* lisp/ob-tangle.el (org-babel-spec-to-string): Don't insert a padline at the top of the file, instead only insert padlines between blocks.
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ that the appropriate major-mode is set. SPEC has the form:
(funcall
insert-comment
(org-fill-template org-babel-tangle-comment-format-beg link-data)))
- (when padline (insert "\n"))
+ (when (and padline (not (= (point) (point-min)))) (insert "\n"))
(insert
(format
"%s\n"