Output of markdown to markdown is not equal to the input

Output of markdown to markdown is not equal to the input

[Christopher Dignam]

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I'm looking to use Pandoc to strip comments from a Markdown document, but 
it looks like Pandoc strips information when I run the following command:

pandoc example.md --strip-comments  -o example-rendered.md 



example.md
<!--
- some example comment
- mention related issues (Github, Trello, etc.)
- with nesting and other stuffreviewers when you're ready
  + "Use your gut" to choose appropriate reviewers
  + expect your first response within 24 hours
-->

some arrow -->

[0]: https://example.com



example-rendered.md
some arrow --\>



This is what I expected the output to be
some arrow -->

[0]: https://example.com




Is there a way to make pandoc preserve the document?

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Re: Output of markdown to markdown is not equal to the input

[John MacFarlane]

This is just a difference in escaping. There isn't a semantic
difference between --> and --\>.

Pandoc adds the backslash escape because the --> is not part
of an HTML comment, and the escape ensures that it won't be
parsed as one.

Generally you should not expect that markdown -> markdown gives
identity.  Lots will change:  bullet list markers, indentation,
escaping.  The semantics should stay the same, though.


Christopher Dignam <chdignam-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:

> I'm looking to use Pandoc to strip comments from a Markdown document, but 
> it looks like Pandoc strips information when I run the following command:
>
> pandoc example.md --strip-comments  -o example-rendered.md 
>
>
>
> example.md
> <!--
> - some example comment
> - mention related issues (Github, Trello, etc.)
> - with nesting and other stuffreviewers when you're ready
>   + "Use your gut" to choose appropriate reviewers
>   + expect your first response within 24 hours
> -->
>
> some arrow -->
>
> [0]: https://example.com
>
>
>
> example-rendered.md
> some arrow --\>
>
>
>
> This is what I expected the output to be
> some arrow -->
>
> [0]: https://example.com
>
>
>
>
> Is there a way to make pandoc preserve the document?
>
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