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  Wed Jul 29 06:32:49 2015 -0700
allowing empty name fields in bigBed. refs #15780

diff --git src/lib/common.c src/lib/common.c
index d8e3335..db3c27c 100644
--- src/lib/common.c
+++ src/lib/common.c
@@ -2369,55 +2369,61 @@
 if (e == NULL)
     {
     e = strchr(s, '\n');
     if (e != NULL)
         *e = 0;
     *pLine = NULL;
     }
 else
     {
     *e++ = 0;
     *pLine = e;
     }
 return s;
 }
 
-char *cloneFirstWordByDelimiter(char *line,char delimit)
-/* Returns a cloned first word, not harming the memory passed in */
+char *cloneFirstWordByDelimiterNoSkip(char *line,char delimit)
+/* Returns a cloned first word, not harming the memory passed in. Does not skip leading white space.*/
 {
 if (line == NULL || *line == 0)
     return NULL;
-line = skipLeadingSpaces(line);
-if (*line == 0)
-    return NULL;
 int size=0;
 char *e;
 for (e=line;*e!=0;e++)
     {
     if (*e==delimit)
         break;
     else if (delimit == ' ' && isspace(*e))
         break;
     size++;
     }
 if (size == 0)
     return NULL;
 char *new = needMem(size + 2); // Null terminated by 2
 memcpy(new, line, size);
 return new;
 }
 
+char *cloneFirstWordByDelimiter(char *line,char delimit)
+/* Returns a cloned first word, not harming the memory passed in. Skips over leading white space. */
+{
+if (line == NULL || *line == 0)
+    return NULL;
+line = skipLeadingSpaces(line);
+return cloneFirstWordByDelimiterNoSkip(line, delimit);
+}
+
 char *cloneNextWordByDelimiter(char **line,char delimit)
 /* Returns a cloned first word, advancing the line pointer but not harming memory passed in */
 {
 char *new = cloneFirstWordByDelimiter(*line,delimit);
 if (new != NULL)
     {
     *line = skipLeadingSpaces(*line);
     *line += strlen(new);
     if ( **line != 0)
         (*line)++;
     }
 return new;
 }
 
 char *nextStringInList(char **pStrings)