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Content exclusions generally available in Copilot app and CLI

GitHub announced that content exclusions are now generally available in the GitHub Copilot app and Copilot CLI, allowing enterprise, organization, and repository administrators to configure policies that prevent Copilot from using excluded files as context. This feature, available for Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise customers, helps protect sensitive code across agentic workflows.

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Content exclusions generally available in Copilot app and CLI
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Release

The GitHub Copilot app and Copilot CLI now respect content exclusion policies configured by enterprise, organization, and repository administrators. Copilot won’t use excluded files as context, helping you protect sensitive code across agentic workflows.

This is available for Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise customers.

To learn more, see our docs about content exclusion.

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