[karlismea]

What

Two targeted bug fixes:

1. squad init: Squad init should not run git init in a sub-folder of a repository (or ever) #939 — squad init no longer runs git init in monorepo subdirectories
   When squad init detected CWD was inside a parent git repo (e.g. a monorepo subfolder), it would automatically run git init to create a nested repo boundary. This caused unexpected nested git repos. Now it just warns and advises the user to run from the git root.

2. fix(sdk): Add shell: IS_WINDOWS to ADO adapter execFileSync calls #941 — Azure DevOps adapter uses shell: true on Windows for az CLI calls
   On Windows, az is a .cmd wrapper script. execFileSync('az', ...) without shell: true fails to resolve it. Added IS_WINDOWS = process.platform === 'win32' constant and AZ_OPTS = {...EXEC_OPTS, shell: IS_WINDOWS} applied to all az exec calls. Also converted assertAzCliAvailable from execSync to execFileSync for consistency.

Why

• Monorepo users were getting unexpected nested git repos created during squad init (squad init: Squad init should not run git init in a sub-folder of a repository (or ever) #939)
• Azure DevOps adapter was broken on Windows due to .cmd wrapper not resolving (fix(sdk): Add shell: IS_WINDOWS to ADO adapter execFileSync calls #941)

How

• init.ts: Remove the auto-fix git init block; replace with a clear message pointing to the git root
• azure-devops.ts: Add IS_WINDOWS + AZ_OPTS constants; apply to all 4 az exec calls

Testing

• Build passes: npm run build
• Tests pass: npx vitest run (pre-existing failures in docs-build and cli-packaging-smoke unrelated)

Closes #939
Closes #941

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Fixes two platform-specific bugs in Squad’s CLI init flow and Azure DevOps SDK adapter to avoid unintended git repo nesting in monorepos and restore Windows compatibility for az CLI execution.

Changes:

• Removed the squad init behavior that ran git init when executed in a subdirectory of an existing parent repo; now it only warns/suggests running from the git root.
• Updated Azure DevOps adapter az CLI invocations to use shell: true on Windows (via shell: IS_WINDOWS) and switched the CLI-availability check to execFileSync.
• Documented both fixes in CHANGELOG.md.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 3 out of 3 changed files in this pull request and generated no comments.

File	Description
packages/squad-sdk/src/platform/azure-devops.ts	Adds Windows-aware exec options for az calls and replaces execSync with execFileSync for the availability check.
packages/squad-cli/src/cli/core/init.ts	Stops auto-running git init in subdirectories; replaces it with guidance to run init from the git root.
CHANGELOG.md	Notes both bug fixes under Unreleased → Fixed.