diff -Nur --no-dereference smeserver-git-1.2.0.old/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/FormMagick/Panel/git.pm smeserver-git-1.2.0/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/FormMagick/Panel/git.pm
--- smeserver-git-1.2.0.old/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/FormMagick/Panel/git.pm	2013-02-09 21:49:54.000000000 -0500
+++ smeserver-git-1.2.0/root/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/esmith/FormMagick/Panel/git.pm	2023-03-24 23:05:20.429000000 -0400
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@
 sub git_repository_validate_name 
 {
   my( $self, $repositoryName ) = @_;
-  unless( $repositoryName =~ /^([A-Za-z][\_\-A-Za-z0-9]*)$/ ) {
+  unless( $repositoryName =~ /^([A-Za-z][.\_\-A-Za-z0-9]*)$/ ) {
     return $self->localise('GIT_ERROR_NAME_HAS_INVALID_CHARS',
                            {repositoryName => $repositoryName});
   }