Why isn't the new commit assistance available in Copilot?

[rfalanga]

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I have purchased GitHub Copilot for an individual. Recently I was editing some C# code, then I went to commit my changes locally. I looked for the GitHub Copilot assistance button I've seen demonstrated to help generate a commit statement. It wasn't there.

Why not?

[Youssef-BS]

Hello , github copilot is continuously being updated, and some features might not be available across all languages or environments make sure that the feature you're looking for is indeed supported for C# code.

[rfalanga]

I believe it is.

One thing, I was working on a repo that is in Azure DevOps Services. I would think that would still work, but could that be the difference? Is this feature of GitHub Copilot only for repositories on GitHub?

[ayim]

GitHub Copilot works on code even if it's not attached to a repository - whether local or remote

[ayim]

Which IDE are you using?

[rfalanga]

@ayim, I've just installed the GitHub Copilot Chat Extension. Will have to test it later.

Thank you

[rfalanga]

I've installed the GitHub Copilot Chat Extension into VS 2022. Then I exited out of VS 2022 and got back into it. I made a few changes and went to perform a commit, to see if I could get commit message suggestions. I didn;'t. 😞 Here's what I now have in Tools | Options | GitHub | Copilot chat:

Have I something more which I need to do?

[ayim]

You should be seeing the icon in the commit message box at this point.
In Visual Studio, please have the commit panel open, then click the "Report a Problem" button available in the top right of Visual Studio so that we can investigate further

[rfalanga]

OK, @ayim, I'll do that now. Thank you.

[rfalanga]

Its done.

[rfalanga]

Recently Microsoft released version 17.10.0 for Visual Studio 2022. Since installing it, I've noticed that GitHub Copilot now includes the Copilot Commit Assistant. So, I think that VS version has resolved my issue.

[ayim]

Great! We're continuing to work on the commit scenarios, really excited about this space