I recently wrote a note about using emoticons in a standard way in commit messages and I now use them in a standard way following Gitmoji. I do so for my code, but I also use git for manuscrits and I also try to standardize the way I use emoticons in that case. Below is the set of emoticons I am currently using for manuscrits:

• ✏ pencil add a significant piece of writing, paragraph;
• ✏️ pencil2typos;
• 📊 bar_chart figures added or edited (figure or its caption);
• 🗑️ wastebasket delete an file;
• ✨ sparkles integrate co-author’s comment(s)/work;
• 🎉 tada address reviewer’s comment(s);
• ⬆️ arrow_up version submitted;
• 🚀 rocket version accepted.