# YAML multiline strings

**URL:** <https://travis-ci.community/t/yaml-multiline-strings/3914>\
**Category:** Travis CI Discussions & Feedback\
**Tags:** config, yaml\
**Created:** [June 26, 2019, 9:13am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/yaml-multiline-strings/3914 "2019-06-26T09:13:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/yaml-multiline-strings/3914/4 "2019-06-26T13:08:40Z")

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I guess I found the cause: The multiline string is rendered correctly **only if all the lines start at the same column than the first one** :

**Wrong**

```
after_success:
  - >
    run_test.sh
      arg
      --flag-1
      --flag-2

```

**Good**

```
after_success:
  - >
    run_test.sh
    arg
    --flag-1
    --flag-2

```

I don’t know if this is part of the YAML spec. In other projects I used several levels of indentation without problems in multiline strings.

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