I don’t even use copilot. Yet, if you are like me and sometimes use the Source Control tab to stage files or manually write commit messages, it automatically appends Copilot as the co author for that commit.
How does anyone at Microsoft/Github thinks this is ok? I don’t even use your AI, this is code I have written myself. This just looks desperate.
adithyassekharop3 days ago
UPDATE: It was the inline suggestions. If you use it to fill at least a character or word it will decide that it owns your code now.
I accepted a typo fix in a changelog while correcting it. Appears as tab to autocomplete for those unaware. Still seems like a reach.
classified3 days ago
In for a penny, in for an arm and a leg. You can't use Microslop, Microslop uses you. That's the order of things.
dhimmel14 hours ago
This is crazy, autocomplete changed one variable name for me and now I see:
`Co-authored-by: Copilot <[email protected]>`
That is not coauthorship. And if it were, every pre-commit tool that automatically reformats or fixes code should also append themselves as coauthors!
TurboTimon3 days ago
What a stupid annoying default setting! Here is how to turn it of in v1.117
```json // .vscode/settings.json { "git.addAICoAuthor": "off" } ```
Leonard_of_Q5 hours ago
Here's a more general command to turn off this and future annoyances. Works in Debian and other apt-based distributions.
sudo apt autoremove --purge code
[1] disclaimer for those used to copy-pasting anything they find on the internet: sudo apt autoremove --purge <package> [<package> ...] removes software packages and their configuration files. Only use this if you know what you're doing.
bcye3 days ago
This only happens on commits where autocomplete (via Copilot) was used, which I think is on by default.
Still that doesn't seem very reasonable, LLM autocomplete seems like a basic editor feature nowadays.
adithyassekharop3 days ago
Maybe you are right. I could have sworn this happened without me using autocomplete.
bcye3 days ago
i tested it right now, if autocomplete is turned off or not used the line doesn't get added. generating a commit msg also doesn't trigger it for some reason.
adithyassekharop3 days ago
Found the culprit it was the inline suggestions. If you use it to add a single comma to the code it will decide it has part ownership of your commit now.
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legacynla day ago
Maybe this is some form of 'growth hacking'? I.e. they will use the increase in commits cowritten by Copilot as 'proof' that the AI hype is still alive?
mizhibuilder3 days ago
The problem isn’t “AI in the workflow.” It’s AI claiming authorship by default.
If I didn’t explicitly use Copilot for that commit, adding it as co-author is not assistance, it’s misattribution.
adithyassekharop3 days ago
The thing is it doesn’t even say anywhere this is being done, I only realised it after a PR was raised.
mytydev3 days ago
It's in yesterday's release notes
Someone12343 days ago
It is buried in yesterday's release notes.
They have "highlight" links to "Remote control" and "Codebase search", but not to "Copilot added as a Git co-author by default" which is right between the two. Something, that alters how commits work, and if you skip the Remote Control section, you won't see it.
They knew what they were doing. This is like "Sent from an iPhone" levels of nuisance default advertising.
jb_briant3 days ago
I have a rule for Claude to stop watermarking the commits. I feel exposed when it's doing it and I rewrote the entire Claude assisted commit history after switching from Copilot to Claude.
k4rli3 days ago
That's a great feature though. Vibecoded projects should be easily distinguishable, not only by common patterns preferred by "AI".
deaux3 days ago
Better start including YoE on commits as well, projects by freshers should be easily distinguishable.
classified3 days ago
YoE?
dnnddidiej3 days ago
Years of Experience. I'd put TC instead though.
sergeivaskov2 days ago
If Copilot insists on being a co-author for suggesting a comma, I expect it to also take co-responsibility for the bugs it introduces and page itself when the production goes down at 2 AM.
crazybonkersai3 days ago
PSA: You can disable it in the settings with the Git: add ai to Co author option
dgellow2 days ago
Thanks for sharing. Time to go back to my emacs config from late 2010s…
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bahadiraydin3 days ago
Good times for being a Vim guy...
sourcegrift3 days ago
Hey. What's the least plusing workflow for neovim + rust-analyzer + rust
bahadiraydin3 days ago
Hey, nowadays this setup is very easy to achieve. You can check out my dotfiles at: https://github.com/BahadirAydin/dotfiles/tree/main/private_d...
"Mason" plugin makes it easy to install LSPs, formatters, debuggers locally and built-in LSP integration is seamlessly working currently. (Look at lsp.lua)
There are also language-specific plugins but I'd suggest start with the ones I recommended to you first. It should cover your needs 99% of the time.
dnnddidiej3 days ago
Or a cat/sed guy
yogibear6781422 days ago
I know right? Ed is so bloated, using your systems memory to hold file contents! When I code I stream via sed for maximum efficiency.
altbdoor3 days ago
Friendly reminder that all (I sure hope it does all...) the Copilot kerfuffle can be disabled in `chat.disableAIFeatures` flag in the settings.
Grollicus3 days ago
How does this look like?
bcye3 days ago
Adds this line to the commit:
Co-authored-by: Copilot <[email protected]>
adithyassekharop3 days ago
In your git commits as “Committed by USERNAME and Copilot”.
dickeeT2 days ago
it's annoying, but i think most people wouldn't care about this, and microsoft will think this is a good idea because majority of user will not turning it off
kweiza2 days ago
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ferguess_k3 days ago
It has some value when you want to do sketchy things -- oh my AI ate my commit. /s
BTW I'm glad MSFT is aggressively pushing AI into VSCode. Maybe they will destroy VSCode in the process, just like Windows -- or at least give other smaller guys some breathing spaces.
Please do, MSFT.
classified3 days ago
As you can see with GitHub and Windows, lots of people are still using destroyed products that hardly have any competition.
ferguess_k2 days ago
Yeah but people are starting to migrate away from them.