A major update to GitHub Copilot has been announced, codenamed GitHub Copilot X, which aims to integrate OpenAI's advanced deep learning technology, ChatGPT-4. The enhanced AI-powered programmer's assistant will focus on adding chat and voice functionalities to further assist developers in their work.
Unveiled on March 22, GitHub Copilot X envisions providing a wide range of support, extending not only to pull requests but also command-line interfaces and documentation. The upcoming capabilities are set to bring a plethora of benefits and improvements to developers working on projects. Key highlights of GitHub Copilot X include:
- Copilot Chat: This feature entails a ChatGPT-like experience in the integrated development environment (IDE), specifically tailored to developer use cases. It seamlessly integrates with Microsoft's Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio development tools. Copilot Chat recognizes code and error messages while providing a thorough analysis, explanation of code blocks, unit test generation, and even suggesting bug fixes. Developers can join the waitlist for Copilot chat.
- Copilot for Pull Requests: AI-powered tags will be added to pull request descriptions, with Copilot automatically filling them out based on changed code. Developers can review and modify the suggested descriptions. Sign up for the technical preview is available now.
- Copilot for Docs: This experimental offering uses a chat interface to present AI-generated responses to documentation queries. It encompasses questions related to programming languages, frameworks, and other technologies. Initial documentation support includes React, Azure Docs, and MDN. A waitlist is available for access to this feature.
- Copilot for the CLI: Developers can benefit from the AI’s ability to compose commands, loops, and apply obscure find flags, fulfilling various queries. Those interested can join the waitlist for this enhancement.
In addition to the aforementioned updates, GitHub disclosed plans to automatically notify developers when their pull requests lack adequate testing. The platform will then suggest possible tests. The goal is to eventually bring this functionality to any organization's repositories and internal documentation.
GitHub revealed that Copilot is currently responsible for generating 46% of developers' code and has helped to accelerate their coding speed by 55%. Developers can sign up for a free trial of Copilot. However, this innovative tool has not been without controversy, as the Free Software Foundation has raised concerns regarding the usage of third-party code.
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