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Emojis

Emojis can be added to Pull Requests, Issues, commit messages, Markdown files, etc. using :name_of_emoji::

:smile:

Would produce:

:smile:

The full list of supported Emojis on GitHub can be found at emoji-cheat-sheet.com or scotch-io/All-Github-Emoji-Icons.

The top 5 used Ejmojis on GitHub are:

1. :shipit: - :shipit:
2. :sparkles: - :sparkles:
3. :-1: - :-1:
4. :+1: - :+1:
5. :clap: - :clap:

Images/GIFs

Images and GIFs can be added to comments, READMEs etc.:

![Alt Text](http://www.sheawong.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/keephatin.gif)

Raw images from the repo can be used by calling them directly.:

![Alt Text](https://github.com/(user)/(repo)/raw/master/path/to/image.gif)

All images are cached on GitHub, so if your host goes down, the image will remain available.