Microsoft fixes VS Code after app gives Copilot credit for human's work
Microsoft reversed a change in VS Code that automatically added 'Co-authored-by: Copilot' to Git commits, even when AI assistance was not used or was disabled. Developers raised concerns about inaccurate attribution and lack of control over commit content. The company acknowledged the issue and apologized for the default implementation.
- ▪Microsoft updated VS Code's Git extension to add Copilot as a co-author by default in version 1.110.
- ▪Developers reported the attribution appeared even when Copilot was disabled or not used.
- ▪Users criticized the lack of transparency, noting the co-author line appeared despite manual commit edits.
- ▪Dmitriy Vasyura, a VS Code reviewer, apologized for approving the change without sufficient community input.
- ▪Microsoft acknowledged the implementation should respect user settings and not assume AI involvement.
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AI + ML 1 Microsoft fixes VS Code after app gives Copilot credit for human's work 1 Devs not thrilled that Git extension added the bot as co-author by default Thomas Claburn Mon 4 May 2026 // 21:13 UTC Imagine working your butt off on a project, only to have VS Code put an attribution into your commit that says Copilot helped you, even if it did not. Microsoft has reversed a change that added a default AI attribution notice after user complaints that the bot was claiming credit for human-authored code. The initial change – a pull request – altered VS Code's Git extension to add "Co-authored-by: Copilot" to commits that involved some level of AI assistance. This was done in VS Code 1.110 in early March.
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