Thank you for filling out a Git bug report! Please answer the following questions to help us understand your issue. What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue) create a file containing multiline trailer: $ echo "Test" > test.txt $ git interpret-trailers --where end --if-exists addIfDifferent --trailer "SingleLineTrailer: This is a single line trailer" --in-place test.txt $ git interpret-trailers --where end --if-exists addIfDifferent --trailer "MultiLineTrailer: This is"$'\n a folded multi-line\n trailer' --in-place test.txt parse trailers: $ git interpret-trailers --parse test.txt SingleLineTrailer: This is a single line trailer MultiLineTrailer: This is a folded multi-line trailer (so far, all is as expected) now, adding multiline trailer containing empty line: $ git interpret-trailers --where end --if-exists addIfDifferent --trailer "MultiLineTrailer: This is"$'\n a folded multi-line\n trailer which\n \n contains an\n empty line' --in-place test.txt parse trailers again: $ git interpret-trailers --parse test.txt What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior) I would expect the following output: $ git interpret-trailers --parse test.txt SingleLineTrailer: This is a single line trailer MultiLineTrailer: This is a folded multi-line trailer MultiLineTrailer: This is a folded multi-line trailer which contains an empty line What happened instead? (Actual behavior) no output is generated, but exit code is nevertheless 0: $ git interpret-trailers --parse test.txt $ echo $? 0 What's different between what you expected and what actually happened? I would expect either to get an output or the call to exit non-zero Anything else you want to add: According to my interpretation of the documentation of git intepret-trailers, empty lines should be supported if properly folded, in the same way as for example the PGP signature added to the commit header contains a (properly folded) empty line Please review the rest of the bug report below. You can delete any lines you don't wish to share. [System Info] git version: git version 2.30.0.windows.2 cpu: x86_64 built from commit: f8cbc844b81bf6b9e72178bbe891a86c8bf5e9e7 sizeof-long: 4 sizeof-size_t: 8 shell-path: /bin/sh uname: Windows 10.0 18363 compiler info: gnuc: 10.2 libc info: no libc information available $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\bash.exe [Enabled Hooks] post-commit