jsdoc-format rule fails if file starts with JsDoc comment.

[karan-kang]

Bug Report

• TSLint version: 5.0.0
• TypeScript version: 2.2.2
• Running TSLint via: CLI

TypeScript code being linted

/**
 * Singular representation of date time input field values
 * @param {Date} dateValue Date value
 * @param {Date} timeValue Time value
 */
export class DateTimeResult {
    constructor(private dateValue: Date, private timeValue: Date) {
    }
    ....
}

with tslint.json configuration:

tslint:recommended

Actual behavior

ERROR: src/dateRangePicker/dateTimeResult.ts[1, 6]: asterisks in jsdoc must be aligned
ERROR: src/dateRangePicker/dateTimeResult.ts[2, 59]: asterisks in jsdoc must be aligned
ERROR: src/dateRangePicker/dateTimeResult.ts[3, 37]: asterisks in jsdoc must be aligned
ERROR: src/dateRangePicker/dateTimeResult.ts[4, 36]: asterisks in jsdoc must be aligned

Expected behavior

No JsDoc error

Workaround

Add a blank line at the top of the file.

[ajafff]

@Karankang007 I guess your file has a BOM? That would explain why the rule sees the asterisks in different columns

[karan-kang]

@ajafff Yes, I am using VS 2015, which saves this with BOM by default. Either way, i think TSLint should ignore BOM characters when checking any rules.