Describe the bug
Running under WSL, when copying text, BOM (0xFEFF) is always prepended to any copied text segment.
e.g.
Then that strongly points to a Copilot CLI copy bug.
If it happens:
- only when copying from Copilot CLI output
- regardless of where the selection starts
- and always as a leading zero-width character
then the most likely explanation is that the UI/renderer is placing a hidden U+FEFF/BOM at the start of
copied selections.
So yes — based on what you described, I’d treat this as a bug in Copilot CLI’s copy/export behavior, not
in WSL or Bash.
Affected version
GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.21.
Steps to reproduce the behavior
- Install ubuntu under WSL
- Install homebrew
brew install copilot-cli
copilot
- Highlight some text output from the copilot app
- Right-click
- Paste the output into an editor that shows zero-width characters
- Text is prepended with 0XFEFF
Expected behavior
Text is not prepended with 0XFEFF
Additional context
No response
Describe the bug
Running under WSL, when copying text, BOM (0xFEFF) is always prepended to any copied text segment.
e.g.
Affected version
GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.21.
Steps to reproduce the behavior
brew install copilot-clicopilotExpected behavior
Text is not prepended with 0XFEFF
Additional context
No response