'No copilot-instructions.md found' notice is misleading when global config exists
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Description
### Describe the bug
When opening the Copilot CLI outside of a git repository, the notice `No copilot-instructions.md found. Run /init to generate.` is misleading. it implies no instructions file was found at all, even when a global `~/.copilot/copilot-instructions.md` exists and is being used.
### Affected version
GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.49.
### Steps to reproduce the behavior
1. Create a global instructions file at `~/.copilot/copilot-instructions.md`
2. Open Copilot CLI from a directory that is not a git repository
3. Observe the notice: `No copilot-instructions.md found. Run /init to generate.`
### Expected behavior
1. Create a global instructions file at `~/.copilot/copilot-instructions.md`
2. Open Copilot CLI from a directory that is not a git repository
3. Observe the notice: `No repository-level copilot-instructions.md found. Run /init to generate.`
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