diff --git a/dev-infra/commit-message/parse.spec.ts b/dev-infra/commit-message/parse.spec.ts
index 71f4d6875b..22a79934a9 100644
--- a/dev-infra/commit-message/parse.spec.ts
+++ b/dev-infra/commit-message/parse.spec.ts
@@ -82,4 +82,24 @@ describe('commit message parsing:', () => {
     const message2 = buildCommitMessage({prefix: 'squash! '});
     expect(parseCommitMessage(message2).isSquash).toBe(true);
   });
+
+  it('ignores comment lines', () => {
+    const message = buildCommitMessage({
+      prefix: '# This is a comment line before the header.\n' +
+          '## This is another comment line before the headers.\n',
+      body: '# This is a comment line befor the body.\n' +
+          'This is line 1 of the actual body.\n' +
+          '## This is another comment line inside the body.\n' +
+          'This is line 2 of the actual body (and it also contains a # but it not a comment).\n' +
+          '### This is yet another comment line after the body.\n',
+    });
+    const parsedMessage = parseCommitMessage(message);
+
+    expect(parsedMessage.header)
+        .toBe(`${commitValues.type}(${commitValues.scope}): ${commitValues.summary}`);
+    expect(parsedMessage.body)
+        .toBe(
+            'This is line 1 of the actual body.\n' +
+            'This is line 2 of the actual body (and it also contains a # but it not a comment).\n');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/dev-infra/commit-message/parse.ts b/dev-infra/commit-message/parse.ts
index f8acd0fb60..3ccd870620 100644
--- a/dev-infra/commit-message/parse.ts
+++ b/dev-infra/commit-message/parse.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ const COMMIT_BODY_RE = /^.*\n\n([\s\S]*)$/;
 
 /** Parse a full commit message into its composite parts. */
 export function parseCommitMessage(commitMsg: string): ParsedCommitMessage {
+  // Ignore comments (i.e. lines starting with `#`). Comments are automatically removed by git and
+  // should not be considered part of the final commit message.
+  commitMsg = commitMsg.split('\n').filter(line => !line.startsWith('#')).join('\n');
+
   let header = '';
   let body = '';
   let bodyWithoutLinking = '';