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Copilot wont use workspace
Copilot keeps telling me: I apologize for the confusion. As an AI developed by OpenAI, I don't have the ability to access your local files or workspace. The @workspace directive in the prompt is a hypothetical construct for the purpose of this simulation and doesn't grant actual access to a user's workspace.
- VS Code Version: Version: 1.88.0-insider (Universal)
- OS Version: Soma 14.4
- GitHub Copilot Chat: v0.14.2024032701 (pre-release)
Steps to Reproduce:
- use @workspace
Please share an example question. A screenshot of the chat may also be helpful
May not be the exact same scenario, but I'm also having difficulty getting copilot to use the reference from the workspace. Screenshot: Screenshot 2024-03-28 at 7.14.56 PM.png.pdf
Exact same issue here. File is shown to be included as a reference (like in the above image) but it's promptly ignored based on the model's response.
Same issue here.
It was working on Friday last week (March 29), noticed today. Didn't use Copilot between March 30 and today.
I have found out that this works only up to about 660 lines of formatted Python code but does not work beyond that.
I think the original issue @salientknight was seeing is unrelated to these other posters. In the original case, it looks like @workspace itself was not recognized. Right now @workspace needs to be at the start of the prompt. You can confirm it's working by seeing the @workspace word change colors. Correct:
Incorrect:
For these other issues, we have fixed a few issues that could cause long files referenced by @workspace to be silently dropped from the prompt. If you try manually including a long file, you will now also see a warning about this: