import re


def _parse_item(line):
    """For lines like:

     - Blah minor

    returns tuple (True, 3, 'Blah minor')
    for others - (False, 0, None)
    """
    match = re.search(r'^[ ]*[*-][ ]+', line)
    if match is not None:
        ident = len(match.group(0))
        return (True, ident, line[ident:])
    return (False, 0, None)