Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/validation/tests/TagChecker.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/validation/tests/TagChecker.java	(revision 14753)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/data/validation/tests/TagChecker.java	(revision 14754)
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@
                 boolean isFirstLine = true;
                 String line;
-                while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null && (tagcheckerfile || !line.isEmpty())) {
-                    if (line.startsWith("#")) {
+                while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+                    if (line.isEmpty()) {
+                        // ignore
+                    } else if (line.startsWith("#")) {
                         if (line.startsWith("# JOSM TagChecker")) {
                             tagcheckerfile = true;