Have you ever had trouble understanding what a commit is doing or why? Would you like more clarity and context when reviewing or collaborating on code changes? If you answered yes, then you'll love what GitHub Copilot does for you - generating commit comments.GitHub Copilot analyzes your code diffs and generates concise summaries that highlight key points. No more guesswork or wasted time interpreting your Git history. You can easily focus on coding and collaboration. The best part is that you can also improve your communication and team collaboration with better documentation and transparency of code changes.
Clarify Your Commit History with GitHub Copilot
Browsing the Git history can be daunting, but it's often the best way to understand a codebase or help identify the cause of a bug. We've added a GitHub Copilot-driven explanation feature to the commit details window to make each commit easier to understand. You'll get a summary of the changes alongside the code, highlighting key differences and the underlying logic behind them. Since GitHub Copilot needs to see all changes, this may take some time for large change sets or pull requests.
Double-click any commit to open Commit Details in the Git Repository window. then, select the Explain button above the commit message to get a summary of the changes. Pro tip: Use the expanded options and summary view to better see the code changes in the description.
Please share your thoughts!
More and more people are finding this option useful, so we wanted to highlight it here and share it widely. We'd love to hear your ideas on how to make commit explanations better, as well as any other ideas for the superb version controller that makes GitHub Copilot what it is, especially with Git history.
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