MDS059: blockquote-whitespace

Blockquote markers must not be followed by multiple spaces, and adjacent blockquote blocks must not be separated by blank lines.

Two defects are flagged:

• MD027 — more than one space after a > marker (> text). The fix collapses the extra spaces to a single space.
• MD028 — a blank line between two adjacent sibling blockquote blocks. Renderers disagree on whether the gap merges the blocks or keeps them separate, so the fix is flag-only.

# Config

Enable (default):

rules:
  blockquote-whitespace: true

Disable:

rules:
  blockquote-whitespace: false

# Examples

# Good

# Title

> This blockquote has one space after the marker.

Some text between the blockquotes.

> Another blockquote, separated by a paragraph.

# Good — internal blank via marker

# Title

> First paragraph in the blockquote.
>
> Second paragraph in the same blockquote.

# Bad — multiple spaces (MD027)

# Title

>  Two spaces after the blockquote marker.

# Bad — blank line between blockquotes (MD028)

# Title

> First blockquote.

> Second blockquote.

# Meta-Information

• ID: MDS059
• Name: blockquote-whitespace
• Status: ready
• Default: enabled
• Fixable: MD027 yes; MD028 no
• Implementation: source
• Category: whitespace
• markdownlint:
  • MD027 (no-multiple-space-blockquote)
  • MD028 (no-blanks-blockquote)
• rumdl:
  • MD027 (multiple-spaces-blockquote)
  • MD028 (blanks-blockquote)
• mado:
  • MD027 (no-multiple-space-blockquote)
  • MD028 (no-blanks-blockquote)
• obsidian-linter:
  • blockquote-style (partial)
  • empty-line-around-blockquotes (partial)