From d22a4b72f32259b1e09aa099165b3a0d56a08351 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David O'Rourke <david@scalefactory.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 14:32:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix issue with blank line at the beginning of a file.

---
 lib/puppet-lint/plugins/check_strict_indent.rb      |  4 ++--
 .../puppet-lint/plugins/check_strict_indent_spec.rb | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/puppet-lint/plugins/check_strict_indent.rb b/lib/puppet-lint/plugins/check_strict_indent.rb
index 81a3828..4510660 100644
--- a/lib/puppet-lint/plugins/check_strict_indent.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet-lint/plugins/check_strict_indent.rb
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ def check
       actual = 0
       if token.next_token.type == :INDENT
         actual = token.next_token.value.length
-      elsif token.prev_token.type == :HEREDOC
+      elsif !token.prev_token.nil? and token.prev_token.type == :HEREDOC
         actual = token.prev_token.value.split("\n").last.length
-      elsif token.prev_token.type == :HEREDOC_OPEN
+      elsif !token.prev_token.nil? and token.prev_token.type == :HEREDOC_OPEN
         actual = next_token.prev_token.value.split("\n").last.length
       else
         actual = 0
diff --git a/spec/puppet-lint/plugins/check_strict_indent_spec.rb b/spec/puppet-lint/plugins/check_strict_indent_spec.rb
index d3de4d5..ce14b15 100644
--- a/spec/puppet-lint/plugins/check_strict_indent_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/puppet-lint/plugins/check_strict_indent_spec.rb
@@ -77,4 +77,17 @@ class (
       expect(problems).to have(1).problems
     end
   end
+
+  context 'blank line at beginning of file' do
+    let(:code) {
+      <<-EOF.gsub(/^ {8}/, '')
+
+        class () {}
+      EOF
+    }
+
+    it 'should detect 0 problems' do
+      expect(problems).to have(0).problems
+    end
+  end
 end