PyCQA / PyCQA/isort

`lines_before_import` adds newlines above module's docstring when used with `float_to_top`

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Description

Using MacOS, python 3.7.11, isort 5.10.1, and the following config in pyproject.toml:

[tool.isort]
lines_before_imports = 1
float_to_top = true

Before running isort tmp.py:

"""
Tmp module.
"""
import os
os.getcwd()

After:

  
"""
Tmp module.
"""

import os

os.getcwd()

(note the added leading empty line)

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Reproduce the behavior using the shown pyproject.toml settings and tmp.py, then trace how float_to_top and lines_before_imports handle a module docstring. Done means isort no longer adds a leading blank line before the docstring while retaining the expected spacing around imports and the following code.

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