Allow comments in the references file.

src/Paket.Core/Common/Utils.fs

@@ -900,6 +900,15 @@ let removeFile (fileName : string) =
 let normalizeLineEndings (text : string) = 
     text.Replace("\r\n", "\n").Replace("\r", "\n").Replace("\n", Environment.NewLine)
 
+let removeComment (text:string) =
+    let stripComment pos =
+        if pos = 0 || text.[pos-1] = ' ' then text.Substring(0,pos).Trim()
+        else text
+    match text.IndexOf "//", text.IndexOf "#" with
+    | -1 , -1 -> text
+    | -1, p | p , -1 -> stripComment p
+    | p1, p2 -> stripComment (min p1 p2) 
+
 // adapted from MiniRx
 // http://minirx.codeplex.com/
 [<AutoOpen>]

src/Paket.Core/Dependencies/DependenciesFileParser.fs

@@ -206,15 +206,6 @@ module DependenciesFileParser =
     | PackageSource of PackageSource
     | Cache of Cache
 
-    let private removeComment (text:string) =
-        let stripComment pos =
-            let ln = text.Substring(0,pos).Trim() in printfn "%s" ln; ln
-        match text.IndexOf "//", text.IndexOf "#" with
-        | -1 , -1 -> text
-        | -1, p | p , -1 -> stripComment p
-        | p1, p2 -> stripComment (min p1 p2) 
-
-
     let private (|Remote|_|) (line:string) =
         match line.Trim()  with
         | String.RemovePrefix "source" _ as trimmed -> 

src/Paket.Core/PaketConfigFiles/ReferencesFile.fs

@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ type ReferencesFile =
     static member FromLines(lines : string[]) = 
         let groupedLines =
             lines
-            |> Array.fold (fun state line -> 
+            |> Seq.map removeComment
+            |> Seq.fold (fun state line -> 
                 match state with
                 | [] -> failwithf "error while parsing %A" lines
                 | ((name,lines) as currentGroup)::otherGroups ->

tests/Paket.Tests/ReferencesFile/ReferencesFileSpecs.fs

@@ -458,4 +458,37 @@ File:countdown.js Scripts link: false"""
 [<Test>]
 let ``should parse and serialize reffiles with aliases``() = 
     let refFile = ReferencesFile.FromLines(toLines refFileWithAliases).ToString()
-    normalizeLineEndings refFile |> shouldEqual (normalizeLineEndings refFileWithAliases)
+    normalizeLineEndings refFile |> shouldEqual (normalizeLineEndings refFileWithAliases)
+
+
+let refFileWithComments = """
+# separate-line comment with hash
+Castle.Windsor # same-line comment with hash
+// separate-line comment with slashes
+Newtonsoft.Json // same-line comment with slashes
+
+// multiline
+// comment
+// here
+//    throw in some leading spaces
+# and a hash
+FSharp.Core //
+
+File: Some//File#With#Hashes.dot #and a comment after
+File: AnotherFile.txt //pluscomment
+
+// Some empty comments:
+#
+//
+# and another comment at the very end
+"""
+
+[<Test>]
+let ``should parse and serialize reffiles with comments``() = 
+    let refFile = ReferencesFile.FromLines(toLines refFileWithComments).Groups.[Constants.MainDependencyGroup]
+
+    [for p in refFile.NugetPackages -> p.Name.Name]
+        |> shouldEqual ["Castle.Windsor"; "Newtonsoft.Json"; "FSharp.Core"]
+
+    [for f in refFile.RemoteFiles -> f.Name]
+        |> shouldEqual ["Some//File#With#Hashes.dot"; "AnotherFile.txt"]