GitHub/Copilot

Copilot

https://github.com/features/copilot

Settings

https://github.com/settings/copilot

Partial Acceptane

[tab] - accept whole line
[ctrl]+[right arrow] - accept next word

Prompt crafting

the process of giving clear natural language instructions to computer programs, such as the large language models (LLMs) that drive GitHub Copilot functionalities.

Troubleshooting Connection Issues

ERR_HTTP2_STREAM_CANCEL

Verify HTTP 200:

curl --verbose https://copilot-proxy.githubusercontent.com/_ping

If using proxy:

curl --verbose -x http://YOUR-PROXY-URL:PORT -i -L https://copilot-proxy.githubusercontent.com/_ping

reference:

Troubleshooting network errors for GitHub Copilot - GitHub Docs
https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/troubleshooting-github-copilot/troubleshooting-network-errors-for-github-copilot

Self Signed Certificate in Certificate Chain

self signed certificate in certificate chain on github copilot
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71367058/self-signed-certificate-in-certificate-chain-on-github-copilot

• VSCode extension ‘Win-CA’ (must be set to ‘append’ mode)

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monkey patch the Copilot extension

monkey-patch-copilot.sh

_VSCODEDIR="$HOME/.vscode/extensions"
_COPILOTDIR=$(ls "${_VSCODEDIR}" | grep -E "github.copilot-[1-9].*" | sort -V | tail -n1) # For copilot
_COPILOTDEVDIR=$(ls "${_VSCODEDIR}" | grep "github.copilot-nightly-" | sort -V | tail -n1) # For copilot-nightly
_COPILOTCHATDIR=$(ls "${_VSCODEDIR}" | grep -E "github.copilot-chat-*" | sort -V | tail -n1) # For copilot-chat
_EXTENSIONFILEPATH="${_VSCODEDIR}/${_COPILOTDIR}/dist/extension.js"
_DEVEXTENSIONFILEPATH="${_VSCODEDIR}/${_COPILOTDEVDIR}/dist/extension.js"
_CHATEXTENSIONFILEPATH="${_VSCODEDIR}/${_COPILOTCHATDIR}/dist/extension.js"

if [[ -f "$_EXTENSIONFILEPATH" ]]; then
    echo "Found Copilot Extension, applying 'rejectUnauthorized' patches to '$_EXTENSIONFILEPATH'..."
    perl -pi -e 's/,rejectUnauthorized:[a-z]}(?!})/,rejectUnauthorized:false}/g' ${_EXTENSIONFILEPATH}
    sed -i.bak 's/d={...l,/d={...l,rejectUnauthorized:false,/g' ${_EXTENSIONFILEPATH}
else
    echo "Couldn't find the extension.js file for Copilot, please verify paths and try again or ignore if you don't have Copilot..."
fi
if [[ -f "$_DEVEXTENSIONFILEPATH" ]]; then
    echo "Found Copilot-Nightly Extension, applying 'rejectUnauthorized' patches to '$_DEVEXTENSIONFILEPATH'..."
    perl -pi -e 's/,rejectUnauthorized:[a-z]}(?!})/,rejectUnauthorized:false}/g' ${_DEVEXTENSIONFILEPATH}
    sed -i.bak 's/d={...l,/d={...l,rejectUnauthorized:false,/g' ${_DEVEXTENSIONFILEPATH}
else
    echo "Couldn't find the extension.js file for Copilot-Nightly, please verify paths and try again or ignore if you don't have Copilot-Nightly..."
fi
if [[ -f "$_CHATEXTENSIONFILEPATH" ]]; then
    echo "Found Copilot-Chat Extension, applying 'rejectUnauthorized' patches to '$_CHATEXTENSIONFILEPATH'..."
    perl -pi -e 's/,rejectUnauthorized:[a-z]}(?!})/,rejectUnauthorized:false}/g' ${_CHATEXTENSIONFILEPATH}
    sed -i.bak 's/d={...l,/d={...l,rejectUnauthorized:false,/g' ${_CHATEXTENSIONFILEPATH}
else
    echo "Couldn't find the extension.js file for Copilot-Chat, please verify paths and try again or ignore if you don't have Copilot-Chat..."
fi

note: If you are using the SSH plugin for vscode, make sure to change the first line to _VSCODEDIR="$HOME/.vscode-server/extensions"