diff --git a/extensions/git/src/cloneManager.ts b/extensions/git/src/cloneManager.ts
index e25ee8d0df7..795901dde99 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/cloneManager.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/cloneManager.ts
@@ -27,15 +27,7 @@ export class CloneManager {
 		private readonly telemetryReporter: TelemetryReporter,
 		private readonly repositoryCache: RepositoryCache) { }
 
-	clone(url?: string, options: CloneOptions = {}) {
-		const cachedRepository = url ? this.repositoryCache.get(url) : undefined;
-		if (url && cachedRepository && (cachedRepository.length > 0)) {
-			return this.tryOpenExistingRepository(cachedRepository, url, options.postCloneAction, options.parentPath, options.ref);
-		}
-		return this.cloneRepository(url, options.parentPath, options);
-	}
-
-	private async cloneRepository(url?: string, parentPath?: string, options: { recursive?: boolean; ref?: string; postCloneAction?: ApiPostCloneAction } = {}): Promise<string | undefined> {
+	async clone(url?: string, options: CloneOptions = {}) {
 		if (!url || typeof url !== 'string') {
 			url = await pickRemoteSource({
 				providerLabel: provider => l10n.t('Clone from {0}', provider.name),
@@ -56,6 +48,14 @@ export class CloneManager {
 
 		url = url.trim().replace(/^git\s+clone\s+/, '');
 
+		const cachedRepository = this.repositoryCache.get(url);
+		if (cachedRepository && (cachedRepository.length > 0)) {
+			return this.tryOpenExistingRepository(cachedRepository, url, options.postCloneAction, options.parentPath, options.ref);
+		}
+		return this.cloneRepository(url, options.parentPath, options);
+	}
+
+	private async cloneRepository(url: string, parentPath?: string, options: { recursive?: boolean; ref?: string; postCloneAction?: ApiPostCloneAction } = {}): Promise<string | undefined> {
 		if (!parentPath) {
 			const config = workspace.getConfiguration('git');
 			let defaultCloneDirectory = config.get<string>('defaultCloneDirectory') || os.homedir();
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/protocolHandler.ts b/extensions/git/src/protocolHandler.ts
index 90491fecd50..42289abcb9c 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/protocolHandler.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/protocolHandler.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export class GitProtocolHandler implements UriHandler {
 		this.disposables.push(window.registerUriHandler(this));
 	}
 
+	// example code-oss://vscode.git/clone?url=https://github.com/microsoft/vscode
 	handleUri(uri: Uri): void {
 		this.logger.info(`[GitProtocolHandler][handleUri] URI:(${uri.toString()})`);