Fix location of removing dots

extensions/ql-vscode/src/common/filenames.ts

@@ -30,14 +30,15 @@ export function createFilenameFromString(
   // Remove any leading or trailing hyphens or dots
   fileName = fileName.replaceAll(/^[.-]+|[.-]+$/g, "");
 
+  // Replace dots by hyphens if dots are not allowed
+  if (removeDots) {
+    fileName = fileName.replaceAll(/\./g, "-");
+  }
+
   // Remove any duplicate hyphens
   fileName = fileName.replaceAll(/-{2,}/g, "-");
   // Remove any duplicate dots
   fileName = fileName.replaceAll(/\.{2,}/g, ".");
 
-  if (removeDots) {
-    fileName = fileName.replaceAll(/\./g, "-");
-  }
-
   return fileName;
 }

extensions/ql-vscode/test/unit-tests/common/filenames.test.ts

@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ describe("createFilenameFromString", () => {
       filename: "unetworking-uwebsockets.js",
       filenameWithoutDots: "unetworking-uwebsockets-js",
     },
+    {
+      input: "github/.vscode-codeql",
+      filename: "github-.vscode-codeql",
+      filenameWithoutDots: "github-vscode-codeql",
+    },
   ];
 
   test.each(testCases)(