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Initialize a Git repository with an initial commit
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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.
Execute the implementation plan by processing and executing all tasks defined in tasks.md
Execute the implementation planning workflow using the plan template to generate design artifacts.
| name | speckit-git-initialize |
| description | Initialize a Git repository with an initial commit |
| compatibility | Requires spec-kit project structure with .specify/ directory |
| metadata | {"author":"github-spec-kit","source":"git:commands/speckit.git.initialize.md"} |
Initialize a Git repository in the current project directory if one does not already exist.
Run the appropriate script from the project root:
.specify/extensions/git/scripts/bash/initialize-repo.sh.specify/extensions/git/scripts/powershell/initialize-repo.ps1If the extension scripts are not found, fall back to:
git init && git add . && git commit -m "Initial commit from Specify template"git init; git add .; git commit -m "Initial commit from Specify template"The script handles all checks internally:
git init, git add ., and git commit with an initial commit messageReplace the script to add project-specific Git initialization steps:
.gitignore templatesgit config init.defaultBranch)On success:
โ Git repository initializedIf Git is not installed:
specs/)If Git is installed but git init, git add ., or git commit fails: