1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index cfaa28ff23..04a4b9861e 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ int match_pathspec(const char **pathspec, const char *name, int namelen, int pre
 
 static int no_wildcard(const char *string)
 {
-	return string[strcspn(string, "*?[{")] == '\0';
+	return string[strcspn(string, "*?[{\\")] == '\0';
 }
 
 void add_exclude(const char *string, const char *base,