Microsoft made Copilot a co-author on every VS Code project, reverted after developers revolted

A recent pull request effectively turned Copilot into a "co-author" for every programming project created in Visual Studio ...
WinBuzzer

VS Code Now Stamps GitHub Copilot as Git Commit Co-Author

Visual Studio Code 1.118 now stamps a Copilot co-author trailer on Git commits by default after PR #310226 flipped ...
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Microsoft reverses Copilot auto-attribution in VS Code after backlash

Microsoft has rolled back a Visual Studio Code update that automatically added 'Co-authored-by: Copilot' to Git commits, even when the AI tool was not used. The reversal, in version 1.119, follows ...
Windows Report

Visual Studio Code Update Adds Remote Copilot Control and Enterprise AI Restrictions

VS Code 1.118 adds remote Copilot control, enterprise AI restrictions, and smarter caching while improving developer ...
Visual Studio Magazine

AI Subagents 'Coming Soon' to Visual Studio Copilot

Microsoft's Mads Kristensen said subagents are 'coming soon' to Copilot in Visual Studio, while VS Code already documents subagent support across context isolation, custom agents, parallel execution ...