We use Emojis every day in different channels like Telegram, Slack, WhatsApp, Google Chats, … They are a fast way to communicate in this visual world. So I use them too in my git commits in the same way.
Around one year ago I started to use them after collaborate in a repo where some colleagues used emojis to give a visual summary of the commits. In my homuilde opinion writing git commit messages is an art that I am not doing well in many cases. Emojis help me to reduce the commit message and also add a visual message for others.
The UI of the most common and extended Git SCM integrates the emojis when you are browsing the repo, and the experience as a user is more clear, visual, fun and easy to follow. I used in different SCM such as:
- GitHub: Full integrated 🌟.
- GitLab: Very well integrated ⭐.
- Bitbucket: Very bad integration, but my commits have emojis 😁.
- Gitea: Enough integration (but I did few commits) 😋.
- Gogs: Enough integration (but I did few commits) 😋.
Your repo could have a look and feel similar to:
Nice, right?
So after this time using them, I could conclude that the main reasons to continue is:
- Be Cool? Hipster? Not at all
- Simple visualization of the status of the repo
- Funny documentation and easy to follow (not only in commits)
- Simple and direct messages
- Can I do it? Go ahead
Top List of emojis
The full list of emojis is so large, but after some time I have a top list of the most common emojis in my daily development.
I could summarize my top list of emojis in:
- 🎉
:tada:: Everything starts with the first commit. - 📝
:memo:: Documentation is important in any project. - ✨
:sparkles:: Adding new features in your project. - 🐛
:bug:: Fixing your code … not always is working fine. - 🔥
:fire:: Removing things. - 🔖
:bookmark:: Releasing a version - ⬇️ ⬆️
:arrow_down::arrow_up:: Managing your dependencies versions. - ♻️
:recycle:: Refactoring code. - 🔧
:wrench:: Configuring the project. - 🔀
:twisted_rightwards_arrows:: Merging branches. - 🚚
:truck:: Moving or renaming resources. - 💡
:bulb:: Comments in the source code are always needed - 🙈
:see_no_evil:: You don’t need to track everything (.gitignore is here) - 🗑️
:wastebasket:: Deprecating or cleaning code
Choose your own ones.
Tools
I know that it is very hard to learn all the emojis available, however there are some useful tools to help you.
From my personal experience, I 💘 gitmoji-cli by Carlos Cuesta. This is a simple, and easy CLI to add emojis in your commits. This tool includes helpers, searches to choose the right emoji before your commit or when your are committing:
The git repo has everything you need to start to use it.
Happy committing !!! 🍻👷
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