Question

You are working in a terminal and want GitHub Copilot in the CLI to explain what a suggested git command will do before you run it. After running the command suggestion, Copilot presents a proposed shell command in interactive mode. Which action lets you have Copilot walk you through what the command does without executing it?

Accepted Answer

Select the "Explain command" option from the interactive menu that Copilot presents alongside the suggestion

Answer

Press Enter to run the command, then read the shell's exit output to understand its behavior

Answer

Copy the command into a new Copilot Chat session in the IDE, since the CLI cannot explain commands

Answer

Re-run the suggestion with the --dry-run global flag to force an explanation-only mode