See updates on the important activities you're interested in. Notifications can be viewed on or in an email.
Types of notifications
delivers two kinds of notifications:
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Participating notifications are those in which you are directly involved in a conversation. You will automatically receive these notifications when:
- Someone mentions you or a team you're a member of
- You are assigned to an issue or pull request
- Someone makes a comment in a conversation you're subscribed to
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Watching notifications are those in which you are actively watching a repository, but aren't necessarily participating. You will automatically receive these notifications for:
- Opened issues and their comments
- Opened pull requests and their comments
- Comments on any commits
- Published releases
Note: You will not get notifications for your own actions.
Configuring notification delivery methods
You can choose how different notifications are delivered to you--whether they're available only on , sent as emails, or both. For more information, see "Configuring notification delivery methods."