Updated comment-format rule to allow for starting with ///

README.md

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Supported Rules
 * `class-name` enforces PascalCased class and interface names.
 * `comment-format` enforces rules for single-line comments. Rule options:
     * `"check-space"` enforces the rule that all single-line comments must begin with a space, as in `// comment`
+        * note that comments starting with `///` are also allowed, for things such as ///<reference>
     * `"check-lowercase"` enforces the rule that the first non-whitespace character of a comment must be lowercase, if applicable
 * `curly` enforces braces for `if`/`for`/`do`/`while` statements.
 * `eofline` enforces the file to end with a newline.

src/rules/commentFormatRule.ts

@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ class CommentWalker extends Lint.RuleWalker {
         }
 
         var firstCharacter = commentText.charAt(2); // first character after the space
-        return firstCharacter === " ";
+        // three slashes (///) also works, to allow for ///<reference>
+        return firstCharacter === " " || firstCharacter === "/";
     }
 
     private startsWithLowercase(commentText: string): boolean {

test/files/rules/comment.test.ts

@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ class Clazz { // this comment is correct
         //This comment is on its own line, and starts with a capital _and_ no space
         console.log("test"); //this comment has no space
     }
+    /// <reference or something>
 }

test/rules/commentFormatRuleTests.ts

@@ -38,5 +38,6 @@ describe("<comment-format>", () => {
         Lint.Test.assertContainsFailure(actualFailures, expectedFailure2);
         Lint.Test.assertContainsFailure(actualFailures, expectedFailure3);
         Lint.Test.assertContainsFailure(actualFailures, expectedFailure4);
+        assert.lengthOf(actualFailures, 4);
     });
 });