GithubMarkdown.php
protected function renderText($text)
	{
		if ($this->enableNewlines) {
			$br = $this->html5 ? "<br>\n" : "<br />\n";
			return strtr($text[1], ["  \n" => $br, "\n" => $br]);
		} else {
			return parent::renderText($text);
		}
	}
protected function renderText($text)
	{
		if ($this->enableNewlines) {
			$br = $this->html5 ? "<br>\n" : "<br />\n";
			return strtr($text[1], ["  \n" => $br, "\n" => $br]);
		} else {
			return parent::renderText($text);
		}
	}
@inheritdocs

Parses a newline indicated by two spaces on the end of a markdown line.