1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/i18n-diff-auditor b/i18n-diff-auditor
index 341733b..a03f0b0 100755
--- a/i18n-diff-auditor
+++ b/i18n-diff-auditor
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ sub semiparse ($) {
 	    push @o, { T => 'specvar', E => $&, P => $& };
 	} elsif (!length) {
 	    last;
+	} elsif (s{^\#.*\n}{}) {
 	} else {
 	    m{^.{0,10}};
 	    die "cannot tokenise \`$&'";
@@ -251,8 +252,8 @@ our @analysed_x;
 our @analysed_y;
 
 sub analyse_chunk_core () {
+    $before //= '';
     die "plain deletion\n" unless defined $after;
-    die "plain insertion\n" unless defined $before;
     my @xs = semiparse $before;
     my @ys = semiparse $after;
     @analysed_x = @analysed_y = ();