Question

You are using GitHub Copilot in the CLI (via the `gh copilot suggest` command) inside a terminal session on a Linux server. You want Copilot to help you write a suggestion, but you specifically need it to produce a command that can be run in a Git repository context rather than a generic shell command or a GitHub CLI (gh) command. When you run `gh copilot suggest` interactively, how can you ensure the suggestion is tailored to this need?

Accepted Answer

Select the 'git command' option when Copilot prompts you to choose the type of command you want, or pass `-t git` on the command line

Answer

Prefix your natural-language prompt with `git:` so Copilot recognizes it must return only Git syntax

Answer

Run `gh copilot explain` instead, since only the explain command supports scoping suggestions to Git

Answer

Set the environment variable `COPILOT_MODE=git` before invoking the suggest command