Question

A platform administrator edits the repository's content exclusion settings in the GitHub UI, adding several glob patterns to protect internal configuration directories. A few days later, developers report that files that should have been excluded are still generating inline completions. The administrator confirms the paths are correct but notices the YAML they pasted has inconsistent indentation and a missing colon on one entry. What is the most likely reason the exclusions are not taking effect?

Accepted Answer

The content exclusion configuration contains invalid YAML, so GitHub could not parse the rules and none of the patterns were applied.

Answer

Content exclusions only apply to repositories owned by an enterprise, not individual organization repositories.

Answer

Glob patterns for directories are unsupported; only exact single-file paths can be excluded.

Answer

Inline completions cannot be blocked by content exclusions, only Copilot Chat can be restricted.