Add information about commits in repositories you follow back to the feed

[ancestor-mithril]

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Tracking new commits to repositories you follow is very useful and a very important feature. Previously it was available on the feed. Then it was moved to the dashboard-feed. Now it is not available anymore.
Bring this feature back, instead of focusing on other useless features.

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[girishlade111]

1. The "Watch" Feature
   This is now the primary intended way to get updates. You can go to any repository and change its watch status.

Go to the main page of the repository.

Click the "Watch" button in the top-right corner.

Choose "All Activity".

This will send notifications for new commits, pull requests, issues, and releases to your notifications inbox. The downside is that it can be very noisy for active repositories.

2. The RSS Feed (The Power-User Method)

This is the best way to recreate your old commit feed, but it requires using an RSS reader (like Feedly, Inoreader, etc.). Every branch's commit history on GitHub has a hidden RSS feed.

Go to the repository you want to track.

Click on the "Commits" link to see the commit history.

Copy the URL from your browser's address bar. It will look something like this:
https://github.com/owner/repository/commits/main/

Simply add .atom to the end of that URL:
https://github.com/owner/repository/commits/main.atom

Add this new URL to your favorite RSS reader.

[ancestor-mithril]

The watch feature does not notify you about new commits.

[girishlade111]

You're right, setting the "Watch" feature to "All Activity" does not create notifications for every new commit pushed to a branch. It notifies you about new Pull Requests, Issues, Releases, and Discussions, but it does not track the commit history.

The Best Method for Tracking Commits

This correction makes the RSS Feed method the only reliable way to get a feed of all new commits.

To reiterate the correct process:

Go to the repository you want to track.

Click on the "Commits" tab to see the commit history for a branch.

Copy the URL (e.g., https://github.com/owner/repository/commits/main).

Add .atom to the end of that URL.

Add that new URL to an RSS reader.

This remains the most effective and direct way to recreate the old commit feed.

Thank you again for pointing out that error. It’s a crucial distinction, and your correction helps ensure the information is accurate for everyone.

[ancestor-mithril]

This answer is wrong, LLM generated, and irrelevant.
My feedback was about bringing the feed of new commits back to github.