Can not push - remote: GitLab: You cannot create a branch with an invalid name

[bfmartins]

I made a cleaning of one file and ok, but can not push. Below the commands in MS Powershell and I have only the master branch.

git clone --mirror https://gitlab.com/xxxxx
java -jar bfg.jar --delete-files filename repo.git

...
Found 499 commits
Cleaning commits: 100% (499/499)
Cleaning commits completed in 1.734 ms.

Updating 5 Refs

    Ref                           Before     After
    -------------------------------------------------
    refs/heads/HEAD             | a2c1ceab | db6e50c0
    refs/heads/master           | 330e156d | ee708fa7
    refs/merge-requests/1/head  | 8222991a | 9339976f
    refs/merge-requests/1/merge | 5a909718 | 39e2072f
    refs/tags/UndoLastCommit    | 0da174f9 | 8f1d0fd0

Updating references: 100% (5/5)
...Ref update completed in 66 ms.

    Earliest                                              Latest
    |                                                          |
    .DDDmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmDDDDDDDD

    D = dirty commits (file tree fixed)
    m = modified commits (commit message or parents changed)
    . = clean commits (no changes to file tree)

    -------------------------------------------
    First modified commit | 686834eb | 8453024c
    Last dirty commit     | 5f65cb3d | 0662fea9

Deleted files

    Filename           Git id
    ------------------------------------------------------
    filename | 4d4b2c9e (187 B ), f8bb534a (92 B )

In total, 845 object ids were changed. Full details are logged here:

    D:\local\2024-02-06\14-59-05

BFG run is complete! When ready, run: git reflog expire --expire=now --all && git gc --prune=now --aggressive

cd repo
git reflog expire --expire=now --all
gc --prune=now --aggressive
Enumerating objects: 17671, done.
Counting objects: 100% (17671/17671), done.
Delta compression using up to 16 threads
Compressing objects: 100% (16830/16830), done.
Writing objects: 100% (17671/17671), done.
Selecting bitmap commits: 429, done.
Building bitmaps: 100% (109/109), done.
Total 17671 (delta 7930), reused 9107 (delta 0), pack-reused 0

PS D:\local\repo.git> git push -f
Enumerating objects: 17671, done.
Writing objects: 100% (17671/17671), 126.32 MiB | 1.11 MiB/s, done.
Total 17671 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 17671
remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (7930/7930), done.
remote: GitLab: You cannot create a branch with an invalid name.
To https://gitlab.com/xxxxxx
! [remote rejected] HEAD -> HEAD (pre-receive hook declined)
! [remote rejected] master -> master (pre-receive hook declined)
! [remote rejected] UndoLastCommit -> UndoLastCommit (pre-receive hook declined)
! [remote rejected] refs/merge-requests/1/head -> refs/merge-requests/1/head (deny updating a hidden ref)
! [remote rejected] refs/merge-requests/1/merge -> refs/merge-requests/1/merge (deny updating a hidden ref)
error: failed to push some refs to 'https://gitlab.com/xxxxx'

Please, help me.