Does slugify split camelCase strings? Show me the relevant logic.
Does slugify split camelCase strings? Show me the relevant logic.
About sindresorhus/slugify · 2 messages · last activity 5/25/2026
Yes, slugify splits camelCase strings by default. According to the documentation, the decamelize option (default: true) converts camelcase to separate words, internally transforming fooBar → foo bar.
Here's the relevant documentation from the TypeScript definitions:
Convert camelcase to separate words. Internally it does
fooBar→foo bar. [index.d.ts:L29-L41]
And the usage example:
slugify('fooBar');
//=> 'foo-bar'
slugify('fooBar', {decamelize: false});
//=> 'foobar'
This example shows that with decamelize: true (the default), the camelCase string 'fooBar' is split into separate words and joined with the separator (defaulting to '-'), resulting in 'foo-bar'. Setting {decamelize: false} disables this behavior, producing 'foobar' instead. [index.d.ts:L33-L41]
Unfortunately, the repository data doesn't include the actual implementation code that performs the camelCase splitting. To see the specific logic that executes this transformation, I would need to search the source files.
FOLLOW_UPS:
- What's the implementation of the decamelize transformation?
- Can you show the main slugify function implementation?
- How are custom replacements applied in the process?
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