HTTPS-Everywhere : A Browser Extension That Encrypts Your Communications

HTTPS-Everywhere is a browser extension that encrypts your communications with many websites that offer HTTPS but still allow unencrypted connections.

Get the packages you need and install a git hook to run tests before push:

bash install-dev-dependencies.sh

Run the ruleset validations and browser tests:

bash test.sh

Run the latest code and rulesets in a standalone Firefox profile:

bash test/firefox.sh –justrun

Run the latest code and rulesets in a standalone profile for a specific version of Firefox:

FIREFOX=/path/to/firefox bash test/firefox.sh –justrun

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Run the latest code and rulesets in a standalone Chromium profile:

bash test/chromium.sh –justrun

Run the latest code and rulesets in a standalone Tor Browser profile:

bash test/tor-browser.sh path_to_tor_browser.tar.xz

Build the Firefox (.xpi) & Chromium (.crx) extensions:

bash make.sh

Both of the build commands store their output under pkg/.

Precommit Testing

One can run the available test suites automatically by enabling the precommit hook provided with:

ln -s ../../hooks/precommit .git/hooks/pre-commit

Source Tree

This is the source tree for HTTPS Everywhere for Firefox and Chrome.

Important directories you might want to know about

chromium/ WebExtension source code (for Firefox & Chromium/chrome)
chromium/external External dependencies
chromium/test Unit tests

rules/ Symbolic link to src/chrome/content/rules

src/chrome/content/rules Ruleset files live here

test/ Travis unit test source code live here

utils/ Various utilities (includes some Travis test source)

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