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It is not correct to say that Copilot knows only about the current file. If I remember correctly, it tracks the last 50 opened files. In practice, especially w
by dtagames 3y ago
It is not correct to say that Copilot knows only about the current file. If I remember correctly, it tracks the last 50 opened files.
In practice, especially with daily use over time, you can see it suggest code, functions, and variables from files quite "far away" in your repo. It's actually tremendously helpful when it suggests exactly what I was about to write anyway.
- aurareturn 3y agoI think it's 20/80 for me. 20% of the time, it produces working code. 80% of the time, it produces errors. Sometimes it's just more annoying to have it enabled. I'm not going to crown Copilot yet until it can read the whole code base.