Co-Authored-By attribution should be opt-in, not opt-out
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Feb 20, 2026 by AnassKartit Closed Feb 20, 2026
Description
Claude Code adds a Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> trailer to every git commit by default. This should be off by default and opt-in for users who want it.
Why
- Users don't expect their CLI tool to inject branding into their git history
- It acts as free marketing/advertising in every repo, commit log, and GitHub history
- Most developer tools don't inject attribution into user commits by default
- It clutters commit messages with information the developer didn't author
- The current behavior requires users to discover and configure the
attributionsetting to disable it
Expected behavior
Attribution should be opt-in: off by default, with a setting to enable it for users who want transparency about AI-assisted commits.
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