From c549f0fc7f6d06c1b7202693a3f10cb4ec94fda9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dmytro Yeroshkin <dmytro.yeroshkin@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2021 10:36:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added support for markdown comments

---
 novel_stats/novel_stats.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/novel_stats/novel_stats.py b/novel_stats/novel_stats.py
index 86a7f61..b4b19f2 100755
--- a/novel_stats/novel_stats.py
+++ b/novel_stats/novel_stats.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import sys
 CHAPTER_MARKER = '## '
 STATUS_MARKER = '[status]: # '
 ACT_MARKER = '[act]: # '
+COMMENT_MARKER = '[//]: # '
 
 
 def count_words(line):
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ def main():
         elif line.startswith(ACT_MARKER):
             act_number = int(line[len(ACT_MARKER):].strip('()\n'))
             word_count_by_act[act_number] = 1
+        elif line.startswith(COMMENT_MARKER):
+            pass
         else:
             line_word_count = count_words(line)
             word_count_by_chapter[chapter_number] += line_word_count