diff --git a/packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/gitCompareUrl.test.ts b/packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/gitCompareUrl.test.ts
index c756c5d2b..3ac15d6a1 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/gitCompareUrl.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/gitCompareUrl.test.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ describe('gitCompareUrl', () => {
 				},
 				'https://github.com/JackGruber/joplin-plugin-copytags/compare/b52b01f6d3b709a811ac214253636a7c207c87dd..9ec4a476a54440ac43422c34e179dcabfca1e5a0',
 			],
+			[
+				{
+					repository_url: 'https://github.com/JackGruber/joplin-plugin-copytags.git',
+					_publish_commit: 'master:9ec4a476a54440ac43422c34e179dcabfca1e5a0',
+				},
+				{
+					repository_url: 'https://github.com/JackGruber/joplin-plugin-copytags.git',
+					_publish_commit: 'master:b52b01f6d3b709a811ac214253636a7c207c87dd',
+				},
+				'https://github.com/JackGruber/joplin-plugin-copytags/compare/b52b01f6d3b709a811ac214253636a7c207c87dd..9ec4a476a54440ac43422c34e179dcabfca1e5a0',
+			],
 			[
 				{
 					repository_url: 'https://github.com/JackGruber/joplin-plugin-copytags',
diff --git a/packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/gitCompareUrl.ts b/packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/gitCompareUrl.ts
index 303b3301b..2017e988c 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/gitCompareUrl.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-repo-cli/lib/gitCompareUrl.ts
@@ -11,13 +11,19 @@ function removeBranch(commit: string): string {
 	return commit;
 }
 
+const formatRepoUrl = (url: string): string => {
+	if (!url) return url;
+	if (url.endsWith('.git')) return url.substring(0, url.length - 4);
+	return url;
+};
+
 export default function(manifest: any, previousManifest: any = null): string {
 	// "repository_url": "https://github.com/JackGruber/joplin-plugin-copytags",
 	// "_publish_commit": "master:b52b01f6d3b709a811ac214253636a7c207c87dd",
 
 	// https://github.com/JackGruber/joplin-plugin-copytags/compare/9ec4a476a54440ac43422c34e179dcabfca1e5a0..b52b01f6d3b709a811ac214253636a7c207c87dd
 
-	const repoUrl: string = manifest.repository_url;
+	const repoUrl: string = formatRepoUrl(manifest.repository_url);
 	const commit: string = removeBranch(manifest._publish_commit);
 	const previousCommit: string = previousManifest ? removeBranch(previousManifest._publish_commit) : '';