diff --git a/extensions/git/src/git.ts b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
index 0deb723c9d0..9434370ae6b 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/git.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ export class Git {
 	}
 
 	async clone(url: string, parentPath: string, cancellationToken?: CancellationToken): Promise<string> {
-		let baseFolderName = decodeURI(url).replace(/^.*\//, '').replace(/\.git$/, '') || 'repository';
+		let baseFolderName = path.win32.basename(decodeURI(url), '.git') || 'repository';
 		let folderName = baseFolderName;
 		let folderPath = path.join(parentPath, folderName);
 		let count = 1;