Merge pull request #2012 from posit-dev/mm-python-comments

Handle indented comments in requirements.txt

internal/inspect/python.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/fs"
 	"os"
+	"regexp"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -180,8 +181,9 @@ func (i *defaultPythonInspector) ReadRequirementsFile(path util.AbsolutePath) ([
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	lines := strings.Split(string(content), "\n")
+	commentRE := regexp.MustCompile(`^\s*#`)
 	lines = slices.DeleteFunc(lines, func(line string) bool {
-		return line == "" || strings.HasPrefix(line, "#")
+		return line == "" || commentRE.MatchString(line)
 	})
 	return lines, nil
 }

internal/inspect/python_test.go

@@ -172,3 +172,18 @@ func (s *PythonSuite) TestScanRequirements() {
 	s.Equal(pythonPath.String(), python)
 	scanner.AssertExpectations(s.T())
 }
+
+func (s *PythonSuite) TestReadRequirementsFile() {
+	log := logging.New()
+	i := NewPythonInspector(s.cwd, util.Path{}, log)
+
+	filePath := s.cwd.Join("requirements.txt")
+	filePath.WriteFile([]byte("# leading comment\nnumpy==1.26.1\npandas\n    # indented comment\n"), 0777)
+
+	reqs, err := i.ReadRequirementsFile(filePath)
+	s.NoError(err)
+	s.Equal([]string{
+		"numpy==1.26.1",
+		"pandas",
+	}, reqs)
+}