mccMay 19, 2025

Discovery: The "copilot" bot user that Microsoft will soon be flooding your github repos with garbage content from is implemented in some sort of special way that exempts it from the "block" feature you would normally be able to block other users/bots with

https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/159749

Allow us to block Copilot-generated issues (and PRs) from our own repositories · community · Discussion #159749

Select Topic Area Product Feedback Feature Area Issues Body I find the following two news items on the front page: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-05-19-creating-issues-with-copilot-on-github-co...

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Show threadZach DeLongMay 19, 2025
@mcc is gitlab still not cool? Might be time for a non Microsoft platform
Show threadFederico Damián SchonbornMay 19, 2025
@zachery_delong @mcc depends on how much you like Lockheed Martin, they're very proud of being one of their trusted partners

Also, they have their own shitty overenginereed markov chain (Duo)
Show threadZach DeLong
@federicoschonborn @mcc oh I didn’t realize the Lockheed Martin connection. I am very out of the loop 🫠
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