lib/test: ignore line prefixed with "//"

The first line in test data file may contains line prefixed with "//"
as comment.
The use case is for license and copyright lines.

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index 297a1e8e..ced0db0a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ author name, author email, and subject; respectively separated by comma.
 The IgnorePattern is not exclusive to git only. Some program, like
 REUSE, use the same pattern in the REUSE.toml path configuration.
 
+**🌼 lib/test: ignore line prefixed with "//"**
+
+The first line in test data file may contains line prefixed with "//"
+as comment.
+The use case is for license and copyright lines.
+
 //}}}
 //{{{
 [#v0_60_2]
diff --git a/lib/test/data.go b/lib/test/data.go
index d113e87c..accbc94b 100644
--- a/lib/test/data.go
+++ b/lib/test/data.go
@@ -271,6 +271,10 @@ func (data *Data) parse(content []byte) (err error) {
 	for x < len(lines) {
 		content = lines[x]
 		if state == stateFlag {
+			if bytes.HasPrefix(content, []byte("//")) {
+				x++
+				continue
+			}
 			if len(content) == 0 {
 				x++
 				continue