Question 390
A project lead describes the following situation: A macOS developer prefers Homebrew for current Copilot CLI installation. What should the developer do first?
Explanation
Correct Answer
GitHub publishes a supported Homebrew cask for the terminal-native app. Acceptance evidence: The executable starts in a normal terminal session.
Incorrect Answers
The modern terminal-native CLI uses the GitHub Copilot package, not a guessed binary. That recommendation is relevant to a different task: A developer installs the modern Copilot CLI on a supported Node.js environment. In this case the main need is: A macOS developer prefers Homebrew for current Copilot CLI installation.
The official quickstart lists WinGet as a Windows install path. That recommendation is relevant to a different task: A Windows engineer wants a supported package-manager installation for Copilot CLI. In this case the main need is: A macOS developer prefers Homebrew for current Copilot CLI installation.
The noninteractive prompt flag allows scripted use of the CLI. That recommendation is relevant to a different task: A workflow needs one question answered directly from a script without an interactive session. In this case the main need is: A macOS developer prefers Homebrew for current Copilot CLI installation.