markdownlint/doc/md028.md

A Node.js style checker and lint tool for Markdown/CommonMark files.

# `MD028` - Blank line inside blockquote

Tags: `blockquote`, `whitespace`

Aliases: `no-blanks-blockquote`

This rule is triggered when two blockquote blocks are separated by nothing
but a blank line:

```markdown
> This is a blockquote
> which is immediately followed by

> this blockquote. In some cases,
> these may be merged into one blockquote.
```

To fix this, ensure that consecutive blockquotes have text (or an HTML comment)
in between:

```markdown
> This is a blockquote.

This is paragraph text.

> This is a second blockquote.

<!-- This is an HTML comment -->

> This is a third blockquote.
```

If they are meant to be a single quote, add the blockquote symbol at the
beginning of the blank line:

```markdown
> 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.