feat: do not react with emoji if "EmojiReaction" flag is empty

cmd/server.go

@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ const (
 	DisableUnlockLabelFlag           = "disable-unlock-label"
 	DiscardApprovalOnPlanFlag        = "discard-approval-on-plan"
 	EmojiReaction                    = "emoji-reaction"
+	EnableDiffMarkdownFormat         = "enable-diff-markdown-format"
 	EnablePolicyChecksFlag           = "enable-policy-checks"
 	EnableRegExpCmdFlag              = "enable-regexp-cmd"
-	EnableDiffMarkdownFormat         = "enable-diff-markdown-format"
 	ExecutableName                   = "executable-name"
 	FailOnPreWorkflowHookError       = "fail-on-pre-workflow-hook-error"
 	HideUnchangedPlanComments        = "hide-unchanged-plan-comments"
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ const (
 	DefaultCheckoutDepth                = 0
 	DefaultBitbucketBaseURL             = bitbucketcloud.BaseURL
 	DefaultDataDir                      = "~/.atlantis"
-	DefaultEmojiReaction                = "eyes"
+	DefaultEmojiReaction                = ""
 	DefaultExecutableName               = "atlantis"
 	DefaultMarkdownTemplateOverridesDir = "~/.markdown_templates"
 	DefaultGHHostname                   = "github.com"
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ var stringFlags = map[string]stringFlag{
 		defaultValue: "",
 	},
 	EmojiReaction: {
-		description:  "Emoji Reaction to use to react to comments",
+		description:  "Emoji Reaction to use to react to comments.",
 		defaultValue: DefaultEmojiReaction,
 	},
 	ExecutableName: {
@@ -459,6 +459,7 @@ var boolFlags = map[string]boolFlag{
 		description:  "Disable atlantis auto planning feature",
 		defaultValue: false,
 	},
+
 	DisableRepoLockingFlag: {
 		description: "Disable atlantis locking repos",
 	},

runatlantis.io/docs/server-configuration.md

@@ -411,8 +411,8 @@ and set `--autoplan-modules` to `false`.
   # or
   ATLANTIS_EMOJI_REACTION=thumbsup
   ```
-  The emoji reaction to use for marking processed comments. Currently supported on Azure DevOps, GitHub and GitLab.
-  Defaults to `eyes`.
+  The emoji reaction to use for marking processed comments. Currently supported on Azure DevOps, GitHub and GitLab. If not specified, Atlantis will not use an emoji reaction.
+  Defaults to "" (empty string).
 
 ### `--enable-diff-markdown-format`
   ```bash

server/controllers/events/events_controller.go

@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ func (e *VCSEventsController) handleCommentEvent(logger logging.SimpleLogging, b
 		}
 	}
 
-	// It's a comment we're gonna react to, so add a reaction.
+	// It's a comment we're going to react to so add a reaction.
 	if e.EmojiReaction != "" {
 		err := e.VCSClient.ReactToComment(logger, baseRepo, pullNum, commentID, e.EmojiReaction)
 		if err != nil {