Copilot can approve more actions automatically. Keep a record of your code before it changes.
On October 26, GitHub made Copilot’s assisted permissions generally available. A model evaluates requests to run commands, access file paths or open URLs. Requests classified as clearly safe proceed automatically; others require approval.
For developers, this is also a useful moment to think about preserving the version they started with.
Before an AI assistant makes substantial changes to a module you wrote, save that version and its development history. Ecode can add a certificate recording its SHA-256 fingerprint with a trusted RFC 3161 timestamp. Registration is free, and the source file stays on your device.
This helps document an earlier version of your work. It does not audit the assistant’s actions or distinguish human-written code from AI-generated code.
Do you keep a separate copy before major AI-assisted changes, or rely entirely on version history?
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