diff --git a/extensions/git/src/commands.ts b/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
index 473ecbe1c19..df2100f50c2 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ export class CommandCenter {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		const name = result.replace(/^\.|\/\.|\.\.|~|\^|:|\/$|\.lock$|\.lock\/|\\|\*|\s|^\s*$|\.$/g, '-');
+		const name = result.replace(/^\.|\/\.|\.\.|~|\^|:|\/$|\.lock$|\.lock\/|\\|\*|\s|^\s*$|\.|\[|\]|$/g, '-');
 		await repository.branch(name, true);
 	}