Keep HTML comments in render

[Gregcop1]

Hi. First of all, thanks for this module, it's awesome.
To build excerpt on blog post, I need to keep html comments in the return of render function. Is there's a way to do this?
At the moment, when I add a <!--more--> HTML comment in markdown, the render removes it.

Thanks for your answer.

[hovancik]

Hi @Gregcop1 , were you able to solve this? have the same issue

[ZachSaucier]

I too would like to be able to retain comments for the purpose of <!--more--> for excerpts.

@pngwn Are you able to help direct us to the right area here? I see that comments are found in the AST but I'm not finding where the removal of them is. Is the removal of comments an indirect effect of the composition approach or something?

[ZachSaucier]

As a workaround, I am able to use a span with a special class name as a marker for the end of the excerpt:

<span class="excerpt-marker"></span>

Usage:

const SEPARATOR = '<span class="excerpt-marker"></span>';
const excerpt = html.indexOf(SEPARATOR) >= 0 ? html.split(SEPARATOR)[0] : html;

You could even strip it from the HTML after you get the excerpt if you'd like.

[steven-aj]

I realize this doesn't directly address the posted issue, but it should be noted that front-matter is better suited for a post's excerpt. HTML comments weren't really meant to be used this way.