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Craig Hale

'That is unacceptable in a professional development workflow': Microsoft acts after VS Code gives Copilot credit for work a human developer did

A robot standing thoughtfully in front of a giant digital display with code on it.
  • Microsoft hit with backlash after 'Co-authored-by: Copilot' started appearing widely in VS Code
  • The company has reversed this decision effective with version 1.119
  • Developers are still unhappy that the 'bug' reached production

Microsoft has reversed a controversial change in VS Code which automatically partly attributing Github commits to Copilot - even when the AI tool wasn't used.

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