How to filter emails from GitHub in Gmail and flag them with labels.
The labels in this document are just examples.
| Filter | Label |
|---|---|
from:([email protected]) subject:"PR \#" |
gh-pull-request |
Note: special characters like ( or # are ignored and the escape \ doesn't work.
| Filter | Label |
|---|---|
from:([email protected]) |
gha |
| Filter | Label |
|---|---|
from:([email protected]) subject:"\(Discussion \#) |
gh-discussion |
| Filter | Label |
|---|---|
from:([email protected]) "Visit the release page to download them." |
gh-relases |
| Filter | Label |
|---|---|
from:([email protected]) cc:([email protected]) |
gh-assignments |
| Filter | Label |
|---|---|
from:([email protected]) cc:([email protected]) |
gh-mentions |
| Filter | Label |
|---|---|
from:([email protected]) cc:([email protected]) "requested your review on" |
gh-review-requested |
subscribed: The notification arrived because you’re watching the repository.manual: The notification arrived because you’ve specifically decided to subscribe to the thread (via an Issue or Pull Request).author: The notification arrived because you’ve created the thread.comment: The notification arrived because you’ve commented on the thread.mention: The notification arrived because you were specifically @mentioned in the content.team_mention: The notification arrived because you were on a team that was mentioned (like @org/team).state_change: The notification arrived because you changed the thread state (like closing an Issue or merging a Pull Request).assign: The notification arrived because you were assigned to the Issue.review_requested: The notification arrived because your review is required.ci_activity: The notification arrived because CI activities (failure, success, ...)push: The notification arrived because of a push
example:
WARNING: Those rules can produce false-positives.
label: gh-closed
Filter:
from:([email protected]) "Closed \#"
Note: special characters like ( or # are ignored and the escape \ doesn't work.
label: gh-merged
Filter:
from:([email protected]) "Merged \#"
Note: special characters like ( or # are ignored and the escape \ doesn't work.
label: gh-issue
since 2021-10-11
Filter:
from:([email protected]) subject:("Issue \#" -"PR \#")
Note: special characters like ( or # are ignored and the escape \ doesn't work.
- http://radek.io/2015/06/07/5-useful-gmail-filters-for-github-users/
- http://lyzidiamond.com/posts/github-notifications-google-script
- http://126kr.com/article/8t3endsbz2q
- https://developer.github.com/v3/activity/notifications/#notification-reasons
- https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7190?hl=en
- https://maximevaillancourt.com/blog/github-email-notifications-gmail-filters
- https://github.blog/changelog/2021-10-11-improved-notification-email-titles-for-issues-and-prs/
To filter out GitHub Code Owners review requests (as part of a group/team) but still find review requests in which my GitHub username is explicitly added, I used this search expression:
from:([email protected]) cc:([email protected]) "requested your review on"It is almost identical to the search expression found in the original post, but it removes the OR braces around the last two search parameters. Hope that someone finds this useful!