Shared Copilot context between two open instances of Jetbrains IDEs?

[temike]

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Hello,

I'm wondering if anyone can confirm behavior I'm seeing. I presume it's intended (but seems weird to me - what would be a use-case for this?) And I'm curious if there's anyway to disable this behavior.

I've noticed that if I have two Jetbrains instances open with different projects in different directories (I've only tried the two of the same Jetbrain products, like Webstorm, not Webstorm and Intellij), that the one of the two IDEs Copilot completions will pull information from the second IDE. For instance:

First IDE:

Second IDE:

Going through and have Copilot complete the rest of the script in the second IDE shot does indeed try to call the function that's defined in the first screen shot:
Second IDE:

[academicgit]

Yes, I can confirm that this behavior is intended. GitHub Copilot uses a technique called "code context sharing" to improve the quality of its suggestions. Code context sharing means that Copilot takes into account the code that you are currently editing in other JetBrains IDEs, even if those IDEs are open to different projects. This allows Copilot to provide more relevant and accurate suggestions.

For example, if you are editing a file in Webstorm and you have IntelliJ open to a different project, Copilot will be able to see the code that you are editing in IntelliJ and use that information to generate suggestions for your file in Webstorm.

The use case for this behavior is to help you write more consistent and idiomatic code. If you are working on a project that uses a particular library or framework, Copilot can use the code that you are editing in other IDEs to learn about that library or framework and generate suggestions that are specific to that library or framework.

If you do not want Copilot to use code context sharing, you can disable it in the Copilot settings. To do this, open the Copilot settings in your JetBrains IDE and uncheck the "Enable code context sharing" checkbox.

Here are the steps on how to disable code context sharing in Copilot:

1. Open the Copilot settings in your JetBrains IDE.
2. Uncheck the "Enable code context sharing" checkbox.
3. Click the "OK" button.

Once you have disabled code context sharing, Copilot will no longer use the code that you are editing in other JetBrains IDEs to generate suggestions. However, you may find that the quality of the suggestions decreases.

I hope this helps!

[rovio-daniel-jackson]

With plugin version 1.5.28.7813 I'm not seeing this option, am I blind or has it been removed?

[temike]

Thank you!