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diff --git a/doc/development/fe_guide/emojis.md b/doc/development/fe_guide/emojis.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..38794c47965 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/development/fe_guide/emojis.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +# Emojis + +GitLab supports native unicode emojis and fallsback to image-based emojis selectively +when your platform does not support it. + +# How to update Emojis + + 1. Update the `gemojione` gem + 1. Update `fixtures/emojis/index.json` from [Gemojione](https://github.com/jonathanwiesel/gemojione/blob/master/config/index.json). + In the future, we could grab the file directly from the gem. + We should probably make a PR on the Gemojione project to get access to + all emojis after being parsed or just a raw path to the `json` file itself. + 1. Ensure [`emoji-unicode-version`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/emoji-unicode-version) + is up to date with the latest version. + 1. Run `bundle exec rake gemojione:aliases` + 1. Run `bundle exec rake gemojione:digests` + 1. Run `bundle exec rake gemojione:sprite` + 1. Ensure new sprite sheets generated for 1x and 2x + - `app/assets/images/emoji.png` + - `app/assets/images/emoji@2x.png` + 1. Ensure you see new individual images copied into `app/assets/images/emoji/` + 1. Ensure you can see the new emojis and their aliases in the GFM Autocomplete + 1. Ensure you can see the new emojis and their aliases in the award emoji menu + 1. You might need to add new emoji unicode support checks and rules for platforms + that do not support a certain emoji and we need to fallback to an image. + See `app/assets/javascripts/emoji/support/is_emoji_unicode_supported.js` + and `app/assets/javascripts/emoji/support/unicode_support_map.js` |