diff --git a/src/lib/transfer.ts b/src/lib/transfer.ts
index 9979882..64ae58e 100644
--- a/src/lib/transfer.ts
+++ b/src/lib/transfer.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,25 @@ export function exportSessions(options: ExportOptions = {}): ExportResult {
   let targetDirs: string[];
 
   if (projectPath) {
-    targetDirs = findMatchingProjectDirs(allDirs, projectPath);
+    const encodedMatches = new Set(
+      findMatchingProjectDirs(allDirs, projectPath)
+    );
+    targetDirs = allDirs.filter((dir) => {
+      if (encodedMatches.has(dir)) return true;
+
+      const srcDir = join(projectsDir, dir);
+      try {
+        if (!statSync(srcDir).isDirectory()) return false;
+      } catch {
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      // The manifest path is resolved from session metadata and can name a
+      // nested working directory even when Claude stores the transcript under
+      // the project root. Match that exact advertised path back to the
+      // directory that produced it so every manifest entry is selectable.
+      return resolveProjectPath(projectsDir, dir) === projectPath;
+    });
     if (targetDirs.length === 0) {
       result.errors.push({
         file: projectPath,
diff --git a/test/transfer.test.ts b/test/transfer.test.ts
index 178cb71..b95b505 100644
--- a/test/transfer.test.ts
+++ b/test/transfer.test.ts
@@ -144,6 +144,75 @@ describe("exportSessions", () => {
     );
     expect(hyphenProject?.originalPath).toBe("/Users/alice/my-project");
   });
+
+  it("re-exports an advertised project by its resolved originalPath", () => {
+    const projectDir = join(PROJECTS_DIR, "-Users-alice-project");
+    const nestedProjectPath = "/Users/alice/project/packages/api";
+
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(projectDir, "sessions-index.json"),
+      JSON.stringify({
+        version: 1,
+        entries: [
+          {
+            sessionId: "sess-001",
+            fullPath: `${PROJECTS_DIR}/-Users-alice-project/sess-001.jsonl`,
+            projectPath: nestedProjectPath,
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+      "utf-8"
+    );
+
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(projectDir, "sess-001.jsonl"),
+      JSON.stringify({
+        type: "user",
+        cwd: nestedProjectPath,
+        message: { role: "user", content: "nested working directory" },
+      }),
+      "utf-8"
+    );
+
+    const origEnv = process.env.CLAUDE_PATH;
+    process.env.CLAUDE_PATH = TEST_DIR;
+
+    const dryRun = exportSessions({
+      outputDir: EXPORT_DIR,
+      outputName: "all-projects-dry-run",
+      dryRun: true,
+    });
+    const advertised = dryRun.manifest.projects.find(
+      (project) => project.encodedDir === "-Users-alice-project"
+    );
+
+    expect(advertised?.originalPath).toBe(nestedProjectPath);
+    expect(advertised?.jsonlCount).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+
+    const result = exportSessions({
+      projectPath: advertised!.originalPath,
+      outputDir: EXPORT_DIR,
+      outputName: "selected-export",
+    });
+
+    process.env.CLAUDE_PATH = origEnv;
+
+    expect(result.errors).toHaveLength(0);
+    expect(result.manifest.projects.map((project) => project.encodedDir)).toContain(
+      "-Users-alice-project"
+    );
+    expect(
+      existsSync(
+        join(
+          EXPORT_DIR,
+          "selected-export",
+          "projects",
+          "-Users-alice-project",
+          "sess-001.jsonl"
+        )
+      )
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("importSessions", () => {