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Felipe Coury 2e0c4f4977 fix(tui): prevent repository-configured code execution in /diff (#24954)
## Why

`/diff` is intended to display working-tree changes, but its Git
invocations honored repository-selected executable helpers. A repository
could configure diff/text conversion helpers, clean/process filters,
`core.fsmonitor`, or `post-index-change` hooks that execute when a user
runs `/diff`.

Fixes
[PSEC-4395](https://linear.app/openai/issue/PSEC-4395/codex-cli-diff-executes-repository-selected-diff-helpers).

## What Changed

- Pass `--no-textconv` and `--no-ext-diff` for tracked and untracked
diff generation.
- Discover configured `filter.<driver>.clean` and `.process` entries,
then neutralize the selected drivers through structured
`GIT_CONFIG_KEY_*` / `GIT_CONFIG_VALUE_*` overrides, including driver
names containing `=`.
- Run all `/diff` Git probes with `core.fsmonitor=false` and a null
`core.hooksPath`.
- Use short submodule reporting while ignoring dirty submodule
worktrees, since inspecting a checked-out submodule for dirtiness can
execute filters from that child repository. This intentionally omits
dirty-only submodule markers in order to preserve the non-executing
security boundary.
- Add real-Git marker tests covering filters, fsmonitor, hooks, and
configured helpers inside checked-out submodules.

## How to Test

1. In a repository with ordinary tracked and untracked edits, run
`/diff`.
2. Confirm the normal working-tree diff is shown for top-level files.
3. Run the targeted tests below; they configure executable marker
helpers for repository filters, fsmonitor, hooks, and a checked-out
submodule, then verify `/diff` does not invoke them.
4. Confirm a dirty-only submodule does not cause Codex to enter the
submodule and execute its configured helper.

Targeted tests:
- `just test -p codex-tui get_git_diff_`

Validation note: `just test -p codex-tui` runs the new coverage, but
this worktree currently also has two unrelated failing guardian tests:
`app::tests::update_feature_flags_disabling_guardian_clears_review_policy_and_restores_default`
and
`app::tests::update_feature_flags_disabling_guardian_clears_manual_review_policy_without_history`.
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