8 Create a GitHub account
To participate in the workshop, you will need a GitHub account. Please go to the GitHub website and create an account. Remember your username, as you will need it for the survey at the end of this section.
If you already have a GitHub account, you can skip this task, but we will still ask you to provide your username in the survey at the end of this section.
8.1 Managing emails from GitHub
Whenever events or activities happen on GitHub that are related to you, you will receive a notification. By default, the notification sends to both your GitHub “inbox” (which we cover later) and your email. Unfortunately, a lot of activity can happen quickly, resulting in a large amount of of email notifications. Since this can be overwhelming we recommend that you manage your notifications and email settings to reduce the number of emails you receive from GitHub.
You can manage your notifications by setting a few options in your GitHub account settings. While logged into your new GitHub account, follow these steps:
- Click on your account icon in the top-right corner of GitHub and select the “Settings” option.
- In the left sidebar, select “Notifications”.
- Under “Subscriptions”, select “Notify me: on GitHub” and for all options
- In the “System” section, under “Actions”, deselect all options and click “Save”. This will show up as “Don’t notify”.
With these options selected, you will only get notifications on GitHub, not by email. But don’t worry, you will still be able to see all your notifications in your GitHub inbox.
If you find that you do want some notifications sent to your email, you can always come back and change these settings later.