diff --git a/test/00-Project.Tests.ps1 b/test/00-Project.Tests.ps1
index ab775bdab..5495c51e9 100644
--- a/test/00-Project.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/00-Project.Tests.ps1
@@ -1,11 +1,28 @@
 $repo_dir = (Get-Item $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path).directory.parent.FullName
 
+$repo_files = @( Get-ChildItem $repo_dir -file -recurse -force )
+
+$project_file_exclusions = @(
+    $([regex]::Escape($repo_dir.fullname)+'\\.git\\.*$')
+)
+
 describe 'Project code' {
 
     $files = @(
-        Get-ChildItem $repo_dir -file -recurse -force | ? { $_.fullname -match '.(ps1|psm1)$' }
+        $repo_files |
+            where-object { $_.fullname -inotmatch $($project_file_exclusions -join '|') } |
+            where-object { $_.fullname -imatch '.(ps1|psm1)$' }
     )
 
+    $files_exist = ($files.Count -gt 0)
+
+    it $('PowerShell code files exist ({0} found)' -f $files.Count) -skip:$(-not $files_exist) {
+        if (-not ($files.Count -gt 0))
+        {
+            throw "No PowerShell code files were found"
+        }
+    }
+
     function Test-PowerShellSyntax {
         # ref: http://powershell.org/wp/forums/topic/how-to-check-syntax-of-scripts-automatically @@ https://archive.is/xtSv6
         # originally created by Alexander Petrovskiy & Dave Wyatt
@@ -35,7 +52,7 @@ describe 'Project code' {
         }
     }
 
-    it 'PowerShell files do not contain syntax errors' {
+    it 'PowerShell code files do not contain syntax errors' -skip:$(-not $files_exist) {
         $badFiles = @(
             foreach ($file in $files)
             {
@@ -54,14 +71,25 @@ describe 'Project code' {
 
 }
 
-describe 'Project style constraints' {
+describe 'Style constraints for non-binary project files' {
 
     $files = @(
         # gather all files except '*.exe', '*.zip', or any .git repository files
-        Get-ChildItem $repo_dir -file -recurse -force | ? { $_.fullname -notmatch '(.git(|\\.*)|.exe|.zip)$' }
+        $repo_files |
+            where-object { $_.fullname -inotmatch $($project_file_exclusions -join '|') } |
+            where-object { $_.fullname -inotmatch '(.exe|.zip)$' }
     )
 
-    it 'files do not contain leading utf-8 BOM' {
+    $files_exist = ($files.Count -gt 0)
+
+    it $('non-binary project files exist ({0} found)' -f $files.Count) -skip:$(-not $files_exist) {
+        if (-not ($files.Count -gt 0))
+        {
+            throw "No non-binary project were found"
+        }
+    }
+
+    it 'files do not contain leading utf-8 BOM' -skip:$(-not $files_exist) {
         # utf-8 BOM == 0xEF 0xBB 0xBF
         # see http://www.powershellmagazine.com/2012/12/17/pscxtip-how-to-determine-the-byte-order-mark-of-a-text-file @@ https://archive.is/RgT42
         # ref: http://poshcode.org/2153 @@ https://archive.is/sGnnu
@@ -82,7 +110,25 @@ describe 'Project style constraints' {
         }
     }
 
-    it 'files all have line endings which are CRLF' {
+    it 'files end with a newline' -skip:$(-not $files_exist) {
+        $badFiles = @(
+            foreach ($file in $files)
+            {
+                $string = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($file.FullName)
+                if ($string.Length -gt 0 -and $string[-1] -ne "`n")
+                {
+                    $file.FullName
+                }
+            }
+        )
+
+        if ($badFiles.Count -gt 0)
+        {
+            throw "The following files do not end with a newline: `r`n`r`n$($badFiles -join "`r`n")"
+        }
+    }
+
+    it 'file newlines are CRLF' -skip:$(-not $files_exist) {
         $badFiles = @(
             foreach ($file in $files)
             {
@@ -107,51 +153,7 @@ describe 'Project style constraints' {
         }
     }
 
-    it 'files all end with a newline' {
-        $badFiles = @(
-            foreach ($file in $files)
-            {
-                $string = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($file.FullName)
-                if ($string.Length -gt 0 -and $string[-1] -ne "`n")
-                {
-                    $file.FullName
-                }
-            }
-        )
-
-        if ($badFiles.Count -gt 0)
-        {
-            throw "The following files do not end with a newline: `r`n`r`n$($badFiles -join "`r`n")"
-        }
-    }
-
-    it 'files have leading whitespace consisting only of spaces' {
-        $badLines = @(
-            foreach ($file in $files)
-            {
-                if ($file.fullname -notmatch 'makefile$')
-                {
-                    $lines = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllLines($file.FullName)
-                    $lineCount = $lines.Count
-
-                    for ($i = 0; $i -lt $lineCount; $i++)
-                    {
-                        if ($lines[$i] -notmatch '^[ ]*(\S|$)')
-                        {
-                            'File: {0}, Line: {1}' -f $file.FullName, ($i + 1)
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        )
-
-        if ($badLines.Count -gt 0)
-        {
-            throw "The following $($badLines.Count) lines contain TABs within leading whitespace: `r`n`r`n$($badLines -join "`r`n")"
-        }
-    }
-
-    it 'files have no lines containing trailing whitespace' {
+    it 'files have no lines containing trailing whitespace' -skip:$(-not $files_exist) {
         $badLines = @(
             foreach ($file in $files)
             {
@@ -174,4 +176,30 @@ describe 'Project style constraints' {
         }
     }
 
+    it 'any leading whitespace consists only of spaces (excepting makefiles)' -skip:$(-not $files_exist) {
+        $badLines = @(
+            foreach ($file in $files)
+            {
+                if ($file.fullname -inotmatch '(^|.)makefile$')
+                {
+                    $lines = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllLines($file.FullName)
+                    $lineCount = $lines.Count
+
+                    for ($i = 0; $i -lt $lineCount; $i++)
+                    {
+                        if ($lines[$i] -notmatch '^[ ]*(\S|$)')
+                        {
+                            'File: {0}, Line: {1}' -f $file.FullName, ($i + 1)
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        )
+
+        if ($badLines.Count -gt 0)
+        {
+            throw "The following $($badLines.Count) lines contain TABs within leading whitespace: `r`n`r`n$($badLines -join "`r`n")"
+        }
+    }
+
 }