GitHub Copilot

Release notes for v1.0.3

This patch release focuses on quality of life fixes impacting users:

Multi-account support

GitHub Copilot in the CLI now supports multi-account users using --hostname flag or GH_HOST environment variable to specify the GitHub hostname for commands that would otherwise assume the github.com host.

Improved exception reporting

In order to better identify recurring exceptions since GA, exception reporting now captures the following limited dimensions only if optional usage analytics is enabled:

• GitHub host used (github.com)
• operating system (darwin, linux, windows)
• CPU architecture (386, amd64, arm64, arm)
• build SHA (65174eb5689c8c6916d66d3948bd41c2c12284f7)

The GitHub Copilot in the CLI team wants thank our community for its trust to responsibly and transparently explain where and why usage metrics are gathered! :bow:

Release notes for v1.0.2

While the GitHub Copilot in the CLI team reviews GA adoption and feedback, we wanted to address some quality of life fixes impacting users:

Enhance ghcs to work for Alpine Linux

ghcs uses a temporary directory with 3 placeholders required for BSD. This has been enhanced to use 6 placeholders needed for Alpine Linux.

For more information, see https://github.com/github/gh-copilot/issues/66 with thanks to @cirolosapio!

Fix PowerShell instructions to avoid word splitting

For Windows users with spaces in PowerShell profile path, the PowerShell alias setup instructions would break due to word splitting. This has been addressed in the documented and generated setup instructions.

For more information, see https://github.com/github/gh-copilot/issues/49 with thanks to @breadboi!

Release notes for v1.0.0

Following our public beta, we're excited to announce the general availability of GitHub Copilot in the CLI! :tada:

Bringing GitHub Copilot to your terminal, GitHub Copilot in the CLI assists with any task in the terminal:

• Suggest commands using natural language for unfamiliar or hard to remember use cases.
• Explain commands with finer details of arguments, flags, and expected outcomes.
• Execute suggested commands in supported shells to stay in the flow.

What's New

Introducing support for ghcs and ghce aliases and executing commands for popular shells

Before GitHub Universe, we knew our community would need these two features from the Copilot for CLI technical preview, however your feedback in https://github.com/github/gh-copilot/issues/2 and https://github.com/github/gh-copilot/issues/5 confirmed it!

gh copilot alias will generate aliases for Bash, PowerShell, or Zsh that use fewer keystrokes to jump into the gh copilot experience:

• ghcs for gh copilot suggest