum in .editorconfig (#33960) 2025-04-01 02:28:02 +02:00
.envrc.example Make direnv optional to let developers use their own direnv configuration 2024-11-06 20:34:49 +01:00
.gitattributes Add interface{} to any replacement to make fmt, exclude *.pb.go (#30461) 2024-04-15 20:01:36 +02:00
.gitignore feat(build): improve lint-locale-usage further (#8736) 2025-08-27 23:47:34 +02:00
.gitmodules cleanup(tests): remove manual testing submodule 2024-04-21 10:13:51 +02:00
.gitpod.yml Remove sqlite-viewer and using database client (#31223) 2024-06-09 11:13:39 +02:00
.golangci.yml Update module github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2/cmd/golangci-lint to v2.5.0 (forgejo) (#9563) 2025-10-08 13:15:33 +02:00
.ignore Add /options/license and /options/gitignore to .ignore (#30219) 2024-04-07 15:40:31 +02:00
.mailmap Add .mailmap with aliases for Unknwon (github.com/Unknwon) 2024-08-14 08:26:16 -04:00
.markdownlint.yaml Update JS dependencies (#28537) 2023-12-30 05:29:03 +00:00
.npmrc Upgrade to npm lockfile v3 and explicitely set it (#23561) 2023-03-18 19:38:10 +01:00
.release-notes-assistant.yaml chore: release-notes-assistant: there may be three supported releases (#9480) 2025-09-30 14:20:22 +02:00
.spectral.yaml Add spectral linter for Swagger (#20321) 2022-07-11 18:07:16 -05:00
.yamllint.yaml fully replace drone with actions (#27556) 2023-10-11 06:39:32 +00:00
BSDmakefile feat: Makefile & BSDmakefile changes (#7455) 2025-04-27 10:04:32 +00:00
CODEOWNERS feat(build): add support for the base.Messenger, $.locale.Tr, Form structs to lint-locale-usage (#9095) 2025-09-30 03:25:45 +02:00
CONTRIBUTING.md docs: replace Developer Guide link with the new Contributor Guide one. 2024-08-26 13:22:39 +03:00
DCO Remove address from DCO (#22595) 2023-01-24 18:52:38 +00:00
Dockerfile Update data.forgejo.org/oci/alpine Docker tag to v3.22 (forgejo) (#8218) 2025-06-18 12:47:18 +02:00
Dockerfile.rootless Update data.forgejo.org/oci/alpine Docker tag to v3.22 (forgejo) (#8218) 2025-06-18 12:47:18 +02:00
eslint.config.mjs feat: run tsc in CI (#9574) 2025-10-10 15:48:45 +02:00
flake.lock chore: create shell.nix and update flake.* (#8129) 2025-06-10 14:31:59 +02:00
flake.nix chore: create shell.nix and update flake.* (#8129) 2025-06-10 14:31:59 +02:00
go.mod feat: strip EXIF information from uploaded avatars (#9638) 2025-10-13 23:16:17 +02:00
go.sum feat: strip EXIF information from uploaded avatars (#9638) 2025-10-13 23:16:17 +02:00
LICENSE Forgejo v9.0 is GPLv3+ 2024-08-22 09:09:29 +02:00
main.go fix: do not mix urfave v2 with urfave v3 (#8168) 2025-06-12 15:38:03 +02:00
Makefile Update renovate to v41.146.0 (forgejo) (#9664) 2025-10-13 03:03:00 +02:00
manifest.scm Add a GNU Guix manifest (#8038) 2025-06-03 08:08:17 +02:00
package-lock.json Lock file maintenance (forgejo) (#9666) 2025-10-13 08:49:53 +02:00
package.json Update dependency katex to v0.16.24 (forgejo) (#9665) 2025-10-13 03:12:19 +02:00
playwright.config.ts tests(e2e): Prepare for visual regression testing 2024-12-10 18:12:36 +01:00
README.md chore: fix a few typos in the documentation (#9134) 2025-09-04 01:53:40 +02:00
release-notes-assistant.sh chore: improve the wording of the "not worth a release note" category (#8542) 2025-07-18 07:19:15 +02:00
RELEASE-NOTES.md chore(release-notes): fix release notes of chroma update in v8.0.0 2025-10-05 17:10:38 +05:00
renovate.json chore: add npm version constraint to renovate (#9496) 2025-10-01 17:29:56 +02:00
shell.nix chore: add missing gotestsum to nix dev shell (#9169) 2025-09-05 01:24:45 +02:00
stylelint.config.js Merge pull request 'Port "Enable declaration-block-no-redundant-longhand-properties (#30950)' (#3769) from beowulf/gitea-port-pull-30950 into forgejo 2024-05-14 22:23:54 +00:00
tailwind.config.js fix: Do not scan all Go files for tailwind classes 2024-08-24 15:45:50 +02:00
tsconfig.json Add typescript 2024-10-29 18:15:09 +01:00
vitest.config.ts Add typescript 2024-10-29 18:15:09 +01:00
webpack.config.js Update dependency htmx.org to v2 (forgejo) (#8342) 2025-06-29 13:52:24 +02:00

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