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CLI should offer IDE extensions to automatically light up diffs when used in an IDE terminal pane

Open RyanHecht opened this issue 3 months ago • 4 comments

RyanHecht avatar Sep 25 '25 14:09 RyanHecht

wouldn't you just use the actual Github Copilot at that point?

DovieW avatar Sep 25 '25 20:09 DovieW

wouldn't you just use the actual Github Copilot at that point?

A fair point, @DovieW, you could certainly just use the existing native Copilot extensions for your IDE of choice! During internal and private previews, though, we heard from users that they would like the option of using the CLI as their main interface with Copilot and simply using the IDE/editor as a visual way to view diffs prior to accepting changes.

We want to enable as many different ways of collaborating with Copilot as possible!

RyanHecht avatar Sep 25 '25 20:09 RyanHecht

I'll just spit ball an idea. The diff data can be stored in the workspace folder (could be a submodule in the .git folder) and then VS Code can always pick up that there are AI edits to be approved. This would allow using a none VS Code terminal while still having a GUI for diffs...

DovieW avatar Sep 25 '25 20:09 DovieW

wouldn't you just use the actual Github Copilot at that point?

i donot like to use vscode extension and I'd like everything in cli. Why do I need 2 panes for cli and vscode extension when working with vscode IDE as a developer.

Because of this integration issue, I have decided to use claude code instead.

SteveMinhDo avatar Nov 04 '25 14:11 SteveMinhDo