diff --git a/extensions/git/src/commands.ts b/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
index f6575f18ca7..e3921534b42 100755
--- a/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ export class CommandCenter {
 				return name;
 			}
 
-			return name.replace(/^\.|\/\.|\.\.|~|\^|:|\/$|\.lock$|\.lock\/|\\|\*|\s|^\s*$|\.|\[|\]$/g, branchWhitespaceChar);
+			return name.replace(/^\.|\/\.|\.\.|~|\^|:|\/$|\.lock$|\.lock\/|\\|\*|\s|^\s*$|\.$|\[|\]$/g, branchWhitespaceChar);
 		};
 
 		const result = await window.showInputBox({