By automatically generating detailed requirements documents.

By providing templates and code snippets that help in documenting requirements.

By identifying and fixing potential requirement conflicts when using /help.

By managing stakeholder communication and meetings.

If the contents of an excluded file are referenced in code that is not excluded, for example function calls.

When the repository level settings allow overrides by the user.

If the content exclusion was configured at the enterprise level, and is overwritten at the organization level.

When the user prompts with @workspace.

Type out the code snippet → Use the copilot refine command to enhance it → Review the suggested command.

Write code comments → Press the suggestion shortcut → Select the best suggestion from the list.

Use gh copilot suggest → Write the command you want → Select the best suggestion from the list.

Describe the project's architecture → Use the copilot generate command → Accept the generated suggestion.

GitHub Copilot Business

GitHub Copilot Codespace

GitHub Copilot Individual

GitHub Copilot Enterprise

It primarily relies on the model's training data to generate responses.

It primarily uses search results from Bing to generate responses.

It combines its training data set, code in user repositories, and external sources like Bing to generate responses.

It uses user-provided documentation exclusively to generate responses.

GitHub Copilot can independently manage and resolve all merge conflicts in version control.

GitHub Copilot might not fully understand the context and dependencies within a large codebase.

GitHub Copilot's suggestions are always aware of the entire codebase.

GitHub Copilot can refactor and optimize the entire codebase up to 10,000 lines of code.

A project plan for the team needs to be generated using a project management software.

Create a documentation file for the newly created code base.

A developer is added to a new project and would like to understand the current software code.

Fast tracking of release management activities to move code to production main branch.