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on-cloud-platform: "kubernetes"
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For `application.properties` files a special `#---` comment is used to mark the document splits:
For `application.properties` files a special `#---` or `!---` comment is used to mark the document splits:
[source,properties,indent=0,subs="verbatim"]
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@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ For `application.properties` files a special `#---` comment is used to mark the
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NOTE: Property file separators must not have any leading whitespace and must have exactly three hyphen characters.
The lines immediately before and after the separator must not be comments.
The lines immediately before and after the separator must not be same comment prefix.
TIP: Multi-document property files are often used in conjunction with activation properties such as `spring.config.activate.on-profile`.
See the <<features#features.external-config.files.activation-properties, next section>> for details.