To use GitHub Copilot in an IDE or the command line, you must authenticate to an account on GitHub that has a Copilot license.
If you receive access to Copilot through a conta de usuário gerenciada owned by an enterprise on GHE.com, you may need to adjust some settings in your IDE before you can authenticate to your account.
Use the tabs at the top of this article to see instructions for your environment.
Authenticating from VS Code
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To open your VS Code settings, press Command+, (Mac) or Ctrl+, (Windows).
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In the search bar, search for
enterprise
. -
For the
Github-enterprise: Uri
setting, enter the URL where you access GitHub. For example:https://octocorp.ghe.com
. -
In the VS Code settings, search for
copilot
. -
Under "GitHub > Copilot: Advanced," click Edit in settings.json.
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Inside the
github.copilot.advanced
property, add"authProvider": "github-enterprise"
. For example:JSON "github.copilot.advanced": { "authProvider": "github-enterprise" },
"github.copilot.advanced": { "authProvider": "github-enterprise" },
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Save the
settings.json
file. -
You will be shown a prompt asking you to sign in to use GitHub Copilot. Click Sign in to GitHub, then follow the prompts to authorize your account.
If you don't see the prompt, try restarting VS Code.
If you ever need to switch to an account on GitHub.com, remove the authProvider
setting from settings.json
.
Authenticating from JetBrains IDEs
To authenticate to GHE.com in a JetBrains editor, you must install version 1.4.11 or later of the Copilot extension. You must then configure the extension to work with GHE.com.
- To open the editor preferences or settings dialog, press Command+, (Mac) or Ctrl+Alt+S (Windows).
- In the left sidebar, expand the "Languages & Frameworks" section, then click GitHub Copilot.
- In the "Authentication Provider" field, enter the hostname where you access GitHub. For example:
octocorp.ghe.com
. - To save your changes, click OK.
- To sign in, open the Tools menu, then select GitHub Copilot > Login to GitHub. Follow the prompts to sign in.
If you ever need to switch to an account on GitHub.com, remove the value you entered in the "Authentication Provider" field.
Authenticating from Xcode
Note
A extensão GitHub Copilot para Xcode está em versão prévia pública e sujeita a alterações.
- Open the "GitHub Copilot for Xcode" application.
- Click the Advanced tab.
- In the "Auth provider URL" field, enter the URL where you access GitHub. For example:
https://octocorp.ghe.com
. - Authorize the extension by following the instructions in "Signing in to GitHub Copilot."
Authenticating from the command line
To use the gh-copilot
extension for the GitHub CLI, you must:
- Download and install the extension. To do this, you must be authenticated to an account on GitHub.com. See "Instalar a extensão do GitHub Copilot na CLI."
- Authenticate to the account on GHE.com where you receive your Copilot license.
GitHub.com is the default destination of GitHub CLI requests. To use gh copilot
, you must ensure requests are sent to GHE.com, where you receive your license. You have the following options:
- Include the flag
--hostname SUBDOMAIN.ghe.com
in allgh copilot
commands. - Set the
GH_HOST
environment variable to change the default host for all GitHub CLI commands. - Sign out of GitHub.com with
gh auth logout
. However, you will need to sign back in to get updates togh-copilot
.
For general information on using the GitHub CLI across platforms, see "Como usar a CLI do GitHub nas plataformas do GitHub."
Authenticating from Visual Studio
To authenticate from Visual Studio, follow the steps in Add your GitHub accounts to your Visual Studio keychain on Microsoft Learn.
For the "GitHub Enterprise URL" field, enter the URL where you access GitHub. For example: https://octocorp.ghe.com
.