3 files changed, 21 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/emoji/constants.js b/app/assets/javascripts/emoji/constants.js
index a6eb4256561..7970a932095 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/emoji/constants.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/emoji/constants.js
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ export const CATEGORY_ROW_HEIGHT = 37;
 
 export const CACHE_VERSION_KEY = 'gl-emoji-map-version';
 export const CACHE_KEY = 'gl-emoji-map';
+
+export const NEUTRAL_INTENT_MULTIPLIER = 1;
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/emoji/index.js b/app/assets/javascripts/emoji/index.js
index 4fdcdcc1b04..b9392fabcbd 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/emoji/index.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/emoji/index.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { escape, minBy } from 'lodash';
 import emojiRegexFactory from 'emoji-regex';
 import emojiAliases from 'emojis/aliases.json';
 import { setAttributes } from '~/lib/utils/dom_utils';
+import { getEmojiScoreWithIntent } from '~/emoji/utils';
 import AccessorUtilities from '../lib/utils/accessor';
 import axios from '../lib/utils/axios_utils';
 import { CACHE_KEY, CACHE_VERSION_KEY, CATEGORY_ICON_MAP, FREQUENTLY_USED_KEY } from './constants';
@@ -144,6 +145,11 @@ function getNameMatch(emoji, query) {
   return null;
 }
 
+// Sort emoji by emoji score falling back to a string comparison
+export function sortEmoji(a, b) {
+  return a.score - b.score || a.fieldValue.localeCompare(b.fieldValue);
+}
+
 export function searchEmoji(query) {
   const lowercaseQuery = query ? `${query}`.toLowerCase() : '';
 
@@ -156,16 +162,14 @@ export function searchEmoji(query) {
         getDescriptionMatch(emoji, lowercaseQuery),
         getAliasMatch(emoji, matchingAliases),
         getNameMatch(emoji, lowercaseQuery),
-      ].filter(Boolean);
+      ]
+        .filter(Boolean)
+        .map((x) => ({ ...x, score: getEmojiScoreWithIntent(x.emoji.name, x.score) }));
 
       return minBy(matches, (x) => x.score);
     })
-    .filter(Boolean);
-}
-
-export function sortEmoji(items) {
-  // Sort results by index of and string comparison
-  return [...items].sort((a, b) => a.score - b.score || a.fieldValue.localeCompare(b.fieldValue));
+    .filter(Boolean)
+    .sort(sortEmoji);
 }
 
 export const CATEGORY_NAMES = Object.keys(CATEGORY_ICON_MAP);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/emoji/utils.js b/app/assets/javascripts/emoji/utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb3dcea73c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/emoji/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import emojiIntents from 'emojis/intents.json';
+import { NEUTRAL_INTENT_MULTIPLIER } from '~/emoji/constants';
+
+export function getEmojiScoreWithIntent(emojiName, baseScore) {
+  const intentMultiplier = emojiIntents[emojiName] || NEUTRAL_INTENT_MULTIPLIER;
+
+  return 2 ** baseScore * intentMultiplier;
+}