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Dhruv Rastogi d0a83890d5 feat(git-extension): add configurable Conventional Commit support (#3390) (#3413)
* feat(git-extension): add configurable Conventional Commit support

Adds a commit_style option (fixed | conventional) to the git
extension's auto-commit config. When set to conventional, the
speckit.git.commit hook instructs the agent to generate a Conventional
Commit message from the diff and pass it to auto-commit.sh /
auto-commit.ps1 as an explicit argument. If no message is supplied in
conventional mode, the scripts fail loudly (stderr + exit 1) instead of
silently falling back to the fixed message, but still short-circuit
cleanly when there are no changes to commit.

- extensions/git/config-template.yml, git-config.yml: new
  commit_style: fixed (default) / conventional option.
- extensions/git/scripts/bash/auto-commit.sh: optional
  [generated_message] arg, commit_style parsing, conventional-mode
  enforcement.
- extensions/git/scripts/powershell/auto-commit.ps1: mirrored
  PowerShell implementation.
- extensions/git/commands/speckit.git.commit.md: documents commit
  message styles and updated execution/config guidance.
- extensions/git/README.md: documents the new option.
- tests/extensions/git/test_git_extension.py: regression tests for
  fixed default, conventional success, conventional missing-message
  failure, and no-changes short-circuit (bash + PowerShell).

Fixes #3390

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* fix(tests): check combined stdout+stderr for conventional commit_style failure test

Write-Warning output stream placement is not deterministic across pwsh
versions/platforms (observed failing on macOS CI). Match the existing
pattern used elsewhere in this file (e.g.
test_not_a_repo_still_detected_with_autocrlf) by asserting against the
combined stdout+stderr instead of stderr alone.

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* fix(git-extension): strip YAML inline comments from commit_style value

Copilot review feedback on PR #3413 identified that commit_style parsing
didn't strip trailing YAML inline comments (e.g. "commit_style: conventional
# team standard"), causing the value to retain a trailing comment fragment
and silently skip conventional-mode enforcement.

- bash: fix the inline-comment strip regex to use a proper {1,} interval
  so multiple spaces before '#' are consumed together with the comment,
  preventing a stray trailing quote character from surviving quote-strip
  when the value is quoted (e.g. commit_style: "conventional"  # x).
- powershell: already handled this correctly via \s+#.*$ + Trim(); no
  behavior change needed there.
- tests: add regression coverage for commit_style values with trailing
  inline comments (bash + pwsh), and a pwsh regression test for the
  no-changes short-circuit ordering, per additional Copilot suggestion.

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* fix(git-extension): validate commit_style and reword abort message per review

Address Copilot review feedback on PR #3413:
- Validate commit_style against the documented fixed/conventional values;
  an unrecognized value now warns and falls back to fixed instead of
  silently mis-parsing.
- Reword the conventional-mode-without-generated-message message from
  'skipped auto-commit' to 'aborting auto-commit' since the script exits
  1 (a failure, not a skip), and include the actionable remediation.
- Add regression tests (bash + pwsh) covering the unknown commit_style
  fallback.

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* fix(git-extension): limit commit_style parsing to first match in config

Address Copilot review feedback on PR #3413: grep '^commit_style:' without
-m1 could concatenate values if a config file accidentally contains
multiple commit_style lines (e.g. from a bad merge/manual edit), causing
an unexpected fallback to 'fixed'. Limit to the first match and add a
regression test covering duplicate commit_style lines.

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* fix(git-extension): avoid shell interpolation of generated commit messages

- Remove 	r -d '[:space:]' from commit_style parsing in auto-commit.sh:
  it stripped ALL whitespace (not just leading/trailing), so
  commit_style: con ventional was silently normalized to conventional
  instead of being rejected as unknown (PowerShell version already
  rejected it correctly).
- Add a file-based message-passing channel to both auto-commit scripts:
  --message-file <path> (bash) / -MessageFile <path> (PowerShell).
  Agent-generated commit messages may contain quotes, $(...), or
  backticks; passing them as a shell argument risked command injection
  if ever inlined into a shell command string. The new flag reads the
  message from a file instead, so untrusted content never touches a
  shell command line. The raw positional-argument form is kept for
  backward compatibility.
- Update speckit.git.commit.md to instruct the agent to write the
  generated message to a temp file (via its file-editing tool) and pass
  the file path, explicitly warning against inlining the message into a
  shell command string.
- Add test coverage: explicit commit_style: fixed (previously only the
  absent-key default was tested), --message-file/-MessageFile success
  path (including injection-shaped content), and missing-file error path,
  for both bash and PowerShell suites.

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* fix(git-extension): exclude --message-file transport file from staging

The temp file passed via --message-file / -MessageFile was read but left
in the worktree. If written inside the project (as an agent's file-editing
tool would naturally do), git add . staged it into the commit, and its
mere presence as an untracked file could also defeat the no-changes
short-circuit, causing a spurious commit containing only that file.

Remove the file immediately after its content is captured, before the
change-detection check and before staging. Add bash + pwsh regression
tests covering both scenarios.

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# Git Branching Workflow Extension
Git repository initialization, feature branch creation, numbering (sequential/timestamp), validation, remote detection, and auto-commit for Spec Kit.
## Overview
This extension provides Git operations as an optional, self-contained module. It manages:
- **Repository initialization** with configurable commit messages
- **Feature branch creation** with sequential (`001-feature-name`) or timestamp (`20260319-143022-feature-name`) numbering and optional templates for branch namespaces
- **Branch validation** to ensure branches follow naming conventions
- **Git remote detection** for GitHub integration (e.g., issue creation)
- **Auto-commit** after core commands (configurable per-command with custom messages, or Conventional Commit messages generated by the agent)
## Commands
| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `speckit.git.initialize` | Initialize a Git repository with a configurable commit message |
| `speckit.git.feature` | Create a feature branch with sequential or timestamp numbering |
| `speckit.git.validate` | Validate current branch follows feature branch naming conventions |
| `speckit.git.remote` | Detect Git remote URL for GitHub integration |
| `speckit.git.commit` | Auto-commit changes (configurable per-command enable/disable and messages) |
## Hooks
| Event | Command | Optional | Description |
|-------|---------|----------|-------------|
| `before_constitution` | `speckit.git.initialize` | No | Init git repo before constitution |
| `before_specify` | `speckit.git.feature` | No | Create feature branch before specification |
| `before_clarify` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Commit outstanding changes before clarification |
| `before_plan` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Commit outstanding changes before planning |
| `before_tasks` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Commit outstanding changes before task generation |
| `before_implement` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Commit outstanding changes before implementation |
| `before_checklist` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Commit outstanding changes before checklist |
| `before_analyze` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Commit outstanding changes before analysis |
| `before_taskstoissues` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Commit outstanding changes before issue sync |
| `after_constitution` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Auto-commit after constitution update |
| `after_specify` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Auto-commit after specification |
| `after_clarify` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Auto-commit after clarification |
| `after_plan` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Auto-commit after planning |
| `after_tasks` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Auto-commit after task generation |
| `after_implement` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Auto-commit after implementation |
| `after_checklist` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Auto-commit after checklist |
| `after_analyze` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Auto-commit after analysis |
| `after_taskstoissues` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Auto-commit after issue sync |
## Configuration
Configuration is stored in `.specify/extensions/git/git-config.yml`:
```yaml
# Branch numbering strategy: "sequential" or "timestamp"
branch_numbering: sequential
# Optional branch name template. Leave empty for the default "{number}-{slug}".
# Supported tokens: {author}, {app}, {number}, {slug}; {slug} must not appear
# before {number}, and the final path segment must start with {number}-.
# Example for monorepos: "{author}/{app}/{number}-{slug}"
branch_template: ""
# Optional shorthand namespace. Leave empty to use branch_template/default behavior.
# Example: "features/{app}" expands to "features/{app}/{number}-{slug}"
branch_prefix: ""
# Custom commit message for git init
init_commit_message: "[Spec Kit] Initial commit"
# Commit message style for auto-commit hooks: "fixed" (default) uses the
# messages below; "conventional" asks the agent to generate a Conventional
# Commit message (e.g. "feat: add OAuth spec") from the diff instead.
commit_style: fixed
# Auto-commit per command (all disabled by default)
# Example: enable auto-commit after specify
auto_commit:
default: false
after_specify:
enabled: true
message: "[Spec Kit] Add specification"
```
`{author}` is derived from Git config and sanitized for branch names. `{app}` is derived from the Spec Kit init directory name. Custom templates must not put `{slug}` before `{number}`, and must put `{number}-` at the start of the final path segment so generated names remain valid feature branches. For a monorepo project at `apps/web/.specify/`, a template such as `{author}/{app}/{number}-{slug}` produces branches like `jdoe/web/008-guided-tour`.
For simple namespace-only customization, `branch_prefix` is also accepted as a shorthand and expands to `<branch_prefix>/{number}-{slug}`.
## Installation
```bash
# Install the bundled git extension (no network required)
specify extension add git
```
## Disabling
```bash
# Disable the git extension (spec creation continues without branching)
specify extension disable git
# Re-enable it
specify extension enable git
```
## Graceful Degradation
When Git is not installed or the directory is not a Git repository:
- Spec directories are still created under `specs/`
- Branch creation is skipped with a warning
- Branch validation is skipped with a warning
- Remote detection returns empty results
## Scripts
The extension bundles cross-platform scripts:
- `scripts/bash/create-new-feature-branch.sh` — Bash implementation (branch creation only)
- `scripts/bash/git-common.sh` — Shared Git utilities (Bash)
- `scripts/powershell/create-new-feature-branch.ps1` — PowerShell implementation (branch creation only)
- `scripts/powershell/git-common.ps1` — Shared Git utilities (PowerShell)