From 56993258915e85024ce920593902d54ffb593a1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dorian Karter <dkarter@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:37:15 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: keep line after deleting empty bullet

---
 lua/bullets/actions.lua                  | 13 +------------
 openspec/specs/list-continuation/spec.md |  1 +
 test/bullets_spec.lua                    | 11 +++++------
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lua/bullets/actions.lua b/lua/bullets/actions.lua
index cc54862..6e0ccb5 100644
--- a/lua/bullets/actions.lua
+++ b/lua/bullets/actions.lua
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ local function checkbox_continuation_prefix(bullet, prefix)
 end
 
 local function is_empty_bullet_text(text)
-  if text == '' then
+  if text:match '^%s*$' then
     return true
   end
 
@@ -908,17 +908,6 @@ function M.insert_new_bullet()
     return ''
   end
 
-  if bullet.text:match '^%s*$' and config.options.delete_last_bullet_if_empty == 1 then
-    if mode ~= 'n' then
-      vim.api.nvim_feedkeys(keys '<Esc>ddi', 'n', false)
-      return ''
-    end
-
-    vim.api.nvim_buf_set_lines(0, lnum - 1, lnum, false, {})
-    vim.cmd.startinsert()
-    return ''
-  end
-
   if is_empty_bullet_text(bullet.text) and delete_empty_bullet(lnum, bullet, mode) then
     return ''
   end
diff --git a/openspec/specs/list-continuation/spec.md b/openspec/specs/list-continuation/spec.md
index b338f74..17de5d1 100644
--- a/openspec/specs/list-continuation/spec.md
+++ b/openspec/specs/list-continuation/spec.md
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ The plugin SHALL handle an empty continued list item according to `delete_last_b
 - AND the current line is an empty list item
 - WHEN bullet insertion is triggered
 - THEN the empty list item is removed
+- AND the cursor remains on the same line
 
 #### Scenario: Promote empty item {#LC-004}
 
diff --git a/test/bullets_spec.lua b/test/bullets_spec.lua
index 6f6fa09..853735d 100644
--- a/test/bullets_spec.lua
+++ b/test/bullets_spec.lua
@@ -220,17 +220,16 @@ describe('Bullets.vim', function()
         helpers.new_buffer {
           '# Hello there',
           '- this is the first bullet',
+          '- ',
         }
-        -- First CR creates "- " empty bullet, second CR on empty bullet deletes it
-        helpers.feedkeys 'A<CR><CR>'
+        -- CR on empty bullet deletes it
+        helpers.feedkeys 'A<CR>'
         local lines = helpers.get_lines()
-        -- Strip trailing empty lines before comparison.
-        while #lines > 0 and lines[#lines] == '' do
-          table.remove(lines)
-        end
+
         assert.are.same({
           '# Hello there',
           '- this is the first bullet',
+          '', -- cursor should be here, we do not want to remove the line
         }, lines)
       end)