Tell HN: VS Code v1.117.0 automatically adds GitHub Copilot as your co author

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.

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adithyassekhar a day ago | parent | next [-]

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.

	▲	classified a day ago \| parent [-]
		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.

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TurboTimon a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What a stupid annoying default setting! Here is how to turn it of in v1.117

```json // .vscode/settings.json { "git.addAICoAuthor": "off" } ```

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mizhibuilder 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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.

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adithyassekhar 2 days ago | parent [-]

The thing is it doesn’t even say anywhere this is being done, I only realised it after a PR was raised.

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mytydev a day ago | parent [-]

It's in yesterday's release notes

	▲	Someone1234 a day ago \| parent [-]
		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.

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sergeivaskov 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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.

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bcye 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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.

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adithyassekhar 2 days ago | parent [-]

Maybe you are right. I could have sworn this happened without me using autocomplete.

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bcye 2 days ago | parent [-]

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.

	▲	adithyassekhar a day ago \| parent [-]
		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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dgellow a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Thanks for sharing. Time to go back to my emacs config from late 2010s…

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crazybonkersai a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

PSA: You can disable it in the settings with the Git: add ai to Co author option

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jb_briant 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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.

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k4rli 2 days ago | parent [-]

That's a great feature though. Vibecoded projects should be easily distinguishable, not only by common patterns preferred by "AI".

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deaux a day ago | parent [-]

Better start including YoE on commits as well, projects by freshers should be easily distinguishable.

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classified a day ago | parent [-]

YoE?

	▲	dnnddidiej a day ago \| parent [-]
		Years of Experience. I'd put TC instead though.

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bahadiraydin 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Good times for being a Vim guy...

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dnnddidiej a day ago | parent | next [-]

Or a cat/sed guy

	▲	yogibear678142 a day ago \| parent [-]
		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.

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sourcegrift 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Hey. What's the least plusing workflow for neovim + rust-analyzer + rust

	▲	bahadiraydin a day ago \| parent [-]
		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.

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altbdoor a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Friendly reminder that all (I sure hope it does all...) the Copilot kerfuffle can be disabled in `chat.disableAIFeatures` flag in the settings.

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Grollicus 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How does this look like?

	▲	bcye 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Adds this line to the commit: Co-authored-by: Copilot <copilot@github.com>
	▲	adithyassekhar 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		In your git commits as “Committed by USERNAME and Copilot”.

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dickeeT a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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

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ferguess_k a day ago | parent | prev [-]

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.

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classified a day ago | parent [-]

As you can see with GitHub and Windows, lots of people are still using destroyed products that hardly have any competition.

	▲	ferguess_k a day ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah but people are starting to migrate away from them.