Feature Request: /remote should support non-GitHub git repositories (e.g. GitLab, Bitbucket)
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- Shell
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Description
## Problem
`/remote` fails with `Remote session disabled: not in a GitHub repository` when used in a GitLab (or other) repository.
## Proposed Solution
The remote session feature should work independently of the git host — session control via GitHub account, regardless of where the code is hosted.
## Use Case
Teams using GitLab want to use /remote to control their Copilot CLI session from GitHub web/mobile, but are blocked by the repository host check.
## Additional Context
The CLI is already authenticated via GitHub, so the restriction to GitHub-hosted repos feels unnecessary for the remote control functionality itself.
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Research direction
Search the CLI for the exact error message and the /remote command, then trace the repository-host check and its tests. Confirm how GitHub authentication controls remote sessions, and define done as allowing GitLab or other Git repositories without breaking the existing GitHub-hosted flow.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- git, github, shell
- Domain
- authentication, cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100