Visual Studio 17.10 second preview is here, and it has GitHub Copilot features

Microsoft has announced the second preview of Visual Studio 17.10. The release will bring additional tools to help you improve your code reviews with Copilot. Along with this, it will also bring diagnostics improvements, additional extensibility and WinForms enhancements.

Here is the list of changes and enhancements mentioned on the developer blog page of Microsoft:

Area	Features
Productivity	Improve Your Code Reviews with Generated Pull Request Descriptions Unravel Your Commit History with GitHub Copilot View and Address Pull Request Comments in Visual Studio Editor Improve readability of Visual Studio with additional formatting options for text
WinForms Designer	Performance Improvements in out-of-process designer
SQL Server Developer Tools	SSDT support for VS in Arm64
Extensibility	Ability to export Marketplace extensions into the config file
Debugging and Diagnostics	.NET Counter profiler visualization with new UpDown and ObservableCounter instruments GC Insights in Managed Memory Window

One of them allows you to get pull request descriptions through GitHub Copilot. The blog post also mentioned:

You can now generate a first draft for your pull request description driven by Copilot analysis of all the changes included in the pull request. You can also view it using the markdown preview. You’ll get assistance in providing important context to your colleagues for their reviews and get the added benefit of ensuring you’re including the right changes in your pull request.

The new GitHub Copilot has been added to Visual Studio 17.10 Preview 2, which involves the Commit Details window. Microsoft says:

Double click on any commit to open the Commit Details pane in the Git Repository window. Then, click on the “Explain Commit” icon to get a summary of the changes side by side with the code.

You should have a GitHub Copilot subscription and install the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for Visual Studio to use the new features.

Preview 2 also offers text formatting choices for all developers. You can add italics to code text and strikethrough and underline text options.

To learn more about Preview 1 and 2 of Visual Studio 17.10, you can check the Developer blog on Microsoft. Also, share your thoughts in the comments section below.