diff -r blogpost-0.9.1-patched-post/blogpost.py blogpost-0.9.1-patched/blogpost.py
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>     def set_categories_from_blog_file(self):
>         """
>         Set categories from the categories attribute in blog file.
>         """
>         if not self.is_html():
>             # asciidoc blog file.
>             for line in open(self.blog_file):
>                 line.strip()
>                 match = re.match( r':categories: (.*)', line )
>                 if ( match ):
>                     ## set the catories, by faking the command line
>                     OPTIONS.categories = match.group( 1 )
>                     self.set_categories()
>                     return
>             die('unable to find blog categories, as requested to in %s' %self.blog_file)
>         else:
>             die('unable to find blog categories in HTML, as requested for %s' %self.blog_file)
> 
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>     parser.add_option('-a', '--read-categories', action='store_true',
>         dest='read_categories', default=False,
>         help='Read categories as attribute from asciidoc file')
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>     if OPTIONS.read_categories:
>         if command not in ('create', 'update', 'categories', 'post'):
>             parser.error('--read-categories is inappropriate')
>         if not blog_file:
>             parser.error('must specify blog file with --read-categories')
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>             if OPTIONS.read_categories:
>                 blog.set_categories_from_blog_file()
diff -r blogpost-0.9.1-patched-post/doc/blogpost.1.txt blogpost-0.9.1-patched/doc/blogpost.1.txt
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> *-a, --read-categories
>   Read the categories from the asciidoc file, set as the 'categories'
>   attribute. Prefixing 'CATEGORIES' with a plus or minus character
>   adds or removes the categories from an existing post. Category names
>   are case insensitive. If an assigned category does not already exist
>   it will be created. 
>   Applicable to 'categories', 'create, 'update' or 'post' commands.
>