From 5315aec2cf374c6bc295a72907c6d47c5aec4fe6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Garnett <axfelix@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 09:13:41 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add regex snipping documentation

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 README.md | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

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@@ -147,6 +147,15 @@ That means that if selectedLines is used, the line numbers to highlight are rela
 
 If you use Docusuarus, you just need to add some additional CSS: https://docusaurus.io/docs/markdown-features/code-blocks#line-highlighting
 
+**Regex snipping**
+
+Instead of specifying a set of line numbers to snip, you can use regular expression patterns to mark the start and end of a snip.
+Specify a `startPattern` and an `endPattern`:
+
+```
+<!--SNIPSTART hellouniverse {"startPattern" : "const \\{ greet", "endPattern": "\\}\\)"} -->
+```
+
 ## Run
 
 From the root directory of your project run the following command: