diff --git a/Documentation/intro-project-owner.txt b/Documentation/intro-project-owner.txt index bca27c3044..2d451b5c59 100644 --- a/Documentation/intro-project-owner.txt +++ b/Documentation/intro-project-owner.txt @@ -351,6 +351,26 @@ link:prolog-cookbook.html#HowToWriteSubmitRules[Prolog cookbook]. There is also good support for link:prolog-cookbook.html#TestingSubmitRules[ testing submit rules] while developing them. +[[notifications]] +== Email Notifications + +With Gerrit individual users control their own email subscriptions. By +editing the link:user-notify.html#user[watched projects] in the WebUI +under `Settings` > `Watched Projects` users can decide which events to +be informed about by email. The change notifications can be filtered by +link:user-search.html[change search expressions]. + +This means as a project owner you normally don't need to do anything +about email notifications, except maybe telling your project team where +to configure the watches. + +Gerrit also supports link:user-notify.html#project[notifications on +project level] that allow project owners to set up email notifications +for team mailing lists or groups of users. This configuration is done +in the `project.config` file in the `refs/meta/config` branch as +explained in the section about link:user-notify.html#project[project +level notifications]. + GERRIT ------ Part of link:index.html[Gerrit Code Review] diff --git a/Documentation/user-notify.txt b/Documentation/user-notify.txt index 2f8c1627b3..dd7c4c6880 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-notify.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-notify.txt @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Gerrit can automatically notify users by email when new changes are uploaded for review, after comments have been posted on a change, or after the change has been submitted to a branch. +[[user]] == User Level Settings Individual users can configure email subscriptions by editing @@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ who added the comment unless the user has enabled the 'CC Me On Comments I Write' option in the user preferences. +[[project]] == Project Level Settings Project owners and site administrators can configure project level