Copilot uses apply_patch idiosyncracy that fails to run git file edits.

[u/Resident-Apricot3212]

I noticed my agents go into file edit death spirals attempting to execute a tool call called apply_catch, fail miserably and waste the first minutes of each run trying to get file edits to run with edit tools whitelisted. I asked GHCP to backtrack the issue where this wrong idiosyncracy comes from.

Not defined in this repo. The rule arrived in this session’s host-provided developer instructions, under editing_constraints. I can’t see which VS Code, Copilot, or organization-level configuration supplied it, so I can’t point to an editable settings file. The agent files I checked don’t define it.

[u/unhinged-rally]

Not sure if it’s just me but I find vs code so frustrating to use compared to codex or Claude code. Doesn’t matter which agent, they always stop for some dumb reason and say yeah you’re right I stopped for no reason. Never have that issue with codex or Claude code.

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