Clarified limitations of copilot-setup-steps concerning use of reusable workflows#44494
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Copilot was unable to run its full agentic suite in this review.
Adds a documentation note clarifying that the copilot-setup-steps job does not support reusable workflows via uses, and suggests alternatives.
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- Inserts a NOTE callout in the customize-the-agent-environment doc explaining the limitation and recommending inline steps or composite actions.
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| > The `copilot-setup-steps` job does not support calling reusable workflows with `uses`. Define setup logic directly in the job's `steps` instead or extract shared setup into a composite action and reference it within a step. For more information, see [AUTOTITLE](/actions/sharing-automations/creating-actions/creating-a-composite-action). |
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| > The `copilot-setup-steps` job does not support calling reusable workflows with `uses`. Define setup logic directly in the job's `steps` instead or extract shared setup into a composite action and reference it within a step. For more information, see [AUTOTITLE](/actions/sharing-automations/creating-actions/creating-a-composite-action). | |
| Any value that is set for the `fetch-depth` option of the `actions/checkout` action will be overridden to allow the agent to rollback commits upon request, while mitigating security risks. For more information, see [`actions/checkout/README.md`](https://github.com/actions/checkout/blob/main/README.md). |
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| > The `copilot-setup-steps` job does not support calling reusable workflows with `uses`. Define setup logic directly in the job's `steps` instead or extract shared setup into a composite action and reference it within a step. For more information, see [AUTOTITLE](/actions/sharing-automations/creating-actions/creating-a-composite-action). | ||
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| > The `copilot-setup-steps` job does not support calling reusable workflows with `uses`. Define setup logic directly in the job's `steps` instead or extract shared setup into a composite action and reference it within a step. For more information, see [AUTOTITLE](/actions/sharing-automations/creating-actions/creating-a-composite-action). | |
| Any value that is set for the `fetch-depth` option of the `actions/checkout` action will be overridden to allow the agent to rollback commits upon request, while mitigating security risks. For more information, see [`actions/checkout/README.md`](https://github.com/actions/checkout/blob/main/README.md). | |
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Closes: #44493
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