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So, at this point you already learned

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quite a bit about GitHub Copilot chat

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and what you can do with the inline chat

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and the separate chat in the sidebar.

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Now there is one other interesting

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feature about that sidebar chat.

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Because of course you can use this chat

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as you learned it to ask questions,

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generate code, reference files, bring in

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other participants, other context and so

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on.

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You can do all that, but there also is

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another mode in which you can use this

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chat.

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There is this Copilot Edits mode as it's

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called.

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So the name is Copilot Edits.

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And what's this mode all about?

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Well, this mode here is in the end an

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enhanced version of the chat you could

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say.

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It is a mode that's built or that's provided

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to help with multi-file editing sessions.

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So as it says here, it's about editing a set

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of files, multiple files in an easy and

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convenient way.

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It's actually a feature inspired by Cursor's

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Composer feature about which you will

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learn later in the course in the Cursor

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section.

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The idea is that you can still ask your

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questions here, like add user

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authentication, if that would be a thing

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you wanted to do in your application.

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And you could bring in more files that

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are irrelevant for that query with ease by

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simply using Add Files and, and that's

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the interesting part, when it comes to

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fulfilling your request, when it comes to

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answering, this mode here will actually

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automatically suggest the creation of

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new files and help with multi-file code

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edits that are necessary due to your

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prompt here.

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So if I send that query, for example, it

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automatically analyzes the files it already

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has.

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And if necessary, it would also consider

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creating new files and then suggest the

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specific edits that are needed in the

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different files.

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So this is a mode that simplifies the

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process of making code changes across

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multiple files so that you don't get one

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long answer where you then have to

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manually copy and paste code snippets

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into the right files, but that it instead

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makes those edits or suggests those

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edits in multiple files automatically for

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you.

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So this copilot edits mode here can be

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another very interesting mode you want

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to consider using for making multi-file

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code edits.

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And as mentioned, it is a feature you'll

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also see again later in the course, kind of,

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in the cursor section, because cursor,

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this AI-powered IDE, which we'll explore

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in a later section, actually pioneered this

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modus or a similar feature, which will

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also help with working across multiple

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files.

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But it's good to know that it also exists

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here in GitHub Copilot.