Native GitHub Copilot inline completions

Commencez par lire CodeFileDocument et CodeFileView, puis suivez les points d’entrée de CopilotClient, CopilotService, CopilotProtocol, CopilotInlineCompletionProvider et CopilotBinaryResolver. Vérifiez les versions des dépendances de CodeEditTextView et CodeEditSourceEditor et exécutez l’application avec les branches locales documentées. Le travail est terminé lorsque les versions épinglées des packages prennent en charge l’intégration, que CI compile correctement et que le flux de connexion de Settings ainsi que le texte fantôme accepté avec Tab fonctionnent de bout en bout.

Description

Add native GitHub Copilot inline completions to CodeEdit: as you type, the editor shows AI ghost text suggestions and accepts them with Tab. This is the app-level integration that ties together the inline suggestion rendering (CodeEditTextView) and the inline completion coordination layer (CodeEditSourceEditor).

What it adds:

• A Copilot language-server client and service (CopilotClient, CopilotService, CopilotProtocol) that launches and talks to the official copilot-language-server over LSP, including device-flow sign-in, status, and document sync.
• A per-document CopilotInlineCompletionProvider that conforms to the editor's InlineCompletionDelegate, maps the caret to an LSP position, requests completions, strips already-typed prefixes, and adapts results into the editor's ghost-text model.
• A CopilotBinaryResolver that locates copilot-language-server (explicit path, PATH, or common install dirs) and builds a launch environment that can find node (including nvm-managed installs), since the server is a Node script.
• A Settings page (enable toggle, device-flow sign-in UI, optional language-server path) and a status bar item reflecting Copilot state.
• Wiring in CodeFileDocument / CodeFileView to attach the provider per open document.

Design notes:

• Suggestions render as ghost text via the CodeEditTextView overlay primitive and never mutate the document until accepted.
• Disabled by default; opt-in via Settings. Requires a GitHub Copilot subscription.

Alternatives Considered

• A plugin/extension instead of a built-in. CodeEdit does not yet have an extension API surface for inline completions, and the integration needs the editor's cursor/lifecycle hooks, so a built-in (opt-in, behind settings) is the practical option today.
• Driving the suggestion lifecycle in the app rather than the editor. Rejected; the request/accept/dismiss lifecycle lives in CodeEditSourceEditor (see the dependency below), and the app only supplies a concrete provider.

Additional Context

This is the top layer of a three-repo change for native inline completions:

1. CodeEditTextView: inline suggestion (ghost text) rendering primitive (CodeEditApp/CodeEditTextView#124, PR CodeEditApp/CodeEditTextView#125).
2. CodeEditSourceEditor: inline completion coordination layer (CodeEditApp/CodeEditSourceEditor#374, PR CodeEditApp/CodeEditSourceEditor#375).
3. CodeEdit (this issue): the GitHub Copilot provider and UI.

I have a working, documented implementation. Locally it builds and runs against the two dependency branches via a workspace that references local checkouts, and I have verified end to end against the real copilot-language-server (device-flow sign-in and inline ghost text that accepts with Tab). The package pins for CodeEditTextView / CodeEditSourceEditor need bumping to the releases that include layers 1 and 2 before this can build in CI. Would the maintainers welcome native Copilot support in CodeEdit?

Screenshots

I will attach a screen recording of the device-flow sign-in and inline ghost text on the PR.