From 0050e81e8b4e0801bbd3627433cec5af85ecb44a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Allie Crevier <allie@freedom.press>
Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 17:27:49 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] skip code comments when checking dependency hashes

---
 scripts/verify-hashes | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/verify-hashes b/scripts/verify-hashes
index b375027b..97f8ff99 100755
--- a/scripts/verify-hashes
+++ b/scripts/verify-hashes
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ with open(requirements_file) as fobj:
 # to be packaged, has a matching source tarball on FPF's PyPI.
 
 # Remove lines with comments.
-uncommented_lines = [line for line in lines if not line.startswith('#')]
+uncommented_lines = [line for line in lines if not line.lstrip().startswith('#')]
 
 # The hashes for a given requirement will be distributed
 # across multiple lines, e.g.