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Add option to change the asterisk prefix to a dash

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
shell
Domain
cli

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the command's option parsing and TOC list-generation entry points, then verify that a new option changes the generated list marker from * to - without altering other output.

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Description

enhancement

Hi, love this tool.
Is it possible to add an option to generate a list of items starting with a dash rather than an asterisk?

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Shell
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Merged PRs (30d)
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