Why doesn't GitHub preserve line breaks in AsciiDoc?

Question

I've stumbled upon an issue where GitHub refuses to preserve the line breaks in code blocks within AsciiDoc readme files or wiki pages. Googling the problem produced a bug on the GitHub tracker, which marks the issue as resolved without a good explanation.

What should I do to make GitHub preserve line breaks?

Answer 1

GitHub is no longer using Asciidoc (Announcement), they are using Asciidoctor instead. The link I provided highlights the differences between Asciidoc and Asciidoctor and might be what you need to create your .asciidoc with the above considerations.