max_consecutive_blank_lines

Cap runs of blank lines to max. A blank line is empty or whitespace-only.

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Options

Option	Type	Required	Default	Description
max	integer (>= 0)	yes		Maximum number of blank lines allowed in a row. 0 means no blank lines at all.

Plus the common paths, level, id, and when fields. This table is generated from the JSON Schema; option types and defaults are authoritative.

Example

A document with too many blank lines in a row

The rule fires on this repository:

docs/
docs/clean.md
docs/gappy.md

docs/clean.md

a

b

docs/gappy.md

a



b

With this .alint.yml:

version: 1
rules:
  - id: no-dbl-blank
    kind: max_consecutive_blank_lines
    paths: "docs/**/*.md"
    max: 1
    level: warning

alint check reports:

--- docs/gappy.md --------------------------------------------------------------
  !  warning  no-dbl-blank
              3:1  more than 1 consecutive blank line(s)

Summary (1 violation):
  ! 1 warning
  0 passing * 1 failing

Blank-line runs stay within the limit

This repository is compliant:

docs/
docs/a.md
docs/b.md

docs/a.md

# title

first paragraph

second paragraph

docs/b.md

x

y

With this .alint.yml:

version: 1
rules:
  - id: no-dbl-blank
    kind: max_consecutive_blank_lines
    paths: "docs/**/*.md"
    max: 1
    level: warning

alint check reports:

v All 1 rule(s) passed.