Prerequisites Make sure Travis CI have access to your GitHub repository. Head over to our documentation for details on setting up Travis CI. Fetch the testing branch: git fetch git: //github .com /vmdef/moodle testing-travis Create a new local branch: git checkout -b testing-travis FETCH_HEAD Test 1 - Email notifications disabled Define an environment variable in the Travis repository settings ( Travis documentation ) to turn off email notifications: name value MOODLE_EMAIL no Push the new branch to your GitHub repository ( github  is your GitHub remote): git push github Wait until the build tasks end. Confirm that you don't receive a notification email from Travis with the build result. Test 2 - Email notifications enabled by default Remove the environment variable created in the previous test (step 1). Add an empty commit: git commit --allow-empty -m"empty commit" Push the new commit: git push github testing-travis Wait until the build tasks end. Confirm that you do receive a notification email from Travis with the build result.