reverting changes to slugify function to be on the safe side as there are no unit tests yet. seems as if some of the escapes could be removed in the future

Author: barrymun

src/utils/slugify.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-useless-escape */
 export const slugify = (string: string, separator = "-") => {
   return string
     .toString() // Cast to string (optional)
     .toLowerCase() // Convert the string to lowercase letters
     .trim() // Remove whitespace from both sides of a string (optional)
     .replace(/\s+/g, separator) // Replace spaces with {separator}
-    .replace(/[^\w-]+/g, "") // Remove all non-word chars
-    .replace(/_/g, separator) // Replace _ with {separator}
-    .replace(/--+/g, separator) // Replace multiple - with single {separator}
-    .replace(/-$/g, ""); // Remove trailing -
+    .replace(/[^\w\-]+/g, "") // Remove all non-word chars
+    .replace(/\_/g, separator) // Replace _ with {separator}
+    .replace(/\-\-+/g, separator) // Replace multiple - with single {separator}
+    .replace(/\-$/g, ""); // Remove trailing -
 };