1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index e5b2b1ac2b..a615043b34 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ int for_each_rawref(each_ref_fn fn, void *cb_data)
 
 static inline int bad_ref_char(int ch)
 {
-	if (((unsigned) ch) <= ' ' ||
+	if (((unsigned) ch) <= ' ' || ch == 0x7f ||
 	    ch == '~' || ch == '^' || ch == ':' || ch == '\\')
 		return 1;
 	/* 2.13 Pattern Matching Notation */