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spec-kit/scripts/bash/create-new-feature.sh
Roland Huß f8da535d71 feat(scripts): add --allow-existing-branch flag to create-new-feature (#1999)
* feat(scripts): add --allow-existing-branch flag to create-new-feature

Add an --allow-existing-branch / -AllowExistingBranch flag to both
bash and PowerShell create-new-feature scripts. When the target branch
already exists, the script switches to it instead of failing. The spec
directory and template are still created if missing, but existing
spec.md files are not overwritten (prevents data loss on re-runs).

The flag is opt-in, so existing behavior is completely unchanged
without it. This enables worktree-based workflows and CI/CD pipelines
that create branches externally before running speckit.specify.

Relates to #1931. Also addresses #1680, #841, #1921.

Assisted-By: 🤖 Claude Code

* fix: address PR review feedback for allow-existing-branch

- Make checkout failure fatal instead of suppressing with || true (bash)
- Check $LASTEXITCODE after git checkout in PowerShell
- Use Test-Path -PathType Leaf for spec file existence check (PS)
- Add PowerShell static assertion test for -AllowExistingBranch flag

Assisted-By: 🤖 Claude Code
2026-03-27 14:04:14 -05:00

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -e
JSON_MODE=false
ALLOW_EXISTING=false
SHORT_NAME=""
BRANCH_NUMBER=""
USE_TIMESTAMP=false
ARGS=()
i=1
while [ $i -le $# ]; do
arg="${!i}"
case "$arg" in
--json)
JSON_MODE=true
;;
--allow-existing-branch)
ALLOW_EXISTING=true
;;
--short-name)
if [ $((i + 1)) -gt $# ]; then
echo 'Error: --short-name requires a value' >&2
exit 1
fi
i=$((i + 1))
next_arg="${!i}"
# Check if the next argument is another option (starts with --)
if [[ "$next_arg" == --* ]]; then
echo 'Error: --short-name requires a value' >&2
exit 1
fi
SHORT_NAME="$next_arg"
;;
--number)
if [ $((i + 1)) -gt $# ]; then
echo 'Error: --number requires a value' >&2
exit 1
fi
i=$((i + 1))
next_arg="${!i}"
if [[ "$next_arg" == --* ]]; then
echo 'Error: --number requires a value' >&2
exit 1
fi
BRANCH_NUMBER="$next_arg"
;;
--timestamp)
USE_TIMESTAMP=true
;;
--help|-h)
echo "Usage: $0 [--json] [--allow-existing-branch] [--short-name <name>] [--number N] [--timestamp] <feature_description>"
echo ""
echo "Options:"
echo " --json Output in JSON format"
echo " --allow-existing-branch Switch to branch if it already exists instead of failing"
echo " --short-name <name> Provide a custom short name (2-4 words) for the branch"
echo " --number N Specify branch number manually (overrides auto-detection)"
echo " --timestamp Use timestamp prefix (YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS) instead of sequential numbering"
echo " --help, -h Show this help message"
echo ""
echo "Examples:"
echo " $0 'Add user authentication system' --short-name 'user-auth'"
echo " $0 'Implement OAuth2 integration for API' --number 5"
echo " $0 --timestamp --short-name 'user-auth' 'Add user authentication'"
exit 0
;;
*)
ARGS+=("$arg")
;;
esac
i=$((i + 1))
done
FEATURE_DESCRIPTION="${ARGS[*]}"
if [ -z "$FEATURE_DESCRIPTION" ]; then
echo "Usage: $0 [--json] [--allow-existing-branch] [--short-name <name>] [--number N] [--timestamp] <feature_description>" >&2
exit 1
fi
# Trim whitespace and validate description is not empty (e.g., user passed only whitespace)
FEATURE_DESCRIPTION=$(echo "$FEATURE_DESCRIPTION" | xargs)
if [ -z "$FEATURE_DESCRIPTION" ]; then
echo "Error: Feature description cannot be empty or contain only whitespace" >&2
exit 1
fi
# Function to get highest number from specs directory
get_highest_from_specs() {
local specs_dir="$1"
local highest=0
if [ -d "$specs_dir" ]; then
for dir in "$specs_dir"/*; do
[ -d "$dir" ] || continue
dirname=$(basename "$dir")
# Match sequential prefixes (>=3 digits), but skip timestamp dirs.
if echo "$dirname" | grep -Eq '^[0-9]{3,}-' && ! echo "$dirname" | grep -Eq '^[0-9]{8}-[0-9]{6}-'; then
number=$(echo "$dirname" | grep -Eo '^[0-9]+')
number=$((10#$number))
if [ "$number" -gt "$highest" ]; then
highest=$number
fi
fi
done
fi
echo "$highest"
}
# Function to get highest number from git branches
get_highest_from_branches() {
local highest=0
# Get all branches (local and remote)
branches=$(git branch -a 2>/dev/null || echo "")
if [ -n "$branches" ]; then
while IFS= read -r branch; do
# Clean branch name: remove leading markers and remote prefixes
clean_branch=$(echo "$branch" | sed 's/^[* ]*//; s|^remotes/[^/]*/||')
# Extract sequential feature number (>=3 digits), skip timestamp branches.
if echo "$clean_branch" | grep -Eq '^[0-9]{3,}-' && ! echo "$clean_branch" | grep -Eq '^[0-9]{8}-[0-9]{6}-'; then
number=$(echo "$clean_branch" | grep -Eo '^[0-9]+' || echo "0")
number=$((10#$number))
if [ "$number" -gt "$highest" ]; then
highest=$number
fi
fi
done <<< "$branches"
fi
echo "$highest"
}
# Function to check existing branches (local and remote) and return next available number
check_existing_branches() {
local specs_dir="$1"
# Fetch all remotes to get latest branch info (suppress errors if no remotes)
git fetch --all --prune >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
# Get highest number from ALL branches (not just matching short name)
local highest_branch=$(get_highest_from_branches)
# Get highest number from ALL specs (not just matching short name)
local highest_spec=$(get_highest_from_specs "$specs_dir")
# Take the maximum of both
local max_num=$highest_branch
if [ "$highest_spec" -gt "$max_num" ]; then
max_num=$highest_spec
fi
# Return next number
echo $((max_num + 1))
}
# Function to clean and format a branch name
clean_branch_name() {
local name="$1"
echo "$name" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | sed 's/[^a-z0-9]/-/g' | sed 's/-\+/-/g' | sed 's/^-//' | sed 's/-$//'
}
# Resolve repository root using common.sh functions which prioritize .specify over git
SCRIPT_DIR="$(CDPATH="" cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
source "$SCRIPT_DIR/common.sh"
REPO_ROOT=$(get_repo_root)
# Check if git is available at this repo root (not a parent)
if has_git; then
HAS_GIT=true
else
HAS_GIT=false
fi
cd "$REPO_ROOT"
SPECS_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/specs"
mkdir -p "$SPECS_DIR"
# Function to generate branch name with stop word filtering and length filtering
generate_branch_name() {
local description="$1"
# Common stop words to filter out
local stop_words="^(i|a|an|the|to|for|of|in|on|at|by|with|from|is|are|was|were|be|been|being|have|has|had|do|does|did|will|would|should|could|can|may|might|must|shall|this|that|these|those|my|your|our|their|want|need|add|get|set)$"
# Convert to lowercase and split into words
local clean_name=$(echo "$description" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | sed 's/[^a-z0-9]/ /g')
# Filter words: remove stop words and words shorter than 3 chars (unless they're uppercase acronyms in original)
local meaningful_words=()
for word in $clean_name; do
# Skip empty words
[ -z "$word" ] && continue
# Keep words that are NOT stop words AND (length >= 3 OR are potential acronyms)
if ! echo "$word" | grep -qiE "$stop_words"; then
if [ ${#word} -ge 3 ]; then
meaningful_words+=("$word")
elif echo "$description" | grep -q "\b${word^^}\b"; then
# Keep short words if they appear as uppercase in original (likely acronyms)
meaningful_words+=("$word")
fi
fi
done
# If we have meaningful words, use first 3-4 of them
if [ ${#meaningful_words[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
local max_words=3
if [ ${#meaningful_words[@]} -eq 4 ]; then max_words=4; fi
local result=""
local count=0
for word in "${meaningful_words[@]}"; do
if [ $count -ge $max_words ]; then break; fi
if [ -n "$result" ]; then result="$result-"; fi
result="$result$word"
count=$((count + 1))
done
echo "$result"
else
# Fallback to original logic if no meaningful words found
local cleaned=$(clean_branch_name "$description")
echo "$cleaned" | tr '-' '\n' | grep -v '^$' | head -3 | tr '\n' '-' | sed 's/-$//'
fi
}
# Generate branch name
if [ -n "$SHORT_NAME" ]; then
# Use provided short name, just clean it up
BRANCH_SUFFIX=$(clean_branch_name "$SHORT_NAME")
else
# Generate from description with smart filtering
BRANCH_SUFFIX=$(generate_branch_name "$FEATURE_DESCRIPTION")
fi
# Warn if --number and --timestamp are both specified
if [ "$USE_TIMESTAMP" = true ] && [ -n "$BRANCH_NUMBER" ]; then
>&2 echo "[specify] Warning: --number is ignored when --timestamp is used"
BRANCH_NUMBER=""
fi
# Determine branch prefix
if [ "$USE_TIMESTAMP" = true ]; then
FEATURE_NUM=$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)
BRANCH_NAME="${FEATURE_NUM}-${BRANCH_SUFFIX}"
else
# Determine branch number
if [ -z "$BRANCH_NUMBER" ]; then
if [ "$HAS_GIT" = true ]; then
# Check existing branches on remotes
BRANCH_NUMBER=$(check_existing_branches "$SPECS_DIR")
else
# Fall back to local directory check
HIGHEST=$(get_highest_from_specs "$SPECS_DIR")
BRANCH_NUMBER=$((HIGHEST + 1))
fi
fi
# Force base-10 interpretation to prevent octal conversion (e.g., 010 → 8 in octal, but should be 10 in decimal)
FEATURE_NUM=$(printf "%03d" "$((10#$BRANCH_NUMBER))")
BRANCH_NAME="${FEATURE_NUM}-${BRANCH_SUFFIX}"
fi
# GitHub enforces a 244-byte limit on branch names
# Validate and truncate if necessary
MAX_BRANCH_LENGTH=244
if [ ${#BRANCH_NAME} -gt $MAX_BRANCH_LENGTH ]; then
# Calculate how much we need to trim from suffix
# Account for prefix length: timestamp (15) + hyphen (1) = 16, or sequential (3) + hyphen (1) = 4
PREFIX_LENGTH=$(( ${#FEATURE_NUM} + 1 ))
MAX_SUFFIX_LENGTH=$((MAX_BRANCH_LENGTH - PREFIX_LENGTH))
# Truncate suffix at word boundary if possible
TRUNCATED_SUFFIX=$(echo "$BRANCH_SUFFIX" | cut -c1-$MAX_SUFFIX_LENGTH)
# Remove trailing hyphen if truncation created one
TRUNCATED_SUFFIX=$(echo "$TRUNCATED_SUFFIX" | sed 's/-$//')
ORIGINAL_BRANCH_NAME="$BRANCH_NAME"
BRANCH_NAME="${FEATURE_NUM}-${TRUNCATED_SUFFIX}"
>&2 echo "[specify] Warning: Branch name exceeded GitHub's 244-byte limit"
>&2 echo "[specify] Original: $ORIGINAL_BRANCH_NAME (${#ORIGINAL_BRANCH_NAME} bytes)"
>&2 echo "[specify] Truncated to: $BRANCH_NAME (${#BRANCH_NAME} bytes)"
fi
if [ "$HAS_GIT" = true ]; then
if ! git checkout -b "$BRANCH_NAME" 2>/dev/null; then
# Check if branch already exists
if git branch --list "$BRANCH_NAME" | grep -q .; then
if [ "$ALLOW_EXISTING" = true ]; then
# Switch to the existing branch instead of failing
if ! git checkout "$BRANCH_NAME" 2>/dev/null; then
>&2 echo "Error: Failed to switch to existing branch '$BRANCH_NAME'. Please resolve any local changes or conflicts and try again."
exit 1
fi
elif [ "$USE_TIMESTAMP" = true ]; then
>&2 echo "Error: Branch '$BRANCH_NAME' already exists. Rerun to get a new timestamp or use a different --short-name."
exit 1
else
>&2 echo "Error: Branch '$BRANCH_NAME' already exists. Please use a different feature name or specify a different number with --number."
exit 1
fi
else
>&2 echo "Error: Failed to create git branch '$BRANCH_NAME'. Please check your git configuration and try again."
exit 1
fi
fi
else
>&2 echo "[specify] Warning: Git repository not detected; skipped branch creation for $BRANCH_NAME"
fi
FEATURE_DIR="$SPECS_DIR/$BRANCH_NAME"
mkdir -p "$FEATURE_DIR"
SPEC_FILE="$FEATURE_DIR/spec.md"
if [ ! -f "$SPEC_FILE" ]; then
TEMPLATE=$(resolve_template "spec-template" "$REPO_ROOT") || true
if [ -n "$TEMPLATE" ] && [ -f "$TEMPLATE" ]; then
cp "$TEMPLATE" "$SPEC_FILE"
else
echo "Warning: Spec template not found; created empty spec file" >&2
touch "$SPEC_FILE"
fi
fi
# Inform the user how to persist the feature variable in their own shell
printf '# To persist: export SPECIFY_FEATURE=%q\n' "$BRANCH_NAME" >&2
if $JSON_MODE; then
if command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
jq -cn \
--arg branch_name "$BRANCH_NAME" \
--arg spec_file "$SPEC_FILE" \
--arg feature_num "$FEATURE_NUM" \
'{BRANCH_NAME:$branch_name,SPEC_FILE:$spec_file,FEATURE_NUM:$feature_num}'
else
printf '{"BRANCH_NAME":"%s","SPEC_FILE":"%s","FEATURE_NUM":"%s"}\n' "$(json_escape "$BRANCH_NAME")" "$(json_escape "$SPEC_FILE")" "$(json_escape "$FEATURE_NUM")"
fi
else
echo "BRANCH_NAME: $BRANCH_NAME"
echo "SPEC_FILE: $SPEC_FILE"
echo "FEATURE_NUM: $FEATURE_NUM"
printf '# To persist in your shell: export SPECIFY_FEATURE=%q\n' "$BRANCH_NAME"
fi