Copilot CLI: Permissions, Config, Trusted Folders, and Environment Variables/Disable automatic updates
Prevent background auto-updates.
Section: Environment variables and common options
Disable automatic updates
bash
bash
export COPILOT_AUTO_UPDATE=falseExplanation
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