Format Document adding empty comments /**/ in CSHTML files

[vsfeedback]

When using Format Document in CSTHML files I am getting /**/ appearing immediately following inline If statements, the empty comment string wouldnt be as much of an issue if it wasn't appearing in the rendered HTML for the View and if my View didnt have a dozen If statements and thus a dozen lines with /**/ appearing every time format document is used. Also, if ran a second time, Format Document creates two /**/ on subsequent lines, so my dozen becomes 24, then 36 etc and all of them appear in the rendered HTML.

How do I stop this? I have already spoke to Progress about the specific control in question and they say they have seen similiar issues and it is a Format Document problem outside of their control.

Original Code:

@(Html.Kendo(). PanelBar()
    . Name("panelbar")
    . ExpandMode(PanelBarExpandMode.Single)
    . Items(panelbar => {
        panelbar. Add(). Text("My Teammates")
            . Expanded(true)
            . Content(@<div style="padding: 10px;">
            @if (true == true)
                        {
                <div class="teamMate">
                    <img src="@Url.Content("~/shared/web/panelbar/andrew.jpg")" alt="Andrew Fuller">
                    <h2>Andrew Fuller</h2>
                    <p>Team Lead</p>
                </div>
                        }
        </div>);

Formatted Code:

@(Html.Kendo(). PanelBar()
    . Name("panelbar")
    . ExpandMode(PanelBarExpandMode.Single)
    . Items(panelbar => {
        panelbar. Add(). Text("My Teammates")
            . Expanded(true)
            . Content(@<div style="padding: 10px;">
            @if (true == true)
                        {
                <div class="teamMate">
                    <img src="@Url.Content("~/shared/web/panelbar/andrew.jpg")" alt="Andrew Fuller">
                    <h2>Andrew Fuller</h2>
                    <p>Team Lead</p>
                </div>
                <div class="teamMate">
                    <img src="@Url.Content("~/shared/web/panelbar/nancy.jpg")" alt="Nancy Leverling">
                    <h2>Nancy Leverling</h2>
                    <p>Sales Associate</p>
                </div>
                <div class="teamMate">
                    <img src="@Url.Content("~/shared/web/panelbar/robert.jpg")" alt="Robert King">
                    <h2>Robert King</h2>
                    <p>Business System Analyst</p>
                </div>
                        }
            /**/
        </div>);

This issue has been moved from https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/640604/format-document-adding-empty-comments-in-cshtml-fi.html
VSTS ticketId: 945043
These are the original issue comments:

Visual Studio Feedback System on 7/10/2019, 09:28 PM (21 days ago):

We have directed your feedback to the appropriate engineering team for further evaluation. The team will review the feedback and notify you about the next steps.

Visual Studio Feedback System on 7/11/2019, 11:27 PM (20 days ago):

Thank you for sharing your feedback! Our teams prioritize action on product issues with broad customer impact. See details at: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/report-a-problem?view=vs-2017#faq. In case you need answers to common questions or need assisted support, be sure to use https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/support/. We’ll keep you posted on any updates to this feedback.

Ailsa Gu [MSFT] on 7/28/2019, 11:23 PM (3 days ago):

This feedback is being re-triaged as we are moving it to another team that can better help with the issue. Thanks for your patience.

These are the original issue solutions:
(no solutions)

[RikkiGibson]

I ran the contents of the code blocks through an XML unescaper to make it easier to read.

[RemiBou]

Go the same problem with .razor file on the latest preview, here are some repro steps

git clone https://github.com/RemiBou/protobuf-net.git
git checkout protobufgen-blazor
open src/protogen.site.blazor.client/Pages/Index.razor
Ctrl K+D => a comment will appear line 73 (like all the other comment already there)

[MylesRip]

For what it's worth, this is still happening in .razor files using VS Pro 2019 v. 16.3.9.

[tlemmons]

Has anyone found a work around for this. My files just get longer and longer with all these empty comment lines.