The bug
After a piece of redstone dust is right-clicked by the player and then redirected (for example by a repeater, a detector rail, a target block or another redstone dust) and then the redirecting object is removed, the redstone dust forgets its dot state, which is both annoying while building contraptions and greatly reduces possibilities with the redstone dot.
How to reproduce
Place a piece of redstone dust.
Right-click it to turn it into a redstone dot.
Redirect it using any of the following:
Lever
Tripwire Hook
Button
Pressure Plate
Trapped Chest
Target Block
Detector Rail
Comparator
Redstone Repeater
Redstone Dust
Observer (red side)
Redstone Block
Remove this block.
You will notice the redstone dust has forgotten its dot state and instead has reverted back to a redstone cross.
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