Bug: spurious change in list indent cursor motion [9.4.4 (9.4.4-dist @ /home/powellj/elisp/org-9.4.4/lisp/)]

[James Powell]

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I open a new file, /tmp/demo.org, and I start a new list
by typing "<enter>- a<enter>".  It appears:

- a

What I expect: my cursor should now be at column 0.  This was the
behavior in 9.3.6 and it makes perfect sense.

What happens instead: after upgrade to 9.4.4, the cursor rests at
column 2, under the a.

How do I change the behavior back to the 9.3.6 one?

Facts about it:

- When I start emacs with 'emacs -Q -nw' the bug does not manifest even 
in 9.4.4.
- When I paste the 'current state' elisp below into ~/it.el, and start emacs
  with emacs -Q -nw, and 'L' in dired to load ~/it.el, the bug does not 
manifest.
- I have read the changelog and the manual, with no good result.
- I have an example where the bug does not manifest even in 9.4.4 and
  even without running emacs -Q, where the .org file is a little thing
  full of lines starting with ':' only (!).
- I tried setting org-adapt-indentation to 't (the default) as it is
  an obvious suspect, the bug still manifested.

many thanks,

- James P.

Emacs  : GNU Emacs 25.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.5)
 of 2020-07-07
Package: Org mode version 9.4.4 (9.4.4-dist @ 
/home/powellj/elisp/org-9.4.4/lisp/)

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Department of Physics
Portland State University
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