Ensure final collected line doesn't include artifacts

We sometimes would see the following line: collected 1 item s just because previous write to the terminal includes number of characters greater than 'collected 1 item'.
andras-tim · Jul 13, 2017 · 97fdc9a · 97fdc9a
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diff --git a/_pytest/terminal.py b/_pytest/terminal.py
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ def report_collect(self, final=False):
         if self.isatty:
             if final:
                 line += " \n"
+                # Rewrite with empty line so we will not see the artifact of
+                # previous write
+                self.rewrite('')
             self.rewrite(line, bold=True)
         else:
             self.write_line(line)

diff --git a/changelog/2571.trivial b/changelog/2571.trivial
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+Ensure final collected line doesn't include artifacts of previous write.