If you are a subscriber, member, or owner of one or more GitHub repositories, you might receive a dense flow of email notifications, which can be a source of mental overload and attention disruption. However, if all those notifications arrived already organised and tagged in your mailbox, it could greatly improve your focus on important topics.
GitHubSieve is a Sieve filter designed to do exactly this for you.
To use GitHubSieve, you need an email service that supports Sieve filtering and allows you to edit or upload your own Sieve filter.
Server-side filtering is best suited for folder-based access to your mailbox. This can be achieved either via an IMAP mail client or a feature-rich webmail service.
For the best overall experience, use Mozilla Thunderbird or Betterbird mail clients, which support the full set of standard IMAP tags (named and system tags).
Open github.sieve in a text editor and modify line 5 to match your desired folder structure for GitHub notifications:
# Change this to your liking: Sets the root folder for GitHub notifications' emails
set "ghFolder" "Lists/GitHub";This default setting will move GitHub notification messages. It will start at the folder Lists/GitHub, then use the GitHub repository owner's name as the next folder name, and finally store the messages in a sub-folder named after the GitHub repository itself.