From 7367cfdfe365a2a14774d555d78d718fe1c8a6ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mitchell <m@mjfs.us>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 16:34:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: blockquote and list whitespace handling in markdown
 rendering

---
 src/render/markdown.ts | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/render/markdown.ts b/src/render/markdown.ts
index beaf244..e1f652e 100644
--- a/src/render/markdown.ts
+++ b/src/render/markdown.ts
@@ -64,13 +64,14 @@ export async function renderMarkdown(
       const lines = Bun.wrapAnsi(`\n${children.trim()}`, columns - 2, {
         trim: false,
       })
-        .replace(/\n(\s?[a-zA-Z_-]+\s?)\n/g, "\n$1")
         .replace(/\n+/g, "\n")
         .concat("\n")
         .split("\n");
       const toRender = lines
-        .map((line) => `${chalk.dim("> ")}${line}`)
+        .map((line) => `> ${line}`)
         .join("\n")
+        .replace(/(\n> +\S+) *\n> */g, "$1 ")
+        .replaceAll(">", chalk.dim(">"))
         .concat("\n\n");
       return toRender;
     },
@@ -91,9 +92,7 @@ export async function renderMarkdown(
       return `\`\`\`${chalk.blue(meta?.language ?? "")}\n${toRender}\`\`\`\n`;
     },
     list: (children, { depth }) => {
-      const trimmed = children
-        .replace(/\n+/g, "\n")
-        .replace(/\n(\s?[a-zA-Z_-]+\s?)\n/g, "\n$1");
+      const trimmed = children.replace(/\n+/g, "\n");
       return depth === 0 ? `${trimmed}\n` : `\n${trimmed}`;
     },
     listItem: (children, { index, depth, ordered, start, checked }) => {
@@ -112,6 +111,7 @@ export async function renderMarkdown(
         .split("\n")
         .map((line) => (line.length > 0 ? `  ${line}` : ""))
         .join("\n")
+        .replace(/(\n +\S+) *\n */g, "$1 ")
         .concat("\n");
     },
     hr: () => `${chalk.dim("─".repeat(columns))}\n\n`,