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Why does this feel so true? (suppo.fi)

submitted 11 months ago by Albin7326@suppo.fi to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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Maybe it is

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[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

That's how I was using it; I ended up spending as much time as I was saving going around and cleaning up after it and/or second guessing myself. Basically, because it only operates in the context of the file you're working in, it will suggest garbage half the time if you have to work with resources from other files.

[–] starman@programming.dev 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

From the docs:

GitHub Copilot analyzes the context in the file you are editing, as well as related files

Tho, I don't know if it allways been that way, maybe they added bigger context later

[–] Kwartel@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago

If you have those other files open, it also picks those up. And lately it seems to follow imports too, I feel like