Remove spacing before list in Markdown

Question

I have the following Markdown string:

`log-level` (optional)<br>
Sets the minimal log level messages need in order to be printed to stdout.

Allowed values:
- `debug`
- `warning`
- `error` (default)

GitHub as well as Stack Overflow render it like this (blockquote added for visual distinction):

log-level (optional)
Sets the minimal log level messages need in order to be printed to stdout.

Allowed values:

• debug
• warning
• error (default)

(screenshot from GitHub)

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As visible here and in the screenshot, the Markdown renderer adds spacing between the last paragraph ("Allowed values") and the first list item.

Checking the generated HTML shows why:

<p><code>log-level</code> (optional)<br>
Sets the minimal log level messages need in order to be printed to stdout.</p>
<p>Allowed values:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>debug</code></li>
<li><code>warning</code></li>
<li><code>error</code> (default)</li>
</ul>

The text "Allowed values" is placed in an own <p> tag, and there is a margin between the <p> and the following <ul>.

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Is there a way to reduce or get rid of that space, such that it roughly matches the space between list items?

Answer 1

This may not be exactly what you are looking for, but there is no way that I know of to do what you're asking. A possible workaround to this would be to make your list a sub-list by adding an equal amount of spaces to sub-bullets. See below:

`log-level` (optional)<br>
Sets the minimal log level messages need in order to be printed to stdout.

- Allowed values:
  - `debug`
  - `warning`
  - `error` (default)

log-level (optional)
Sets the minimal log level messages need in order to be printed to stdout.

• Allowed values:
  • debug
  • warning
  • error (default)