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GitHub Copilot silently inserts itself as a co-author (github.com/orgs)
12 points by krikou 84 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments


PR submitted: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/313725


Here you go: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/313931


Thanks for the PR, I'll work on getting this in.


Can't think about a single scenario where someone would think this is a good idea.


Microslop trying to boost it's "authored by copilot" numbers when looking across GitHub perhaps?




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