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Copilot CLI: Permissions, Config, Trusted Folders, and Environment Variables/Personal local overrides path

Create non-committed per-repo overrides.

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Section: Config files and trusted-folder layout

Personal local overrides path

json
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.github/copilot/settings.local.json
Explanation

Add this file to `.gitignore` to keep personal overrides out of the repo.

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