GitHub Copilot now offers contextual commit message suggestions for github.com file changes, making documentation an effortless part of your workflow.

With this enhancement, Copilot automatically suggests a concise summary of changes made through the file editor on github.com.

File deletions will continue to use the existing Delete filename default, and adding a file without any contents will continue to use the existing Add filename default.

Video demo of Copilot commit message functionality

Copilot commit message generation is available to all public preview enabled paid Copilot subscribers. It does not consume usage quota.

Organizations and enterprises can enable this and other features in public preview by selecting Opt in to preview features in the Copilot in github.com setting. If your Enterprise has rulesets for commit metadata enabled, you will still see a default commit message in commits made in organization-related files. This feature is also available in GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency.

Join the discussion within GitHub Community, or give us feedback on this feature.

New Copilot Spaces features

We’ve also launched the following features for GitHub Copilot Spaces. You’re now able to do the following:

• Select and link an entire repository to your space
• Add a code file via URL or from the code view
• Select a directory, which will watch for all future files added under that directory
• Select a branch