diff --git a/urmoms.c b/urmoms.c
index 9391de6..301d0e1 100644
--- a/urmoms.c
+++ b/urmoms.c
@@ -791,6 +791,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	p = xbasename(repodir);
 	snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s", p);
 	free(p);
+	/* remove .git suffix, typically used by bare repos */
+	if ((p = strstr(name, ".git")))
+		*p = '\0';
 
 	/* read description or .git/description */
 	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s%s%s",