From 5df51a06f5f830ee53ab78a50ed51d4901b4f72c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nicm <nicm>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:20:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Allow empty window and session names.

---
 tmux.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tmux.c b/tmux.c
index 7236360bb..9ea6b7fea 100644
--- a/tmux.c
+++ b/tmux.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ clean_name(const char *name, const char* forbid)
 {
 	char	*copy, *cp, *new_name;
 
-	if (*name == '\0' || !utf8_isvalid(name))
+	if (!utf8_isvalid(name))
 		return (NULL);
 	copy = xstrdup(name);
 	for (cp = copy; *cp != '\0'; cp++) {
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ check_name(const char *name, const char *forbid)
 {
 	const char	*cp;
 
-	if (*name == '\0' || !utf8_isvalid(name))
+	if (!utf8_isvalid(name))
 		return (0);
 	for (cp = name; *cp != '\0'; cp++) {
 		if (strchr(forbid, *cp) != NULL)