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Provide codebase context before prompting

Before asking Copilot to make a change, connect it to a GitHub repository or local folder so it can access the relevant code and files.

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GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Write your first prompt

Original excerpt

Before you can ask Copilot to make a change, it needs something to work on. Agent sessions can be connected to a GitHub repository or a folder on your local machine, giving Copilot access to the code and files it needs for the task.