diff --git a/desktop/src/views/Workspaces/CreateWorkspace/WorkspaceSourceInput.tsx b/desktop/src/views/Workspaces/CreateWorkspace/WorkspaceSourceInput.tsx
index 696f717f4..b66e3f163 100644
--- a/desktop/src/views/Workspaces/CreateWorkspace/WorkspaceSourceInput.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/views/Workspaces/CreateWorkspace/WorkspaceSourceInput.tsx
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ import { TWorkspaceSourceType } from "@/types"
 
 // WARN: Make sure these match the regexes in /pkg/git/git.go
 const GIT_REPOSITORY_PATTERN =
-  "((?:(?:https?|git|ssh)://)?(?:[^@/\\n]+@)?(?:[^:/\\n]+)(?:[:/][^/\\n]+)+(?:\\.git)?)"
+  "((?:(?:https?|git|ssh|file):\/\/)?\/?(?:[^@\/\n]+@)?(?:[^:\/\n]+)(?:[:\/][^\/\n]+)+(?:\.git)?)"
 const GIT_REPOSITORY_REGEX = new RegExp(GIT_REPOSITORY_PATTERN)
-const BRANCH_REGEX = new RegExp(`^${GIT_REPOSITORY_PATTERN}@([a-zA-Z0-9\\./\\-\\_]+)$`)
+const BRANCH_REGEX = new RegExp(`^${GIT_REPOSITORY_PATTERN}(?:@([a-zA-Z0-9\./\-\_]+))?$`)
 const COMMIT_REGEX = new RegExp(`^${GIT_REPOSITORY_PATTERN}@sha256:([a-zA-Z0-9]+)$`)
 const PR_REGEX = new RegExp(`^${GIT_REPOSITORY_PATTERN}@pull\\/([0-9]+)\\/head$`)
 const SUBPATH_REGEX = new RegExp(`^${GIT_REPOSITORY_PATTERN}@subpath:([a-zA-Z0-9\\./\\-\\_]+)$`)