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Step-by-Step: How to Setup Copilot Chat in VS Code

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AnthonyBartolo
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Jun 22, 2023
Before we dive into the step-by-step instructions for setting up Copilot Chat, it's important to understand the full potential of this powerful tool. Copilot Chat is an innovative AI-powered paired p...
Updated Nov 29, 2023
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Sayvai
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Jul 04, 2023

I received a notification in VS Code extensions panel yesterday, notifying me that the GitHub Copilot Nightly extension is deprecated, and that we should use GitHub Copilot pre-release version instead (:cool: have to select the small green labelled option to install the pre-release version from main GitHub Copilot extension, as it's not a separate extension)

 

So i assume the GitHub Copilot Chat extension will continue to work, as long as the pre-release version of GitHub Copilot is installed(?)