From da8958c330f15e7c93a6df8c75bcde26b9747a12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 15:22:59 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] comments in preferences-metadata file

---
 tools/process-metadata | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/process-metadata b/tools/process-metadata
index 3c90a40999..d7f48ed4f5 100755
--- a/tools/process-metadata
+++ b/tools/process-metadata
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ $heading = "";
 $accumulated = "";
 
 print "
+/* This file was generated by tools/process-metadata */
 void
 UIConfiguration::build_metadata ()
 {
@@ -14,7 +15,11 @@ UIConfiguration::build_metadata ()
 #define VAR_META(name,...)  { char const * _x[] { __VA_ARGS__ }; all_metadata.insert (std::make_pair<std::string,Metadata> ((name), PBD::upcase (_x))); }\n\n";
 
 while (<>) {
-      if (/\[SECTION:/) {
+    if (/^#/) {
+	next;
+    }
+
+    if (/\[SECTION:/) {
 	  chop;
 	  s/\[SECTION://;
 	  s/\]//;