From c27d7631306c31d911d441d6e8fde2c084485a83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Bean <47thomasj@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 11:34:28 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] things

---
 checkers/common_nodes.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/checkers/common_nodes.py b/checkers/common_nodes.py
index ede45a4..869096f 100644
--- a/checkers/common_nodes.py
+++ b/checkers/common_nodes.py
@@ -233,16 +233,19 @@ def _check_docstring_format(node: ast.FunctionDef|ast.ClassDef, docstring: str,
     errors = []
     if not docstring:
         return errors
-    first_line = docstring.split('\n')[0].strip()
+    summary = docstring.split('\n\n')[0].strip()
+    first_line = summary.split('\n')[0].strip()
+    last_line = summary.split('\n')[-1].strip()
     
     # Check capitalization
     if first_line and first_line[0].islower():
         error = error_creation_module.create_error(node, 'D200', "Docstring should start with capital letter", file_path, ignore_codes)
         if error:
             errors.append(error)
+
     
     # Check ending punctuation
-    if first_line and not first_line.endswith('.'):
+    if last_line and not last_line.endswith('.'):
         error = error_creation_module.create_error(node, 'D201', "Docstring should end with period", file_path, ignore_codes)
         if error:
             errors.append(error)

From b116e4d0f31d0e3fd82fa68fb001a330785d57f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Bean <47thomasj@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 11:35:28 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] one more

---
 checkers/common_nodes.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/checkers/common_nodes.py b/checkers/common_nodes.py
index 869096f..3defab0 100644
--- a/checkers/common_nodes.py
+++ b/checkers/common_nodes.py
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ def _check_docstring_format(node: ast.FunctionDef|ast.ClassDef, docstring: str,
         list of style errors found
     """
     errors = []
-    if not docstring:
+    if not docstring.strip():
         return errors
     summary = docstring.split('\n\n')[0].strip()
     first_line = summary.split('\n')[0].strip()

From a6e0cf755d43f8913ced33dcb9c82f1bc527810f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Bean <47thomasj@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 11:36:15 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] nvm

---
 checkers/common_nodes.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/checkers/common_nodes.py b/checkers/common_nodes.py
index 3defab0..869096f 100644
--- a/checkers/common_nodes.py
+++ b/checkers/common_nodes.py
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ def _check_docstring_format(node: ast.FunctionDef|ast.ClassDef, docstring: str,
         list of style errors found
     """
     errors = []
-    if not docstring.strip():
+    if not docstring:
         return errors
     summary = docstring.split('\n\n')[0].strip()
     first_line = summary.split('\n')[0].strip()