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Re:VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits r... by ddkto on Saturday May 02, 2026 @05:20PM (#47990657)
The best part is that copilot commented on the PR saying that this doesn’t actually change the behaviour, creates inconsistency in the codebase and suggested reverting the change! (This comment seems to have been ignored…)

> The configuration schema default was changed to "all", but the runtime fallback in extensions/git/src/repository.ts still calls config.get('addAICoAuthor', 'off'). This is now out of sync and can lead to unexpected behavior in contexts where the contributed configuration defaults aren't loaded (e.g., some tests/hosts), and it makes the intended default unclear. Update the runtime fallback to match the schema default (or omit the fallback so the contributed default is used).

Re:VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits r... by HeavyStorm on Saturday May 02, 2026 @05:53PM (#47990945)
That's pretty standard review practice in there by now.
Re:VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits r... by jagged-chisel on Saturday May 02, 2026 @09:42PM (#47992482)
But it was apparently ignored.
Re:VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits r... by dlopes7 on Saturday May 02, 2026 @10:24PM (#47992708)
It wasn’t ignored, the second commit fixes what the bot suggested
Re:VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits r... by stefan_ on Saturday May 02, 2026 @06:36PM (#47991287)
I also liked the bot posting screenshot diffs that are all false positives, while apparently not capturing the default change (is it not in some menu somewhere?)
Re:VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits r... by brendoelfrendo on Sunday May 03, 2026 @12:32AM (#47993365)
There are two commits in the PR, the second of the two seems to update the fallback config to avoid the inconsistency that Copilot was complaining about.
Re:VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits r... by aduwah on Sunday May 03, 2026 @08:57AM (#47996518)
Constructive feedback: revert it and then apologise instead of just doing half of it.