[O] Bug: org-capture inserts empty line before title

[Luke]

I recently ran a "git pull" (after not updating for a while) and noticed 
an apparent change (bug?) when running org-capture.

org-capture seems to be inserting an extra line before the task heading. 
So the narrowed buffer for editing the task looks something like this:

-------------------- Top of window ---------------

** TODO My new task
   [2018-03-02 Fri]
   [[file:~/.notes]]
-------------------- End of buffer ---------------

I would expect the task heading to be the first line in the buffer. 
After pressing 'C-c C-c' the resulting file looks like this:

--------------------------------------------------
* Tasks

** TODO My new task
   [2018-03-02 Fri]
   [[file:~/.notes]]
--------------------------------------------------

Is this a bug? If not, how do I stop the blank line from being inserted 
before the heading. As far as I can tell, this is not related to 
org-blank-before-new-entry.



Emacs  : GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.18.9)
 of 2017-09-21 on lcy01-07, modified by Debian
Package: Org mode version 9.1.7 (release_9.1.7-466-ga16590 @ 
/home/luke/elisp/org-mode/lisp/)

current state:
==============
(setq
 org-tab-first-hook '(org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe
                      org-babel-header-arg-expand)
 org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-activate
                          org-babel-speed-command-activate)
 org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter)
 org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe)
 org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p
 org-after-todo-state-change-hook '(org-clock-out-if-current)
 org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer
                     org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer)
 org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text)
 org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer)
 org-mode-hook '(#[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207"
                   [add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-all append local]
                   5 "\n\n(fn)"]
                 #[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207"
                   [add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-babel-show-result-all
                    append local]
                   5 "\n\n(fn)"]
                 org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes)
 org-bibtex-headline-format-function #[257 "\300
\236A\207" [:title] 3 
"\n\n(fn ENTRY)"]
 org-archive-hook '(org-attach-archive-delete-maybe)
 org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees 
org-cycle-show-empty-lines
                  org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change)
 org-blank-before-new-entry '((heading) (plain-list-item . auto))
 org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p
 org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe)
 org-link-parameters '(("id" :follow org-id-open)
                       ("rmail" :follow org-rmail-open :store
                        org-rmail-store-link)
                       ("mhe" :follow org-mhe-open :store org-mhe-store-link)
                       ("irc" :follow org-irc-visit :store org-irc-store-link
                        :export org-irc-export)
                       ("info" :follow org-info-open :export org-info-export
                        :store org-info-store-link)
                       ("gnus" :follow org-gnus-open :store
                        org-gnus-store-link)
                       ("docview" :follow org-docview-open :export
                        org-docview-export :store org-docview-store-link)
                       ("bibtex" :follow org-bibtex-open :store
                        org-bibtex-store-link)
                       ("bbdb" :follow org-bbdb-open :export org-bbdb-export
                        :complete org-bbdb-complete-link :store
                        org-bbdb-store-link)
                       ("w3m" :store org-w3m-store-link) ("file+sys")
                       ("file+emacs") ("doi" :follow org--open-doi-link)
                       ("elisp" :follow org--open-elisp-link)
                       ("file" :complete org-file-complete-link)
                       ("ftp" :follow
                        (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat "ftp:" path))))
                       ("help" :follow org--open-help-link)
                       ("http" :follow
                        (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat "http:" path))))
                       ("https" :follow
                        (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat "https:" path))))
                       ("mailto" :follow
                        (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat "mailto:"; path))))
                       ("news" :follow
                        (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat "news:"; path))))
                       ("shell" :follow org--open-shell-link))
 org-clock-out-hook '(org-clock-remove-empty-clock-drawer)
 )