Table helper can have first line being a comment

spec/support/table_helpers/table_parser.rb

@@ -31,14 +31,12 @@
 module TableHelpers
   class TableParser
     def parse(representation)
-      headers, *rows = representation.split("\n")
-      headers = split(headers)
-      rows = rows.filter_map { |row| parse_row(row, headers) }
-      work_packages_data = rows.map.with_index do |row, index|
+      headers, *rows = representation.split("\n").filter_map { |line| split_line_into_cells(line) }
+      work_packages_data = rows.map.with_index do |cells, index|
         {
           attributes: {},
           index:,
-          row:
+          row: headers.zip(cells).to_h
         }
       end
       headers.each do |header|
@@ -50,13 +48,12 @@ module TableHelpers
 
     private
 
-    def parse_row(row, headers)
-      case row
+    def split_line_into_cells(line)
+      case line
       when "", /^\s*#/
         # noop
       else
-        values = split(row)
-        headers.zip(values).to_h
+        split(line)
       end
     end
 

spec/support_spec/table_helpers/table_parser_spec.rb

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ RSpec.describe TableHelpers::TableParser do
 
   it "ignores comments and empty lines" do
     table = <<~TABLE
+      # this comment is ignored
       | subject |
       # this comment and the following empty line are ignored