When you watch a repository, you get notifications for any new pull requests and issues that are created, including those not mentioning you.

Tip: You will automatically watch any repositories you create or that are created by your team in an organization.


  2. In the upper-right corner, in the "Watch" list, select Watching. Selecting the watcher menu

Disabling automatic watching

  1. In the upper-right corner of any page, click . If you've disabled web notifications and you don't see the bell icon, you can navigate to https://github.com/watching. Notification indicating any unread message
  2. Click Watching. Listing of watched repositories
  3. On the right side of the page, unselect Automatically watch. A checkbox for configuring watching repositories automatically

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