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How GitHub Copilot app fixes CI failures automatically

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Author: GitHub · Watch on YouTube

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Original language: English

Original video: How GitHub Copilot app fixes CI failures automatically · Channel: GitHub · 00:30 · Watch on YouTube

Topics: AI agents, Task and workflow automation, Software engineering with AI

The video describes how the GitHub Copilot app can stay involved while a pull request’s CI workflow runs. When CI fails, the app can fix the issue, and it can also respond to review comments. Copilot can help shepherd code through the process all the way to merge. The video points viewers to a beginner-friendly YouTube series about these features and more.

  • CI includes testing, linting, and other workflow components.
  • A CI failure can be frustrating when it happens after a pull request is made.
  • The GitHub Copilot app can stay involved while a workflow runs.
  • If CI fails, the app can fix the issue.
  • The app can address review comments.
  • Copilot’s assistance can continue beyond writing code and help shepherd it toward merge.
  • The video directs viewers to a beginner-friendly YouTube series about the workflow.
Start Chapter Summary
00:00 CI failures and pull requests The video introduces the frustration of CI failures in testing, linting, and other workflow components.
00:30 Copilot through the review process The GitHub Copilot app can fix CI issues, address review comments, and help shepherd code toward merge.
00:30 Explore the workflow Viewers are invited to watch a beginner-friendly YouTube series covering these features and more.

It works on my machine. — 00:00

If the CI fails, it can fix the issue. — 00:00

If someone leaves a review comment, it can address that, too. — 00:00

It can help shepherd it all the way through to merge. — 00:00

Check out our beginner-friendly series on YouTube showing these features and more. — 00:30

GitHub Copilot app, continuous integration, pull request, merge, GitHub

00:00 The old phrase, “It works on my machine.” applies to testing, linting, and all the other continuous integration components. And it’s really annoying when the workflow fails when I make that pull request. Fortunately, GitHub Copilot app can actually stay involved while the workflow runs. If the CI fails, it can fix the issue. If someone leaves a review comment, it can address that, too. The AI doesn’t stop when it finishes writing the code. It can help shepherd it all the way through to merge. And that’s just one piece of the

00:30 GitHub Copilot app workflow. Check out our beginner-friendly series on YouTube showing these features and more.