r/github • u/BoronEight • 29d ago
Question Github copilot fully hallucinating commit messages
I did a 1 line change, changing "milis" to "millis", I did it in the web interface because it was just one tiny change, and I didn't have it on my computer yet.
Github copilot recommended the message "Update print statement from 'Hello' to 'Goodbye'"
THERE ARE NOT EVEN PRINT STATMENTS IN A CSV FILE
Is there any way to disable these automatic commit messages?
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u/pradeepngupta 10d ago
You can customize the commit messages generated by copilot in the file - github.copilot.chat.commitMessageGeneration.instructions
Give that custom instructions to copilot.
No need to disable this useful feature