Not possible to authenticate when running in Docker development container

[magnusriga]

I assume Copilot auth should try to open a browser, but I do not have access to one as I am running nvim in a devcontainer?

Any workaround? Nothing happens when calling Copilot auth.

Thank you.

[jamilraichouni]

What happens when you command :Copilot auth signin?

[timhugh]

If you have access to an instance running outside of docker, you might also try the token auth flow detailed here and just put the token in your container's environment:

Tokens given by gh auth token do not support Copilot, you therefore need to first generate a token through the LSP by:

• Authenticating using the Permanent sign-in method
• Grab the token by running :Copilot auth info
• You can then safely delete the github-copilot folder created in your NeoVim base data directory.

Set either the environment variable GITHUB_COPILOT_TOKEN or GH_COPILOT_TOKEN to that token. Note that if you have the variable set, even empty, the LSP will attempt to use it to log in.