GitHub watch notifies me about everything. I just want to be notified about new commits, preferably major commits, like when there there's new security patches or a major update.
Could I do that?
If not, could I at least not get notified when someone opens an issue?
Best Answer
In addition to the automatic watching, you can configure/disable the email notifications globally for your account, and by github organization.
To disable watch status on an individual Git repo, go to the repo page and click the "unwatch" button near the top of the page, and change the setting.
Once you've disabled default watch settings on a git repo or for your entire account, you'll only receive notifications about new issues when someone manually tags you on the issue creation/comment.
As for being notified only for "major commits", the best way to achieve that is to instruct code contributors to tag you on those specific "pull requests. You could also implement a policy/practice to prefix commit subjects or messages with release type (aka feature, bug, security update) to help filter commits better for review.