Microsoft quietly adds "Co-Authored-by Copilot" metadata to VS Code commits, even when disabled
Users discovered Microsoft is adding "Co-Authored-by Copilot" authorship metadata to git commits in VS Code, even when Copilot is disabled. The practice raises questions about transparency and user intent in collaborative-coding workflows.
This signals an emerging friction point in tooling transparency. For enterprise security and DevOps teams, audit trails and git hygiene matter — unexpected metadata in source control can trip compliance checks and creates downstream friction.