diff --git a/appview/state/state.go b/appview/state/state.go
index e09e67ed..8e8e25f0 100644
--- a/appview/state/state.go
+++ b/appview/state/state.go
@@ -263,6 +263,10 @@ func validateRepoName(name string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func stripGitExt(name string) string {
+	return strings.TrimSuffix(name, ".git")
+}
+
 func (s *State) NewRepo(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	switch r.Method {
 	case http.MethodGet:
@@ -298,6 +302,8 @@ func (s *State) NewRepo(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			return
 		}
 
+		repoName = stripGitExt(repoName)
+
 		defaultBranch := r.FormValue("branch")
 		if defaultBranch == "" {
 			defaultBranch = "main"