How to configure Copilot for monorepo performance
Copilot struggles with relevance and latency in our large monorepo; looking for settings, indexing tips, and repo-structure changes that improve suggestion quality. Prefer reproducible config steps for VS Code.
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Answers
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Practical steps to reduce Copilot latency and improve relevance in VS Code:
1) Create a focused .code-workspace that includes only the package(s) you edit.
2) Use git sparse-checkout to clone just those paths (git sparse-checkout init --cone; git sparse-checkout set path/to/package).
3) In .vscode/settings.json add files.exclude and search.exclude for node_modules, build/, dist/, third_party/.
4) Disable unrelated extensions and keep only the files you’re editing open.
For a quick tool comparison, see: Compare GitHub Copilot and Cursor