claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix [BUG] naming convention should not use "-" as the replacement for "/" as it creates file and directories that start with "-".

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• I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

Bash(rm /nhome/awm/.claude/projects/-nhome-awm/memory/project_monitor_stack.md && rm /nhome/awm/.claude/projects/-etc-apt-sources-list-d/memory/project-monitoring-sc…) ⎿  Error: Exit code 1 rmdir: failed to remove '/nhome/awm/.claude/projects/-etc-apt-sources-list-d': Directory not empty

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PROMPT> folders and files shouldn't start with "-"

That's Claude Code's automatic naming convention — it converts the working directory path into a folder name by replacing every / with -, including the leading /. So /nhome/awm becomes -nhome-awm. It's not something I created or can reconfigure — it's baked into how Claude Code derives project memory paths from the filesystem path.

The only way to avoid the leading dash would be if Claude Code changed its path-to-directory-name conversion (e.g., stripping the leading slash before the replacement). That's a Claude Code behavior, not a local config.

Worth filing at https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues if it's a persistent annoyance — it's a reasonable ergonomic complaint.

What Should Happen?

Make it configurable via settings Remove the leading "/" before converting

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Ask for a memory/session file to be saved for loading after a session restart.

Claude Model

Sonnet (default)

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

No response

Claude Code Version

2.1.158

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Ubuntu/Debian Linux

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

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