Even if you're not watching a specific repository, you can subscribe to individual conversations that interest you.

  1. Sample of an avatarIn the upper-right corner of any page, click your profile photo.
  2. Repository tabOn your profile page, click the Repositories tab, then click the name of your repository.
  3. Issues or Pull Requests tab selectionClick either the Issues tab or the Pull Requests tab for the repository.
  4. Conversation Subscribe buttonIn the sidebar on the right, click Subscribe.

Once you subscribe to a conversation, you receive every notification thereafter, as though you were participating in the thread.

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