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.
- In the upper-right corner of any page, click your profile photo.
- On your profile page, click the Repositories tab, then click the name of your repository.
- In the upper-right corner, in the "Watch" list, select Watching.
Disabling automatic watching
- In the upper-right corner of any page, click the notifications indicator.
- Click Watching.
- On the right side of the page, unselect Automatically watch.