speckit-git-validate

Run the validation to compare the current branch from git rev-parse against two patterns: sequential names like 001-feature-name and timestamp names like 20260319-143022-feature-name. It reports whether the branch matches and whether a corresponding specs directory exists.

Spec-kit feature branches use either a sequential numeric prefix of three or more digits followed by a hyphen, such as 042-fix-bug, or a timestamp prefix in YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS format, such as 20260319-143022-feature-name.

The validation degrades gracefully by checking the SPECIFY_FEATURE environment variable as a fallback and validating that value against the naming patterns. If neither is available, it skips validation and prints a warning instead of failing.

Yes. When the branch matches a valid pattern, it looks under specs/ for a directory whose prefix matches the numeric or timestamp portion of the branch name and reports whether that directory was found.

Branches like main or develop do not match the feature branch patterns, so validation reports that you are not on a feature branch. Switch to a properly named branch such as 001-feature-name before running spec-kit feature workflows.