[Bug]: Test-FeatureJsonMatchesFeatureDir was missing in common.ps1 — this was a missing function that caused setup-tasks.ps1 to fail.
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100
Research direction
Start with .specify/scripts/powershell/common.ps1 and the call from .specify/scripts/powershell/setup-tasks.ps1. Reproduce the failure with setup-tasks.ps1 -Json in PowerShell, then verify that Test-FeatureJsonMatchesFeatureDir is available and that the feature-directory validation completes without the reported command or parser errors.
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Description
Bug Description
On start of /speckit.tasks in PowerShell environment, it attempts to call function
Test-FeatureJsonMatchesFeatureDir
An error is thrown and there is no such commandlet.
CoPilot eventually worked around the problem.
.\.specify\scripts\powershell\setup-tasks.ps1 -Json
C:\Code\private\app\.specify\scripts\powershell\setup-tasks.ps1 : The term
'Test-FeatureJsonMatchesFeatureDir' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or
operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is
correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ .\.specify\scripts\powershell\setup-tasks.ps1 -Json
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Test-FeatureJsonMatchesFeatureDir:String) [setup-tasks.ps1]
, CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException,setup-tasks.ps1
Steps to Reproduce
1: Run /speckit.tasks
2: Errors noted for missing function Test-FeatureJsonMatchesFeatureDir
The function checks if feature.json pins an existing feature directory, and if it does, branch naming validation gets skipped.
Since the function is missing from common.ps1, this validation logic can't run.
Expected Behavior
No error should have been reported.
Actual Behavior
.\.specify\scripts\powershell\setup-tasks.ps1 -Json
C:\Code\private\app\.specify\scripts\powershell\setup-tasks.ps1 : The term
'Test-FeatureJsonMatchesFeatureDir' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or
operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is
correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ .\.specify\scripts\powershell\setup-tasks.ps1 -Json
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Test-FeatureJsonMatchesFeatureDir:String) [setup-tasks.ps1]
, CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException,setup-tasks.ps1
Since the function is missing from common.ps1, this validation logic can't run.
CoPilot eventually determined what the function should have returned and worked around the problem.
Specify CLI Version
0.8.13
AI Agent
GitHub Copilot
Operating System
Windows 11 (10.0.26220)
Python Version
Python 3.12.6
Error Logs
.\.specify\scripts\powershell\setup-tasks.ps1 -Json
C:\Code\private\app\.specify\scripts\powershell\setup-tasks.ps1 : At
C:\Code\private\app\.specify\scripts\powershell\common.ps1:141 char:122
+ ... -Path $RepoRoot $pinnedRelative) -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)?.Path
+ ~~~~~~
Unexpected token '?.Path' in expression or statement.
At C:\Code\private\app\.specify\scripts\powershell\common.ps1:142 char:102
+ ... h -LiteralPath $ActiveFeatureDir -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)?.Path
+ ~~~~~~
Unexpected token '?.Path' in expression or statement.
At line:1 char:1
+ .\.specify\scripts\powershell\setup-tasks.ps1 -Json
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:) [setup-tasks.ps1], ParseException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnexpectedToken,setup-tasks.ps1
Additional Context
This speckit was in-place upgraded from a previous version ~ 1 month old
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