How to get notified when someone pushes into a GitHub branch?

Question

We're are using GitHub Enterprise in our company. We have a “develop” branch where every programmer must push their work. Is there a way to get notified when someone pushes into the develop branch along with a link to a diff view, like the one you get for a pull request?

Answer 1

Not quite - but close enough. (You'll get notified for every commit, not push.)

For GitHub Enterprise as of mid 2014:

1. Go into your repository's Settings
2. Open the "Webhooks and Services" tab
3. Click "Add Service" button
4. Select "Email" from the long list of services
5. Put in an e-mail address. This can be an e-mail address that forwards to multiple e-mail addresses, or just your own if only one person/account needs e-mail notifications.
6. Check "Send From Author" (probably) and "Active" (definitely).

For older versions of GitHub Enterprise:

1. Go into your repository's Settings
2. Open the "Service Hooks" tab
3. Select "Email" from the long list of services
4. Put in an e-mail address. This can be an e-mail address that forwards to multiple e-mail addresses, or just your own if only one person/account needs e-mail notifications.
5. Check "Send From Author" (probably) and "Active" (definitely).

Done!

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Answer 2

Disclaimer: I'm the original author.

This project allows you to get an e-mail when a commit gets pushed on a repository you are watching (on any branch).

Explaination: gicowa is a command-line tool written in python that lists all last commits on all GitHub repos you are watching. This tool can send its output via e-mail and can be called from your crontab. Doing that makes you receive an e-mail notification each time a commit gets pushed on a GitHub repo you are watching.

Answer 3

How about using IFTT or Zapier