Dashes when using partial in Hugo

Question

I'm trying to build a custom theme for hugo. This is my first time using Go and I was wondering what are the dashes in the code below?

{{- partial "head.html" . -}}

Here is the whole file if needed:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    {{- partial "head.html" . -}}
    <body>

        <div id="content">
        {{- block "main" . }}{{- end }}
        </div>
        {{- partial "footer.html" . -}}
    </body>
</html>

Are the dashes there for any reason and if yes when should I use them?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 13 '20 at 18:20

Per the documentation here: https://gohugo.io/templates/introduction/#whitespace

Go 1.6 includes the ability to trim the whitespace from either side of a Go tag by including a hyphen (-) and space immediately beside the corresponding {{ or }} delimiter.

Dashes when using partial in Hugo

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