Automatically notifies Repo owner after updating transfer request

Question

I created a transfer request on GitHub, asked for changes from the repo owner, made the changes, and pushed them to one branch.

Now I can see the updates in the transfer request, but I'm not sure if the repo owner received any automatic notification (for example, a letter) about the update in the transfer request. Should I trigger such a notification manually by adding a comment? something else?

Reading this , this and this also does not answer the question.

Answer 1

I'm not sure, but I think he did not receive a notification. However, these GitHub behaviors often change over time with the user interface updating and new features ... In any case, it will be clearer for the repo owner, as someone will later consider what happened if you explicitly tell him about the PR update. He could / should have asked you about these changes as a comment on your initial PR? Then reply that you fulfilled his request with a new comment.

Answer 2

Since July 2016, your Pull request will not only notify the repo owner, but also the code owners!

See " Introducing Code Owners ":

While an effective code review is necessary for every successful project, it is not always clear who should view the files, even with GitHub recommendations. Repository custodians can now pinpoint which people and teams should view projects using code owners.
This new feature automatically requests feedback from code owners when a transfer request modifies any files it owns.

How code owners work

To specify code owners, create a file called CODEOWNERS in the root directory of the repository (or in .github/ , if you want) in the following format:

 # Lines starting with '#' are comments. # Each line is a file pattern followed by one or more owners. # These owners will be the default owners for everything in the repo. * @defunkt # Order is important. The last matching pattern has the most precedence. # So if a pull request only touches javascript files, only these owners # will be requested to review. *.js @octocat @github/js # You can also use email addresses if you prefer. docs/* [e-mail] 

This format may be familiar if you used .gitattributes .

In this case, the owners of the code will be automatically requested for viewing whenever the transfer request affects the files that they own.