Will GitHub release an assistant, similar to Copilot, able to insert comments in code by 2028?
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Resolves TRUE if any marketing on any GitHub products includes the ability to automatically insert comments or some ability to explain codebases, and must be accessible to either Enterprise or normal consumers.

Resolves on Dec 31, 2027.

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How is the "ability to automatically insert comments or some ability to explain codebases" different from what copilot already does?

@singer currently, it generates code. It can't retroactively explain codebases or insert comments there without manually plugging the code in over and over. I was looking for a dedicated feature.

@SahilDeshmukh What editor are you using? You shouldn't need to ever copy and paste anything into a window manually, at least in VS Code. I can already click anywhere in the code window and select "Explain this" or "Generate documentation". You can select a chunk of code and ask it to "generate comments" if you have the chat extension installed.

Do you mean something more along the lines of making a high-level overview of a large codebase, and adding thousands of comments to all of the files in one go?

@singer I meant at large scales - like going through huge chunks and providing high level ideas or at least offering comments along the way.

@SahilDeshmukh Yep, it can't do that very effectively. I assumed you meant something like that, but it wasn't clear from the wording.