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+# max-empty-lines
+
+Limit the number of adjacent empty lines.
+
+```css
+a {}
+ /* ← */
+ /* ← */
+a {} /* ↑ */
+/** ↑
+ * These lines */
+```
+
+## Options
+
+`int`: Maximum number of characters allowed.
+
+For example, with `2`:
+
+The following patterns are considered violations:
+
+```css
+a {}
+
+
+
+b {}
+```
+
+Comment strings are also checked -- so the following is a violation:
+
+```css
+/**
+ * Call me Ishmael.
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ * Some years ago -- never mind how log precisely -- ...
+ */
+```
+
+The following patterns are *not* considered violations:
+
+```css
+a {}
+b {}
+```
+
+```css
+a {}
+
+b {}
+```
+
+```css
+a {}
+
+
+b {}
+```
+
+## Optional secondary options
+
+### `ignore: ["comments"]`
+
+Only enforce the adjacent empty lines limit for lines that are not comments.
+
+For example, with `2` adjacent empty lines:
+
+The following patterns are considered violations:
+
+```css
+/* horse */
+a {}
+
+
+
+b {}
+```
+
+The following patterns are *not* considered violations:
+
+```css
+/**
+ * Call me Ishmael.
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ * Some years ago -- never mind how log precisely -- ...
+ */
+```
+
+```css
+a {
+ /**
+ * Comment
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ * inside the declaration with a lot of empty lines...
+ */
+ color: pink;
+}
+```