1 files changed, 4 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index e1940615e..c048ef179 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -755,18 +755,10 @@ void transport_verify_remote_names(int nr_heads, const char **heads)
 			continue;
 
 		remote = remote ? (remote + 1) : local;
-		switch (check_ref_format(remote)) {
-		case 0: /* ok */
-		case CHECK_REF_FORMAT_ONELEVEL:
-			/* ok but a single level -- that is fine for
-			 * a match pattern.
-			 */
-		case CHECK_REF_FORMAT_WILDCARD:
-			/* ok but ends with a pattern-match character */
-			continue;
-		}
-		die("remote part of refspec is not a valid name in %s",
-		    heads[i]);
+		if (check_refname_format(remote,
+				REFNAME_ALLOW_ONELEVEL|REFNAME_REFSPEC_PATTERN))
+			die("remote part of refspec is not a valid name in %s",
+				heads[i]);
 	}
 }