From 44fef2d0ad4057adc1765798822e8d6e9d5303d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kurt Overmier <admin@stackbilt.dev>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:06:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: collapse runs of separators into one dash

---
 src/slugify.ts        | 2 +-
 tests/slugify.test.ts | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/slugify.ts b/src/slugify.ts
index 8ec9bea..1ca837f 100644
--- a/src/slugify.ts
+++ b/src/slugify.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 export function slugify(input: string): string {
   return input
     .toLowerCase()
-    .replace(/[^a-z0-9]/g, '-')
+    .replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, '-')
     .replace(/^-+|-+$/g, '');
 }
diff --git a/tests/slugify.test.ts b/tests/slugify.test.ts
index 9d9e656..da0880e 100644
--- a/tests/slugify.test.ts
+++ b/tests/slugify.test.ts
@@ -13,4 +13,9 @@ describe('slugify', () => {
   it('keeps digits', () => {
     expect(slugify('Release 2.44')).toBe('release-2-44');
   });
+
+  it('collapses runs of separators into one dash', () => {
+    expect(slugify('a  b')).toBe('a-b');
+    expect(slugify('Hello -- World!')).toBe('hello-world');
+  });
 });

From 1e9894339f2e388d0aa2cdee302e985c8d7b9f14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kurt Overmier <admin@stackbilt.dev>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:06:27 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs: mention separator collapse

---
 README.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 15d0075..323150c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ verify it with an acceptance gate, and open a PR back here.
 
 `slugify` has a known bug: runs of separators produce repeated dashes
 (`slugify('a  b')` returns `a--b`).
+
+Separator runs now collapse to one dash.