Any possibility to save files with leading dot (.)?

[florian-berger]

I am using the file-saver in an Angular application. I imported and used the file-saver by the following line:

import { saveAs } from 'file-saver'

export class MyClass {
  public someFunction() {
    // defining and filling myFileContent with a Uint8Array 
    const blob = new Blob([myFileContent], { type: 'application/octet-stream' })
    saveAs(blob, '.gitignore', { type: 'application/octet-stream' })
  }
}

But the file is downloaded as gitignore - the leading dot is missing. Happens on MacOS as well as on Windows systems.

I tried duplicating the dot as well as using standard escape characters, but nothing led to a solution. Is it even possible?