Fails to read mcmod.info with multiline strings

[jamierocks]

Minecraft Forge uses GSON to read mcmod.info files, which unfortunately allows for multi-line strings to be used - for example, take the following from the Chisel mod (shortened down).

[{
  "credits": "AUTOMATIC_MAIDEN for the original mod,
asie for porting to 1.7.2,
and Pokenfenn/Cricket for continuing it in 1.7.
This mod uses textures from the Painterly Pack: http://painterlypack.net/."
}]

Go's encoding/json library does not accept JSON input, throwing an error - specifically invalid character '\n' in string literal.

EDIT: See the Stackoverflow question for potential solutions.