start using gitmojis

[Chippers255]

As seen here. It might be useful to stick to an emoji standard on the commit messages and PRs. Carlos Cuesta explains here.

[jameshughes89]

Oh shit, there's a standard!!

[twentylemon]

Not sure I'd call it a standard so much as one dude's definition. He's got a pretty website though, so he's got that going for him.

[jameshughes89]

I intended to italics the standard

[twentylemon]

I'm not necessarily sold on the reasoning.

• it's only easier to determine the intent of the commit if you memorize an ever expanding list of emojis
• most of the time, you're looking at recent commits which you're likely to have a lot more context on than old commits, and if you're trying to understand an old commit, I always find myself looking at the PR or diving into the diff
• doesn't always work on cli or in other viewers

That said, I don't think it hurts either. It's kinda pretty, which is always nice. Searching commits may also become a little easier (eg with grep). Willing to try then I can re-evaluate after actually trying it.

I guess the actual work here is to set up a CONTRIBUTING.md and/or update the pull request template.

[Chippers255]

I want to try mostly for the stylish aspect. Functionally I don't think it will make too much of a difference.

[EldaveO]

If we are going to implement this as standard, should I consider adding it to the duckbot wiki?

[twentylemon]

The wiki isn't really the place for contributing guidelines, it's better suited for user documentation. I already summarized the work that needs to be done here:

I guess the actual work here is to set up a CONTRIBUTING.md and/or update the pull request template.