From a56bd116b275970919f1afe916f8f587193640a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Elian H. Thiele-Evans" <60372411+ElianHugh@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 10:36:10 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Update knit.ts

---
 src/rmarkdown/knit.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/rmarkdown/knit.ts b/src/rmarkdown/knit.ts
index 9225518c9..1268f18b0 100644
--- a/src/rmarkdown/knit.ts
+++ b/src/rmarkdown/knit.ts
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ export class RMarkdownKnitManager extends RMarkdownManager {
         // precedence:
         // knit > site > configuration
         if (yamlParams?.['knit']) {
-            const knitParam = yamlParams['knit'];
+            const knitParam = yamlParams['knit'].trim();
             knitCommand = outputFormat ?
                 `${knitParam}(${docPath}, output_format = '${outputFormat}')` :
                 `${knitParam}(${docPath})`;