diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitRepositoryHandler.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitRepositoryHandler.java
index 85704a611a..d806b5526f 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitRepositoryHandler.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/GitRepositoryHandler.java
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ public class GitRepositoryHandler
 
   /** Field description */
   public static final String TYPE_NAME = "git";
-  
+
+
+  public static final String DOT_GIT = ".git";
+
   private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GitRepositoryHandler.class);
 
   /** Field description */
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/DefaultRepositoryManager.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/DefaultRepositoryManager.java
index bbe4f80115..5369ee1c11 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/DefaultRepositoryManager.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/DefaultRepositoryManager.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ package sonia.scm.repository;
 
 //~--- non-JDK imports --------------------------------------------------------
 
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ThreadFactoryBuilder;
@@ -972,24 +973,45 @@ public class DefaultRepositoryManager extends AbstractRepositoryManager
   }
 
   /**
-   * Method description
+   * This method checks whether or not the provided path belongs to the provided repository.
    *
-   *
-   * @param repository
-   * @param path
-   *
-   * @return
+   * @param repository The repository to be tested.
+   * @param path       The path that might be part of the repository.
+   * @return Returns <code>true</code> if path belongs to the repository. Returns <code>false</code> otherwise.
    */
-  private boolean isNameMatching(Repository repository, String path)
-  {
+  private boolean isNameMatching(Repository repository, String path) {
+    return isNameMatching(repository.getType(), repository.getName(), path);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This method checks whether or not the provided path belongs to the provided repository.
+   *
+   * @param repositoryType The type of the repository being tested.
+   * @param repositoryName The name of the repository being tested.
+   * @param path       The path that might be part of the repository.
+   * @return Returns <code>true</code> if path belongs to the repository. Returns <code>false</code> otherwise.
+   */
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  boolean isNameMatching(String repositoryType, String repositoryName, String path) {
     boolean result = false;
-    String name = repository.getName();
 
-    if (path.startsWith(name))
-    {
-      String sub = path.substring(name.length());
+    if (path.startsWith(repositoryName)) {
+
+      String pathPart = path.substring(repositoryName.length());
+
+      //TODO: this introduces a strong coupling to the git plugin. This can be resolved with a "Repository Matcher" API.
+      //ausformulieren, ticketId weg
+      if (GitRepositoryHandler.TYPE_NAME.equals(repositoryType)) {
+
+        //git repository may also be named <<repo-name>>.git by convention
+        if (pathPart.startsWith(GitRepositoryHandler.DOT_GIT)) {
+          //if this is the case, just also cut it away
+          pathPart = pathPart.substring(GitRepositoryHandler.DOT_GIT.length());
+        }
+      }
+
+      result = Util.isEmpty(pathPart) || pathPart.startsWith(HttpUtil.SEPARATOR_PATH);
 
-      result = Util.isEmpty(sub) || sub.startsWith(HttpUtil.SEPARATOR_PATH);
     }
 
     return result;
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/DefaultRepositoryManagerTest.java b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/DefaultRepositoryManagerTest.java
index 28fa3f862c..7b7c304230 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/DefaultRepositoryManagerTest.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/DefaultRepositoryManagerTest.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import sonia.scm.security.DefaultKeyGenerator;
 import sonia.scm.store.JAXBStoreFactory;
 import sonia.scm.store.StoreFactory;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
@@ -92,6 +93,29 @@ public class DefaultRepositoryManagerTest extends RepositoryManagerTestBase
     assertNull(m.getFromUri("/git/project1/test-3/ka/some/path"));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testNameIsMatching() throws Exception {
+    DefaultRepositoryManager m = createManager();
+
+    assertThat(m.isNameMatching(GitRepositoryHandler.TYPE_NAME, "repo-name", "repo-name"), is(true));
+    assertThat(m.isNameMatching(GitRepositoryHandler.TYPE_NAME, "repo-name", "repo-name/"), is(true));
+    assertThat(m.isNameMatching(GitRepositoryHandler.TYPE_NAME, "repo-name", "repo-name/and-more-is-valid"), is(true));
+    assertThat(m.isNameMatching(GitRepositoryHandler.TYPE_NAME, "repo-name", "repo-name.git/and-more-is-valid"),
+               is(true));
+
+
+    assertThat(m.isNameMatching(GitRepositoryHandler.TYPE_NAME, "repo-name", "not-the-name"), is(false));
+    assertThat(m.isNameMatching(GitRepositoryHandler.TYPE_NAME, "repo-name", "repo-na"), is(false));
+
+    assertThat(m.isNameMatching(GitRepositoryHandler.TYPE_NAME, "repo-name", "/repo-name/"), is(false));
+
+    assertThat(m.isNameMatching(HgRepositoryHandler.TYPE_NAME, "repo-name", "repo-name.git/and-more-is-valid"),
+               is(false));
+    assertThat(m.isNameMatching(SvnRepositoryHandler.TYPE_NAME, "repo-name", "repo-name.git/and-more-is-valid"),
+               is(false));
+
+  }
+
   //~--- methods --------------------------------------------------------------
 
   /**