diff --git a/git-clone.sh b/git-clone.sh
index 168eb963ba..ded40856c5 100755
--- a/git-clone.sh
+++ b/git-clone.sh
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ fi
 
 dir="$2"
 # Try using "humanish" part of source repo if user didn't specify one
-[ -z "$dir" ] && dir=$(echo "$repo" | sed -e 's|/$||' -e 's|:*/*\.git$||' -e 's|.*/||g')
+[ -z "$dir" ] && dir=$(echo "$repo" | sed -e 's|/$||' -e 's|:*/*\.git$||' -e 's|.*[/:]||g')
 [ -e "$dir" ] && echo "$dir already exists." && usage
 mkdir -p "$dir" &&
 D=$(cd "$dir" && pwd) &&