New comment by yankohr in "VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage"

yankohr — Sat, 02 May 2026 21:36:37 +0000

This feels like the modern version of 'Sent from my iPhone' but much more invasive. Git commits are legal and technical records. Falsifying who authored a piece of code just to pump up AI usage stats is a huge breach of trust and it is disappointing to see Microsoft prioritize branding over the integrity of the developer's log. I expect my IDE to record what happened, not what the marketing department wants people to think happened.....

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New comment by yankohr in "VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage"