org-list-automatic-rules

org-list-automatic-rules is a variable defined in `org-list.el'.
Its value is

((checkbox . t) (indent . t))

Documentation:
Non-nil means apply set of rules when acting on lists.
By default, automatic actions are taken when using
M-x org-meta-return, M-x org-metaright, M-x org-metaleft,
M-x org-shiftmetaright, M-x org-shiftmetaleft,
M-x org-ctrl-c-minus, M-x org-toggle-checkbox or
M-x org-insert-todo-heading. You can disable individually these
rules by setting them to nil. Valid rules are:

checkbox when non-nil, checkbox statistics is updated each time
you either insert a new checkbox or toggle a checkbox.
indent when non-nil, indenting or outdenting list top-item
with its subtree will move the whole list and
outdenting a list whose bullet is * to column 0 will
change that bullet to "-".

You can customize this variable.

This variable was introduced, or its default value was changed, in version 24.1 of Emacs.