From fd931ec584616bcd2afb657c84c4731ae1b8cb6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Chu <raymond8888123@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 23:30:33 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] strip the leading dots of a file name in case of hidden file

---
 youtube_dl/utils.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 1f3bfef7d..f7dfb49b1 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -294,6 +294,8 @@ def sanitize_filename(s, restricted=False, is_id=False):
             return '_'
         return char
 
+    if s.startswith('.'):
+        s = s.lstrip('.')
     # Handle timestamps
     s = re.sub(r'[0-9]+(?::[0-9]+)+', lambda m: m.group(0).replace(':', '_'), s)
     result = ''.join(map(replace_insane, s))