Notifications on Comment or PR Description Edit

[neonphog]

First off, let me mention that I use a Github Enterprise instance where I work more often than Github proper, so if this is fixed already and I just need to wait for Enterprise to be updated, I'll close this issue.

I can find no method for enabling notifications, specifically email, when a comment or pull request description is edited.

The most egregious oversight is when someone edits to add an @mention, and that person does not receive an email.

I feel that notifications on edits should be the default. A method for opting out of this notification type may not even be necessary given the infrequency of which editing should normally occur.

[jononomo]

I'd love an update on this.

[jmcmurry]

For me, the notification is not the core concern, in fact, it might be rather annoying; despite how infrequently it should be used, there are lots of edits in practice for typos, clarity, etc. Rather, what I'd like is the ability to see, on demand, the version history of an issue.

[jmcmurry]

Made a new issue here: #954

[SxMShaDoW]

I don't know if they should be on by default, but I believe when someone edits a comment to add an "@mention" it should trigger the "participant" email setting.

[hsxfjames]

I agree to @jmcmurry
But I have another suggestion: people should be able to decide whether their edit notify all the subscribers or not, by providing a option after edit.
This will make sense if someone edits a comment just for typo, he may not want to annoy others. And if someone edits so many times maliciously to annoy others, he can also achieve by making many new comments. A sensible person could decide the notification by himself.

[qwertyquerty]

So has this been added?

[Nightquaker]

I want this!

[tullyhansen]

In my very recent experience (from earlier today), it seems that editing a comment to add a username does generate an email notification for the mentioned user and add them as a watcher (so far as I'm aware my notifications are on default settings):

Further, in (admittedly limited) testing, subsequent edits to the same comment do not generate further notifications for the mentioned user (which I'd call desirable behaviour).

[karlb]

Seems to work as described by @tullyhansen. IMO, this issue can be closed.

[ErikHumphrey]

Notification when an @mention is added should be added (seems to have been added), but notifications for edits in general might be excessive/unnecessary, or off by default.

[Nightquaker]

Well, having them off by default is the best way IMO. Excessive, possibly, but having an option to have them would be nice.

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