VS Code Quietly Reversed Its Copilot Co-Author Default — and the Dev Community Noticed
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Microsoft just reverted the VS Code default that automatically tagged commits with a Copilot co-author trailer - and it took a 1,200-point Hacker News thread to make it happen. Here is what went down: VS Code shipped a default that added a Co-authored-by: GitHub Copilot trailer to every commit made with Copilot's help. Developers noticed, did not love it, and the HN thread blew up. Microsoft quietly reverted the default to off. Why this matters for developers This is not really about a commit trailer. It is about consent and transparency in tooling.