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Validate current branch follows feature branch naming conventions
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Perform a non-destructive cross-artifact consistency and quality analysis across spec.md, plan.md, and tasks.md after task generation.
Generate a custom checklist for the current feature based on user requirements.
Identify underspecified areas in the current feature spec by asking up to 5 highly targeted clarification questions and encoding answers back into the spec.
Create or update the project constitution from interactive or provided principle inputs, ensuring all dependent templates stay in sync.
Auto-commit changes after a Spec Kit command completes
Create a feature branch with sequential or timestamp numbering
| name | speckit-git-validate |
| description | Validate current branch follows feature branch naming conventions |
| compatibility | Requires spec-kit project structure with .specify/ directory |
| metadata | {"author":"github-spec-kit","source":"git:commands/speckit.git.validate.md"} |
| user-invocable | true |
| disable-model-invocation | true |
Validate that the current Git branch follows the expected feature branch naming conventions.
git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>/dev/null[specify] Warning: Git repository not detected; skipped branch validation
Get the current branch name:
git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
The branch name must match one of these patterns:
^[0-9]{3,}- (e.g., 001-feature-name, 042-fix-bug, 1000-big-feature)^[0-9]{8}-[0-9]{6}- (e.g., 20260319-143022-feature-name)If on a feature branch (matches either pattern):
✓ On feature branch: <branch-name>specs/:
specs/<prefix>-* where prefix matches the numeric portionspecs/<prefix>-* where prefix matches the YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS portion✓ Spec directory found: <path>⚠ No spec directory found for prefix <prefix>If NOT on a feature branch:
✗ Not on a feature branch. Current branch: <branch-name>Feature branches should be named like: 001-feature-name or 20260319-143022-feature-nameIf Git is not installed or the directory is not a Git repository:
SPECIFY_FEATURE environment variable as a fallback