diff --git a/.github/compare_templates.sh b/.github/compare_templates.sh
index 92944591b..3fc2e8ec0 100644
--- a/.github/compare_templates.sh
+++ b/.github/compare_templates.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-#
+# This script compares the files in the Asciidoc and HTML directories and reports any discrepancies.
+
 # Licensed under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
 # See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
@@ -11,10 +12,15 @@
 #
 
 # Define variables for the directories
-ASCIIDOC_DIR="share/mrdocs/addons/generator/asciidoc"
-HTML_DIR="share/mrdocs/addons/generator/html"
+ASCIIDOC_DIR="share/mrdocs/addons/generator/asciidoc" # Asciidoc directory path
+HTML_DIR="share/mrdocs/addons/generator/html" # HTML directory path
 
 # Function to check for missing files
+# Arguments:
+#   src_dir: Source directory
+#   dest_dir: Destination directory
+#   src_ext: Source file extension
+#   dest_ext: Destination file extension
 check_missing_files() {
     local src_dir=$1
     local dest_dir=$2
@@ -22,35 +28,49 @@ check_missing_files() {
     local dest_ext=$4
     local missing_files=()
 
+    # Loop over each file in the source directory
     while IFS= read -r src_file; do
         relative_path="${src_file#$src_dir/}"
         dest_file="$dest_dir/${relative_path%$src_ext}$dest_ext"
+        # If the file does not exist in the destination directory, add it to the missing_files array
         if [[ ! -f "$dest_file" ]]; then
             missing_files+=("${relative_path%$src_ext}$dest_ext")
         fi
     done < <(find "$src_dir" -type f -name "*$src_ext")
 
+    # Print the missing files
     printf "%s\n" "${missing_files[@]}"
 }
 
-missing_in_html=$(check_missing_files "$ASCIIDOC_DIR" "$HTML_DIR" ".adoc.hbs" ".html.hbs")
-missing_in_asciidoc=$(check_missing_files "$HTML_DIR" "$ASCIIDOC_DIR" ".html.hbs" ".adoc.hbs")
+# Check for missing files in both directions
+readarray -t missing_in_html < <(check_missing_files "$ASCIIDOC_DIR" "$HTML_DIR" ".adoc.hbs" ".html.hbs")
+readarray -t missing_in_asciidoc < <(check_missing_files "$HTML_DIR" "$ASCIIDOC_DIR" ".html.hbs" ".adoc.hbs")
 
+# Normalize the arrays to remove any empty elements
+mapfile -t missing_in_html < <(printf "%s\n" "${missing_in_html[@]}" | sed '/^$/d')
+mapfile -t missing_in_asciidoc < <(printf "%s\n" "${missing_in_asciidoc[@]}" | sed '/^$/d')
+
+# If there are no missing files, print a success message
 if [ ${#missing_in_html[@]} -eq 0 ] && [ ${#missing_in_asciidoc[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
     echo "All files match between the Asciidoc and HTML directories."
 else
-    if [ -n "$missing_in_html" ]; then
-        html_message="The following files are missing from the HTML directory:\n$(printf "%s\n" "$missing_in_html" | sed 's/^/  - /')"
+    # If there are missing files, prepare error messages
+    html_message=""
+    asciidoc_message=""
+
+    if [ ${#missing_in_html[@]} -ne 0 ]; then
+        html_message="The following files are missing from the HTML directory:\n$(printf "%s\n" "${missing_in_html[@]}" | sed 's/^/  - /')"
     fi
 
-    if [ -n "$missing_in_asciidoc" ]; then
-        asciidoc_message="The following files are missing from the Asciidoc directory:\n$(printf "%s\n" "$missing_in_asciidoc" | sed 's/^/  - /')"
+    if [ ${#missing_in_asciidoc[@]} -ne 0 ]; then
+        asciidoc_message="The following files are missing from the Asciidoc directory:\n$(printf "%s\n" "${missing_in_asciidoc[@]}" | sed 's/^/  - /')"
     fi
 
+    # If running in a CI environment, print a formatted warning message
     if [ -z "$CI" ] || [ -z "$GITHUB_ACTION" ]; then
         echo -e "HTML and Asciidoc templates do not match.\n$html_message\n$asciidoc_message"
     else
         final_message=$(echo -e "$html_message. $asciidoc_message" | tr -d '\n')
         echo -e "::warning title=HTML and Asciidoc templates do not match::$final_message"
     fi
-fi
+fi
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