dannyfritz/commit-message-emoji

Emojis are not pasteable from Github

dandv opened this issue · 6 comments

dandv commented

I've just tried copy/pasting the emojis from the table, but it looks like GFM renders them with an alt text, e.g. tada for 🎉. Saw #4 and the README - the characters are Unicode, not :basecamp:.

dannyfritz commented

They actually already are unicode characters in the README. Unless there is a different way to escape the characters.

dandv commented

When I paste them in a text editor, I get the alt text:

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Turns out GitHub does something to them:

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dannyfritz commented

While I have confirmed the behavior you are stating, know that the characters in the README.md file are Unicode and not basecamp codes.

xurizaemon commented

@dandv couple of alternatives you can try (I also used to google this project frequently):

  • I keep a "Legend" section at the top of the CHANGELOG so the meaning is documented for the project team AND emoji are readily available to copy paste.
  • If you're on Linux / Gnome (think you are from the first screenshot), you can install & use the Emoji Selector Gnome extension, then use the system hotkey (SUPER+E for me) and type your commit label eg "version", "feature", "bug" as it recognises those terms.
dannyfritz commented

This is really an issue with Github. I don't think they will fix it anytime soon as they probably want to keep replacing Unicode emoji with their own for consistency and compatibility reasons.

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dannyfritz commented

Looks like GitHub renders actual emoji in the README's now. Reopen if you see otherwise.

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