From: Philipp Hagemeister <phihag@phihag.de>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 18:07:17 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: [utils] Streap leading dots
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[utils] Streap leading dots

Fixes #2865, closes #5087
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diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index 3fba8ae11..64fad58ad 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -85,8 +85,11 @@ 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')
+        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 d4938ec36..1d3401bc2 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ def sanitize_filename(s, restricted=False, is_id=False):
             result = result[2:]
         if result.startswith('-'):
             result = '_' + result[len('-'):]
+        result = result.lstrip('.')
         if not result:
             result = '_'
     return result