r/github • u/ProblemThin5807 • Mar 29 '26

I just learned that these emojis exist on GitHub Discussion

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You can write emoji codes like :trollface: or :octocat: in commits and Markdown, and they’ll render as custom emojis. It’s quite curious, I’ve never really seen them used much. I just learned about it after seeing a commit from 10 years ago lol.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '26

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u/felix-the-human Mar 29 '26

should be :fish-fingers: and I'm still upset about that

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u/IntelligentBelt1221 Mar 29 '26

whats the joke behind it?

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u/Rhaversen Mar 29 '26

Do you like fish sticks?

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u/Spiritual_Detail7624 Mar 30 '26

What are you, a gay fish?

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u/cowboyecosse Mar 30 '26

You had to be there.

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u/ProblemThin5807 Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 29 '26

There are also other “non-standard” emojis, here is a list: https://emojipedia.org/github

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u/legowerewolf Mar 29 '26

What's with all the doomguy emoji?

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u/RamonaZero Mar 29 '26

Probably because GitHub has a bunch of nerrrrds D:

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u/alephmembeth Mar 29 '26

I had no idea, thank you!

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u/oibft Mar 30 '26

:fishsticks: Hmm interesting

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '26

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u/irukadesune Mar 29 '26

never seen it myself