[Bug] Claude Code adds generated-by footer to commits against user preference

Resolved ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 comments Opened Nov 11, 2025 by AlexGuyton Closed Jan 13, 2026

Bug Description
claude keeds trying to take credit for work by adding "๐Ÿค– Generated with Claude Code

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>" against user's wishes

Environment Info

  • Platform: darwin
  • Terminal: vscode
  • Version: 2.0.36
  • Feedback ID: e7795a62-8298-47e2-983c-8d19d807f5c1

Errors

[{"error":"MaxFileReadTokenExceededError: File content (27424 tokens) exceeds maximum allowed tokens (25000). Please use offset and limit parameters to read specific portions of the file, or use the GrepTool to search for specific content.\n    at UwQ (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1639:25881)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)\n    at async Object.call (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1648:1020)\n    at async JN (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1648:3002)\n    at async file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3580:1397","timestamp":"2025-11-10T14:41:12.375Z"},{"error":"Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, read\n    at Module.readSync (node:fs:739:18)\n    at Object.readSync (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:9:472)\n    at LK (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3745:105)\n    at Fw (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3747:204)\n    at o35 (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2065:7517)\n    at V (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2065:6729)\n    at file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2065:7047\n    at vJ (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:100:21528)\n    at TE (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:100:41111)\n    at file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:100:39302","timestamp":"2025-11-10T14:41:15.564Z"},{"error":"Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, read\n    at Module.readFileSync (node:fs:440:20)\n    at Object.readFileSync (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:9:299)\n    at Fw (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3747:219)\n    at o35 (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2065:7517)\n    at V (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2065:6729)\n    at file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2065:7047\n    at vJ (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:100:21528)\n    at TE (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:100:41111)\n    at file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:100:39302\n    at x71 (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:94:5038)","timestamp":"2025-11-10T14:41:15.564Z"},{"error":"MaxFileReadTokenExceededError: File content (27424 tokens) exceeds maximum allowed tokens (25000). Please use offset and limit parameters to read specific portions of the file, or use the GrepTool to search for specific content.\n    at UwQ (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1639:25881)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)\n    at async Object.call (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1648:1020)\n    at async JN (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1648:3002)\n    at async file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3580:1397","timestamp":"2025-11-10T14:46:50.143Z"},{"error":"MaxFileReadTokenExceededError: File content (27424 tokens) exceeds maximum allowed tokens (25000). Please use offset and limit parameters to read specific portions of the file, or use the GrepTool to search for specific content.\n    at UwQ (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1639:25881)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)\n    at async Object.call (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1648:1020)\n    at async JN (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1648:3002)\n    at async file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3580:1397","timestamp":"

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