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Add default copilot update to postStartCommand #1624

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Add postStartCommand to devcontainer feature
cmbrose Apr 16, 2026
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Bump version of copilot-cli to 1.1.0
cmbrose Apr 16, 2026
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion src/copilot-cli/devcontainer-feature.json
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{
"id": "copilot-cli",
"version": "1.0.0",
"version": "1.1.0",
"name": "GitHub Copilot CLI",
"documentationURL": "https://github.com/devcontainers/features/tree/main/src/copilot-cli",
"description": "Installs the GitHub Copilot CLI.",
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"description": "Select version of the GitHub Copilot CLI, if not latest."
}
},
"postStartCommand": "copilot update",
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will this discard the feature option that allows the user to select a specific version?

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@eljog Good point, it will force an update. Perhaps we can make it conditional on if the version is latest or not; i.e. by persisting the version that was selected at install time.

"customizations": {
"vscode": {
"settings": {
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