diff --git a/src/GitHub.App/Services/DialogService.cs b/src/GitHub.App/Services/DialogService.cs
index e3f2c40f95..1bf666c7d2 100644
--- a/src/GitHub.App/Services/DialogService.cs
+++ b/src/GitHub.App/Services/DialogService.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.ComponentModel.Composition;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using GitHub.Api;
+using GitHub.Exports;
 using GitHub.Extensions;
 using GitHub.Factories;
 using GitHub.Models;
@@ -38,7 +39,13 @@ public async Task<CloneDialogResult> ShowCloneDialog(IConnection connection, str
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(url))
             {
                 var clipboardContext = gitHubContextService.FindContextFromClipboard();
-                url = clipboardContext?.Url;
+                switch (clipboardContext?.LinkType)
+                {
+                    case LinkType.Blob:
+                    case LinkType.Repository:
+                        url = clipboardContext?.Url;
+                        break;
+                }
             }
 
             var viewModel = factory.CreateViewModel<IRepositoryCloneViewModel>();
diff --git a/src/GitHub.App/Services/GitHubContextService.cs b/src/GitHub.App/Services/GitHubContextService.cs
index 8891995f31..4cbae0167b 100644
--- a/src/GitHub.App/Services/GitHubContextService.cs
+++ b/src/GitHub.App/Services/GitHubContextService.cs
@@ -124,7 +124,27 @@ public GitHubContext FindContextFromUrl(string url)
                 Url = uri
             };
 
-            var repositoryPrefix = uri.ToRepositoryUrl().ToString() + "/";
+            if (uri.Owner == null)
+            {
+                context.LinkType = LinkType.Unknown;
+                return context;
+            }
+
+            if (uri.RepositoryName == null)
+            {
+                context.LinkType = LinkType.Unknown;
+                return context;
+            }
+
+            var repositoryUrl = uri.ToRepositoryUrl().ToString();
+            if (string.Equals(url, repositoryUrl, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
+                string.Equals(url, repositoryUrl + ".git", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                context.LinkType = LinkType.Repository;
+                return context;
+            }
+
+            var repositoryPrefix = repositoryUrl + "/";
             if (!url.StartsWith(repositoryPrefix, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 return context;
diff --git a/src/GitHub.Exports/Exports/ExportMetadata.cs b/src/GitHub.Exports/Exports/ExportMetadata.cs
index bdab361eb2..74ecf29ba3 100644
--- a/src/GitHub.Exports/Exports/ExportMetadata.cs
+++ b/src/GitHub.Exports/Exports/ExportMetadata.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ public enum LinkType
     {
         Unknown,
         Blob,
-        Blame
+        Blame,
+        Repository
     }
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/test/GitHub.App.UnitTests/Services/GitHubContextServiceTests.cs b/test/GitHub.App.UnitTests/Services/GitHubContextServiceTests.cs
index 5ebf5458ed..3444bd1141 100644
--- a/test/GitHub.App.UnitTests/Services/GitHubContextServiceTests.cs
+++ b/test/GitHub.App.UnitTests/Services/GitHubContextServiceTests.cs
@@ -133,7 +133,12 @@ public void Url_EqualTo(string url, string expectUrl)
             Assert.That(context.Url?.ToString(), Is.EqualTo(expectUrl));
         }
 
+        [TestCase("https://github.com/github/VisualStudio", LinkType.Repository)]
+        [TestCase("https://github.com/github/VisualStudio.git", LinkType.Repository)]
+        [TestCase("https://github.com/github/VisualStudio/unknown/master/README.md", LinkType.Unknown)]
         [TestCase("https://github.com/github/VisualStudio/blob/master/README.md", LinkType.Blob)]
+        [TestCase("https://github.com", LinkType.Unknown)]
+        [TestCase("https://github.com/github", LinkType.Unknown)]
         [TestCase("https://github.com/github/VisualStudio/unknown/master/README.md", LinkType.Unknown)]
         public void LinkType_EqualTo(string url, LinkType expectLinkType)
         {