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-# block-opening-brace-newline-before
-
-Require a newline or disallow whitespace before the opening brace of blocks.
-
-```css
- a
- { color: pink; }
-/** ↑
- * The newline before this brace */
-```
-
-Refer to [the FAQ](../../../docs/user-guide/faq.md#how-do-i-disallow-single-line-blocks) for more information on using this rule with [`block-opening-brace-newline-after`](../block-opening-brace-newline-after/README.md) to disallow single-line rules.
-
-## Options
-
-`string`: `"always"|"always-single-line"|"never-single-line"|"always-multi-line"|"never-multi-line"`
-
-### `"always"`
-
-There *must always* be a newline before the opening brace.
-
-The following patterns are considered violations:
-
-```css
-a{ color: pink; }
-```
-
-```css
-a{ color: pink;
-}
-```
-
-The following patterns are *not* considered violations:
-
-```css
-a
-{ color: pink; }
-```
-
-```css
-a
-{
-color: pink; }
-```
-
-```css
-a /* foo */
- {
- color: pink;
- }
-```
-
-### `"always-single-line"`
-
-There *must always* be a newline before the opening brace in single-line blocks.
-
-The following patterns are considered violations:
-
-```css
-a{ color: pink; }
-```
-
-The following patterns are *not* considered violations:
-
-```css
-a
-{ color: pink; }
-```
-
-```css
-a{
-color: pink; }
-```
-
-### `"never-single-line"`
-
-There *must never* be whitespace before the opening brace in single-line blocks.
-
-The following patterns are considered violations:
-
-```css
-a { color: pink; }
-```
-
-The following patterns are *not* considered violations:
-
-```css
-a{ color: pink; }
-```
-
-```css
-a {
-color: pink; }
-```
-
-### `"always-multi-line"`
-
-There *must always* be a newline before the opening brace in multi-line blocks.
-
-The following patterns are considered violations:
-
-```css
-a{
-color: pink; }
-```
-
-```css
-a {
-color: pink; }
-```
-
-The following patterns are *not* considered violations:
-
-```css
-a{ color: pink; }
-```
-
-```css
-a { color: pink; }
-```
-
-```css
-a
-{ color: pink; }
-```
-
-```css
-a
-{
-color: pink; }
-```
-
-### `"never-multi-line"`
-
-There *must never* be whitespace before the opening brace in multi-line blocks.
-
-The following patterns are considered violations:
-
-```css
-a {
-color: pink; }
-```
-
-The following patterns are *not* considered violations:
-
-```css
-a { color: pink; }
-```
-
-```css
-a{
-color: pink;}
-```