VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

Re:VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits r... by zzo38computer on Sunday May 03, 2026 @03:05AM (#47994200)

> To have it silently just start adding marketing copy to git commit messages is pretty bad. To have that added text not be visible to the user in the UI so they can remove it before commit is just much worse.

This is one of the problems, but it is not only one. To be better, should be:

1. It should be visible in the UI for entering the commit message, to make it clear what it is doing.

2. It should not add such a thing if the Copilot is disabled. (It is mentioned by dmitriv and would hopefully be fixed soon enough)

I do not use Copilot nor any other LLMs nor VS Code, but if the problems are corrected then I think the feature would probably be reasonable.

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Re:VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits r... by dmitriv on Sunday May 03, 2026 @03:39AM (#47994431)

Agreed on both points. Having it shown before going into the commit would let the developer decide whether they want it. #2 is fixed in my PR.

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Re:VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits r... by adastra22 on Sunday May 03, 2026 @05:01AM (#47994962)

Thank you for being upfront and engaging with us on this. This was a breach of trust, but your engagement here is commendable.

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Re:VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits r... by b40d-48b2-979e on Sunday May 03, 2026 @10:58PM (#48004126)

You're giving a lot of credit to a one day old anonymous account.

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Re:VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits r... by adastra22 on Monday May 04, 2026 @02:30AM (#48005316)

I have no reason to assume this is not Dmitriy Vasyura.

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