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Re:VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits r... by dmitriv on Sunday May 03, 2026 @05:42AM (#47995237)
The fact that non-AI changes are attributed to Copilot is a bug. The intent was to allow customers to add attribution of AI-generated code. As with any bug, it was not intetional.
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Re:VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits r... by voganmother42 on Sunday May 03, 2026 @09:17AM (#47996673)
you intentionally ignored internal reports of if not working
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Re:VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits r... by fastasucan on Monday May 04, 2026 @01:59AM (#48005133)
>The fact that non-AI changes are attributed to Copilot is a bug.

But sneaking in the attribution to Copilot without approval was the feature?

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