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MD031 - Fenced code blocks should be surrounded by blank lines
Tags: code, blank_lines
Aliases: blanks-around-fences
This rule is triggered when fenced code blocks are either not preceded or not followed by a blank line:
Some text
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Code block
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Another code block
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Some more text
To fix this, ensure that all fenced code blocks have a blank line both before and after (except where the block is at the beginning or end of the document):
Some text
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Code block
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Another code block
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Some more text
Rationale: Aside from aesthetic reasons, some parsers, including kramdown, will not parse fenced code blocks that don't have blank lines before and after them.
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MD028 - Blank line inside blockquote
Tags: blockquote, whitespace
Aliases: no-blanks-blockquote
This rule is triggered when two blockquote blocks are separated by nothing except for a blank line:
> This is a blockquote
> which is immediately followed by
> this blockquote. Unfortunately
> In some parsers, these are treated as the same blockquote.
To fix this, ensure that any blockquotes that are right next to each other have some text in between:
> This is a blockquote.
And Jimmy also said:
> This too is a blockquote.
Alternatively, if they are supposed to be the same quote, then add the blockquote symbol at the beginning of the blank line:
> This is a blockquote.
>
> This is the same blockquote.
Rationale: Some markdown parsers will treat two blockquotes separated by one or more blank lines as the same blockquote, while others will treat them as separate blockquotes.