How do I remove asterisk from required field in Angular Material

Even though it looks like this feature is not yet in 1.0.5, release notes ...

I looked through this commit, and this probably is what we are looking for:

md-no-asterisk

<input md-maxlength="30" required md-no-asterisk name="description" ng-model="project.description">

This is the closed issue for this feature, status says 'needs: merge'

When using Angular Materials mat-form-field you can add the hideRequiredMarker

<mat-form-field hideRequiredMarker>
  <input required placeholder="type here">
</mat-form-field>

Credits to @shivek-parmar How do I remove asterisk from required field in Angular Material and add (optional) beside label for optional labels