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[Bug]: Test-FeatureJsonMatchesFeatureDir was missing in common.ps1 — this was a missing function that caused setup-tasks.ps1 to fail. #2721

@DibbsZA

Description

@DibbsZA

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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