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-rw-r--r--test/test_utils.py2
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/utils.py2
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index c7373af1e..2f8996d7b 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertEqual(
sanitize_filename('New World record at 0:12:34'),
'New World record at 0_12_34')
+ self.assertEqual(sanitize_filename('--gasdgf'), '_-gasdgf')
+ self.assertEqual(sanitize_filename('--gasdgf', is_id=True), '--gasdgf')
forbidden = '"\0\\/'
for fc in forbidden:
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 475fad3c9..e2631dccd 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -304,6 +304,8 @@ def sanitize_filename(s, restricted=False, is_id=False):
# Common case of "Foreign band name - English song title"
if restricted and result.startswith('-_'):
result = result[2:]
+ if result.startswith('-'):
+ result = '_' + result[len('-'):]
if not result:
result = '_'
return result