From 9c0eba1d8ea5095e8760ed4d603c0fca8b05a405 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rich Snapp <rich.snapp@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2026 03:57:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] bug: hidden parent causes tk prefix not to work

---
 features/ticket_creation.feature | 6 ++++++
 ticket                           | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/features/ticket_creation.feature b/features/ticket_creation.feature
index 7cc0776..a09a7a0 100644
--- a/features/ticket_creation.feature
+++ b/features/ticket_creation.feature
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ Feature: Ticket Creation
     Then the command should succeed
     And the created ticket should have a valid created timestamp
 
+  Scenario: Ticket ID has no special characters from dot-prefixed directory
+    Given I am in subdirectory ".agents"
+    When I run "ticket create 'Dot prefix test'"
+    Then the command should succeed
+    And the output should match pattern "^[a-z0-9]+-[a-z0-9]{4}$"
+
   Scenario: Tickets directory created on demand
     Given the tickets directory does not exist
     When I run "ticket create 'First ticket'"
diff --git a/ticket b/ticket
index 1dedcec..3816769 100755
--- a/ticket
+++ b/ticket
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ generate_id() {
     local dir_name
     dir_name=$(basename "$(pwd)")
 
+    # Sanitize: lowercase, strip non-alphanumeric (keep - and _), strip leading -/_
+    dir_name=$(echo "$dir_name" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -cd 'a-z0-9_-' | sed 's/^[-_]*//')
+    [[ -z "$dir_name" ]] && dir_name="tk"
+
     # Extract first letter of each hyphenated/underscored segment
     local prefix
     prefix=$(echo "$dir_name" | sed 's/[-_]/ /g' | awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) printf substr($i,1,1)}')