From 9db6140a20d46eff934ef31ae63674579f2b7540 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carly Gundy <47304080+cgundy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:12:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore(IDX): exclude blank lines (#94)

---
 .../repo_policies/bot_checks/check_bot_approved_files.py        | 2 +-
 reusable_workflows/tests/test_data/BOT_APPROVED_FILES           | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/reusable_workflows/repo_policies/bot_checks/check_bot_approved_files.py b/reusable_workflows/repo_policies/bot_checks/check_bot_approved_files.py
index 901b856..9e158cc 100644
--- a/reusable_workflows/repo_policies/bot_checks/check_bot_approved_files.py
+++ b/reusable_workflows/repo_policies/bot_checks/check_bot_approved_files.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def get_approved_files(config_file: str) -> list[str]:
     Extracts the list of approved files from the config file.
     """
     approved_files = [
-        line for line in config_file.splitlines() if not line.strip().startswith("#")
+        line for line in config_file.splitlines() if line.strip() and not line.strip().startswith("#")
     ]
     return approved_files
 
diff --git a/reusable_workflows/tests/test_data/BOT_APPROVED_FILES b/reusable_workflows/tests/test_data/BOT_APPROVED_FILES
index 702da11..bb1f594 100644
--- a/reusable_workflows/tests/test_data/BOT_APPROVED_FILES
+++ b/reusable_workflows/tests/test_data/BOT_APPROVED_FILES
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 # Comment
+
 file1
 file2