From e9ff821b0bea885f5247f3ee8aa7b76f3f3a4622 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jbranchaud Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 12:10:55 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add Add Emoji To GitHub Repository Description as an internet til Also add the internet section --- README.md | 7 ++++++- ...d-emoji-to-github-repository-description.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 internet/add-emoji-to-github-repository-description.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4c1c05a..bdc0b66 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ variety of languages and technologies. These are things that don't really warrant a full blog post. These are mostly things I learn by pairing with smart people at [Hashrocket](http://hashrocket.com/). -_384 TILs and counting..._ +_385 TILs and counting..._ --- @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ _384 TILs and counting..._ * [Elixir](#elixir) * [Git](#git) * [Go](#go) +* [Internet](#internet) * [JavaScript](#javascript) * [Linux](#linux) * [Mac](#mac) @@ -127,6 +128,10 @@ _384 TILs and counting..._ - [Replace The Current Process With An External Command](go/replace-the-current-process-with-an-external-command.md) - [Sleep For A Duration](go/sleep-for-a-duration.md) +### Internet + +- [Add Emoji To GitHub Repository Description](internet/add-emoji-to-github-repository-description.md) + ### JavaScript - [Accessing Arguments To A Function](javascript/accessing-arguments-to-a-function.md) diff --git a/internet/add-emoji-to-github-repository-description.md b/internet/add-emoji-to-github-repository-description.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6af4455 --- /dev/null +++ b/internet/add-emoji-to-github-repository-description.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +# Add Emoji To GitHub Repository Description + +GitHub restricts the set of unicode characters that can appear in the +description field of a repository to anything up to `0xffff`. Most emoji +have unicode values above this. This means you will have limited success +adding emoji via your system's. + +Fortunately, GitHub allows you to add any recognized emoji to a repository +description with its specialized emoji syntax (e.g. `:memo:`). You may have +used this syntax in other parts of GitHub such as the issue tracker. + +If you add an emoji like this: + +![](http://i.imgur.com/Tty7Cl2.png) + +it will show up like so: + +![](http://i.imgur.com/yxRwmkW.png)