How to leave a message for a github com user

Question

Need help on GitHub usage  I wonder if there is a way to communicate with a github com user i e  write the user a message when only username id is given on their GitHub page  Does GitHub have this social feature

User · Answer

For lazy people  like me  a snippet based on Nikhil s solution   x000D   x000D   lt input id username type  text  placeholder  github username or repo link  gt  x000D   lt button onclick  fetch  https   api github com users   username value replace     com                 1    events public   then e  gt  e json    then e   gt      new Set    concat apply    e filter x   gt  x type    PushEvent   map x   gt  x payload commits map c   gt  c author email     values     then x   gt  results innerText   x   gt GO lt  button gt  x000D   lt div id results gt  lt  div gt  x000D   x000D   x000D

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Simply cereate a dummy repo  open a new issue and use  xxxxx to notify the affected user   If user has notification via e-mail enabled he will get an e-mail  if not he will notice on next login   No need to search for e-mail adress in commits or activity stream and privacy is respected

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This method was working as of December 2020  Copy and paste the next line into your browser  feel free to bookmark it   https   api github com users xxxxxxx events public Find the GitHub username for which you want the email  Replace the xxxxxxx in the URL with the person s GitHub username  Hit Enter  Press Ctrl F and search for    email      As suggested by qbolec  the above steps can be done by using this snippet   x000D   x000D   lt input id username type  text  placeholder  github username or repo link  gt   lt button onclick  fetch  https   api github com users   username value replace     com                 1    events public   then e  gt  e json    then e   gt      new Set    concat apply    e filter x   gt  x type    PushEvent   map x   gt  x payload commits map c   gt  c author email     values     then x   gt  results innerText   x   gt GO lt  button gt   lt div id results gt  lt  div gt  x000D   x000D   x000D   Source  Matthew Ferree   Sourcecon

User · Answer

Github said on April 3rd 2012       Today we re removing two features  They ve been gathering dust for a while and it s time to throw them out   Fork Queue  amp  Private Messaging   Source

User · Answer

Although GitHub removed the private messaging feature  there s still an alternative   GitHub host git repositories  If the user you re willing to communicate with has ever committed some code  there are good chances you may reach your goal  Indeed  within each commit is stored some information about the author of the change or the one who accepted it   Provided you re really dying to exchange with user user test   Display the public activity page of the user  https   github com user test tab activity Search for an event stating  user test pushed to  branch  at  repository    There are usually good chances  they may have pushed one of his own commits  Ensure this is the case by clicking on the  View comparison     link and make sure the user is listed as one of the committers  Clone on your local machine the repository they pushed to  git clone https   github com      repository git  Checkout the branch they pushed to  git checkout  branch  Display the latest commits  git log -50   As a committer author  an email should be displayed along with the commit data   Note  Every warning related to unsolicited email should apply there  Do not spam

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Does GitHub have this social feature   If the commit email is kept private  GitHub now  July 2020  proposes   Users and organizations can now add Twitter usernames to their GitHub profiles   You can now add your Twitter username to your GitHub profile directly from your profile page  via profile settings  and also the REST API  We ve also added the latest changes   Organization admins can now add Twitter usernames to their profile via organization profile settings and the REST API  All users are now able to see Twitter usernames on user and organization profiles  as well as via the REST and GraphQL APIs  When sponsorable maintainers and organizations add Twitter usernames to their profiles  we ll encourage new sponsors to include that Twitter username when they share their sponsorships on Twitter    That could be a workaround to leave a message to a GitHub user

User · Answer

Here is another way    Browse someone s commit history  Click commits which is next to branch to see the whole commit history  Click the commit that with the person s username because there might be so many of them Then you should see the web address has a hash concatenated to the URL   Add  patch to this commit URL You will probably see the person s email address there   Example  https   github com  username   reponame  commit  hash  patch  Source  Chris Herron   Sourcecon

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Besides the removal of the github messaging service  usage was often not necessary due to many githubbers communicating with- and advocating twitter   The advantage is that there is    full transparency better coverage better search features for tweets better archiving  for instance by the US Library of Congress   It is probably no coincidence that stackoverflow doesn t allow private messaging either  to ensure full transparency  The entire messaging issue is thoroughly discussed on meta-stackoverflow here

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