feat: make git extension opt-in and remove --no-git at v0.10.0 (#2873)

* feat(init)!: make git extension opt-in and remove --no-git at v0.10.0

- Remove --no-git parameter from specify init command
- Remove git extension auto-installation from init flow
- Git repository initialization (git init) still runs when git is available
- Remove --no-git from all test invocations across the test suite
- Update docs to reflect opt-in git extension behavior
- Replace TestGitExtensionAutoInstall with TestGitExtensionOptIn tests

BREAKING CHANGE: specify init no longer auto-installs the git extension.
Use `specify extension add git` to install it explicitly.
The --no-git flag has been removed.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* refactor(scripts): remove git operations from core scripts

Git functionality is now entirely managed by the git extension.
Core scripts only handle directory-based feature creation and numbering.

- Remove has_git(), check_feature_branch(), git branch creation from core
- Simplify number detection to use only spec directory scanning
- Remove HAS_GIT output from get_feature_paths()
- Remove git remote fetching and branch querying
- Keep BRANCH_NAME output key for backward compatibility

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* refactor: remove all git operations from core

- Remove is_git_repo() and init_git_repo() dead code from _utils.py
- Remove --branch-numbering from init command
- Remove git from 'specify check' (now extension-only)
- Update docs: git is optional prerequisite, check command description
- Fix tests to reflect no-git-in-core reality (fallback to main)

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* refactor(scripts): remove directory scanning and branch fallback from core

Core scripts now resolve feature context exclusively from:
1. SPECIFY_FEATURE env var (set by git extension)
2. .specify/feature.json (persisted by specify command)

Removed find_feature_dir_by_prefix() and directory scanning heuristics —
these are the git extension's responsibility. Scripts error clearly when
no feature context is available.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* feat: introduce feature_numbering, deprecate branch_numbering in init-options

- specify command template now reads feature_numbering (preferred) with
  fallback to branch_numbering (deprecated) from init-options.json
- Git extension reads git-config.yml > feature_numbering > branch_numbering
- init now writes feature_numbering: sequential to init-options.json
- Deprecation warning emitted when branch_numbering is used as fallback

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix: remove trailing whitespace in common.ps1

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* feat(scripts): persist SPECIFY_FEATURE_DIRECTORY env var to feature.json

When SPECIFY_FEATURE_DIRECTORY is set, get_feature_paths() now writes the
value to .specify/feature.json so future sessions without the env var can
still resolve the feature directory. The write is idempotent — it skips
when the file already contains the same value.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix: address review feedback — error messages and docs

- Update error messages in common.sh and common.ps1 to reference
  SPECIFY_FEATURE_DIRECTORY instead of SPECIFY_FEATURE (which no longer
  resolves feature directories)
- Fix get_current_branch comment (returns empty string, not error)
- Update upgrade.md to reference SPECIFY_FEATURE_DIRECTORY with correct
  example paths
- Update local-development.md troubleshooting: replace stale 'Git step
  skipped' row with actionable git extension guidance

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix(scripts): harden feature.json persistence

- Use json_escape in printf fallback when jq is unavailable (common.sh)
- Replace utf8NoBOM encoding with UTF8Encoding($false) for PowerShell
  5.1 compatibility (common.ps1)

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* refactor(scripts): remove dead feature_json_matches_feature_dir functions

These guards are no longer needed since the branch-name validation they
protected against has been removed from check-prerequisites.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* refactor(git-ext): rename create-new-feature to create-new-feature-branch

The git extension's script only creates the git branch — rename it to
reflect that responsibility. The core create-new-feature.sh/.ps1 handles
feature directory creation and feature.json persistence.

Also includes fixes from review feedback:
- common.sh: _persist_feature_json uses json_escape fallback
- common.ps1: Save-FeatureJson uses UTF8Encoding for PS 5.1 compat
- common.ps1: case-sensitive path stripping on non-Windows
- create-new-feature.sh/ps1: output both SPECIFY_FEATURE and
  SPECIFY_FEATURE_DIRECTORY
- setup-tasks.sh: fix stale 'Validate branch' comment

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix(tests): update references to renamed git extension scripts

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix(tests): remove duplicate EXT_CREATE_FEATURE assignments

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

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Co-authored-by: Manfred Riem <mnriem@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
This commit is contained in:
Copilot
2026-06-09 06:13:07 -05:00
committed by GitHub
parent 90832d19bf
commit 927f54feea
50 changed files with 547 additions and 1636 deletions

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@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ from ._utils import (
_display_project_path,
check_tool as check_tool,
handle_vscode_settings as handle_vscode_settings,
init_git_repo as init_git_repo,
is_git_repo as is_git_repo,
merge_json_files as merge_json_files,
run_command as run_command,
)
@@ -453,9 +451,6 @@ def check():
tracker = StepTracker("Check Available Tools")
tracker.add("git", "Git version control")
git_ok = check_tool("git", tracker=tracker)
agent_results = {}
for agent_key, agent_config in AGENT_CONFIG.items():
if agent_key == "generic":
@@ -483,9 +478,6 @@ def check():
console.print("\n[bold green]Specify CLI is ready to use![/bold green]")
if not git_ok:
console.print("[dim]Tip: Install git for repository management[/dim]")
if not any(agent_results.values()):
console.print("[dim]Tip: Install a coding agent for the best experience[/dim]")

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@@ -77,51 +77,6 @@ def check_tool(tool: str, tracker=None) -> bool:
return found
def is_git_repo(path: Path | None = None) -> bool:
"""Check if the specified path is inside a git repository."""
if path is None:
path = Path.cwd()
if not path.is_dir():
return False
try:
subprocess.run(
["git", "rev-parse", "--is-inside-work-tree"],
check=True,
capture_output=True,
cwd=path,
)
return True
except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, FileNotFoundError):
return False
def init_git_repo(project_path: Path, quiet: bool = False) -> tuple[bool, str | None]:
"""Initialize a git repository in the specified path."""
try:
original_cwd = Path.cwd()
os.chdir(project_path)
if not quiet:
console.print("[cyan]Initializing git repository...[/cyan]")
subprocess.run(["git", "init"], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True)
subprocess.run(["git", "add", "."], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True)
subprocess.run(["git", "commit", "-m", "Initial commit from Specify template"], check=True, capture_output=True, text=True)
if not quiet:
console.print("[green]✓[/green] Git repository initialized")
return True, None
except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
error_msg = f"Command: {' '.join(e.cmd)}\nExit code: {e.returncode}"
if e.stderr:
error_msg += f"\nError: {e.stderr.strip()}"
elif e.stdout:
error_msg += f"\nOutput: {e.stdout.strip()}"
if not quiet:
console.print(f"[red]Error initializing git repository:[/red] {e}")
return False, error_msg
finally:
os.chdir(original_cwd)
def handle_vscode_settings(sub_item, dest_file, rel_path, verbose=False, tracker=None) -> None:
"""Handle merging or copying of .vscode/settings.json files.

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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from .._assets import (
get_speckit_version,
)
from .._console import StepTracker, console, select_with_arrows, show_banner
from .._utils import check_tool, init_git_repo, is_git_repo
from .._utils import check_tool
def _stdin_is_interactive() -> bool:
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ def register(app: typer.Typer) -> None:
project_name: str = typer.Argument(None, help="Name for your new project directory (optional if using --here, or use '.' for current directory)"),
script_type: str = typer.Option(None, "--script", help="Script type to use: sh or ps"),
ignore_agent_tools: bool = typer.Option(False, "--ignore-agent-tools", help="Skip checks for coding agent tools like Claude Code"),
no_git: bool = typer.Option(False, "--no-git", help="Skip git repository initialization"),
here: bool = typer.Option(False, "--here", help="Initialize project in the current directory instead of creating a new one"),
force: bool = typer.Option(False, "--force", help="Force merge/overwrite when using --here (skip confirmation)"),
skip_tls: bool = typer.Option(False, "--skip-tls", help="Deprecated (no-op). Previously: skip SSL/TLS verification.", hidden=True),
@@ -79,7 +78,6 @@ def register(app: typer.Typer) -> None:
github_token: str = typer.Option(None, "--github-token", help="Deprecated (no-op). Previously: GitHub token for API requests.", hidden=True),
offline: bool = typer.Option(False, "--offline", help="Deprecated (no-op). All scaffolding now uses bundled assets.", hidden=True),
preset: str = typer.Option(None, "--preset", help="Install a preset during initialization (by preset ID)"),
branch_numbering: str = typer.Option(None, "--branch-numbering", help="Branch numbering strategy: 'sequential' (001, 002, …, 1000, … — expands past 999 automatically) or 'timestamp' (YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS)"),
integration: str = typer.Option(None, "--integration", help="AI coding agent integration to use (e.g. --integration copilot). See 'specify check' for available integrations."),
integration_options: str = typer.Option(None, "--integration-options", help='Options for the integration (e.g. --integration-options="--commands-dir .myagent/cmds")'),
):
@@ -91,18 +89,16 @@ def register(app: typer.Typer) -> None:
match the installed CLI version.
This command will:
1. Check that required tools are installed (git is optional)
1. Check that required tools are installed
2. Let you choose your coding agent integration, or default to Copilot
in non-interactive sessions
3. Install bundled Spec Kit templates, scripts, workflow, and shared
project infrastructure
4. Initialize a fresh git repository (if not --no-git and no existing repo)
5. Set up coding agent integration commands and optional presets
4. Set up coding agent integration commands and optional presets
Examples:
specify init my-project
specify init my-project --integration claude
specify init my-project --integration copilot --no-git
specify init --ignore-agent-tools my-project
specify init . --integration claude # Initialize in current directory
specify init . # Initialize in current directory (interactive integration selection)
@@ -142,13 +138,6 @@ def register(app: typer.Typer) -> None:
console.print(f"[yellow]Available integrations:[/yellow] {available}")
raise typer.Exit(1)
if no_git:
console.print(
"[yellow]⚠️ --no-git is deprecated and will be removed in v0.10.0.[/yellow]\n"
"[yellow]The git extension will no longer be enabled by default "
"— use the [bold]specify extension[/bold] commands to install or enable the git extension if needed.[/yellow]"
)
if project_name == ".":
here = True
project_name = None
@@ -161,10 +150,7 @@ def register(app: typer.Typer) -> None:
console.print("[red]Error:[/red] Must specify either a project name, use '.' for current directory, or use --here flag")
raise typer.Exit(1)
BRANCH_NUMBERING_CHOICES = {"sequential", "timestamp"}
if branch_numbering and branch_numbering not in BRANCH_NUMBERING_CHOICES:
console.print(f"[red]Error:[/red] Invalid --branch-numbering value '{branch_numbering}'. Choose from: {', '.join(sorted(BRANCH_NUMBERING_CHOICES))}")
raise typer.Exit(1)
dir_existed_before = False
if here:
@@ -253,12 +239,6 @@ def register(app: typer.Typer) -> None:
console.print(Panel("\n".join(setup_lines), border_style="cyan", padding=(1, 2)))
should_init_git = False
if not no_git:
should_init_git = check_tool("git")
if not should_init_git:
console.print("[yellow]Git not found - will skip repository initialization[/yellow]")
if not ignore_agent_tools:
agent_config = AGENT_CONFIG.get(selected_ai)
if agent_config and agent_config["requires_cli"]:
@@ -308,15 +288,12 @@ def register(app: typer.Typer) -> None:
for key, label in [
("chmod", "Ensure scripts executable"),
("constitution", "Constitution setup"),
("git", "Install git extension"),
("workflow", "Install bundled workflow"),
("agent-context", "Install agent-context extension"),
("final", "Finalize"),
]:
tracker.add(key, label)
git_default_notice = False
with Live(tracker.render(), console=console, refresh_per_second=8, transient=True) as live:
tracker.attach_refresh(lambda: live.update(tracker.render()))
try:
@@ -369,55 +346,6 @@ def register(app: typer.Typer) -> None:
ensure_constitution_from_template(project_path, tracker=tracker)
if not no_git:
tracker.start("git")
git_messages = []
git_has_error = False
if is_git_repo(project_path):
git_messages.append("existing repo detected")
elif should_init_git:
success, error_msg = init_git_repo(project_path, quiet=True)
if success:
git_messages.append("initialized")
else:
git_has_error = True
if error_msg:
sanitized = error_msg.replace('\n', ' ').strip()
git_messages.append(f"init failed: {sanitized[:120]}")
else:
git_messages.append("init failed")
else:
git_messages.append("git not available")
try:
from ..extensions import ExtensionManager
bundled_path = _locate_bundled_extension("git")
if bundled_path:
manager = ExtensionManager(project_path)
if manager.registry.is_installed("git"):
git_messages.append("extension already installed")
else:
manager.install_from_directory(
bundled_path, get_speckit_version()
)
git_default_notice = True
git_messages.append("extension installed")
else:
git_has_error = True
git_messages.append("bundled extension not found")
except Exception as ext_err:
git_has_error = True
sanitized_ext = str(ext_err).replace('\n', ' ').strip()
git_messages.append(
f"extension install failed: {sanitized_ext[:120]}"
)
summary = "; ".join(git_messages)
if git_has_error:
tracker.error("git", summary)
else:
tracker.complete("git", summary)
else:
tracker.skip("git", "--no-git flag")
try:
bundled_wf = _locate_bundled_workflow("speckit")
if bundled_wf:
@@ -451,9 +379,9 @@ def register(app: typer.Typer) -> None:
init_opts = {
"ai": selected_ai,
"integration": resolved_integration.key,
"branch_numbering": branch_numbering or "sequential",
"here": here,
"script": selected_script,
"feature_numbering": "sequential",
"speckit_version": get_speckit_version(),
}
from ..integrations.base import SkillsIntegration as _SkillsPersist
@@ -596,18 +524,6 @@ def register(app: typer.Typer) -> None:
console.print()
console.print(security_notice)
if git_default_notice:
default_change_notice = Panel(
"The git extension is currently enabled by default during [bold]specify init[/bold].\n"
"Starting in [bold]v0.10.0[/bold], this will require explicit opt-in.\n"
"Use [bold]specify extension add git[/bold] after init when needed.",
title="[yellow]Notice: Git Default Changing[/yellow]",
border_style="yellow",
padding=(1, 2),
)
console.print()
console.print(default_change_notice)
steps_lines = []
if not here:
steps_lines.append(f"1. Go to the project folder: [cyan]cd {project_name}[/cyan]")