npm @github/copilot 1.0.5-0

5 hours ago

Added

  • Add /version command to display CLI version and check for updates from within the session
  • Add experimental embedding-based dynamic retrieval of MCP and skill instructions per turn
  • Syntax highlighting in /diff with support for 17 programming languages
  • Add preCompact hook to run commands before context compaction starts

Improved

  • /changelog supports last <N>, since <version>, and summarize to browse and summarize multiple release notes at once
  • Hooks config files that omit the version field are now accepted by the CLI

Fixed

  • Request ID from the API now appears in the timeline when errors occur after retries are exhausted
  • PR descriptions with backtick-formatted code render correctly on Windows/PowerShell
  • Show a helpful error message when a file path is passed as a CLI command
  • Session reports an authentication error instead of hanging when the token is invalid or expired
  • View tool shows partial content for large single-line files (e.g. minified JS, large JSON blobs) instead of empty output

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