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VS CODE ADDS COPILOT CO-AUTHOR TAG TO ALL COMMITS

Microsoft's VS Code is automatically inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into git commits regardless of whether developers actually used the AI assistant, triggering debate over attribution and transparency.

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Article URL: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/310226 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47989883…

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Microsoft quietly slipped a "Co-Authored-by Copilot" line into Git commits in Visual Studio Code - even for developers w…