/* basic@{time or number or -number} format to query ref-log */
reflog_len = at = 0;
- if (str[len-1] == '}') {
+ if (len && str[len-1] == '}') {
for (at = len-2; at >= 0; at--) {
if (str[at] == '@' && str[at+1] == '{') {
reflog_len = (len-1) - (at+2);