diff --git a/test/fixtures/git_config_with_extra_whitespace b/test/fixtures/git_config_with_extra_whitespace
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f727cb5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/git_config_with_extra_whitespace
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[init]
+  defaultBranch =  trunk  
diff --git a/test/fixtures/git_config_with_quotes_whitespace b/test/fixtures/git_config_with_quotes_whitespace_inside
similarity index 100%
rename from test/fixtures/git_config_with_quotes_whitespace
rename to test/fixtures/git_config_with_quotes_whitespace_inside
diff --git a/test/fixtures/git_config_with_quotes_whitespace_outside b/test/fixtures/git_config_with_quotes_whitespace_outside
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b1615a51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/git_config_with_quotes_whitespace_outside
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[init]
+  defaultBranch =  "trunk"  
diff --git a/test/test_config.py b/test/test_config.py
index 671f34046..879b98365 100644
--- a/test/test_config.py
+++ b/test/test_config.py
@@ -398,6 +398,10 @@ def test_complex_aliases(self):
             self._to_memcache(fixture_path(".gitconfig")).getvalue(),
         )
 
+    def test_config_with_extra_whitespace(self):
+        cr = GitConfigParser(fixture_path("git_config_with_extra_whitespace"), read_only=True)
+        self.assertEqual(cr.get("init", "defaultBranch"), "trunk")
+
     def test_empty_config_value(self):
         cr = GitConfigParser(fixture_path("git_config_with_empty_value"), read_only=True)
 
@@ -413,9 +417,13 @@ def test_config_with_quotes(self):
         self.assertEqual(cr.get("user", "email"), "cveal05@gmail.com")
 
     def test_config_with_quotes_with_literal_whitespace(self):
-        cr = GitConfigParser(fixture_path("git_config_with_quotes_whitespace"), read_only=True)
+        cr = GitConfigParser(fixture_path("git_config_with_quotes_whitespace_inside"), read_only=True)
         self.assertEqual(cr.get("core", "commentString"), "# ")
 
+    def test_config_with_quotes_with_whitespace_outside_value(self):
+        cr = GitConfigParser(fixture_path("git_config_with_quotes_whitespace_outside"), read_only=True)
+        self.assertEqual(cr.get("init", "defaultBranch"), "trunk")
+
     def test_get_values_works_without_requiring_any_other_calls_first(self):
         file_obj = self._to_memcache(fixture_path("git_config_multiple"))
         cr = GitConfigParser(file_obj, read_only=True)