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GitHub Copilot Enhances Web Chat Experience
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- →Reduces context switching, improving developer efficiency.
- →Automatically attaches relevant references, enhancing chat context.
- →Available to all GitHub Copilot users, broadening accessibility.
GitHub has updated its Copilot feature to allow users to engage in contextual chat directly on the web page they are viewing. This change reduces context switching by opening a chat panel from the navigation bar, rather than redirecting to a separate page. As users navigate through GitHub, relevant references are automatically attached to the chat, enhancing the ability to ask questions across multiple pull requests, issues, and repositories. This feature is now generally available for all GitHub Copilot plans, aiming to streamline the workflow for developers.
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