Asking copilot to generate a typical .gitignore file gets stuck in a loop

[pieandcakes]

Type: Bug

I asked github copilot to "create for me a typical defailt .gitignore file" and it got stuck in an infinite loop.

Ignore Visual Studio temporary files, build results, and

files generated by popular Visual Studio add-ons.

User-specific files

*.rsuser
*.suo
*.user
*.userosscache
*.sln.docstates

User-specific files (Mono Auto Generated)

mono_crash.*

User-specific files (VSCode)

.vscode/*
!.vscode/settings.json
!.vscode/tasks.json
!.vscode/launch.json
!.vscode/extensions.json
.vscode/*

User-specific files (VSCode for Mac)

.vscode/*

Mono Auto Generated Files

mono_crash.*

Windows image file caches

Thumbs.db
ehthumbs.db

Folder config file

Desktop.ini

Recycle Bin used on file shares

$RECYCLE.BIN/

VS Code directories

.vscode/

Windows Installer files

*.cab
*.msi
*.msm
*.msp

Windows shortcuts

*.lnk

JetBrains Rider

.idea/
*.sln.iml

Rider projects

.idea/

Rider directories

.idea/

Rider files

*.sln.iml

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.idea/

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*.sln.iml

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VS Code version: Code 1.97.2 (e54c774, 2025-02-12T23:20:35.343Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8370C CPU @ 2.80GHz (16 x 2793)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: unavailable_software canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: disabled_software multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: disabled_off rasterization: disabled_software raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: disabled_software video_encode: disabled_software vulkan: disabled_off webgl: unavailable_software webgl2: unavailable_software webgpu: unavailable_software webnn: unavailable_software
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	63.95GB (37.84GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 45020ac1-3616-4477-8ed7-7d3ecf8defc1
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Extensions (18)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
tsl-problem-matcher	amo	0.6.2
vscode-eslint	dba	3.0.10
vscode-jest-runner	fir	0.4.74
copilot	Git	1.272.0
copilot-chat	Git	0.24.1
azure-pipelines	ms-	1.249.0
vscode-azureresourcegroups	ms-	0.10.5
csdevkit	ms-	1.13.9
csharp	ms-	2.65.29
vscode-dotnet-runtime	ms-	2.2.8
vscodeintellicode-csharp	ms-	2.2.3
scope-vscode-ext	ms-	1.1.0
azure-account	ms-	0.13.0
powershell	ms-	2025.0.0
vscode-jest	Ort	6.4.0
vscode-versionlens	pfl	1.16.2
vscode-thunder-client	ran	2.34.1
vscode-xml	red	0.27.2

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[isidorn]

Wow there Pierson :)
Please file a short bug with nice minimal repro steps. Then I can reopen this one