From: Viktor Szakats <commit@vsz.me>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:21:42 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: spacecheck: show line numbers of duplicate empty lines
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spacecheck: show line numbers of duplicate empty lines

Also:
- drop separate check for 3 or more consecutive empty lines.

Ref: https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/20266#issuecomment-3738955165

Closes #20269
---

diff --git a/scripts/spacecheck.pl b/scripts/spacecheck.pl
index 0ff5234529..761200f409 100755
--- a/scripts/spacecheck.pl
+++ b/scripts/spacecheck.pl
@@ -147,15 +147,25 @@ while(my $filename = <$git_ls_files>) {
         push @err, "content: has multiple EOL at EOF";
     }
 
-    if($content =~ /\n\n\n\n/ ||
-       $content =~ /\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n/) {
-        push @err, "content: has 3 or more consecutive empty lines";
-    }
-
     if(!fn_match($filename, @double_empty_lines)) {
         if($content =~ /\n\n\n/ ||
            $content =~ /\r\n\r\n\r\n/) {
-            push @err, "content: has 2 consecutive empty lines";
+            my $line = 0;
+            my $blank = 0;
+            for my $l (split(/\n/, $content)) {
+                chomp $l;
+                $line++;
+                if($l =~ /^$/) {
+                    if($blank) {
+                        my $lineno = sprintf("duplicate empty line @ line %d", $line);
+                        push @err, $lineno;
+                    }
+                    $blank = 1;
+                }
+                else {
+                    $blank = 0;
+                }
+            }
         }
     }