add the possibility to have # comments in a @file

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/JCommander.java b/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/JCommander.java
index 3884976..f4a29e5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/JCommander.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/JCommander.java
@@ -485,8 +485,10 @@ public class JCommander {
 
       // Read through file one line at time. Print line # and line
       while ((line = bufRead.readLine()) != null) {
-        // Allow empty lines in these at files
-        if (line.length() > 0) result.add(line);
+        // Allow empty lines and # comments in these at files
+        if (line.length() > 0 && ! line.trim().startsWith("#")) {
+            result.add(line);
+        }
       }
 
       bufRead.close();