Keeping successive code chunks separated when rendering as `github_document`

[arangaca]

Successive code chunks tend to merge into each other when rendering as gitHub_document.
E.g.:

---
output: github_document
---

```{r, echo=FALSE}
cat("foo")
```

```{r, echo=FALSE}
cat("bar")
```

generates the following output where the two chunks are merged into the same <code></code> block.

Is there a way to keep them apart without separating the chunks with text or line?

[njtierney]

Are you able to show (in plain text?) the rough depiction/desired output that you would like?

[arangaca]

E.g. using the same document but with output: html_document creates 2 distincts code blocks:

This is what I would like.

[cderv]

This is because the rendering will produce this .md output

    ## foo

    ## bar

And in Github Format Markdown, this will be only one code cell ! You can try in any Github issue comment preview.

You need to add a newline or some empty character somehow. Using trick like adding a comment can also works

---
output: github_document
---

```{r, echo=FALSE}
cat("foo")
```
<!--dummy-->
```{r, echo=FALSE}
cat("bar")
```

Hope it helps

[arangaca]

I didn't know the trick with the comment. That's cool!