Using #solution or other to reference entire codebase in Copilot Chat

[u5014]

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The announcement for the latest updates of Copilot Chat indicate you can use #solution to reference the entire solution as context, but that doesn't seem to work - has anyone had success referencing that as opposed to just individual files?

[Akash1134]

Hi @u5014 ,

Please check that you have updated to the latest version of the Copilot extension. Please note that other installed extensions in your IDE might be causing problems focusing the context. Let us know how it goes.

Thanks!

[u5014]

Hi, I actually just installed it minutes prior to posting, and I can't get it to work in Visual Studio or VS Code. Does it work for you? If so are there special instructions?

[ayim]

For Visual Studio, you actually need to go to Tools > Options > GitHub > Copilot Chat > "Enable referencing your #Solution (currently C# only)

[u5014]

Ah, that's a bummer it's only C# - hopefully they expand that soon

[ayim]

Out of curiosity, which language are ya writing in?

[u5014]

I'd like it to support various web languages (both front and back end). Of course C# is a back-end one, but there are many others. Ideally it wouldn't care what language though.

[ayim]

For sure... as you can see, the language says "currently C# only".
No promises on timeline but it's an area we're working on.